• The U.S. economy added 206,000 jobs in June. while job numbers from April and May were revised down. It’s the latest sign the economy may be cooling.
  
  

• In a leftward surge, Keir Starmer’s Labour Party secured one of the biggest parliamentary majorities in history. The U.K. picked a no-drama prime minister after years of post-Brexit chaos.
  
  

• France could be in line for a surge to the right.

It’s been a remarkable week of donors and key allies abandoning President Biden at the lowest moment of his presidency.

• Top Democratic donors are aiming to raise $100 million to put in an escrow fund that could be used for Biden’s replacement.
  
  
• Abigail Disney told CNBC she’d stop giving to the Democratic Party until Biden is replaced.
  
  
• A group of 168 business leaders, including former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, Walmart heir Christy Walton, and shoe magnates John and Tom Floresheim, are calling on Biden to end his campaign.
  
  
• Media executive Barry Diller and his wife Diane von Furstenberg, a designer, no longer support Biden’s campaign, according to The Ankler. They join top media execs and former Biden donors such as Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and producer Damon Lindelof, who have called on Biden to drop out and are closing their wallets until he does.

The exodus comes after the Democratic governors who gathered at the White House on Wednesday emerged to say they had Biden’s back.

The unity didn’t last long, as Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) on Friday nudged Biden to exit the race:

“The best way forward right now is a decision for the President to make. Over the coming days, I urge him to listen to the American people and carefully evaluate whether he remains our best hope to defeat Donald Trump.”

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• Third House Democrat calls on Biden to drop out.
• Democrats in competitive House races break with Biden.
• California Democrat says Biden campaign “arrogant” after debate.
• Paul Whelan asks Biden to act as if his own son were held hostage.
• What happens to Biden’s campaign cash if he drops out?

Former President Trump on Friday disavowed the conservative Heritage Foundation’s controversial 900-page “governing agenda” for Republicans, which has been a target for Democrats.

“I know nothing about Project 2025,” Trump wrote on TruthSocial. “I have no idea who is behind it. I disagree with some of the things they’re saying and some of the things they’re saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal. Anything they do, I wish them luck, but I have nothing to do with them.”

Heritage’s “Project 2025” outlines actions for a potential Republican majority, including national restrictions on abortion; the elimination of abortion pills; ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs; and reclassifying government workers to make them easier to fire.

Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts stepped into controversy this week when he said a “second American revolution” would “remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”

Trump has kept a low profile amid the Democratic meltdown over Biden’s candidacy.

But he’s been more vocal in recent days.

In a video of Trump and his son youngest son Barron on the golf course, Trump called Biden an “old broken-down pile of crap” and predicted he’d leave the race.

“That means we have Kamala,” Trump said. “She’s so bad. She’s so pathetic.”

Trump also challenged Biden to an additional “no-holds barred” debate. And he blasted ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos, whose interview with Biden will run Friday night.

Trump called the newsman “George Slopadopoulos” and called “FAKE NEWS ABC” one of the “worst and most vile Broadcasters in the business.

“The Electoral College may finally be an asset for panicking Democrats,” by James Sieja for The Hill.

“It’s time for Democrats to roll the dice,” by Anne Applebaum for The Atlantic.

“It’s freak-out time for Democrats,” by Kimberley A. Strassel for The Wall Street Journal.

“The White House’s Kamala Harris blunder,” by Elaina Plott Calabro for The Atlantic.

Friday

• Biden’s interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos airs at 8 p.m.