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1. Supreme Court rules in favor of Trump administration's immigration operations
Monday's Supreme Court ruling lifted a restraining order against immigration agents in Los Angeles who were stopping people based on their race, language, job or location. It's the latest win for President Donald Trump's immigration policy, the Associated Press reports.
As of last week, according to the Department of Homeland Security, authorities have made 5,210 immigration arrests since June 6. Chris Newman, legal director for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, explained that the decision will affect immigration enforcement in other big U.S. cities.
“The Supreme Court majority makes clear that average non-white workers are targets, and it functionally gives its stamp of approval for Trump to trample their bedrock constitutional rights,” he said.
2. Foreign travelers spent less in US in July
In July, international travelers spent less money on their trips to the U.S., according to data from the National Travel and Tourism Office. The Wall Street Journal reported that the purchases on food, lodging and recreation made by foreign visitors was $11.3 billion, representing a decline of about 3% when compared to July of last year.
"Overall, total international spending, which also includes travel to and from the U.S., declined nearly 1% compared with the prior July," the WSJ added. "Visitor spending in June was flat year-over-year."
It's the first decline since March, which was affected by Easter falling in April this year. So far in 2025, international visitor spending is up 2% compared to the same period last year, which is supported by "strong January figures," per the WSJ.
3. Dolly Parton's Nashville hotel gets ready to perform
Dolly Parton's The SongTeller Hotel is set to open next spring, and General Manager Shannon Foster shared details of the upcoming hotel at the Hotel Data Conference, CoStar News reports.
"This hotel and Dolly's Life of Many Colors Museum is really Dolly's love letter to Nashville, to thank Nashville and the fans for supporting her over her entire career. I mean, it's almost seven decades of this amazing career that she's had," Foster said.
The 250-room, upper-upscale conversion will feature specialty suites, music venues and a special exhibit on Parton's career and life.
4. US workers grow more concerned about job market
Americans have reportedly grown more concerned about the job market, according to the New York Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Expectations for August. Reuters reports that there has been a distinct rise in respondents who said finding new employment would be harder if they lost their current job.
"The expected probability of finding new work in such an event among respondents was 44.9%, the lowest level in the survey since June 2013 and down from 50.7% in July," Reuters reports.
The survey's findings come after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that that non-farm payrolls rose by only 22,000 jobs after increasing by 75,000 in July.
5. Cheese attractions wheel in tourism opportunities for France
France is serving up more travelers looking to explore the country's history and culture one bite at a time, according to the BBC. Last spring, Paris opened a museum dedicated to cheese, and regional cheese-focused trails have also emerged. The attractions are contributing to a Future Market Insights prediction "that the market for culinary experiences in France will rise by nearly 16% over the next decade," according to the article.
"We've noticed that a section of the population is less interested these days in going to the Bahamas, for example, and more inclined to take nature-based holidays in France, to discover the local terroirs," said the manager of the Musée Vivant du Fromage, Guillaume Gaubert. "The French are really attached to their land. The cheese connects them to their terroir — so the Alsatian wants his Munster, the Norman his Camembert, the Basque his Ossau-Iraty. And the Savoyard? His Beaufort."