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The 5 trendiest finds at Sam’s Club in July 2024
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One of our favorite things about wholesale clubs is discovering new items, from snacks to home goods to tech. And there’s a whole bunch of great new items available at Sam’s Club this July.
The retailer just refreshed its Trending Items list for the new month. The shopping experts here at CBS Essentials have scoured all the most popular viral products at Sam’s Club now to bring you a curated list of our top five finds. This month’s top trending items include a genius solution for keeping fruit flies at bay, a pair of Timberland boots at an incredible price and a cooler backpack that’ll make you the hit of any tailgating party this fall.
Read on to discover our top Sam’s Club Trending Item picks for July 2024, or tap the button below to view the full collection of trending items. Remember, this list will change with time, so be sure to stop back at Sam’s Club website regularly so you can be the first to score the next new viral sensation.
To shop the trending item collection at Sam’s Club, you’ll need to be a Sam’s Club member. If you’re not a member yet, we have good news: There’s a Sam’s Club membership deal that will save you 50% on your first year. Sign up now through July 31, 2024, and you’ll pay just $25. (A Club level membership to Sam’s Club is normally $50 per year.)
There’s also a deal on Sam’s Club Plus memberships if you want to start earning a 2% reward on your purchases (among other great perks). Normally $110, your first year of Sam’s Club Plus membership is just $70.
The trendiest finds at Sam’s Club in July 2024
Get ready for summer and beyond with these top Sam’s Club Trending Item finds of July 2024. Wondering what items have been trending in the past? Check out our coverage of the trendiest Sam’s Club finds of April 2024, the trendiest Sam’s Club finds of May 2024 and the trendiest Sam’s Club finds of June 2024.
Lace up a new pair of Timberland boots at a great price
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One of the best parts of shopping Sam’s Club is discovering items from the trendiest brands at much-better-than-usual prices. Case in point: This 4.8-star-rated Timberland men’s premium waterproof boot. The classic design features a leather upper with a leather collar, and is finished with waterproof seam-sealing.
Sam’s Club reviewers rave about their quality. Says one: “Excellent quality shoe. My son scouted around for some Timberland boots for a few months. Mall prices were inflated. I joined the search, and to my surprise, I discovered that Sam’s had Timberland Boots and they had the style he wanted too. Not only that, the price was the best one that we found!”
Score your pair of men’s Timberland boots at Sam’s Club now for $142.98. It’s available in sizes 8 through 13.
This NCAA backpack cooler is the ultimate fall tailgating accessory
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Get ready for college football season at Sam’s Club. This 30-can backpack cooler features cushioned shoulder straps for comfortable carrying to and from the tailgate party. It’s a great way to show off team pride: The cooler comes in your favorite NCAA team’s primary color, with an oversized screen-printed team logo. Forty-three teams are available.
The cooler measures 12.21 by 7 by 14.96 inches. It’s made from waterproof fabric and features a heat-sealed leakproof liner to keep drinks and food cold without mess.
Get this NCAA backpack cooler at Sam’s Club this July for $39.98.
Get an incredible deal on a Le Creuset Dutch oven
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Professional and amateur chefs alike love the Le Creuset brand. The enameled cast-iron cookware is known for its heat distribution and durability. In short: Le Creuset cookware is built to last a lifetime.
This 9-quart round Dutch oven by Le Creuset is oven-safe to 500 degrees. The enamel finish is chip- and stain-resistant, and the whole thing is dishwasher safe. A tight-fitting lid is included to circulate steam and return moisture to the food.
If purchased elsewhere, you could expect to pay $500 for this piece of high-end cookware. Right now at Sam’s Club, you can pick one up in black or cerise (red) for $349.98.
This gadget keeps flies away this summer without poison
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We love summer weather here at CBS Essentials, but we hate all the bugs that come with that summer weather, like house flies, gnats and fruit flies.
