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6:40 AM ET, August 30, 2026

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Wall Street Journal:
Inside Trump's Plan to Give the Pentagon a Stake in Venezuela's Oil Riches  —  The deal caps months of secretive negotiations to give the U.S. rights to the some of the world's largest proven oil reserves  —  President Trump spent months declaring his ouster of Venezuela's leader had secured the country's oil for America.
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Ben Meiselas / Meidas+:
Important Quick Saturday Updates  —  It's Saturday, August 29th.  Let's get into the news, and I'll keep it quick so you can get on with your day.  —  Here are today's top stories:  — Trump's Venezuela oil deal, and why the numbers don't add up  — Venezuelan economists …
Associated Press:
What we know about Trump's deal giving US access to vast oil reserves in Venezuela
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Treasury Bars Some Reporters From G20 Finance Meeting  —  Specific reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg were not granted credentials to cover the meeting of financial leaders next week in Asheville, N.C.  —  When leaders from the world's …
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Far-right media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos deported by ICE from US to UK  —  Ex-Breitbart editor has vocally supported immediate deportations for anyone who can't prove US residency  —  Far-right British media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported from the US after being detained …
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Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Trump's DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: 'It's outrageous'  —  Even after judges rejected the same ploy, the Trump administration is going directly to social media and telecommunications companies  —  The Trump administration has been deploying …
Bloomberg:
Far-Right Party Wins Closely Watched Western Australia Vote  —  The far-right One Nation party has secured its first lower house seat in the state parliament of Western Australia, defeating the ruling Labor Party to win a special election.  —  The election was watched as an indicator …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Reuters
Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Gov. Abbott blocks funding in Texas for Flock cameras as bipartisan fury brews  —  The automated license plate readers aren't popular with the public.  Politicians are catching on.  —  Summary  —  Republicans and Democrats once praised Flock Safety as a protection tool for American communities.
David Blair / Telegraph:
Estonia's spy chief: ‘Russia is in a very bad place - revolution could come overnight’  —  In his first interview with a British newspaper, Kaupo Rosin discusses Putin's fractured inner circle and the looming threat against Nato  —  It was, perhaps, the highest praise ever offered …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
CIA director floated Trump-Putin-Zelensky summit during Moscow visit, sources say  —  CIA Director John Ratcliffe proposed a trilateral meeting between President Trump, Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelensky during his covert trip to Moscow earlier this week in an effort to end the war …
Discussion: Al Jazeera
New York Times:
‘I Made a Mistake’: El-Sayed Apologizes for Comment About Synagogue Attack  —  Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, faced criticism from Jewish Democrats after remarking, “hurt people hurt people.”  —  Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan …
New York Times:
Relative of Afghans Who Helped U.S. Military Is Deported to Africa  —  The Trump administration has deported thousands of immigrants to countries where they have no ties.  Dozens were on the latest flight, to the Central African Republic.  —  A deportation plane carrying about 70 foreign nationals …
Discussion: Associated Press
 
 
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New Yorker:
New Maps Show How Israel Has Thwarted Hopes for a Palestinian State
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Politico:
How Trump took control of Venezuela's democratic transition
Discussion: NewsMax.com
New York Times:
An ICE Shooting, an Extradition Showdown and the Federal Case That Stalled
Robert Mackey / The Guardian:
Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers says he saw Bin Laden's body with his ‘own eyes’. He did not
New York Times:
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CFTC:
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Bloomberg:
Trump Backlash Adds New Risks to the Stocks the Government Owns
Mac William Bishop / Rolling Stone:
No One Knows How to End the War with Iran
Discussion: The Guardian
Washington Post:
Trump lauded low prices at Freedom Fuel. A supplier says some gas wasn't paid for.
Discussion: OutsideTheBeltway and Politico
Associated Press:
The Earth is sizzling, but climate isn't a hot topic for Democrats in this year's campaigns
Haley Zimmerman / Financial Times:
Trump deportations take a bite out of an unexpected industry: US fast food
 

 
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