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10:45 AM ET, August 18, 2026

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Associated Press:
Trump's slight of South Korea in favor of the North raises broader US security concerns  —  President Donald Trump's decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea does not just slight a longtime ally but raises broader concerns about the security interests of the United States in Asia and elsewhere.
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Raphael Rashid / The Guardian:
South Korea president calls for military independence in wake of Trump call to cut joint drills  —  Lee Jae Myung reiterates desire for full command back in Seoul's hands after Donald Trump cuts joint exercises, citing warm ties with Kim Jong-un  —  South Korea's president has renewed …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump torches allies as Iran exposes limits of hard power  —  President Trump has a new rule for America's partners: Cross him in one theater, and the consequences will follow you into the next. … - The Iran war has only deepened those impulses: Trump is growing angrier at allies that stayed …
The Bulwark:
How America Ends Up Alone
Discussion: CNN
Lim Hui Jie / CNBC:
South Korea must brace for ‘worst-case scenario,’ President Lee says, as Trump cuts military drills
Jose Lev Alvarez / Washington Examiner:
If South Korea won't defend Hormuz, Trump should pull the nuclear umbrella
Russ Choma / Mother Jones:
Trump's Bombing Threats Have a Golf Course Problem  —  His Oman resort sits just miles from the strait where he's promising to send in the US military.  —  On Monday morning, President Donald Trump issued a blunt warning to America's erstwhile ally: “If Oman gets in the way, we'll bomb the shit out of them.”
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Bloomberg:
Trump Takes Hard Line on Iran as Hormuz Standoff Drags On  —  Trump Takes Hard Line on Iran With Control of Hormuz in Limbo  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:01 Loaded: 15.67% Playback Rate  — captions off, selected  — English  —  This is a modal window.
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump swings hard at Oman and South Korea, but his foreign policy misses are piling up
Reuters:
Trump says no talks are taking place with Iran and none are scheduled
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Politico:
Ossoff just went viral again.  That was probably the point.  —  Some battleground candidates are going viral for shooting from the hip.  Jon Ossoff is doing it from a carefully controlled script. … It was part of a larger prepared speech that hammered Trump over the war in Iran …
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Calen Razor / Politico:
Dems bank on Ossoff's message discipline
Discussion: New York Times
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
White House Takes the Bait as Ossoff Targets Trump Aide Natalie Harp
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
ABC Files First Amendment Lawsuit Against FCC, Claiming Trump Administration “Retaliatory Campaign” Against Its Free Speech  —  ABC filed an unprecedented lawsuit against the FCC on Tuesday, claiming that its investigations and regulatory actions are part of a Trump administration …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ABC Files First Amendment Lawsuit Against FCC  —  Disney's ABC filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, raising the pitch of the company's efforts to countermand unusual pressure from the federal government to force the company's stations to submit licenses for early renewal proceedings.
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Short-fused Trump puts 10-year-old on the spot as he berates ‘very disrespectful’ female CNN reporter  —  President has history of losing his temper when questioned by female journalists who are not sufficiently sycophantic  —  President Donald Trump berated a female CNN reporter …
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Sam Levin / The Guardian:
White House launches personal attack on CNN reporter over question to Trump  —  CNN says attack ‘beneath the office’ after Kristen Holmes asked president about Jon Ossoff's comments on key aide  —  The White House launched a personal attack against a CNN reporter on Monday with a social media post …
Anna Liss-Roy / Washington Post:
Rep. Cory Mills's GOP primary offers the latest test of running under an ethical cloud  —  The Florida Republican faces allegations of sexual misconduct and domestic abuse, on top of campaign finance violations.  —  Summary  —  Embattled GOP Rep. Cory Mills is running for reelection Tuesday …
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Hegseth travels to Iowa in his ‘personal capacity’ amid 2028 speculation  —  Officials familiar with the defense secretary's thinking believe he is considering a run for president or some other office after his time in the Trump administration ends.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday …
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Bayliss Wagner / New York Times:   Hegseth Campaigns for Vulnerable House Republican in Iowa
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Democrats enter their thirst trap era  —  Democrats seem to be leaning into a specific midterm strategy, especially on socials: bringing sexy back.  — Unbuttoned shirts on CNN. … - “We see a rise in young millennials, or the top part of Gen Z, trying to get into office,” …
