Journal of Accountancy — FASB proposes several incremental improvements to GAAP
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  Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting — PCAOB issues first enforcement order since January with Hong Kong audit firm sanctions
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  Quarles & Brady — SEC Establishes New Accounting Fraud Unit: What Public Companies, Auditors, and Executives Need to Know
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  Becker — Changing the 150 Credit Hour Requirement for CPA Licensure
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  UWorld — CPA Exam Pass Rates – Updated with Q1 2026 Results
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  Journal of Accountancy — Student enrollment in accounting continues to rise
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  ScienceDirect — Artificial intelligence and accounting research: a framework and agenda
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  Intuit Accountants — Key tax dates and to-do-list: September 2026
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  SEC.gov — SEC Proposes Rescission of Climate-Related Disclosure Rules
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  ACCWire — Accounting Firms Using AI in 2026: Tools and Examples
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  SmartSuite — Big Four accounting firms cut jobs as economic pressures mount
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  Grant Thornton — IFRS Alerts
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 AP — US government shutdown update 2026: House passes short-term funding bill
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  CNBC — U.S. House votes to avoid government shutdown amid GOP hard-liner resistance
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  CBS News — Judge temporarily blocks Trump birthright citizenship order
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  Washington Post — Judge rules on Trump birthright citizenship executive order
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  CNBC — Kuwait confronts missile and drone attacks amid Iran hostilities
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  Al Jazeera — US strikes hit wedding near Sirik, Iran
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  Bloomberg — Zelenskyy Threatens to Shut Air Traffic Over Russia With Drones
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  ABC News — Zelenskyy says foreign airlines suspend Russia flights
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  Washington Post — Norway seizes Russian vessel to enforce $4.22B Ukrainian arbitration claim
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  AP — Norway seizes a Russian vessel in remote Arctic, drawing Putin's ire
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  UPI — Norway seizes Russian ship at Svalbard
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  CNBC — August 2026 jobs report: Payrolls projected up 53,000
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  Bloomberg — Nvidia Agrees to $13 Billion Deal for AI Platform Hugging Face
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  CNBC — Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face for almost $13 billion
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  Euronews — Man lived with pig kidney for nine months before human transplant
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  Medical Xpress — Pig kidney xenotransplant successfully bridges patient to human transplant
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  Explore.org — Fat Bear Week 2026 voting dates announced
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  Katmai Conservancy — About Fat Bear Week
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Eide Bailly — What You Need to Know About New Accounting Standards – 2026 Accounting Standards Updates
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  Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting — Audit Enforcement Actions Fall Sharply in 2025 Amid SEC and PCAOB Leadership Changes
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  SEC.gov — SEC Establishes Financial Reporting and Accounting Unit in Enforcement Division
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  Accounting Today — The 150-hour revolution in accounting
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  UWorld — CPA Exam Pass Rates – Updated with Q1 2026 Results
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  Journal of Accountancy — Student enrollment in accounting continues to rise
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  ResearchGate / Journal of Accounting Research — Taxes and Investment: Evidence from the "Halloween Massacre" of 2006
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  Current Federal Tax Developments — IRS enforcement campaign against abusive conservation easements
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  K&L Gates — SEC Proposes to Rescind Climate Disclosure Rules
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  Accounting Today — A big year for AI in accounting
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  Big4Accounting Firms — KPMG Layoffs 2026
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  Journal of Accountancy — A new top 5 firm: Grant Thornton acquiring fellow top 10 firm CBIZ
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  Bloomberg — Congress Sends Funding Bill to Avert US Shutdown to Trump
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  CNN — Congress votes to avert government shutdown ahead of midterm elections
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  Reuters/US News — Trump Signs Bill to Avert Government Shutdown Before Midterm Elections
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  CNBC — Private payrolls rose by 38,000 in August, fewer than expected, ADP reports
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  Axios — August hiring was tepid as jobs report looms
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  CNN — Grand Canyon flooding leaves 2 dead, 1 missing
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  NBC News — 2 Texas friends killed in Grand Canyon flooding, third hiker is still missing
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  The Hill — Traveling this Labor Day weekend? Here's how to renew your TSA PreCheck
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  TSA — TSA Anticipates Record-Breaking Labor Day Weekend
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  ABC News — Iran live updates: Tehran claims attacks on US bases in Kuwait, UAE
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  Al Jazeera — Iran war updates: Trump says renewed US-Iran fighting will not last long
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  Bloomberg — China's Xi Meets Egypt's Sisi in Cairo, Marking First State Visit in 10 Years
