Good morning!🙋🏼♀️ I'mNicole Fallert. I mean ... it'stheCatalina wine mixer!! D.C. residents and activistshave long resistedcharacterizations of their city as dangerous and lawless as false and racially motivated. Tropical Storm Erinis set to bethe year's first major hurricane. Introducing:"The Life of a Showgirl." President Donald Trump laid out an aggressive plan for the federal government to take over law enforcement in Washington — and teased that the same force might be coming to other cities across the country. Trump painted a portrait of a city overrun by criminals. But Mayor Muriel Bowserdisputed Trump's declarationof an emergency in her city, noting the capital's crime rate has been trending down. "D.C. has the right to govern itself":D.C. residents and activistscalled Trump's movea "federal coup" rooted in his longstanding clashes with leaders of a city with a significant Black population. Can the president deploy soldiers on American streets?A landmark trialkicked offthis week over the Trump administration's use of National Guard troops in Los Angeles, a legal challenge highlighting the president's break from long-standing norms against deploying soldiers on the nation's streets. Could this happen to other cities?Trump singled out New York City; Los Angeles; Baltimore; Chicago and Oakland, Californiaas potential targetsin what would be a drastic escalation of federal presence in American cities. ~ Adrian Sparks lives on a steep hill overlooking the steel plant on the outskirts of Pittsburgh that exploded on Monday, killing two and sending 10 people to the hospital. U.S. Steel Executive Vice President Scott Buckiso said the plant was stable except for the two structures shut down after the first explosion.An investigation into the cause is underway. Three peoplewere fatally shotat in a Target parking lot in Austin. A U.S.-China tariff trucewasextendedby another 90 days. Conservative economistE.J. Antoniwas namedto lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Could marijuanabe reclassifiedas a less dangerous drug? What's the weather today?Check your local forecast here. Tropical Storm Erin has formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and is on track to become the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, meteorologists said. The storm is expected to continue strengthening as it barrels west over the coming days. As Erin heads west, it will encounter exceptionally warm waters that could fuel its development into a major hurricane, forecasters say. It is still early and there are high levels of uncertainty in the storm's long-term track.Still, experts urge those with interests in the Caribbean and the eastern coast of the U.S.to monitorits development. The U.S. plans to bring back a somewhat shocking, but very effective, campaign to fight a flesh-eating parasitic fly that's been sighted in Mexico. The plan: Breed millions of sterilized flies and drop them over the Texas-Mexican border to protect the more than $100 billion U.S. cattle and beef industry from the New World screwworm. The effort works by sterilizing male screwworm flies so that when they mate with females the resulting eggs are infertile. Over time so few fertile eggs are created that the fly is eradicated altogether.It's not as crazy as it sounds. She turned herself into an "LA 10."It's part of a growing"unrecognizable makeup"trend. Dennis Quaid'siconic "Parent Trap' pool scenewas a costume designer's nightmare. Meetthis year's"World's Ugliest Dog." Watchthieves wipe outa store in a Labubu heist. We're tripping over our toes over here. Taylor Swift confirmed the news of her 12th studio album on a "New Heights" podcast teaser released at 12:12 a.m. ET on Aug. 12. The singer pulled out a blurred out album cover and introduced "The Life of a Showgirl." The podcast will air Aug. 13 and likely provide details about her orange-dipped new era. Now a plethora of TS12 Easter eggs in everything from lyrics to fashion to concert graphics are starting to add up, and fans are loving putting her hints together.USA TODAYtracedthe evidence. American tennis players are on home soil this week for the Cincinatti Open, taking every opportunity for a win ahead of the U.S. Open later this month. Former U.S. tennis star Lindsay Davenport shared with USA TODAY Sports why she thinksa U.S. men's Grand Slam title could be coming soonthanks to guys like Frances Tiafoe, Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton. Nicole Fallert is a newsletter writer at USA TODAY,sign up for the email here. Want to send Nicole a note? Shoot her an email at NFallert@usatoday.com. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Daily Briefing: Trump's DC takeover