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Saturday, August 22, 2026

Park Ridge Achievement Academy in Baker will be closed Friday due to a spike in COVID cases among students and staff. read more


The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, three sources familiar with internal discussions told CNN. read more


Two hundred and fifty years into the American experiment, our national debt has hit an all-time high of $40 trillion. read more


The United States has deported nearly 2,300 Mexicans to Guatemala this year and sent at least dozens more to Honduras, according to official data ... read more


The Food and Drug Administration upgraded a recall of frozen blueberries and mixed berries sold at Publix grocery stores across the U.S. to the highest health risk level on Tuesday, according to an enforcement report. read more


Friday, August 21, 2026

The Federal Communications Commission last week eliminated the gigabit speed goal established during the Biden administration ... read more


A National Park Service engineer warned the Trump administration about the floor of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool peeling in early June ... read more


Bernie Sanders: It's not complicated Poll after poll shows the same thing. The American people know that the current economic system is rigged read more


X's algorithm learns what you hate and shows you more of it, according to a new study ... read more


The Mecca Agreement and regional pipeline bypasses confirm that Middle Eastern self-reliance, as a multinational region, is no longer theoretical.. read more


Wired is reporting the that Elon Musk is expected to sink more than $100 million into Texas midterms. read more


U.S. Air Force Major Jason Watson, who was arrested in July after standing on the Capitol steps and calling for President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance to be impeached, has been detained again, following an interview with CNN in which he criticized the commander-in-chief again. read more


Thursday, August 20, 2026

Thomas L. Friedman: If I were writing a book about the U.S. war with Iran, I know exactly what the title would be. It would be President Trump's social media post of April 5, 2026, directed at the leaders of Iran: "Open the [expletive] Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell " JUST WATCH!" read more


Publishers Weekly: In a new study released by AI detection platform Originality.ai, 63% of paperback religious books listed for sale on Amazon were flagged as likely written by AI. read more


They seldom stop crime: Reuters found the Guard mentioned in only a tiny fraction -- 1.3% -- of criminal prosecutions in a year-long deployment. read more


Columbia House, a pioneer of subscription music before streaming, is shutting down ... read more


 

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