  Al Jazeera — China's Xi urges new Middle East security framework during rare Egypt visit
  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/2/chinas-xi-urges-new-middle-east-security-framework-during-rare-egypt-visit
  AP — Venezuela's Maduro asserts immunity, urges US judge to dismiss charges
  https://www.cp24.com/news/world/2026/09/03/venezuelas-maduro-asserts-immunity-urges-us-judge-to-dismiss-charges/
  AP/NPR — Ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and wife seek to end drug charges case on immunity grounds
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  UPI — U.N. climate report shows global temperatures rising too fast
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  UNEP — UNEP: World set to cross 1.5°C global warming, but can still limit, adapt to and return from higher temperatures
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  Bloomberg — Asian Stocks Set to Advance as Oil Pressures Ease: Markets Wrap
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  CNBC — Stock market today: Live updates
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  Bloomberg — Uber to Cut 3,300 Jobs in Company Overhaul to Reduce Management Layers
  TechCrunch — Uber is laying off 10% of staff, or 3300 people
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  GreaterGood — Workers Think Dog Is Dead Until Something Moves Beside the Tracks
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  UPI — Odd News, funny news, strange news
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 Deloitte DART — FASB Holds September 3 Meeting
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  JGA CPA — Initial Observations: The New PCAOB Inspection Report Format
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  Greenberg Traurig — SEC Creates Financial Reporting and Accounting Unit in Enforcement Division
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  CFO Brew — RIP, 150-hour rule
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  UWorld — CPA Exam Pass Rates – Updated with Q1 2026 Results
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  University of Houston Bauer College — Undergraduate Programs - Accounting
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  Current Federal Tax Developments — IRS conservation easement enforcement update
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  Duane Morris — SEC Proposes to Rescind Climate Disclosure Rules – Practical Steps Companies Can Take Now
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  Thomson Reuters — The state of AI in audit in 2026: Interview with experts
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  SmartSuite — Big Four accounting firms cut jobs as economic pressures mount
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  IAASB — IAASB Proposes Revisions to Core Standards to Enhance Risk-Based Audit Framework and Address Technological Advances
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AP — House passes short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election
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  NBC News — House votes to pass short-term funding bill to prevent a shutdown before the election
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  AP — Judge sends Charlie Kirk murder case to trial with defendant facing potential death penalty
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  NBC News — Judge to decide whether Tyler Robinson will stand trial in Charlie Kirk's assassination
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  CBS News — Tropical Storm Edouard makes landfall in Louisiana, brings heavy rain to Texas
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  CNN — Tropical Storm Edouard makes landfall near Texas-Louisiana border
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  CBS News — As measles outbreaks grow in the U.S., maps and charts show a record number of cases in 2026
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  NBC News — U.S. measles cases hit 35-year record in 2026
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  NBC News — U.S. has launched 'large and powerful' strikes on Iran, Trump says
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  Newsweek — US resumes Iran war strikes as Trump official vows to 'asphyxiate this regime'
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  BBC — Nepal-Tibet floods updates: Rescue efforts under way, death toll past 1,000
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  Al Jazeera — US & Canada News roundup
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  The Times of Israel — Sept. 1: Kuwait, Bahrain report Iranian drone attacks after US base in Jordan targeted
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  Al Jazeera — Putin, Xi reaffirm Russia-China ties amid 'unpredictable' world
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  NBC News — Leaders of China, Russia and India meeting to counter U.S. influence
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  AP — Apple's new CEO, John Ternus, takes over from Tim Cook after 15 years
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  Bloomberg — Apple leadership transition coverage
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  Bloomberg — Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P Live Updates for September 2
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  CNBC — Dow falls more than 400 points, oil rises after new U.S. strikes against Iran
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  AP — AP Odd News: 91-year-old reclaims Appalachian Trail record
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  US News — Offbeat News
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SOURCES:
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  PCAOB — PCAOB Posts Six New Inspection Reports
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SOURCES:
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  CNN — Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation after tension with Hegseth
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  AP/NPR — Jury convicts a man of first-degree murder for the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur
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  CNN — Duane 'Keffe D' Davis is found guilty in Tupac Shakur's murder
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  NPR — Judge to decide if Tyler Robinson will go to trial in Charlie Kirk murder case
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  CNBC — Stock market today: Live updates
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  Bloomberg — Trump Says US Secures Majority Stake in Venezuelan Oil Reserves
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Long live.
— 13 to KNOW Automation

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— 12 to KNOW Automation