What do we call them? Republicans are taking cues from Donald Trump to portray their progressive Democratic rivals as radically left wing, but some Republican campaign teams in U.S. House races say it’s not for them.
A ballroom – from the ground down: A U.S. appeals court ordered the Trump administration to stop construction on the $400 million ballroom that the president wants built where the East Wing of the White House used to stand. And legal experts had a look at Trump’s latest efforts to restrict birthright citizenship. The verdict: It’ll be a fight to preserve them.
Ceuta: Spain threatened to impose restrictions on travelers from Italy after Rome imposed border controls on non-EU nationals arriving from Spain after migrants flooded into its city of Ceuta on the northern African coast.
Bologna: A Moroccan businessman who lived in Italy for 36 years died while being restrained by police officers. Experts say the European debate over immigration reduces people to caricatures, preventing a more constructive response to handling Europe’s migration influx.
Future fights: Wildfires have burned more than a million acres across Europe this year, increasing the need for airborne firefighting alternatives to the Canadair water-bombers that have dominated the market for decades. Aviation startups are not short on vision, but they need a lot of money for research and development, certification tests and factories.
It’s going around: Just as Michigan officials said residents could resume eating lettuce and salad greens as cyclosporiasis case reports fell, U.S. health officials said they were investigating a salmonella outbreak linked to Mexican jalapeño peppers.
Acceleration: The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading five times faster than previous outbreaks at this stage. We tell you why. I recommend listening to our On Assignment podcast in which our reporter shadows a surveillance officer who is trying against the odds to track the impact of the virus.
They call it a functional beverage: Javvy, which makes protein coffee powders and coffee concentrates, could be valued around $1 billion if it sells. Supplements brand Dose, which makes daily liquid shots of elderberry, turmeric and ginger is exploring a sale as well.
Fast food slow: McDonald’s named a company veteran to run its U.S. business after its quarterly-sales growth missed Wall Street expectations. CEO Chris Kempczinski said McDonald’s doesn’t have a strategy problem, but an execution problem.
I confess: I thought last week that Gianni Infantino’s collapsed plan to open FIFA to outside investors would toast him. I was wrong.
Spottings and droppings: Lithuanian police launched a racism investigation after an assistant at the Powerlifting Championships said he sabotaged a Black athlete’s squat attempt. In India, organizers of the World Badminton Championships said they’d hold a better tournament this year after bird droppings, stray animals on the court and bad air marred last year’s edition.
