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Former President Donald Trump has said in a radio interview that Vice President Kamala Harris “doesn’t like Jewish people” and appeared to agree with a host who called her Jewish husband, Doug Emhoff, “a crappy Jew.” Trump spoke Tuesday on radio station WABC. The Republican's campaign earlier announced that he will travel to Atlanta on Saturday for a rally in the same venue where Democrat Harris plans one Tuesday night. Dueling ad campaigns by the presidential candidates portray Harris as “fearless,” while an ad from Trump blasts the vice president for problems at the southern U.S. border. Trump also appears to be backing away from a commitment to debate Harris.

Heavy rain has caved in roads, forced some homes off their foundations and led to about two dozen rescues in northeastern Vermont. It happened nearly three weeks after many farmers and residents in the state were hit by flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl. The National Weather Service in Burlington says some areas got 6 to more than 8 inches of rain starting late Monday and saw flash flooding. Flood warnings were in effect through Tuesday afternoon. Most of the rain fell Lyndon, Lyndonville and in St. Johnsbury, about 35 miles northeast of the state capital of Montpelier. More rain is in the forecast for the region on Wednesday.

A son of notorious drug kingpin “El Chapo” has pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges in a Chicago courtroom days after an astonishing capture in the U.S. Joaquín Guzmán López was dressed in an orange jumpsuit and shackled at the feet Tuesday as federal prosecutors detailed a five-count indictment including drug trafficking and weapons charges. He declined a Spanish interpreter and answered most of the U.S. District Judge Sharon Coleman’s questions designed to determine if he understood the proceedings with a simple, “Yes, your honor.” He's due back in court in September.

A lack of Google autocomplete results about the attempted assassination on former President Donald Trump is being held up on social media as evidence of election interference. Multiple high-profile figures, including Trump and sitting members of Congress, promoted the claim across social media platforms, collectively amassing more than 1 million likes and shares by Tuesday. Google attributed the situation to existing protections against autocomplete predictions associated with political violence, noting that “no manual action was taken” to suppress information about Trump. By Tuesday, the situation around the autocomplete searches around the assassination attempt was being resolved.

The director of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 vision for a complete overhaul of the federal government has stepped down. Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts says the group is sticking to its original timeline and Paul Dans’ exit comes after the project “completed exactly what it set out to do." But the news comes after former President Donald Trump has increasingly disavowed and criticized Project 2025, prompting speculation that his campaign forced the exit. Democrats have made Project 2025 a key election-year cudgel, pointing to the ultraconservative policy blueprint as a glimpse into how extreme another Trump administration could be. The Heritage Foundation said Project 2025's website will remain live and the group's president will take over operations.

Consumer advocates are criticizing a court decision to hold up a Biden administration rule that requires airlines to more clearly disclose fees for baggage and changing a ticket. A three-judge panel on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans said this week that the Transportation Department likely exceeded its authority when it issued the rule. The judges say the rule will irreparably harm airlines. The Biden administration published the rule, alongside another dealing with airline refunds, in April as part of a campaign against what it calls junk fees. The Transportation Department says the rule would save consumers more than $500 million a year.

Advocates for Texas prisoners are asking a federal judge to declare the state's lack of air conditioning in most facilities as unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment. Attorneys at a multi-day hearing are seeking to force the state to provide more AC. On Tuesday, a person formerly incarcerated in the state described conditions as so hot it would force inmates to cool off by splashing toilet water on themselves. Some even faked suicide attempts to get to cooler medical areas. Texas prisons hold more than 130,000 people but only about a third of the 100 facilities have full AC. The rest have partial or no air conditioning.