Friday's Headlines: Donald Trump starts a trade war — with the Republican Party

Gingrich, Christie are top candidates to be Trump's running mate ; Stung by a betrayal, Boris Johnson ends bid to lead Britain; Gay Talese on main source for his book: 'I should not have believed a word he said'; Tesla driver using autopilot killed in crash;   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Brian Snyder / Reuters Donald Trump starts a trade war — with the Republican Party The rift involving the presumptive nominee deepened Thursday when Trump called out the U.S. Chamber of Commerce by name for the second straight day and pilloried the North American Free Trade Agreement and the ­Trans-Pacific Partnership, two landmark trade agreements broadly supported by the GOP. By Sean Sullivan and Jenna Johnson  •  Read more » Gingrich, Christie are top candidates to be Trump's running mate The two have been asked to answer more than 100 questions and to provide reams of personal and professional files that include tax records and all of the articles or books they have published. By Robert Costa and Karen Tumulty  •  Read more »   Stung by a betrayal, Boris Johnson ends bid to lead Britain The former London mayor made his announcement minutes before the deadline to enter the prime minister race. Michael Gove, who had been expected to serve as Johnson's campaign manager, said he would enter the fray. By Griff Witte  •  Read more »   Gay Talese on main source for his book: 'I should not have believed a word he said' The acclaimed journalist and nonfiction author said he won't promote his forthcoming book, "The Voyeur's Motel," after a Washington Post reporter informed him of records that raise doubts about some accounts in it. "How dare I promote it when its credibility is down the toilet?" By Paul Farhi  •  Read more »   Tesla driver using autopilot killed in crash In the first known fatality with autopilot activated, a Tesla driver was killed in a collision with a tractor trailer. "Neither Autopilot nor the driver noticed the white side of the tractor trailer against a brightly lit sky, so the brake was not applied," Tesla said. By Jacob Bogage  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   When ‘telling it like it is’ exposes ‘lazy’ thinking about blacks By Jonathan Capehart  •  Read more »   Barack Obama has made America great again. These polls prove it. By Daniel W. Drezner  •  Read more »   Benghazi conspiracy theorists turn on Trey Gowdy By Dana Milbank  •  Read more »   Pity poor Britain. God save America. By Garrison Keillor  •  Read more »   The World War I battle that continues to haunt Europe By George F. Will  •  Read more »   Feminists treat men badly. It’s bad for feminism. By Cathy Young  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   U.S. District Judge strikes down Mississippi's 'religious freedom' law Just before the law was to go into effect, a federal judge issued an injunction blocking a bill that would have allowed private citizens and some public officials professing a "sincere religious belief" to deny services to gays and lesbians. By Neely Tucker  •  Read more » Trump used money donated for charity to buy himself a Tim Tebow-signed football helmet Trump Foundation paid $12,000 for the helmet, which Trump later posed with, at a Susan G. Komen auction. By David A. Fahrenthold  •  Read more » The Fix: Donald Trump's Bill O'Reilly interview is an instant classic These Trump-O'Reilly interviews are usually fascinating and this one didn't disappoint. By Chris Cillizza  •  Read more » Bernie Sanders is asked three times about Biden's claim that he's ready to endorse Clinton Sanders appeared on MSNBC's "Up With Chris Hayes" and explained, for the umpteenth time, that his promise to help defeat Donald Trump and vote for Clinton did not amount to an endorsement. Not yet. By David Weigel  •  Read more » Federal judge blocks new Florida abortion law Planned Parenthood challenged the measure Gov. Rick Scott signed into law earlier this year. The law prevented any state funds from going to an organization that also provides abortions. It also added new inspection requirements on clinics. By Associated Press  •  Read more » Richest nations fail to agree on deadline to phase out fossil fuel subsidies Campaigners say hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies for fossil fuels are undermining efforts to tackle climate change. But a target date for their removal remains elusive. By Simon Denyer  •  Read more » 'Trapped by all the sides' in Yemen's largely ignored war Among the wars wrought by the Arab Spring, Yemen's remains largely invisible to the world, but the conflict holds enormous stakes for Washington and its allies. And that fight is intensifying. By Sudarsan Raghavan  •  Read more » Unregulated stem-cell clinics are proliferating across the United States According to a new study, at least 351 companies with 570 clinics are marketing unapproved treatments for conditions such as osteoarthritis, Alzheimer's, autism and injured spinal cords. By Laurie McGinley  •  Read more » The world’s newest country is too broke to celebrate its independence day South Sudan's declared independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011, and usually marked that day with celebrations. But this year the country says it can't afford festivities and some say there's not much to celebrate. By Adam Taylor  •  Read more » Zika doesn’t worry Americans as much as Ebola Even as many Americans shrug off concerns about Zika virus, most said Congress should fund efforts to combat infections in the United States, according to a Washington Post-ABC News Poll. By Brady Dennis, Lena H. Sun and Scott Clement  •  Read more » Man at center of popular 'Serial' podcast is granted a new trial After spending 16 years in prison, a man convicted of murder who was at the center of the podcast's first season has won a new trial in Baltimore. Adnan Syed was convicted of murdering his former high school girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999 and burying her in a park. He was sentenced to life in prison. By Elahe Izadi  •  Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Headlines. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. 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