The 4.3-star-rated Zevo flying insect trap is a simple, elegant solution that works without odors, poisons or dangerous chemicals. Plug it in near sources of food, such as fruit bowls and trash cans. It uses blue and UV light to attract insects, which it captures via a sticky adhesive. There’s no mess to clean up or dead bugs to touch — all you do is replace the refill cartridge when it’s full.
Sam’s Club sells Zevo flying insect traps in packs of two for $39.98, so you can have a wider zone of anti-bug coverage throughout your home. Six refill cartridges are included.
These light-up shoes add fun to back-to-school
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Get your kids ready for back-to-school season with one of the coolest pairs of sneakers they’ll ever wear. These Member’s Mark boys play shoes light up with every step, adding fun and excitement to that first day back in class.
The Member’s Mark boys light-up play shoe is made of cotton canvas and rubber, with a memory foam insole for added comfort. They’re available in three designs, with sizes ranging from 7 to 13.
The best part about these shoes may be their price. They’re just $12.98 at Sam’s Club. (At a price this good, you might want to pick up a couple different colorways.)
Join Sam’s Club for $25 in July
Not a Sam’s Club member yet? Great news: Sam’s Club is offering a July membership deal right now. New members can join at the Club level for just $25 for your first year. That’s a savings of 50% off the usual $50 yearly membership fee. (Note that you’ll need to be a new Sam’s Club member, and you’ll need to agree to auto-renew.)
This is a limited-time offer, ending July 31, 2024. So tap the button below to sign up for Sam’s Club now at the discounted $25 rate.
Why you should upgrade to Sam’s Club Plus
There are a lot of perks to a Sam’s Club membership, but there are even more when you upgrade to Sam’s Club Plus. You’ll get free shipping for online orders, free curbside pickup, 2% back on qualifying purchases (up to $500 back per year), free select generic prescriptions and 20% off eyeglasses. Sam’s Club Plus members can also shop sales before other Sam’s Club members. Terms apply. (See the Sam’s Club site for more details.)
The wholesale club also has a deal for anyone who wants to become a Sam’s Club Plus Member. Right now, you can get $40 off a Sam’s Club Plus membership. That brings the annual price down to $70.
Again, note that you’ll need to be a new member and agree to auto-renew to score this deal.
Police arrested a man on murder charges this month, 14 years after he allegedly killed a man in Virginia, but the victim’s body has never been found.
Shane Ryan Donahue, a Virginia man, is presumed deceased, the Prince William County Police Department said Tuesday. He was last seen leaving his parents’ home in Nokesville, Virginia, on March 22, 2010. Donahue, 23, was headed to his house in Nokesville, but never made it there.
Donahue was added to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System after he vanished. According to records, Donahue did not have a car and regularly got rides from friends. He frequented Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Fauquier County, Virginia, and Northern Virginia.
The case stumped investigators, who followed a number of leads over the years. This spring, detectives reactivated the investigation and started looking at every detail of the case from scratch, officials said. They revisited people who had been interviewed during the initial investigation and reviewed “digital evidence in greater detail due to advances in analytical technology and modern police investigative practices,” according to a news release.
Officers said Donahue was last seen leaving his parents’ home with Timothy Sean Hickerson, now a 43-year-old Florida resident. Investigators connected Hickerson to a burglary at Donahue’s home that happened just days before the Virginia man disappeared.
Detectives got an arrest warrant this month and, with the help of Florida’s Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, Hickerson was taken into custody in Palm Coast, Florida. Hickerson was charged with murder and burglary, is now set to be extradited to Virginia.
Former President Donald Trump, an avowed proponent of tax cuts, is floating the idea of reversing a measure passed during his tenure in the White House that effectively raised taxes for many U.S. homeowners.
In a post Tuesday on Truth Social, Trump suggested he would scrap a $10,000 cap on deducting state and local taxes (SALT) that was passed as part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act — a massive revamp that he has said boosted economic growth.
Now, in the run-up to the November election, Trump said in the post he would “get SALT back, lower your taxes, and so much more,” although he stopped short of offering details. Trump made the post ahead of a speech he’s giving Wednesday at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island.
