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Monday, August 17, 2026

Poll results released from Larry and David Ellison-owned CBS: Democrats are mostly positive on socialism and have a more favorable impression of it than of capitalism.


Jared Kushner is taking heat for his latest social media post. On Thursday, Kushner marked six years since the Abraham Accords with a post on X crediting his father-in-law, President Donald Trump with opening what he described as a new era in the Middle East. read more


Looking younger and actually making aging skin biologically younger may not be the same thing. read more


The second-home surcharge pushed by NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani hit a stumbling block this week when a Staten Island judge temporarily blocked its implementation.


Attorney General Todd Blanche refused Sunday to pledge the Justice Department's independence from the White House, saying he would consider President Trump's views on individual prosecutions.


The NYT combs through emails to find exactly why the outbreak source took so long to find: Trump administration delayed a rule last year that could have sped up the effort to pinpoint the source of the contamination. Critics charge that food safety oversight has eroded overall. read more


Sunday, August 16, 2026

A group of parents is suing the Palo Alto Unified School District and Palo Alto High Principal Brent Kline for allegedly encouraging students to wear Islamic religious attire during a field trip to a local mosque ... read more


President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Sunday to scale back planned joint military exercises with South Korea after the Republican president said South Korea declined to help denuclearize Iran. read more


President Donald Trump's war against Iran is stretching the limits of U.S. aircraft carriers and leaving the western Pacific without one of the key American warships as China shows more signs of aggression. read more


David Frum: The administration delivers a win for financial crooks at the expense of honest businesses. read more


The United States Army is temporarily halting all Apache helicopter training flights after a crash this week near Fort Hood, Texas, killed two soldiers.


The remarks contrasted with President Donald Trump's repeated framing of the fight: that entering the war had the sole objective of preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, even if that meant short-term economic sacrifices for Americans.


The Trump administration has granted preliminary approval for a cryptocurrency venture backed by President Donald Trump's family to operate a federally chartered trust bank, over the protests of Democrats who decried the decision as riddled with conflicts of interest. T


In a letter issued earlier this week, FEMA officials reaffirmed the denial of IA funding which would have provided financial support and direct services to eligible individuals and households who have sustained uninsured or underinsured losses due to damage caused by tornadoes. FEMA also denied funding through the HMGP, which supports projects that help communities reduce future disaster risks and strengthen long-term resilience. On March 6, four tornadoes with intensities ranging from EF-0 to EF-3 impacted southern Lower Michigan. Communities near Edwardsburg, Cass County, in and around the city of Three Rivers, St. Joseph County, and along the north side of Union Lake in Union City, Branch County, were among the hardest hit.


The caverns that hold the U.S. strategic oil reserves could get damaged by the rapid release of stockpiles in response to the Iran war, experts warned this week as inventories hit a four-decade low. read more


Greg Sargent, New Republic: Fox News has some very bad news for Fox News. read more


 

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