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Tuesday, August 18, 2026

President Trump last week returned a mail-in ballot ahead of Florida's primary election on Tuesday, Politico reported Monday, the second time he has done so amid his unfounded claims that mail-in voting contributes to election fraud. read more


Shasta County Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis says that he will be hiring 2020 election denier Tina Peters as an Assistant Registrar of Voters next month with a possible salary ranging between $43,368 to $62,232 per annum. read more


President Trump on Monday warned Omani officials against getting "in the way" of the U.S. during negotiations ... read more


President Donald Trump says vandals are to blame for large swaths of dead grass on the National Mall ... read more


Sources tell Zeteo the percentage of critical long-range missiles that the Trump administration has depleted in its failing war is in 'at least the high nineties.' read more


Monday, August 17, 2026

The Supreme Court on Monday denied President Trump's long-shot request to reconsider his appeal of writer E. Jean Carroll's $5 million sexual abuse verdict. The president asked the justices to rehear the case after they declined to take up his argument in June. read more


Tech salesman and former MAGA supporter Brent Jindra, 48, was stunned when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained his wife ...


A preprint paper published this week highlights the dangers of harassment involving Meta's camera-equipped smart glasses. read more


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Saturday that his country struck the Progress Rocket Space Center deep within Russia ... read more


The shock gloves, he went on to explain, allow their wearer to inflict pain without leaving the sort of marks that could look bad to witnesses or leave an officer vulnerable to lawsuits. read more


Former Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says that the Trump Administration is considering possible nuclear actions during strategy meetings on the Iran conflict. read more


US president credits himself with lowest drug prices in 60 years, when article says drop is more likely due to Biden read more


Federal prosecutors in Chicago have been investigating Authentic Campaigns Inc., a Democratic fundraising firm once co-owned by Lauren Merchan, the daughter of NYS Judge Juan Merchan who in 2024 oversaw Trump's New York hush-money trial. read more


President Trump and congressional Republicans ... have effectively cut subsidies for the Affordable Care Act's marketplaces, making it harder for people who do not receive insurance through work to afford a plan. read more


American employers are approaching an uncomfortable choice: absorb another large increase in healthcare costs or pass more of it on to workers. read more


We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. read more


 

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