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Senate confirms Emil Bove to Third Circuit

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Todd Blanche, who worked with Bove on Trump's criminal cases, is now deputy attorney general.

Grassley's staff met with attorneys for a third whistleblower on the Monday before the confirmation vote.

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals hears appeals from New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and the Virgin Islands.

Bove played a role in the dismissal of federal corruption charges against Eric Adams.

Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared in person at Bove's confirmation hearing.

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“My message to the three whistleblowers is this: just because I may disagree with the conclusions in a whistleblower disclosure, it doesn’t mean that I don’t support a whistleblower’s right to come forward,”
Chuck Grassley Said JUL 29 Reported JUL 30 verbatim · 1 source

Grassley addressed the three whistleblowers who came forward during Bove's confirmation process, saying he supported their right to come forward even if he disagreed with their conclusions.

5 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

UK Starmer plans to recognize Palestinian state

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Foreign Secretary David Lammy said Britain bears a special burden of responsibility as the former governing power of Palestine and author of the 1917 Balfour Declaration.

Cabinet minister Heidi Alexander said there is effective annexation of the West Bank happening.

Starmer said Hamas must release all hostages, agree to a ceasefire, disarm and accept no role in the government of Gaza, but did not make those conditions for recognition.

3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

JUL 30

Trump administration launches private health tracking system with Big Tech

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CMS has information on more than 140 million Americans who enroll in Medicare and Medicaid.

Jeffrey Chester at the Center for Digital Democracy said the federal government has done little to regulate health apps or telehealth programs.

The Trump administration tried to launch a less ambitious electronic record program in 2018 that did not get finalized during his first term and lacked buy-in from major tech companies.

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“The existing systems are often slow, costly and incompatible with one another, but with today’s announcement, we take a major step to bring health care into the digital age.”
Donald Trump Said JUL 30 Reported JUL 30 verbatim · 1 source

President Trump described problems with existing health care systems and framed the new initiative as a step toward modernization.

3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

JUL 30

Federal food assistance program linked to slower cognitive decline in study

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Researchers did not measure which foods study participants consumed.

Seven in 10 of the 42 million people who participate in SNAP are older adults, people with disabilities, and families with children.

Twenty-three percent of families with a member over 60 faced chronic or recurring food insecurity from 2015 to 2019, according to an NIH survey published in JAMA Health Forum.

3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

JUL 30

NASA JWST traces details of complex planetary nebula

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NGC 6072 is located in the constellation Scorpius at a distance of 3,060 light-years as measured by the Gaia mission.

The fading star at the center of NGC 6072 is undergoing a transformation into a white dwarf.

If a companion star exists, it is so close to the dying star that JWST cannot resolve the two as separate objects.

3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

JUL 30

Quantum mechanics centenary debate among physicists

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Carlton Caves, a theoretical physicist at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, said in Nature's report that it is embarrassing that physicists don't have a story to tell people about what reality is.

In July 1925, Werner Heisenberg wrote a letter to Wolfgang Pauli describing his views on mechanics becoming more radical and requesting feedback on a manuscript.

36% of survey respondents chose the Copenhagen interpretation as their favored interpretation of the measurement problem, making it the frontrunner.

3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

JUL 30

Leon Marchand breaks Lochte record at World Aquatics Championships 2025

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Jack Alexy's time of 46.81 beat Caeleb Dressel's previous American record of 46.96 from the 2019 World Championships.

Luca Urlando is the first American man to win a gold medal at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships.

Krzysztof Chmielewski finished second in the 200m butterfly with a time of 1:52:64.

3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

Kamchatka earthquake and tsunami waves reach Hawaii and California

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The Kamchatka earthquake is one of the 10 most powerful earthquakes ever recorded, according to the USGS.

The USGS recorded the earthquake's magnitude as 8.8, occurring at 8:24 a.m. at a depth of 20.7 km, with its epicenter 119 km east-southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia.

Staff at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant were evacuated to higher ground, and the radioactive water treatment process was not affected.

3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

JUL 30

Study finds 68,000 microplastics inhaled daily in homes and cars

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The study was published in the journal PLOS One.

The median concentration of microplastics in car air samples was 2,238 particles per cubic meter.

The researchers estimated that adults inhale about 68,000 microplastic particles of 1 to 10 micrometers per day.

JUL 30

Hollywood addresses Ozempic body and skin sagging

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Rhonda Rand is a Beverly Hills dermatologist whose longtime clients include Angelina Jolie.

Dr. Julius Few added a $195 Skin Tightening plus SPF 30 product with Dermatight to target sagging and laxity on the body.

Image Skincare introduced a $134 product called Vol.U.Lift to address volume loss, sagging, and other side effects of GLP-1 usage.

3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

2025 NFL season · JUL 30

Eagles training camp stock report after first week

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Quinyon Mitchell finished second in NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year voting.

The Eagles signed offensive tackle Cameron Williams a couple weeks before the start of camp.

Cam Jurgens is a limited participant in practice because of a back injury.

3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.

Quote of the day
“Nate Wiggins looked the part at times last year. Veterans Jaire Alexander and Chidobe Awuzie will need to provide the depth the Ravens didn't have last season. The safety depth could be even more critical. Ar'Darius Washington is starting the season on the Physically Unable to Perform List. Malaki Starks will need to be a Day 1 difference-maker.”
Alex Ballentine Said DATE NOT STATED Reported JUL 30 verbatim · 1 source

Ballentine wrote about the need for Nate Wiggins, Jaire Alexander, Chidobe Awuzie, and Malaki Starks to provide depth and production in the Ravens' secondary.

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