
Welcome to August!😎 I'mNicole Fallert. This grandmareceiveda well-deserved vacation. U.S. businesses arelosing workersunder Trump administration immigration policies. Hundredsgathered to mourn Didarul Islam, a NYPD officer killed in a mass shooting. The Dallas Stars' ice empireeffectively controlled advancementof young players. The Trump administration's immigration crackdown is taking a growing toll on a weakening labor market, economists say. The numbers:Forecasters estimate the Labor Department on Friday will report the U.S. gained 109,000 jobs in July, down from 147,000 in June and a monthly average of 130,000 this year. Why the downturn?While business demand for workers is also flagging amid uncertainty over President Donald Trump's tariffs,a shrinking supply of job candidatesis crimping payroll growth in industries with outsize shares of foreign-born workers, such as agriculture, construction, restaurants and food manufacturing. Take California's economy— where immigration raids have haddramatic and immediate impacton the workforce, costing as much as $275 billion for the world's fourth-largest economy. Your favorite dinner spot, your local shops:Restaurants and other small businesses across Americaare copingwith reduced workforce by closing early or consolidating locations while manufacturers are eliminating shifts, experts say, calling the situation right now "pretty dire." President Trump signed an executive order Thursday imposing sweeping new tariffs on imports from trading partners across the world, escalating an aggressive trade policy aimed at spurring domestic manufacturing in the U.S. In addition, Trump took separate action to raise tariffs on goods from Canada from 25% to 35%. The new reciprocal tariff rates, which will go into effect in seven days, come before Friday's deadline Trump gave about 180 countries to either reach trade deals with the Trump administration or face higher reciprocal tariffs assigned by the U.S.USA TODAYmade it simplewith a full list of new tariff rates. Guitars, bagels and booze:Canadiansare reluctant warriorsin the tariff fight. Kamala Harrisexploresthe "drama of running for president" in her new book. Trump sayshe "didn't know" whyJeffrey Epstein was poachinghis spa workers. Anothercutting-edge F-35 fighter jetfell outof the sky. The White Houseweighed inon the Sydney Sweeney American Eagle ad outrage. A Grand Canyon fireadded to 7.5 million acresof burned national parkland, USA TODAY analysis shows. What's the weather today?Check your local forecast here. President Trump is sending two top White House officials to Gaza on Friday to inspect food distribution centers and meet with Gazans amid intensifying global scrutiny over the hunger crisis in the territory. Steven Witkoff, Trump's Middle East envoy, and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee will "secure a plan to deliver more food and meet with local Gazans to hear firsthand about this dire situation" during the rare trip.Following their visit, Witkoff and Huckabeeare expected to meet with Trumpto approve the administration's final plan for food and aid distribution in the region amid Israel's ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza. Voices:I'm a father in Gaza. My children wake in the middle of the night crying for food. ~ NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in an emotional interview since a gunman killed four people Monday in a targeted attack on the NFL's Manhattan office. Goodell opted not to attend the NFL's Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio, insteadattended the funeral of slain NYPD officer Didarul Islam. This 25-year-old survived breast cancer.Now, she's dealing with menopause. One mom nearly got a divorce after a dishwasher dispute.Here's whatreally was to blame. FightsinterruptedCowboys practice this week. See Charlie Woodsat theJunior PGA Championships. Justin Timberlakerevealed hisLyme diseasediagnosis. Unlike the NFL, NBA and MLB, a handful of NHL teams are intimately involved in running the youth levels of their sports in their regions – perhaps none more than the Dallas Stars. The Stars spent decades turning what was once seen as a community good into a lucrative arm of their for-profit enterprise. USA TODAY spoke to more than 100 hockey parents, coaches, players, business owners and current and former Stars employees and reviewed hundreds of pages of property records, business filings, contracts, tax returns, court records, emails and internal documents.USA TODAY's exclusive investigationreveals how the Stars bullied a communityto profit off a youth sport. One of the most memorable scenes from "Freaky Friday" is when Anna (played by Lindsay Lohan) performs a musical number for her mother and new stepfather at their nuptials, donning a lavender wrap dress to sing the sweet pop-rock banger "Ultimate."Lohanreferenced the dressat the "Freakier Friday" U.K. premiere Thursday in what was yet another nod to her iconic outfits from past roles. Nicole Fallert is a newsletter writer at USA TODAY,sign up for the email here. Want to send Nicole a note? Shoot her an email at NFallert@usatoday.com. 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