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• 3 Senate Adjourns for Recess After Voter-ID Bill Falls 52-46, Short of the 60 Votes Needed
• 3 Spain Begins Border Checks on Arrivals From Italy, Eight Days After Italy Imposed Checks on Arrivals From Spain
• 4 SpaceX Shares Rise About 23% Over Two Days to $133.27, Still Below the $135 IPO Price, After Lockup Opens
• 5 Abelardo de la Espriella Sworn In as Colombia's President in Cali; U.S. Says It Plans $1 Billion in Security Aid
• 3 Senate Confirms Erica Schwartz as CDC Director on 51-44 Vote
• 2 Senate Cloture Vote on Todd Blanche's Attorney General Nomination Ripens Friday After 12-10 Committee Vote
• 1 U.S. Payrolls Rose 73,000 in July, Below the Roughly 85,000 Economists Forecast; Unemployment Rate at 4.2%
• 3 Gold Trades Around $4,254 an Ounce on Aug. 7, Below Its January 2026 Record, as Hormuz Talks Advance and July Jobs Data Is Released
• 5 Cloudflare Rises About 15% and Airbnb About 11% After Q2 Reports; ConocoPhillips Posts $3.9 Billion Quarterly Profit
• 2 House Ethics Panel Recommends Censure of Rep. Chuck Edwards; He Ends Reelection Bid
• 3 U.S. Stocks Set Records and Oil Falls Sharply as Officials Say a Strait of Hormuz Deal Is Near; Iran Denies Direct Talks
• 3 U.S. 50% Tariffs on About $20 Billion of Canadian Goods Are Set to Start August 19
• 3 Capital One Asks Judge to Dismiss Trump Organization Suit Over 2021 Account Closures
• 2 U.S. and Japan Confirm Joint Yen-Buying Intervention; Dollar Index Falls to Seven-Week Low
• 4 Appeals Court Clears Way for About $23 Billion in Student Loan Cancellation Under Sweet Settlement