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Sunday, August 2, 2026
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Good Morning! On this day in 1876, “Wild Bill” Hickok, one of the greatest gunfighters of the American West, was murdered in Deadwood, South Dakota, while playing poker. He was holding two pair, aces and eights, now known as the dead man’s hand.
Salisbury steak enjoyed its great heyday in the era of TV dinners and traditional cafeteria lunches. But over time, the simple ground-beef-and-gravy main plate, a Civil War-era invention, has become little more than a nostalgia entree, as we are reminded in today’s Whatever Happened To…
In case you missed it, this week on The Flyover Podcast, Ayla tackled the science behind what your dreams are actually made of. Researchers just wrapped one of the largest dream studies ever conducted, and it turns out the coworker from years ago and the worry that spun into a full storyline are not random at all. Ayla broke down the five things the study uncovered, including one detail that has been hiding in people’s dreams for years without them noticing. Tune in here!
Today’s sponsor, Dr. Steven Gundry MD, shares a surprising look at the hidden digestive issue he believes contributed to Elvis Presley’s death—and explains why the same underlying problem may still affect millions of Americans today.
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 Trump Puts $1.8B Fund Back on Table
President Trump said on Saturday he would renew his push to get a controversial $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund codified into law if the Senate does not confirm his attorney general pick, Todd Blanche.
The President called out Republican Sens. John Cornyn (Texas) and Thom Tillis (N.C.), who have been the faces of the stalled vote. Neither Republican has committed to advancing the nomination of the acting attorney general.
The senators have refused to vote for Blanche unless it is put in writing that Trump will no longer pursue the fund, which was negotiated with the IRS as a settlement for Trump’s tax returns being leaked.
Trump suggested on Thursday that he could temporarily withdraw Blanche’s nomination and resubmit it after Tillis and Cornyn leave the Senate next year.
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FIFA Kills Plan To Sell Stake in World Cup
In a reversal of plans from earlier in the week, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said Friday that the international soccer governing body had scrapped a plan to sell stakes in future competitions to private investors.
Infantino had proposed creating a $20 billion company to run the World Cup with private investors but drew backlash that grew every day since Tuesday’s announcement.
The fallout from the debacle could eventually bring an end to Infantino’s decade-long presidency. Aleksander Čeferin, president of European soccer body UEFA, said “No option should be off the table.”
The organization said it welcomed the decision to withdraw the plan, calling it “a victory for the whole game.”
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Women’s Pro Baseball Takes the Field
The nation’s first women’s professional baseball league in nearly 30 years opened its inaugural season Saturday with the Los Angeles Queens facing the New York Heights before a sold-out crowd in Springfield, Illinois.
A pro women’s baseball team last toured the country in the mid-1990s, in the wake of the success of the movie A League of Their Own.
The new 2026 four-team Women’s Pro Baseball League also includes the Boston Hunters and San Francisco Firebells. Every regular-season and playoff game will be played at 5,200-seat Robin Roberts Stadium, connecting the new league to Springfield, a city whose women’s baseball history dates to 1875.
All 37 games, including September’s best-of-five championship series, will stream on ESPN, while 11 regular-season games will be simulcast on Scripps Sports Network.
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The following stories are featured exclusively on The Flyover Podcast—a daily show that gives you the most important headlines in under 15 minutes, straight from the heart of the country. Clicking the link will take you directly to these stories:
➤ The U.S. and Israel are reportedly preparing to bombard Iran’s energy infrastructure this weekend, though no final order has been given. (Hear More)
➤ Police arrested a man who stole a running car in Atlanta with a 2-year-old in the back seat while her mother made a delivery. (Listen Now)
➤ Savannah Guthrie on Saturday pleaded again for answers after Arizona officials released the ransom notes sent following her mother’s disappearance six months ago. (Podcast Available)
  
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➤ The Boston Red Sox finished July with a franchise-best .840 winning percentage, going 21-4 after beating the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. (See Highlights)
➤ Big Ten and SEC presidents and chancellors voted to support the Protect College Sports Act after senators added a $22.5 million player retention pool and barred payments to recruits before enrollment. The compromise could clear the way for a Senate vote next week. (More)
➤ A federal judge ruled that college athletes from the high school class of 2022 who used up their four years of eligibility this spring must be granted a fifth season, undercutting an NCAA rule that would have excluded them while giving future classes that extra year. (More)
➤ More than 100 women’s college basketball players have signed union cards with the United College Athletes Association, marking the largest collective bargaining push by college athletes to date. (More)
➤ Yesterday’s Results: MLB | WNBA | Golf | Soccer
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➤ The Texas Stock Exchange debuted officially on Friday with plans to begin corporate listings later this year and initial public offerings (IPOs) starting in 2027. (More)
➤ The U.S. Treasury intervened Friday to buy Japanese yen for the first time since 2011, to help prop up the currency as it languishes near a 40-year low against the dollar. (More)
➤ American Airlines tightened its 24-hour full-refund policy, now requiring flights be booked at least seven days before departure to qualify, instead of the two-day window it offered previously. (More)
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➤ An oil tanker near Oman was struck overnight and another reported an explosion nearby as Iran warned that the U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would lead to closure of key shipping routes. (More)
➤ The federal government proposed deep cuts to Colorado River water for Arizona, California, and Nevada through 2036 after seven basin states failed to reach agreement on their own. (More)
➤ The Justice Department moved to dismiss the Reflecting Pool vandalism case against Olympian David Hearn, acknowledging that the pool damage resulted from a contractor’s flawed installation, not sabotage. (More)
➤ Spain announced plans to install a 500-meter containment barrier along the sea border at Ceuta after up to 60,000 migrants breached the frontier this week, with the death toll climbing to 67. (More)
➤ A San Francisco robotics startup is offering humanoid robot house cleaning services for $30 an hour, though a UC Berkeley professor says the technology is not yet ready for widespread use. (More)
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Whatever happened to Salisbury steak?
The gravy-smothered ground beef patty that once symbolized modern American convenience actually started as a health food. Its slide from TV-dinner star to cafeteria punchline is one of the great demotions in culinary history.
Salisbury steak is named for Dr. James Henry Salisbury, a 19th-century New York physician and early germ-theory researcher who became convinced during the Civil War that vegetables and starches were poisoning people from the inside out. His prescription: lean minced beef three times a day, washed down with hot water. He published his findings in 1888, setting off one of America’s earliest fad diets.
The name stuck for good during World War I, when anti-German sentiment made “hamburger steak” sound unpatriotic. By mid-century, Salisbury steak had found its true calling: the frozen TV dinner. When Swanson rolled out its aluminum-tray meals in the 1950s, those gravy-bathed patties became comfort food for a generation eating in front of I Love Lucy.
But the format that made it famous eventually dragged it down. As Americans embraced global cuisine and health-conscious eating, the dish became shorthand for everything processed and institutional, the dreaded “mystery meat” on a cafeteria tray.
It hasn’t vanished, though. It’s just gone undercover. Chains like Bob Evans and LongHorn Steakhouse have it on the menu, often rebranded as “chopped steak.”
Stauffer’s and other frozen-food vendors also still stock the frozen version, and home cooks have given it a nostalgia-fueled revival online. Salisbury steak isn’t gone, just demoted from the main stage to a quiet corner of the comfort food canon.
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 Daily Quote
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“Women have always been part of this game. We’ve always played, we’ve always umpired, we’ve always coached.”
— Kat Williams, the chief executive officer of the International Women’s Baseball Center, on the new women’s pro baseball league that began its season Saturday.
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 Today’s Trivia
Which president visited Camp David the most during his time in office?
Show me the answer
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