Suzanne Nuyen
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Monday

A Pakistani police officer stands guard at the site of Sunday's suicide bomber attack in the Bajur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Monday, July 31. Mohammad Sajjad/AP hide caption

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Up First briefing: Pakistan bombing; Yellow trucking meltdown; grieving pet loss

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Thursday

Hunter Biden is seen after a White House ceremony on July 7, 2022. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption

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Up First briefing: Hunter Biden plea deal; coup in Niger, remembering Sinead O'Connor

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Wednesday

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues are expected to raise interest rates today. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption

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Up First briefing: Fed could hike rates; Threads under pressure; get healthy with NEAT

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Tuesday

Tens of millions of Americans have been living under extreme heat warnings or advisories during the last few weeks including Phoenix. A new study finds climate change is making heatwaves more common. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Up First briefing: Climate worsens heat waves; Israel protests; Emmett Till monument

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Monday

It wasn't too long ago that a lot of experts were fearing a recession. It hasn't quite turned out that way – but that doesn't mean recession fears are over. Getty Images hide caption

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Up First briefing: State of the economy; a possible Trump indictment; difficult bosses

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Friday

Barbie and Oppenheimer will duke it out on the big screen when both films premiere this Friday, July 21. Courtesy of Mattel Inc., Universal Pictures hide caption

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Up First briefing: Barbenheimer; Trump indictments; Baghdadi raid investigation

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Thursday

The sun rises above the Atlantic Ocean as waves crash near beach goers walking along a jetty, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, in Bal Harbour, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption

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Up First briefing: Climate-conscious buildings; Texas abortion bans; GMO mosquitoes

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Wednesday

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally, July 7, 2023, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Trump said Tuesday that he has received a letter informing him that he is a target of the Justice Department's investigation into efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump made the claim in a post on his Truth Social platform. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption

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Up First briefing: Meta's free AI; Trump's legal troubles; a scary fish's teeth

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Tuesday

Pages from the unsealed federal indictment of former President Donald Trump. On Monday he asked a Florida judge to delay his trial. Prosecutors asked for it to begin in December. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Up First briefing: Trump hearing; U.S-China climate talks; Taylor Swift breaks records

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Friday

SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher, left, and SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, center, speak during a press conference announcing a strike on July, 13, 2023, in Los Angeles. Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption

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Up first briefing: Actors on strike; OTC birth control; a White House cocaine mystery

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Thursday

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Up First briefing: Defense bill delayed; Threads' news policy; SAG-AFTRA strike vote

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Wednesday

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on prior to a bilateral meeting with the German chancellor and delegation on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Vilnius on July 12, 2023. Odd Anderson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Up First briefing: Zelenskyy at NATO; SAG-AFTRA deadline; #whitepeoplefood

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Tuesday

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (left) and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson shake hands in front of NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg prior to their meeting, on the eve of a NATO summit, in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Monday. Yves Herman/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Up First briefing: Sweden's NATO approval; Israel protests; Emmy predictions

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Monday

This will be President Biden's first meeting with King Charles since his coronation. The two men have met before, including at the UN climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 2, 2021. Jane Barlow/AP hide caption

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Up First briefing: Biden at NATO; Tennessee trans care ban; Taylor Swift's 'Speak Now'

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Thursday

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 13, 2023. Yellen is traveling to China amid tensions over a number of issues including Taiwan. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption

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Up First Briefing: Yellen in China; Meta launches Threads; synagogue rubble unearthed

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