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August 1: Kyiv Missile Strike and Record ICE Arrests
In Kyiv
A Russian ballistic-missile attack on Kyiv killed at least four people and wounded more than a dozen, Ukrainian officials said. The strike hit as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought U.S. support for using Starlink in attacks inside Russia. Donald Trump made no commitment, and said possible licensing of Patriot interceptor production in Ukraine remains under discussion.
In U.S. immigration enforcement
ICE made a record number of migrant arrests in June, averaging 1,438 arrests a day. Officials expect the total to rise again in July as enforcement expands across the country, including at airports.
In public health
Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski are urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to release family-planning funding and supplies for women affected by the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In business
Amazon says it has received roughly $600 million in refunds tied to Trump-era tariffs and plans to return some of the money to customers. The repayments follow a Supreme Court ruling that found many of the tariffs illegal.
At the Lincoln Memorial
The Justice Department dropped felony property-destruction charges against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn after Interior Department records showed damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool came from flawed, rushed contractor work, not vandalism. Prosecutors said Hearn would not have been charged had they known about the installation problems.
In education
A private school due to open in Oklahoma plans to put AI-driven instruction at the center of learning, replacing traditional classroom teachers. It is a substantial experiment in whether software can do a job that has historically involved more than assigning the next lesson.
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