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Canada rescinds digital services tax to advance stalled US trade talks  Reuters Canada rescinds Digital Services Tax after Trump cuts off U.S. trade talks  CNBC US, Canada trade talks to resume after digital tax scrapped  DW Canadian prime minister says U.S. trade talks

Canada axes digital services tax in push to advance trade talks with U.S.  Axios Canada rescinds Digital Services Tax after Trump cuts off U.S. trade talks  CNBC What is Canada’s digital services tax — and why does Trump dislike it so much?  CBC

Trump says he has group of ‘very wealthy people’ ready to buy TikTok  CNBC

Debate is underway in the Senate on Trump’s big bill, but overnight voting is delayed  AP News

Trump aims to change the nation and further cement his power as deadline looms for ‘big, beautiful bill’  CNN

New official estimates showed the bill would swell deficits while slashing health programs and insurance coverage, posing potential problems as the legislation moved forward in the Senate.

Idaho shooting: Two firefighters shot dead as police warn of ‘sniper fire’ on mountain  BBC 2 Idaho firefighters killed in ambush, dead man found with gun near Canfield Mountain  NonStop Local KHQ SWAT team on Coeur d’Alene ambush finds man dead on

Sen. Thom Tillis announces he’s not seeking reelection, a day after voting against Trump’s agenda bill  CNN Republican Senator Thom Tillis to leave Congress after clash with Trump  BBC Trump reacts to Tillis not seeking re-election, sends warning to ‘cost cutting Republicans’  Fox

Canada rescinds Digital Services Tax after Trump cuts off U.S. trade talks  CNBC

Analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that Republicans’ new version of the legislation would make far deeper cuts and lead to more people becoming uninsured than previous proposals.