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11:40 PM ET, August 21, 2026

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Jocelyn Noveck / Associated Press:
Stars and Stripes editor says he has been fired for insubordination after doing interview  —  The Pentagon on Friday fired the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes, as well as its publisher and a reporter, the editor said.  He said he was dismissed for insubordination after an interview …
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Washington Post:
Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes leaders who criticized DOD's interference  —  The Defense Department earlier this year railed against the publication, which has long enjoyed editorial independence, as “woke.”  —  Summary  —  The Pentagon on Friday fired the publisher and the editor …
Sarah-Jane Collins / The Daily Beast:
Hegseth Launches Twisted Attack on Free Press Over Carrier Scandal  —  AXED  —  The publisher and editor of Stars and Stripes were given the boot after an interview cautioning against censorship.  —  Pete Hegseth's Pentagon on Friday fired the publisher and editor of the independent …
Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Chief Justice Declines to Halt Trump's White House Ballroom Construction, for Now  —  The 90,000-square-foot ballroom project has grown in size and scope, with the president's lawyers saying it is intertwined with the renovation of an underground military bunker.
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Chief Justice Allows White House Ballroom Construction While Full Court Considers the Issue  —  What We're Covering Today  — White House Ballroom: The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily allowed President Trump to continue construction of a White House ballroom.
Discussion: CBS News and KQTV-TV
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court temporarily allows Trump ballroom construction to continue
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Trump Threatens Suit Over Report He Doesn't Like, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic  —  It was the latest example of President Trump's bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. to Boost Beef Imports to Address High Prices, Trump Says  —  President says he will temporarily allow up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to be imported into the U.S. without paying higher tariffs  —  President Trump announced a plan to temporarily allow more foreign beef imports …
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Grace Yarrow / Politico:
‘Trump in purgatory’: A White House plan to lower beef prices is dividing the president's supporters
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Drawing on His Rust Belt Roots, Vance Campaigns for Republicans  —  Vice President JD Vance traveled to his hometown, Middletown, Ohio, and spoke at a steel factory where his grandfather once worked.  —  In his 2016 memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” JD Vance described a community in crisis.
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NBC News:
Vance's homecoming is a throwback to 2024 — and a preview for 2026 and 2028: From the Politics Desk
Discussion: Cincinnati.com and The Hill
Associated Press:
Court slashes $50M judgment against Infowars' Alex Jones over falsely calling school shooting a hoax  —  A Texas court has slashed the $50 million judgment to $1.5 million against Infowars founder Alex Jones over falsely calling 2012 school shooting a hoax.  The ruling does not affect …
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Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:   Court Slashes Award Alex Jones Was Ordered to Pay Sandy Hook Parents
Rena Rowe / Washington Examiner:   Texas judge wipes $50 million judgment against Alex Jones in Sandy Hook case
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
Trump US attorney pick can no longer investigate one of the president's top foes, court rules
Discussion: Reuters
New York Times:
5 Deportees Are Flown by US to Equatorial Guinea After they Resist Deplaning in Liberia  —  At least five of the people flown to Liberia under the Trump administration's third-country deportation program resisted leaving the plane.  They were then flown to Equatorial Guinea.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Attacks Bar Association's Power to Accredit Law Schools  —  The move escalates a feud with the nation's premier legal organization  —  The Trump administration is opening a new front in its campaign to remake higher education: threatening the American Bar Association's power to accredit law schools.
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Avery Lotz / Axios:   Trump's higher ed shakeup starts a new semester
Paul Krugman:
Scott Bessent Fails to Gaslight the Market  —  Scott Bessent, the Treasury Secretary, isn't the worst member of Trump's cabinet.  I mean, he has to compete with the likes of Pete Hegseth.  But he leads the pack in terms of being far worse than anyone imagined he would be.
Discussion: Drezner's World, Axios, Forbes and CNBC
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Politico:
The Iran war is testing a depleted Treasury
Discussion: The Daily Caller and NOTUS
Youri Benadjaoud / ABC News:
At least 55 sickened in salmonella, E. coli outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts  —  At least four people have been hospitalized, health officials said.  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shown in Atlanta.  —  At least 55 people have been sickened in a salmonella …
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Mira Bhakta / The Hill:
Outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts; people sickened with E. coli and salmonella
NBC News:
Trump's super fans are torn on Darline Graham ahead of key GOP Senate contest  —  As Trump rallied Friday evening for the appointed senator seeking a six-year term, it was clear she hadn't won over some segments of the MAGA base who could be decisive.  —  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. …
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Washington Post:
Ed Martin leaving Justice Dept. after tumultuous tenure that alienated colleagues  —  Martin's clashes cost him jobs as U.S. attorney and as head of the Justice Department's “weaponization” group.  —  Summary  —  Justice Department official Ed Martin, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
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Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Trump Says Controversial US Attorney Ed Martin to Leave Role
New York Times:
Prison Firm Donated to Trump's PAC After ICE Gave It $165 Million a Year in Contracts  —  The GEO Group has profited from the administration's mass deportation campaign.  A subsidiary donated more than $1.4 million to the president's super PAC last month.  —  A private prison company donated …
Discussion: The Lever
Lara Korte / Stars & Stripes:
Navy families evacuated from Bahrain face ‘uncharted territory’ amid bureaucratic confusion  —  Nearly six months after the U.S. Navy evacuated 1,300 family members from Bahrain at the start of the Iran war, officials are saying the evacuees cannot return for the foreseeable future and should find new homes elsewhere.
Gillian Stawiszynski / Cincinnati.com:
ICE detains Haitian pastor ‘beloved’ by Springfield community  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained a “beloved” Springfield pastor Thursday morning, according to a local faith-based organization.  —  G92, which advocates for their immigrant neighbors, said in a news release …
Jalen Beckford / Politico:
Former acting US attorney found dead in San Diego federal office building  —  Former twice acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California Andrew Haden was found dead this week in the downtown San Diego federal building that houses the prosecutors' office, officials confirmed Friday.
Adam Sella / New York Times:
Postal Service Publishes Finalized Plan to Restrict Mail Ballots  —  The plan complies with President Trump's executive order to restrict mail voting, which was blocked by federal courts and is under review at the Supreme Court.  —  The Postal Service on Friday published regulations …
Discussion: The Guardian and VTDigger
Brett LoGiurato / Status:
The Media's Fake Poll Flub … The story featured a comment from Bass, whose office demanded that those behind it face the “full force of the law.”  It ended with a comment from a veteran political consultant who said that “whoever is responsible for this ought to be exposed.”
Discussion: Breitbart
Ashley Gold / Axios:
Scoop: DOJ, TikTok settle for $400 million in children's privacy suit  —  The Justice Department and TikTok, along with parent company ByteDance, have reached a $400 million settlement to resolve allegations of violating children's online privacy laws, per an announcement first shared with Axios.
Mikey Smith / Mirror:
Donald Trump ‘extremely close’ aide Natalie Harp pictured sprinting after his golf cart in Scotland  —  EXCLUSIVE: For the first time pictures show Natalie Harp, the devoted Trump aide nicknamed his “human printer”, chasing his golf buggy uphill at Turnberry - after bizarre and intimate letters she sent him were published
Kyla Guilfoil / NBC News:
Karoline Leavitt to work for Trump-affiliated super PAC after leaving White House  —  Leavitt previously worked for the super PAC as a spokesperson before joining President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign.  —  Press secretary Karoline Leavitt will work for President Donald Trump's super PAC MAGA Inc …
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Colorado GOP Gov Nominee Claims to Have Battled ‘Demons’ With ‘Reptilian’ Eyes  —  Victor Marx was deep in the jungle and crippled by a fever when he was attacked.  —  The self-described “high-risk missionary” and Republican gubernatorial nominee in Colorado claims he traveled to Myanmar to train …
 
