New Limits on Trump’s I.R.S. Deal, and Prosecutors Say Reflecting Pool Work Was ‘Botched’

<p>Plus, why college jerseys suddenly have corporate logos.</p>
<p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/us/politics/todd-blanche-trump-irs-fund-order.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Blanche Gives G.O.P. Senators Written Assurances on Trump’s I.R.S. Deal</a>, by Michael Gold, Andrew Duehren and Hari Raj</p>
<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/us/politics/david-hearn-reflecting-pool-vandalism-charges.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Charges Dropped in Reflecting Pool Case as Prosecutors Say Work Was ‘Botched,’</a> by Madaleine Rubin and David A. Fahrenthold</p>
<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/world/middleeast/morocco-ceuta-spain-migrants.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">‘Do You Think if I Had a Job I Would Have Gone?,’</a> by Ben Hubbard and Aida Alami</p>
<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/us/wildfires-spokane-washington-evacuations.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">More Than a Dozen Wildfires Burn in Washington State, Forcing Evacuations</a>, by Pooja Salhotra</p>
<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7476018/2026/07/28/college-football-uniforms-corporate-patches/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Why Are College Football Programs Suddenly Putting Corporate Patches on Their Uniforms?</a>, by Manny Navarro of The Athletic</p>
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