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Justice Department plans to send about 1,000 monitors to the polls this fall  —  The move to send 1,000 poll monitors is likely the largest number under a Republican president, a DOJ official said.  —  Summary  —  The Justice Department plans to dispatch about 1,000 monitors to the polls this fall …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Jeanine Pirro pushes hard to keep alleged memorial vandal in jail  —  Weeks after being rebuked by President Donald Trump for dropping cases related to alleged damage to the Reflecting Pool, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro is going to unusual lengths to try …
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
Kindergarten vaccine exemptions jump to another record high  —  Coverage among kindergartners for major vaccines fell in more than half the states, continuing a years-long trend, as measles cases climb.  —  Summary  —  The share of U.S. kindergartners with exemptions from school vaccine requirements …
Axios:
Political dirty tricks upend midterm races across the country  —  The 2026 midterms are becoming a watershed election for primary meddling, mysterious super PACs, alleged straw candidates and all other manner of political shenanigans. … - The Pennsylvania Green Party and a group …
Discussion: ABC News
Carole Cadwalladr / How to Survive the Broligarchy:
A Digital Lynching  —  A note on who I am: I'm an investigative journalist who's spent a decade reporting on the collision of technology and democracy including exposing the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal for the Guardian and the New York Times.  I'm now a co-founder of The Nerve …
Discussion: The Free Press
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Google Just Made It Easier for Campaigns to Send You Fund-Raising Emails  —  Republicans previously sued Google claiming its spam filter was biased, but the case was dismissed.  The company will now allow verified campaigns to more easily bypass the spam filter.
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
‘A Blatant and Gargantuan Conflict of Interest’  —  The Trump family's crypto business exemplifies all of the sleaziest aspects of the president's code of conduct, if we can call it that.  —  It is almost certainly unconstitutional and may well be illegal.
Discussion: Roll Call and New York Magazine
Noah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Poll showing Bass leading Raman by double digits was bogus, company says  — 3 min Click here to listen to this article … - The phony poll by a company called Median Strategies showed Bass leading Raman by a wide margin, but the company acknowledged Monday that it was fake.
Julie K. Brown / The Epstein Files:
Virginia Giuffre's case files finally to be unsealed  —  Miami Herald set a landmark legal and journalistic precedent in its fight to unseal the civil lawsuit.  What it means  —  Julie k Brown  —  ∙ Paid  —  Success, finally.  —  Last week, a federal court in Manhattan ordered …
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch:
Family Member Warns USS Spruance Sailors May Be Left Behind  —  The destroyer could remain deployed for months after the USS Abraham Lincoln returns, a claim not publicly confirmed by the Navy.  —  Add us on  —  A family member of a sailor aboard the USS Spruance says the destroyer …
New York Times:
Lake Powell Hits Lowest Level On Record As Water Crisis Continues  —  Levels in Lakes Mead and Powell have not been so low since 1957, underscoring a water crisis that plagues seven states that rely on the Colorado River.  —  Lakes Powell and Mead, the nation's largest reservoirs …
Discussion: Semafor and Los Angeles Times
Marie-Rose Sheinerman / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Putting His Face on Everything  —  We Americans remember our presidents in all sorts of ways, with monuments and statues, on coins and street signs.  Another thing we do is wait—we wait until a president is safely out of office, or dead, before we bestow such honors.
NBC News:
U.S. citizen teens left behind when ICE deported their parents  —  After their mom and dad were deported, two Fort Worth teens went nearly a year before seeing their parents.  —  FORT WORTH, Texas — Two Fort Worth teenagers, suddenly on their own.  For nearly a year, 19-year-old Dulce Zepeda …
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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The Guardian:
Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more
Jerusalem Demsas / The Argument:
No, Senator Murphy, I don't want to join your cult.
Maya Vinokour / The Nation:
How Protein Ate Our Grocery Stores
Washington Post:
U.S. debt set to hit $40 trillion months earlier than expected
Discussion: BusinessDay and Bloomberg
Theodoric Meyer / Washington Post:
Backlash in Michigan complicates Democrats' road to retaking the Senate
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
The A.I.s Are Already Out of Control
NBC News:
San Diego Padres catching coordinator Oswaldo Pirela detained by ICE in Texas
Discussion: Associated Press
Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch:
Lawyer Says ICE Detainee Suffered Brain Bleed After Violent Apprehension, Was Guarded by Agents Instead of Given Private Medical Care
Ned Resnikoff / Public Comment:
It Is Past Time for You to Quit Elon Musk's X
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Sam Sabin / Axios:
OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS, Microsoft, and 100+ companies warn there is “a limited window” to prepare for AI-enabled cyberattacks and call for “collective action”

Jack Queen / Reuters:
A US judge blocks the Pentagon from blacklisting Anthropic, ruling that its designation as a supply-chain risk was “illegal and baseless”

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Nvidia paused some deals with AI cloud providers in the revenue-sharing program it announced in July; Nvidia says the program is still in place
 
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