Friday Afternoon News Updates: Trump Fair Suddenly Shuts Down – 7/3/26
Friday Afternoon News Updates: Trump Fair Suddenly Shuts Down – 7/3/26 Your Friday midday updates Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network Jul 3 ∙ Hi all, Ben here. It’s Friday, and there’s a lot to get through, so let’s dive in. Here’s what we’re tracking today: BREAKING: The Great American State Fair shuts down and evacuates the National Mall for “heat related reasons,” hours after opening to nobody Trump attacks NATO allies over defense spending Trump’s bizarre Oval Office “storytime” interview circuit with Usha Vance Mamdani’s America 250 speech US Ambassador to Canada makes more threats Strait of Hormuz tanker data undercuts administration’s shipping claims International delegations pay respects at Khamenei’s funeral, notably including Saudi Arabia Trump’s approval among independents craters to a new low Jobs numbers revised down again, for the 14th time in 17 months DOJ asks for a two-month delay releasing more Epstein files in Meidas host Katie Phang’s case Karoline Leavitt says Ge...