Daily News Collage - 2026-07-13

• News date: 2026-07-13
• Timestamp shown in image: 07/13/2026 11:59 PM
• Saved image path: My-Library/Images/News-Images/Daily-News-Collage/Images/July_2026/Daily-News-Collage_7-13-26.png
• Prompt log: script/logs/daily-ai-news-collage/gemini-prompt_7-13-26.txt
• Final image engine: built-in gpt-image (recovered from session transcript)
• Recovery details: the built-in generator returned inline renders but no post-RUN_START file appeared under ~/.codex/generated_images; the image was recovered with script/categories/shared/codex_extract_images.py from the current Codex session transcript.
• RUN_START freshness guard: find ~/.codex/generated_images -type f -name 'ig_*.png' -newermt @1784035805 -printf '%T@ %p\n' | sort -n | tail -1 returned no eligible cached PNG before and after the one allowed retry.
• Image verification: PNG exists, non-empty, RGB, 1024x1536.

Selected Stories

1. U.S.-Iran Strait of Hormuz escalation and blockade claims.

   • Sources:
     • https://apnews.com/article/935364080d8083d6137d399bbeb9205f
     • https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-hormuz-strait-war-july-13-2026-6c2c44cfdd089d6393d18fa5930ed620
   • Embedded panel caption: Hormuz Blockade Escalates

2. ICE fatal shooting in Biddeford, Maine, amid scrutiny of immigration sweeps.

   • Sources:
     • https://apnews.com/article/ice-shooting-maine-immigration-dhs-f26f8c2256aa6f0748582ea4adbb515c
     • https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-deaths-eight-houston-35b6d6f9b9715edd064009e195547b2b
   • Embedded panel caption: Maine ICE Shooting

3. Trump reduces Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah.

   • Sources:
     • https://apnews.com/article/trump-bears-ears-grand-staircase-escalante-69f14749f13a7ac6fb6ee07ce4cd84bf
     • https://apnews.com/article/dfedb82f23c3d979dab1837ad3602a60
   • Embedded panel caption: Utah Monuments Cut

4. Federal judge rebukes Trump's IRS lawsuit and settlement arrangement.

   • Sources:
     • https://apnews.com/article/trump-irs-justice-department-61adebe5de8982eb214b30889ad4f251
     • https://abcnews.com/US/judge-refers-trumps-attorneys-potential-disciplinary-action-irs/story?id=134719548
   • Embedded panel caption: IRS Lawsuit Rebuked

5. Dangerous U.S. heat wave with record warm nights and health risks.

   • Sources:
     • https://apnews.com/article/fb7664f71743f71beca4ce7447562ca2
     • https://apnews.com/article/heat-wave-dome-weather-808787f73a64aecbffb334b4fcbf33b6
   • Embedded panel caption: Record Warm Nights

6. Jordan Walker wins the MLB Home Run Derby in Philadelphia.

   • Sources:
     • https://apnews.com/article/5dcc1b03ebb96723a9e1b74cc362cc59
   • Embedded panel caption: Walker Derby Winner

Generation Details

• Built-in image generation attempts: 2
• Cached image selection command: find ~/.codex/generated_images -type f -name 'ig_*.png' -newermt @1784035805 -printf '%T@ %p\n' | sort -n | tail -1
• Cached image selection result: no post-RUN_START cached PNG found.
• Session transcript recovery command: python3 "/workspace/AI-Automation-Library/script/categories/shared/codex_extract_images.py" "/home/ubuntu/.codex/sessions/2026/07/14/rollout-2026-07-14T13-30-06-019f60d2-0c5c-7df1-9d1e-72f95b84ac45.jsonl" --out script/logs/daily-ai-news-collage/extracted_7-13-26
• Extracted render used: script/logs/daily-ai-news-collage/extracted_7-13-26/ig_02772a1f9bbaaf8f016a563b137e208191948dc7f69bfb0d70.png
• Normalization: no resize needed; recovered PNG was already 1024x1536.

Commit, Push, And Email

• Initial commit result: 7d9e1906 (Add daily news collage for 2026-07-13) committed the dated PNG and dated metadata.
• Initial push result: git push origin mike_desktop succeeded (acda710c..7d9e1906 mike_desktop -> mike_desktop).
• AgentMail attachment email result:

{
  "attachments": [
    "Daily-News-Collage_7-13-26.png"
  ],
  "inbox_id": "stupidopportunity154@agentmail.to",
  "message_id": "<0100019f60db4e74-416e0edc-0639-4a8d-8c51-5a955be3eee2-000000@email.amazonses.com>",
  "status": "sent",
  "thread_id": "2074c6a5-b094-4f18-9351-c1a2939cf64e",
  "to": [
    "mikeschecht@gmail.com"
  ]
}

• Notification fallback email result: not run; attachment email succeeded.

Issues

• Built-in image generation did not persist either run's PNG under ~/.codex/generated_images after RUN_START, so transcript recovery was used instead of copying from the shared cache.