A small Kansas town has agreed to pay $850,000 to a former reporter at its weekly newspaper to end her federal lawsuit over a police raid of the paper’s offices in 2023 that ignited a national furor over press freedom. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

More than 60,000 Canadians are backing an effort to remove U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra from the country, accusing him of undermining relations between the neighboring countries and interfering in Canadian politics. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 A former chief financial officer at the Southern Poverty Law Center has been arrested in California on charges that she oversaw secret payments to informants inside of White supremacist groups, one of whom she was allegedly living with. www.cnn.com/2026/08/12/p...

It's a piranha!': Boy's unexpected catch sparks reminder about exotic pet releases The piranha wouldn't have survived in the lake for very long, an official said. abcnews.com/US/piranha-b...

Top House Judiciary Democrat escalates scrutiny of Paramount merger in new letter Jamie Raskin has invited CEO David Ellison to appear for a transcribed interview. www.politico.com/live-updates...

14 months after agreeing to purchase the Lakers at a record-setting $10 billion valuation, Mark Walter is selling the team to Bob Iger, the former Disney CEO, and Joshua Kushner at a valuation of more than $12 billion, FREE NYT GIFT ARTICLE 🎁 www.nytimes.com/athletic/750...

A father killed his four young children and their mother before turning the gun on himself, said authorities in Wichita, Kansas – marking the second incident of familicide in the midwest in two weeks. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Republicans stay mum on whether they’ll return campaign cash from embattled Max Miller So far, just one House Republican has said he relinquished the contribution. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked ⁠the US Postal ⁠Service ​(USPS) from implementing part of Donald Trump’s executive order that aims ⁠to tighten rules for mail-in voting ahead of November midterm elections that ⁠will decide control of Congress. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Paramount lawyer says company ‘happy to cooperate’ as Democrats vow crackdown on merger Top Judiciary Democrat Jamie Raskin said anyone involved in Paramount’s attempt to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery “should be prepared to answer under oath.” www.politico.com/live-updates...

The race to replace late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on the November ballot is projected to head to an Aug. 25 runoff, according to Decision Desk HQ, with Sen. Darline Graham (R) and Rep. Ralph Norman (R) duking it out for the nomination. thehill.com/homenews/cam...

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham will advance to a runoff in the special Republican Senate primary as she seeks a full term, CNN’s Decision Desk projects. www.cnn.com/2026/08/11/p...

Rob Bonta said he believes Paramount Skydance is “eager” to settle the multi-state lawsuit over its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, while acknowledging he also has had “private conversations” with Gavin Newsom about the governor’s concerns with the case. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

The Center for American Progress stood behind a recent report that the Trump administration’s National Guard deployments failed to reduce violent crime, after the president threatened to sue the liberal think tank. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 Federal judge blocks Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order again, this time nationwide www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Former classmates describe Ohio Rep. Max Miller as ‘hotheaded’ and ‘misogynistic’ www.cnn.com/2026/08/11/p...

Federal prosecutors said controversial “manosphere” influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate should remain in jail while their extradition proceeding plays out, citing the brothers’ own social media posts as evidence they are flight risks and a danger to the community. www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ordered the Kennedy Center to pay $250,000 in legal fees to musician Chuck Redd, whom the arts center sued for cancelling a Christmas Eve concert after President Donald Trump’s name was added to the building’s facade. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Trump Picks Project 2025 Co-Author for Role That Would Oversee Any Reflecting Pool Review Dennis Kirk, a former adviser to Tulsi Gabbard, is President Trump’s nominee for inspector general for the Interior Department. FREE NYT GIFT ARTICLE 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/u...

Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from oil and gas assets since joining supreme court, analysis shows Critics argue US high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Nov. 3 in its major case asking whether Colorado can force Catholic preschools to enroll children of same-sex couples to receive public funds. thehill.com/regulation/c...

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 White House Asks Justice Department to Consider New Reflecting-Pool Prosecution Officials asked the department whether it is possible to bring new charge against Olympic canoeist after U.S. attorney dropped case FREE WSJ GIFT ARTICLE 🎁 www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Trump Media & Technology, the company behind the Truth Social platform, said Monday that it lost $238 million in the three months through June as it branched into businesses unrelated to media, including crypto. finance.yahoo.com/markets/stoc...

The Justice Department announced that it would monitor polling sites today in two counties in Minnesota, saying in a statement that the move was "to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Trump officials have started crafting a sprawling legal strategy dedicated to resisting House subpoenas for documents or testimony, involving constantly invoking executive privilege, and defying much, if not most, congressional oversight next year and 2028.” www.rawstory.com/midterm-elec...

Pete Hegseth’s appointments to a key Pentagon advisory body include two men with ties to the venture capital fund where Donald Trump Jr is a partner, which has lucrative investments in military and space technology. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Amid swathes of criticism and calls for him to resign from his role as FIFA president, Gianni Infantino has now received public backing from a familiar friend in US President Donald Trump. www.cnn.com/2026/08/11/s...

President Donald Trump secretly slipped out of Turkey last month on an alternate military plane, which he boarded while hidden inside a catering truck, as part of an elaborate ruse prompted by an Iranian threat, according to a US official. www.cnn.com/2026/08/10/p...

New Orleans has become the first major U.S. city to publicly acknowledge the use of AI to help answer and triage certain 911 calls. www.newsweek.com/new-orleans-...

Jackie, a beloved bald eagle and livestream star, dies of mysterious illness Thousands mourn the death of the eagle at California’s Big Bear Lake, whose life was closely followed via livestream www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...