Associated Press

U.S. center / wire-service news (generally mainstream, center-left in critics' ratings)

Stories

• 2 North Carolina Officials File Court Objection to $450 Million EPA-Chemours PFAS Consent Decree
• 2 Ukrainian Drone Attack on Nizhnekamsk, Russia, Kills About 13; Ukraine Says It Struck the Taneco Refinery
• 2 Pentagon Gives Defense Contractors 21 Days to Submit Plans for Faster Weapons Production
• 2 China Restricts U.S.-Bound Drone Exports, Bars Dealings With Seven U.S. Entities and Opens Printer Import Probe
• 4 ICE Disputes AP Report on Body-Camera Footage Release Policy; Says All Field Officers Will Have Cameras by End of August
• 2 Hawaii Holds Statewide Primary for Governor, Congress and an Open Lieutenant Governor Seat; Rep. Ed Case Reported Winning His Democratic Race
• 2 Pentagon Revokes Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall's Security Clearance, Citing Air Force One Disclosure
• 3 Senate Confirms 74 Trump Nominees in a Single 51-47 Vote, Including FEMA Administrator Cameron Hamilton
• 2 U.S. Formally Transmits Quiboloy Extradition Request to Philippine Justice Department
• 2 North Korea Fires Short-Range Ballistic Missile Off East Coast, South Korean Military Says
• 2 Congo Says Ebola Deaths Have Passed 1,700 as Outbreak Outpaces Response
• 2 Russian Missile and Drone Attack on Kyiv Region Kills 17; Both Sides Dispute What Was Hit
• 2 U.S. and Japan Confirm Joint Yen-Buying Intervention; Dollar Index Falls to Seven-Week Low
• 2 China Runs Drills and Issues Nature-Reserve Rules at Scarborough Shoal After Philippine UN Filing
• 2 China's CXMT Debuts in Shanghai; U.S. Memory-Chip Stocks Fall for a Second Day