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9:30 PM ET, August 13, 2026

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Julia Jacobs / New York Times:
Kennedy Center Board Decides to Inscribe Trump's Name on Building  —  The vote to add “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” is an aggressive test of a judge's order to remove his name.  —  The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted on Thursday …
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump-aligned board votes to put his name on the Kennedy Center — again  —  The Kennedy Center board on Thursday voted to again attach President Donald Trump's name to the performing arts center, two people with knowledge of the vote told POLITICO, its latest attempt to honor the president …
Angie Orellana Hernandez / NOTUS:
Lawmakers Respond to Reports of Jaw-Dropping Conditions Aboard U.S. Aircraft Carrier  —  Lawmakers are demanding answers after a series of jaw-dropping reports outlined what sailors and their families claimed were deteriorating conditions aboard an aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Sending Fresh Aircraft Carrier to Middle East Amid Iran War Strain  —  USS George Washington is set to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been deployed for more than 250 days  —  The U.S. is preparing to send the aircraft carrier USS George Washington to the Middle East to replace …
Ross Adkin / CNN:
Lawmakers demand answers about USS Abraham Lincoln conditions as reports emerge of sailors attempting to jump overboard
NBC News:
USS Abraham Lincoln to be replaced amid poor troop conditions
Discussion: The Independent
Sammy Westfall / Washington Post:
As poor conditions are reported on USS Abraham Lincoln, Democrats demand answers
Discussion: NewsMax.com
ABC News:
Democrats demand answers about conditions aboard USS Lincoln
Marcus Weisgerber / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Orders Navy to Restore Old Technology in Aircraft Carriers, Costing Billions  —  The Navy spent years fighting the president's push to go back to steam catapults  —  President Trump has directed the Navy to tear out a complex system for launching jet fighters from its aircraft carriers …
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USNI News:
New White House Memo Calls for Foreign-Built Warships, Return to Steam Catapults on Ford Carriers
Discussion: The White House
Ewan Palmer / The Daily Beast:
TV Star Is Shock Frontrunner to Replace Karoline Leavitt  —  SPIN CYCLE  —  The president is turning to an unlikely source for his new press secretary.  —  A shock name is considered the favorite to replace Karoline Leavitt as the next White House press secretary.
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Daily Mail:
Insiders reveal painful real reason behind Karoline Leavitt's decision to QUIT ‘thankless’ White House... and Trump's pleading messages
New York Post:
Karoline Leavitt's possible successors emerge after WH press secretary's surprise departure
Mark Arsenault / New York Times:
Judge Dismisses Federal Government's Antisemitism Case Against Harvard  —  The government argued the university had not done enough to combat antisemitism during campus protests.  A judge called the incidents “isolated and episodic.”  —  A federal judge in Boston on Thursday dismissed …
Discussion: Fox News, Esquire, Forbes and Boston.com
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
DOJ's antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard dismissed
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Luigi Mangione expected to plead guilty in federal stalking case related to health insurance CEO killing: Report … Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty Friday in his federal criminal case, where he is charged with stalking in connection with his alleged killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson …
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New York Post:
Luigi Mangione expected to plead guilty to federal charges in assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO  —  Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty Friday in his federal case tied to his alleged execution of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — in an apparent bid to dodge a life sentence, sources confirmed to the Post.
New York Times:
U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown  —  The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.  —  Four days after Alex Pretti was fatally shot …
Politico:
‘I was not briefed’: Andy Beshear says Trump sidelined him on Kentucky data center plan … Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says the Trump administration kept him out of the loop last month as it rolled out plans for a $100 billion data center campus on federal land in his state …
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
I re-analyzed the raw data from Wisconsin's primary polls.  Here's what actually went wrong.  —  This is a follow-up post to yesterday's article about the polls in Wisconsin.  In that piece, I argue that polling primaries is a big challenge, and distinct from polling general elections …
Associated Press:
White House border czar defends ICE electric shock gloves as tools to avoid deadly force  —  White House border czar Tom Homan defended Immigration and Customs Enforcement's plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks, calling them a tool to help officers end confrontations without using deadly force.
M. Gessen / New York Times:
What's Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All  —  On Feb. 25, Siobhan Kirchstein received an official letter from the Kansas Division of Vehicles instructing her to surrender her driver's license.  She was one of hundreds of Kansans who received such letters when Senate Bill 244 …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Associated Press:
U.S. ambassador calls settler siege of Palestinian homes a ‘horrific act of terror’  —  JERUSALEM — The U.S. Ambassador to Israel condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Washington Post:
Covert CIA program said to be behind mysterious attacks on Galápagos boats … The mysterious strikes targeting multiple Ecuadorian fishing boats near the Galápagos Islands this year were carried out as part of a covert CIA program, The Washington Post has learned.
Dustin Volz / New York Times:
Trump Gives Green Light to U.S. Companies to Aim Hacks at Cybercriminals  —  The practice would align the United States more closely with countries like China and Russia, where spy agencies have long relied on private-sector hackers to help with national security missions.
Washington Post:
U.S. military has lost roughly 25% of its Reaper drones as Iran war depletes arsenal  —  The aircraft, which cost up to $50 million each, have seen heavy use around the Strait of Hormuz — but they are relatively easy targets for Iran and its proxies.  —  Summary
Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Rep Melts Down Over Campaign Cash From Alleged Wife-Beater  —  NO BACKING DOWN  —  The New York Republican accused the press of playing “the typical Washington media game.”  —  A Republican lawmaker wouldn't commit to returning campaign cash he got from a MAGA congressman accused of domestic violence.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Judge shows signs of frustration with DOJ attorneys over handling of Epstein files  —  The judge said he had “absolutely no desire” to go down the road of holding government attorneys in contempt, but he gave a history lesson on when he has done so.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge overseeing …
Washington Post:
Prescription drug prices record sharpest drop in more than 60 years  —  While overall medical costs continued to rise, prescription drug prices fell by 3.1 percent in the year ending in July, the steepest annual decline since 1963.  —  Summary  —  Prescription drug prices recorded …
Discussion: Newsweek, Pluribus News and Breitbart
New York Times:
Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes.  Then It Parked Them.  —  The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights.  But the fleet has largely sat idle for months.  —  Starting last fall, the Department …
Alejandro Santos Cid / The Texas Tribune:
U.S. attorney confirms that FBI tests didn't find meth in van driven by man fatally shot by ICE in Houston  —  Aaron Reitz did not reveal what FBI testing found in bags taken from Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's van after his July 7 shooting death.  Other men in the van said the bags contained salt.
Discussion: Associated Press
Politico:
Bernie Sanders has a response for progressives upset over Hong's loss in Wisconsin … Sen. Bernie Sanders says he can't be everywhere at once — even though some of his allies want him to be.  —  Democratic socialist Francesca Hong lost by less than 4,000 votes in Wisconsin's gubernatorial primary …
Sophie Hurwitz / Mother Jones:
Senators Sound Alarm on Voter Intimidation in Nursing Homes  —  “The changes to CMS's guidance will result in the disenfranchisement of nursing home residents.”  —  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, under Trump appointee Mehmet Oz, changed their guidance on voting in nursing homes last month.
Discussion: Forbes and Staff Stories
 
