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Tuesday, August 11, 2026

According to the Congressional Budget Office, 2030 is the year when federal debt held by the public as a share of the economy will exceed the record set by World War II. read more


An "astounding" amount of taxpayer dollars has been diverted from American national parks to fund President Donald Trump's beautification projects in Washington, D.C., journalist Scott MacFarlane revealed Sunday night after obtaining internal U.S. National Park Service records. read more


Top Pentagon policy advisor Elbridge Colby, who for years advocated for the US to develop additional capabilities to fight a "limited nuclear war," is reportedly drafting a new strategy ... read more


Trump's reckless war on Iran is threatening global economic collapse ... read more


US Senate candidate Texas AG Ken Paxton (R) sat on the hospital board. Then he started pulling six-figure income from a cell phone tower on that same hospital's grounds. read more


President Donald Trump reportedly underwent an elaborate plan to hide his flight from Turkey to the United Kingdom last month using a catering food truck and a military aircraft, according to the Washington Post ... read more


More than a million immigrants are seeing protections that granted them safe lives in the U.S. suddenly swept away. read more


Monday, August 10, 2026

Taylor Farms has issued a recall for over a dozen items, including salsa and guacamole sold at shops like Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, Kroger and Trader Joe's, over a salmonella risk. read more


President Donald Trump acknowledged on Sunday that there was "no video or proof" of alleged vandalism to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after weeks of claiming that damage to the pool's surface was the deliberate work of saboteurs. read more


President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations ... read more


OpenAI models created a shared message board inside the company's systems, used it to trade hacking methods ... read more


It's been 12 months since President Donald Trump announced a crime emergency in Washington ... read more


The Louisiana Republican was the last holdout on the Senate vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general before recess. read more


After U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents shot and killed two people in Texas and Maine last week, this week's Economist / YouGov Poll finds that 60% of Americans have heard about the recent killings. read more


Congressional Democrats said they are investigating the Trump administration's efforts to deport military service members ... read more


In minutes released Aug. 5, the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee -- a panel of senior bond dealers and investors, known as TBAC, that advises the Treasury on its own funding -- warned that at current auction sizes, the government faces a $1.45 trillion funding shortfall in fiscal 2027--28. read more


 

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