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Tuesday, August 11, 2026

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


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


 

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