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Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Josh Kushner and Bob Iger have purchased the Los Angeles Lakers for a record-breaking $12 billion, sources tell ESPN. read more


Trump has long claimed that the nation's capitol was a violent cesspool -- and that his National Guard policy fixed it. New reporting disputes that. read more


Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals. read more


A judge has ruled that the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. must pay a jazz musician $252,000 in legal fees and costs ... read more


President Donald Trump compared the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccine to a nuclear bomb being set off inside a kid's body during a Tuesday interview on Real America's Voice. read more


Minnesota state Rep. Lisa Demuth (R) was projected to win the Republican primary for governor of the North Star State, Decision Desk HQ projects, dealing a blow to President Trump. Trump had endorsed Republican businessman Mike Lindell ... read more


Turkish officials suspect that the Israelis fabricated the intelligence report that alleged Iran planned to assassinate US President Donald Trump during the Ankara NATO summit last month ... read more


President Trump's outside advisers -- individuals who are not employed by the federal government - may now be protected from future congressional and legal investigations, according to a new opinion from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel. read more


Nearly 30,000 pounds of raw beef imported from Argentina was recalled last week after it entered the United States without undergoing the required federal reinspection, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. read more


The supreme court justice Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from his fossil fuel interests between 2005 and 2024, a new review of financial disclosures shows. read more


Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Ars Technica writes about how coupling road cameras with bluetooth signals could be used to track people and phones together. read more


President Donald Trump's reported secret escape from Air Force One amid fears of an Iranian assassination attempt sparked a furious online backlash Monday, with critics accusing the White House of leaving journalists and staff aboard what was described as a "decoy" aircraft. read more


Its second-quarter net loss jumped to $238.1 million from about $20 million a year earlier, the company said in a statement. read more


U.S. private employers added an average of 8,250 jobs per week for the four weeks ending July 25, marking the sixth consecutive week of slowing hiring, according to data released today. read more


In a NYS courthouse in the Republican Party enclave of Staten Island, Judge Wayne Ozzi temporarily blocked NYC's new tax on luxury second homes. read more


"I just am flabbergasted that all of the security that we have at the airport, that they don't know that I am the John Phillips that lives in Georgia and is not an English guy," he said. read more


 

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