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View in browser   Axios PM By Mike Allen · Jul 31, 2025 Happy Friday Jr. Today's newsletter, edited by Natalie Daher, is 488 words, a 2-min. read. Thanks to Sheryl Miller for copy editing.     1 big thing: 💪 Youth fitness test is back   Illustration: Allie Carl/Axios   🏃🏽‍♀️The Presidential Fitness Test is coming back to public schools after it was phased out more than a decade ago, the White House announced today. The test — featuring challenges like a 1-mile run, pull-ups and the sit-and-reach — was once a rite of passage for America's youth, Axios' April Rubin writes. It was also a source of anxiety and shame for more than a few kids, who ended up feeling like they weren't strong enough for the president's purposes. Flashback: President Dwight D. Eisenhower established the test in 1956 to assess cardiovascular fitness, upper body and core strength, endurance, flexibility, and agility. The test was launched out of panic over American children being less fit than Europeans, Vox reported. 🫁 President Obama replaced the test after the 2012-13 school year and instituted the Presidential Youth Fitness Program, putting more emphasis on students' health rather than performance. During a late-afternoon ceremony at the White House, President Trump is expected to sign an order restoring the test. Share this story.     2. 🏛️ Trump to build White House ballroom   Rendering: The White House The White House announced that a ballroom construction project will begin in September. "It is expected to be completed long before the end of President Trump's term," the announcement says. 💰Trump "and other patriot donors" are committing approximately $200 million to the project. The Secret Service will also "provide the necessary security enhancements and modifications," per the release. Rendering: The White House Between the lines: The White House Ballroom's "theme and architectural heritage" will be almost identical to that of the main building. It will be "substantially separated" from the main building and sit "where the small, heavily changed, and reconstructed East Wing currently sits." Rendering: The White House Read the release.     3. Catch me up   Cover: Simon & Schuster 📕 Former VP Kamala Harris will release a presidential campaign memoir, "107 Days," detailing her historic run, on Sept. 23. Harris will appear tonight on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert." Go deeper ... Watch her announcement video. 👀 President Trump is expected to approve a new Gaza humanitarian aid plan tomorrow after his envoy Steve Witkoff visits the enclave and briefs him about the situation. Go deeper. 🏦 Goldman Sachs tapped Michael Thompson, a veteran GOP operative, to lead the firm's efforts on public policy and regulatory affairs. He replaces longtime chief global lobbyist Michael Paese, who'll become a senior adviser at the firm. Go deeper.     4. ☕ 1 coffee thing: Where oat is GOAT   Data: Square. Map: Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios New Mexico, Maine and Oregon had the highest shares of coffee orders with oat milk in May, Alex Fitzpatrick writes from new Square data. 🙅‍♀️ Coffee drinkers in Wyoming, Mississippi and Louisiana are holding off. That's based on over 5 million coffee orders at restaurants using Square, and reflects oat milk's share of all orders with any kind of milk. 📉 The average added cost of oat milk fell from 67¢ in January to 65¢ in June.   📬 Thanks for reading! Please invite your friends to join PM. Are you a fan of this email format? Your essential communications — to staff, clients and other stakeholders — can have the same style. Axios HQ, a powerful platform, will help you do it.   Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Advertise with us. Axios, PO Box 101060, Arlington VA 22201   You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios. To stop receiving this newsletter, unsubscribe or manage your email preferences.   Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get Axios in your inbox.   Follow Axios on social media:

                                             

UNC2891 Breaches ATM Network via 4G Raspberry Pi, Tries CAKETAP Rootkit for Fraud

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