FIFA plan for Kushner-backed $20 billion operation to run World Cup meets fury from Europe’s UEFA (chicagotribune.com)
chicagotribune.com/2026/07/28/fifa-kushner-uefa-opposition/?share=s2hecacret8rbacmeice
Asylum seekers could be sent directly to deportation under new federal rule (wapo.st)
Ohio’s DeWine Warns GOP That Mass Deportations Are ‘Big Mistake’ (bloomberg.com)
Did You Hear the One About the One Who Never Heard the One About Anyone? (medium.com)
German Bundesliga receives €1bn funding proposal from U.S. investment firm Apollo Sports (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Biden Recordings Show Memory Lapses, Candid Obama Criticism (bloomberg.com)
Florida to conduct rare double execution on Tuesday (wapo.st)
Fauci’s diary reveals his thoughts on a ‘rambling’ Trump and his own fame (washingtonpost.com)
Keigo Higashino, Best-Selling Japanese Mystery Writer, Dies at 68 (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
30 notable sales of rare books by AbeBooks over the past...
30 notable sales of rare books by AbeBooks over the past 30 years, including first editions of Moby-Dick, Winnie-The-Pooh, and Leaves of Grass.
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Photos by Stacie Joy
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