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11:55 PM ET, August 22, 2026

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David Frum / The Atlantic:
How to Lose a Trade War  —  Trump's bullying of Canada is failing.  —  U.S.-Canada trade talks collapsed last night.  Punitive Trump tariffs will now go into effect.  Canada will reciprocate with retaliatory tariffs of its own.  —  The story may not be over.
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Ilya Gridneff / Financial Times:
Mark Carney says Canada is now ‘at war’ with US over trade  —  Prime Minister says Donald Trump miscalculated by escalating his tariffs attack on the country  —  Canada was “at war” over trade with the US after President Donald Trump “miscalculated” by escalating his tariff attack, Prime Minister Mark Carney said.
Rhianna Schmunk / CBC News:
American tariffs on Canadian goods take effect after trade talks fall apart
Miguel Macias / NPR:
Hours after U.S. imposes tariffs, Canada says it'll strike back starting Sept. 8
Mira Bhakta / The Hill:
US Postal Service issues rule to tighten requirements for mail-in voting despite courts looking to block  —  The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced Friday new eligibility guidelines for mail-in ballots, complying with President Trump's March executive order restricting the practice …
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Tilly Robinson / The Indianapolis Star:
Braun tells NIPSCO to move faster in Gary, while clergy says state must do more  —  Indiana Gov. Mike Braun urged the Northern Indiana Public Service Company to hasten its repairs as Northwest Indiana residents endure days without electricity following intense summer storms …
Discussion: Chicago Sun Times
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Angie Orellana Hernandez / NOTUS:
‘Disappointed’: Ranchers and Republicans React to Trump's Beef Import  —  “You don't put America First by putting American ranchers second,” says a North Dakota dairy farmer.  — Copy  —  Jim Richardson's weekly trips to sell beef at the Battle Creek and Sunset Valley farmers markets in Austin, Texas have dipped in revenue.
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CNN:
Deleted tweets show Natalie Harp's zealous support of Trump on January 6  —  Donald Trump Congressional news January 6th Social media  —  Years before Natalie Harp became a key White House aide to President Donald Trump, she flooded her Twitter feed with posts demonstrating extraordinary devotion to him on January 6, 2021.
New York Times:
How a Billionaire Shaped Trump's Homelessness Policy … A team from the Cicero Institute, an upstart think tank, flew to Indiana this year to help make it a crime for the homeless to sleep on the street.  —  It was their third attempt.  Even in the conservative state, previous efforts to ban street camping had failed.
Discussion: Washington Post and Mother Jones
Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Trump Stock Disclosure Shows More Than 1,000 Trades in June  —  President Donald Trump made more than 1,000 securities trades in June, including significant purchases of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc. and Cintas Corp., according to a financial disclosure published Saturday.
Discussion: CNBC
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Mike Rogers-AIPAC rupture roils Michigan Senate race  —  Allies of Mike Rogers, Michigan's GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate, have asked AIPAC not to advertise on his behalf, triggering a rupture with the powerful but polarizing pro-Israel group.  — Rogers spoke with AIPAC chair Michael Tuchin in Los Angeles last week.
Telegraph:
Iranian hackers shut down UK power plant  —  Unprecedented cyber attack believed to be most successful of its kind  —  Tony Diver , Political Editor.  Rozina Sabur , National Security Editor.  Matt Oliver , Industry Editor  —  Add us as preferred source  —  Tony Diver , Political Editor.
Sarah Kessler / New York Times:
Harvard Is Selling a $699 Course Taught by A.I. Clones of Its Faculty  —  To create a new bootcamp for entrepreneurs, Harvard Business School made A.I. avatars of its instructors.  —  I've just started a video call with a general partner at a venture capital firm.  “Whenever you're ready, please start your pitch,” he says.
Discussion: TechCrunch
Laurel Rosenhall / New York Times:
Trump Accounts Get an Unlikely Endorser: Gavin Newsom  —  Mr. Newsom, the governor of California, normally has harsh words for President Trump.  But he called the new children's savings accounts “one of the best things” the president has done.  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who has built …
New York Times:
The Socialist, a Million-Dollar Rowhouse and Unanswered Questions  —  Differing accounts of where Gustavo Gordillo, a leader of the Democratic Socialists of America, lives are raising doubts about whether the city's left-wing organizers are ready for prime time.
Washington Post:
After decades of free spending, Washington is facing some unpalatable choices  —  As the national debt surpasses $40 trillion, lawmakers may soon be compelled to make some long-deferred choices that will leave few Americans unscathed.  —  Summary  —  Year after year, the federal government has spent more than it collected in taxes.
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Ankle Monitors Leave Haitians in Ohio Feeling Shaken and Shackled  —  The devices, which will make it easier for authorities to locate immigrants in Springfield if large-scale deportations begin, have intensified a sense of dread.  —  Before dawn on Wednesday, Jonas Julien waited in the darkness …
Discussion: America Magazine
Jackie Llanos / NOTUS:
Judge to Baby: File an Asylum Application  —  A 1-year-old baby appeared in immigration court without legal representation this week in Arizona and received an instruction: File an asylum application before the next hearing or face deportation.  —  An attorney from the U.S. Committee for Refugees …
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Across the country, Kennedy touts MAHA, but not vaccines  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stood in the Oval Office last week as President Trump proudly signed an executive order to reduce childhood vaccines, heavily implying a link between vaccines and autism.
Addy Bink / The Hill:
Cases of ‘scromiting’ condition tied to cannabis use spike among teens, young adults: New study  —  (NEXSTAR) — The condition known to cause “scromiting” among some marijuana users has become more prevalent in the U.S., a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows …
Eric Martin / Bloomberg:
Trump's Economic Isolation Plan Risks Iran Strikes Across Gulf  —  President Donald Trump is betting new sanctions, a naval blockade and ramped-up economic pressure against Iran's trading partners can accomplish what thousands of bombs and missiles could not: force Tehran to accept a deal to end the war on US terms.
Discussion: The Japan Times
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Azhar Sukri / CNBC:
Ahead of tough new U.S. sanctions, Iran criticizes ‘extraterritorial sovereignty’
 
 
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Free speech group calls foul play at prosecutors using Comey novel in case against him
Akbar Shahid Ahmed / NOTUS:
Trump Faces a Moment of Truth on Netanyahu
Discussion: NewsMax.com, GOV.UK and Al Jazeera
Uwa Ede-Osifo / The Guardian:
Trump says he views strait of Hormuz as ‘American territory’
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Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
ICE Wants a Weapon That Leaves No Mark
Discussion: Futurism
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
After prison release, Tina Peters takes her election conspiracy roadshow to Washington
Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
She's a Trump acolyte. He's a ‘gringo Sandinista.’ Meet the Harps.
Discussion: Newsbusters
Charlie Herman / MS NOW:
Trump is living inside a billionaire bubble in the White House
Wall Street Journal:
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Matt Sledge / The Intercept:
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Jim Sciutto / CNN:
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