| No Images? Click here  Tuesday, July 31TRUMP SLAMS ‘GLOBALIST’ KOCH BROTHERS President Donald Trump savaged the megadonor Koch brothers on Twitter Tuesday, calling them “globalists,” ripping them for their “bad ideas” and bragging: “I made them richer.” Leaders of the conservative Koch Network criticized Trump during the group’s annual summit over the weekend, calling his White House “divisive” and warning his trade policies could spark a recession. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]NORTH KOREA ‘WORKING ON’ NEW MISSILES Spy satellites have detected new activity at a factory in North Korea that produced the regime’s first intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States. The images are the latest evidence suggesting Pyongyang is not serious about denuclearization, despite Trump’s claim of a deal at the June summit in Singapore. [Reuters]GIULIANI FUDGES TRUMP TOWER WALKBACK After Rudy Giuliani told CNN Trump was not present at the infamous Trump Tower meeting ― even though no one in the media had suggested he was — the increasingly befuddled lawyer called in to Fox News to clarify his earlier remarks. He branded Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen a “liar” before conceding Cohen never alleged Trump was at the meeting with the Russians in the first place. [HuffPost]TREASURY PLOTTING $100 BILLION TAX CUT FOR THE RICH The Treasury Department is looking at another tax cut that will benefit wealthy Americans. This one would use a loophole that would allow the administration to push through the giveaway without needing approval from Congress. [The Washington Post]STATE DEPARTMENT SUED OVER 3D PLASTIC GUNS Nine states and Washington, D.C., are suing the State Department to prevent a Texas company publishing downloadable blueprints for 3D-printed plastic guns. [HuffPost]SCOTUS SHOOTS DOWN TRUMP’S CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE The Supreme Court has dismissed the Trump administration’s effort to halt a climate change lawsuit filed by a group of young people that accuses the federal government of exacerbating global warming by promoting fossil fuels. [HuffPost] CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE SETS GRIM RECORD The wildfire raging in Northern California is now the ninth most destructive in the state’s history. [AP]FEMA OFFICIAL PROBED FOR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT A former HR official at FEMA is being investigated over allegations he hired women he met at bars and on dating websites in the hopes that they would become sexual partners for male employees. [HuffPost]SHOCKING VIDEO SHOWS FRENCH STUDENT SLAPPED A shocking video shared by a French student shows a harasser slapping her hard across the face outside a Paris cafe. Marie Laguerre, 22, told French media that the man, who had been bombarding her with sexually harassing taunts, hit her after she told him to shut up. [HuffPost]THOMAS MARKLE SLAMS DAUGHTER AND ROYAL FAMILY Thomas Markle has again attacked his daughter Meghan and the royal family in an explosive interview, despite promising to stop talking to the media. [HuffPost]NO ACTION AGAINST MOONVES The CBS board of directors has taken no immediate action against Leslie Moonves following last week’s revelations in which six women accuse the network’s CEO and chairman of sexual harassment. [HuffPost]TRUMP WILLING TO MEET WITH IRAN Trump said he would meet with Iran's leadership, without preconditions, "whenever they want." This comes a week after he threatened the country with war on Twitter. [HuffPost]
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