 
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Jessica Hill / Associated Press:
Judge drops Nevada case against electors accused of forging certificate in 2020 election
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump's growing White House tab
Discussion: Truthout, Scripps News and MS NOW
Victoria Balara / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: A Senate battle looms in Michigan
Discussion: Jewish Insider and The Spectator
David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
White House says more than 40 nations help China dodge tariffs
Discussion: Bloomberg, NewsMax.com and Semafor
Renju Jose / Reuters:
Australia's Albanese says AUKUS remains ‘full steam ahead’ after Trump call
Discussion: Bloomberg and 19FortyFive
Riley Rogerson / Politico:
Senate-passed government funding bill gets warm House reception
Discussion: NewsMax.com
 Earlier Items: 
Marc Santora / New York Times:
Russian Blockade of Major Ukrainian Ports Threatens Global Grain Supplies
Discussion: Semafor and Foreign Policy
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
After Supreme Court Losses, Trump Keeps Pushing
Discussion: Issues & Insights and SCOTUSblog
Uwa Ede-Osifo / The Guardian:
Surrogate mother who fled to Texas gives birth to baby with severe heart defect
Tyler Monroe / Media Matters for America:
Fox News has spent over 13 1/2 hours waging a WNBA culture war this summer
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Vanity Fair
Paul Krugman:
Why Isn't the Price of Oil Even Higher?
Discussion: UPI and Quartz
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: WBD president and CEO David Zaslav sold $195M+ worth of WBD stock since the company agreed to be acquired by Paramount; his latest sale totaled $21.7M

Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Early Nielsen data: Ted Lasso's Season 4 launch set a record for Apple TV debuts with 296.6M minutes viewed August 4-5, passing 215.1M minutes for Season 3

Matt Hughes / The Guardian:
Disney+ secures rights to podcast content of Gary Neville's soccer media group The Overlap in a multimillion-pound deal; shows will still broadcast on YouTube
 
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