Trump’s new proposal for getting rid of his $10,000 SALT deduction cap comes as the presidential hopeful is pitching several additional tax cuts that would, if enacted, reduce taxes for major groups of voters. He’s also vowed to eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits, a pledge that could get support from the nation’s senior citizens, as well as to end income taxes on tipped workers and on overtime pay, ideas that would help lower- and middle-income Americans.
Yet Trump’s reversal on the SALT deduction has sparked skepticism from lawmakers as well as economists and policy experts.
“So … now Trump is against the SALT tax cap which *checks notes* is a key part of the — only — major piece of legislation passed during his administration?” noted Chris Koski, a political science professor at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, on X.
Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat from Nassau, Queens, said in a statement on Wednesday that he is “happy that the former president is saying that he has finally reversed his devastating decision in 2017 to cap the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction.” He also urged Trump to convince Republican lawmakers to vote to restore the full deduction “if he is truly serious.”
The SALT deduction cap “has been a body blow to my constituents for the past 7 years,” Suozzi added.
Senator Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, wrote on X,”Donald Trump took away your SALT dedications and hurt so many Long Island families. Now, he’s coming to Long Island to pretend he supports SALT. It won’t work.”
Asked for details about Trump’s proposal to restore the SALT writeoff, a spokeswoman for the Trump campaign told CBS MoneyWatch: “While his pro-growth, pro-energy policies will make life affordable again, President Trump is also going to quickly move tax relief for working people and seniors.”
Here’s what to know about the SALT deduction.
What is the SALT deduction?
The state and local tax deduction allows taxpayers who itemize to deduct property taxes, sales taxes and state or local income taxes from their federal income taxes. Prior to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, there was no limit on how much people could deduct through the SALT deduction.
But the 2017 tax overhaul passed under Trump limited the deduction to $10,000 – a blow to many homeowners in states with high property taxes, many of which are Democratic leaning. At the time of the law’s passage, the Treasury Department estimated that almost 11 million taxpayers in high-tax states like New York and New Jersey would forfeit $323 billion in deductions.
Who benefits from the SALT deduction?
Homeowners with high property taxes, such as people in New York, New Jersey and California, were the biggest beneficiaries of the the full SALT deduction.
But some experts also noted that the SALT deduction primarily put more money in the pockets of higher-earning Americans. About 80% of the full SALT deduction had helped people earning more than $100,000 a year, according to the Tax Foundation.
What happened after Trump capped the SALT deduction at $10,000?
The limit has increasingly impacted middle-class homeowners across the U.S. because of rising property taxes and incomes. Some lawmakers have also sought to either repeal or increase the SALT cap, but none of those efforts have borne fruit.
Earlier this year, some lawmakers sought to double the SALT deduction cap to $20,000 for married couples, with the change retroactive for the 2023 tax year. But that bill was blocked in the House in February.
Won’t the SALT deduction cap expire anyway?
Yes, the SALT deduction cap is a provision that’s due to expire in 2025, as are many other parts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, such as a reduction of the individual tax brackets. But Trump has previously indicated he wants to extend the provisions in his signature tax law.
How much would it cost the U.S. to repeal the SALT deduction cap?
It won’t be cheap, according to the the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a think tank that focuses on budget and policy issues.
Eliminating the $10,000 deduction limit “would increase the cost of extending the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) by $1.2 trillion over a decade,” the group estimates, adding that such a measure would be a “costly mistake.”
Extending the TCJA’s tax cuts would increase the nation’s deficit by $3.9 trillion over the next decade, the group estimates. By adding in a expiration or repeal of the SALT deduction cap, that would grow to $5.1 trillion, it added.
“Lawmakers should not extend the TCJA without a plan to – at a minimum – offset the costs of extension, but ideally the plan would raise revenues relative to current law and help put the nation’s debt on a better trajectory,” the group said in a statement.
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