 
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Tracey Tully / New York Times:
We Tried to Cover a Tom Kean Campaign Event. Someone Called the Police.
Ben Geman / Axios:
MAHA warns Trump against coal-powered data centers
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
HHS launches autistic missing persons alert initiative
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court overturns verdict in undercover sting of Democratic operatives
Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
America Ends a Summer of Lightning-Fast Primaries and Political Speed Dating
Discussion: NOTUS
 Earlier Items: 
Cooper Burton / FiftyPlusOne:
Rural and suburban voters haven't looked this Democratic since 2018
Discussion: Townhall and The Status Kuo
House Committee on the Judiciary:
New Judiciary Democrats Report Exposes MAGA's Cash-for-Clemency Racket Which Gives Unrepentant Criminals a New Lease on Life and Leaves Victims in the Dust
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Exclusive: Trump DOJ appears to have hired lawyer convicted of hacking election sites to check ‘integrity’
Discussion: New Republic, MS NOW and 77 WABC
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Pentagon says more than 750 US service members wounded in Iran war
Discussion: Stars & Stripes and NewsMax.com
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
This Is How Democrats Talk Themselves Out Of Wielding Power
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
New York Times Loses Defamation Lawsuit in Alabama
 

 
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Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Sources: the Pentagon fired Stars and Stripes' publisher, EIC, and a Middle East reporter for insubordination; the publisher earlier announced his retirement

Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Sources: Paramount reps are expected to meet Monday with the California AG's office to discuss a possible settlement of the antitrust suit blocking the WBD deal

Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Chris Aronson, ex-president of domestic theatrical distribution at Paramount, sues the company, claiming breach of contract and age discrimination
 
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