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The month's top story

Inside Trump’s Stock Trading Surge

Conditions are set to worsen in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia, forecasters said.

WSJ · 5 sources

Also covering this CBSWildfires expose millions in Midwest, Northeast to dangerous smoke ABCUS Mint produces $1 coin bearing Trump's face to celebrate America’s 250th birthday FOXMLB features incredible tribute to baseball history, America 250 during 2026 All-Star Game
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What dominated July

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Top Stories

    A Giraffe Named Gracie Is Missing in Texas

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  2. Top Stories

    7/15: The Takeout with Major Garrett

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Top Stories

    First American Woman Rows Solo From California to Hawaii

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

Top Stories 738 stories

  1. Opinion | Notable & Quotable: Platner

    FOX · 5 outlets

    Darline Graham succeeds her late brother Lindsey Graham in the Senate as Russell Fry, Nancy Mace and Ralph Norman eye the South Carolina seat.

  2. How Trump's Iran goals have changed

    ABC · 5 outlets

  3. Bill Archer, Influential Texas Congressman, Is Dead at 98

    WSJ · 5 outlets

  4. ICE Suspends Traffic Stops After Two Shooting Deaths

    ABC · 5 outlets

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  1. Opinion | Todd Blanche’s Pitch for Permanent Attorney General

    NYT · 5 outlets

  2. 7/15: The Takeout with Major Garrett

    CBS · 5 outlets

  3. The Hardest Question for Trump Nominees on Capitol Hill

    CBS · 4 outlets

  4. Judge rebukes Trump and DOJ over IRS lawsuit in scathing decision

    WSJ · 4 outlets

  5. The politics of New York's data center construction pause

    WSJ · 4 outlets

  6. First American Woman Rows Solo From California to Hawaii

    FOX · 5 outlets

  7. Opinion | Who Has the Midterm Upper Hand?

    NYT · 4 outlets

  8. Influential presidential speeches

    ABC · 4 outlets

Business 482 stories

  1. Oil Slump Deepens While Tech Stocks Struggle

    WSJ · 4 outlets

    The Financial Services Commission is seeking to stabilize a stock market that has seen wild swings as individual investors use debt to chase profits amid AI-related jitters.

  2. JGBs Fall Amid Some Headwinds

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. Markets Rattled by Warsh Poker Face

    WSJ · 4 outlets

  4. Opinion | It Wasn’t That Microlending Failed

    CNBC · 3 outlets

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  1. SpaceX Shares Fall Below IPO Price for the First Time

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  2. Data-Center Builders Are Racing to Offload Stakes Worth Billions

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. U.S. Stocks Poised to Close Week on Strong Note

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  4. Wall Street Traders Are Having Their Best Year Ever

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  5. Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  6. U.S. Natural Gas Futures Pull Back Despite Heat Wave

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  7. Opinion | The Trump Family and ‘Honest Graft’

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  8. Opinion | Trump’s Wealth Opportunity

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  9. OpenAI Investor Vinod Khosla Explains His Philosophy on Risk-Taking

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  10. South Carolina governor taps Lindsey Graham's sister to serve as interim senator

    CNBC · 1 outlets

Sports 336 stories

  1. Former Saints LB Keith Mitchell dies at 51

    FOX · 3 outlets

  2. Who Are The Referees For USA vs. Bosnia And Herzegovina?

    CBS · 2 outlets

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  1. USMNT Alums Reflect On 2026 World Cup Run

    CBS · 3 outlets

  2. Acrisure Stadium has gotten its new grass surface

    CBS · 3 outlets

  3. Charles Barkley declined invitation to attend Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift wedding

    CBS · 2 outlets

  4. 2026 World Cup Quarterfinals Power Rankings

    CBS · 2 outlets

  5. MLB All-Star Break: 1 Number That Defines 1st Half of Season For All 30 Teams

    PFT · 2 outlets

  6. President Trump acknowledges effort to overturn Flo Balogun's suspension

    PFT · 1 outlets

Technology 538 stories

  1. Halide 3.1: Scarlet Edition

    9to5 · 4 outlets

    9to5Mac Security Bite is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Making Apple devices work-ready and enterprise-safe is all we do. Our unique integrated approach to man…

  2. The Replicant in Your Directory: AI Agents and the Identity Security Gap

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  3. NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, July 16 (game #1131)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

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  1. WhatsApp is building its own iCloud alternative for chat backups

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  2. How to watch The Open 2026: Free Live Streams, TV Channels & Preview — Round 1

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  3. iPadOS 27 beta 2 now available for iPad

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

  4. How to watch Alone season 13 online from anywhere

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  5. iPhone 18 Pro might cost less than expected, per report

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  6. Quote of the day by Linux creator Linus Torvalds: 'Nvidia has been the single worst company we've ever dealt with' — airing frustrations at walled gardens

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  7. Netflix among many companies showing interest in acquiring Letterboxd: report

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  8. watchOS 27 beta 2 available now for Apple Watch

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  9. Google Gemini CLI abused as a hacking agent, malware botnet operator

    Bleeping · 2 outlets

Entertainment 353 stories

  1. Inside Jessica Simpson's 'Low-Key' Romance With Tom Eisenhood

    USMag · 2 outlets

  2. Martha Stewart Shares Touching Tribute to Clive Davis After His Death at 94

    USMag · 2 outlets

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  1. Tom Sandoval Speaks Out Amid Restraining Order Issue With Ex Victoria

    USMag · 2 outlets

  2. Kylie Jenner's Legal Battles and Lawsuits Through the Years

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  3. Comedian Tom Segura and Wife Split After 18 Years of Marriage: Report

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  4. Marcellus Wiley Gets Served Annemarie’s Court Documents at Disney World

    USMag · 1 outlets

  5. Can You Get A Perfect Score On This Disney-Themed Math Quiz?

    BuzzFeed · 1 outlets

  6. Justin Baldoni and Wife Emily Break Silence After Blake Lively Settlement

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

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