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Caitlin Reilly | (TNS) CQ-Roll Call WASHINGTON — Member turnover on the tax-writing committees and in Congress broadly has given rise to a feeling on and off Capitol Hill that nothing is off the table in next year’s tax deadline negotiations, including provisions made permanent by the 2017 tax law. The effects of this turnover are likely to be felt more deeply in a Republican sweep or divided government next year, as churn has been more dramatic on the GOP side of the dais.

What better time to look for South Florida’s favorite spot for frozen treats than during the hot month of July? There’s a reason this is National Ice Cream Month. For the next installment in our “Best of South Florida Dining” series, we’re looking for the (ice) cream of the crop in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

Emilio “Emi” Benitez is a persistent man. Over nearly three decades, the long-time Broward lawyer and child advocate applied for judicial appointments 17 times, and 17 times his applications were rejected, either by a local Judicial Nominating Commission or by one of several governors. He last applied in 2018, Rick Scott’s last year as governor. Sometimes, the competition was fierce, as it was in 1997, when a Democratic governor chose Peter Weinstein, a former state senator. Now, as he turns 66, Benitez is running for an open judicial seat for the first time.

Colorado State University has updated its hurricane season forecast, calling for a more active season than the already “extremely active” forecast from June. The forecast team there used data collected through the season thus far to adjust its predictions. In nearly every category, forecasters are calling for the seasons to be more robust: — Named storm jumped from 23 to 25.

Four judges will retire from the Broward County Court bench this fall. As a result, the bench is losing decades of institutional knowledge in a county that’s more populous than 13 states. One of those four departing judges is Robert Lee, who joined the bench in 1997 — so long ago that he was appointed by Florida’s last Democratic governor, Lawton Chiles. Replacing that much experience will not be easy, but Broward voters can start by electing Corey Brian Friedman in the Group 25 race on the Aug.

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — NATO leaders gathering in Washington starting Tuesday plan to shore up transatlantic support for Ukraine in its battle against Russia. But for host President Joe Biden, the summit has become just as much about demonstrating he is capable of meeting the grinding demands of the presidency for four more years. Heads of state from Europe and North America are confronting the prospect of the return of NATO skeptic Donald Trump as Biden tries to save his reelection campaign, which has been in a tailspin following a stumbling June 27 debate performance against Trump. The president said his work at the summit, where NATO is celebrating 75 years, would be a good way to judge his continued ability to do the job.