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Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Today, Trump ordered the Pentagon to curtail military exercises with our ally South Korea; a top admiral concedes the abysmal conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln; Jared Kushner meets with Hamas to advance Trump’s vision for Gaza; the White House took steps to withhold funding from Colorado over Tina Peters; Donald threatens to bomb our ally Oman if they cut a deal with Iran, the Supreme Court again rejects Trump’s push to get his $5.8M back from E Jean Carroll; the NAACP is joining the legal team looking into the death of Nolan Wells; Washington is poised to elect the first out Black trans woman to a state legislature in the United States; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories
Trump Orders Pentagon to Curtail Military Exercises With Ally South Korea | The New York Times

Top Admiral Praises Sailors but Concedes Hardships After Visit to U.S.S. Lincoln | New York Times

Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it ‘gets in the way’ | The Washington Post

New evidence suggests White House took steps to punish Colorado over Tina Peters case | MS NOW

NAACP Office of General Counsel Joins Nolan Wells’ Family Legal Team | NAACP

Washington Is Poised To Elect The First Out Black Trans Woman To A State Legislature In The US | Erin In The Morning

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Monday, August 17, 2026

Today, the Democratic National Committee passed resolutions that could inform the 2028 party platform; the Justice Department is expanding the military’s law enforcement power; the Food and Drug Administration traveled to Mexico a month after linking Taylor Farms to cyclospora outbreak; U.S. and Ukrainian forces went head to head in a drone exercise and Ukraine won; the Tate brothers’ custody hearing was postponed as they fight extradition; a Canadian petition to oust Hoekstra as the ambassador has nearly 200,000 signatures; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories
Justice Department expands military's power to detain migrants accused of trespassing | CBS News

FDA in Mexico a month after linking Taylor Farms to cyclospora outbreak | The Washington Post

Democrats disagree over abolishing or reforming ICE at DNC meeting | AP News

Tate brothers custody hearing postponed as they fight U.K. extradition | NBC News

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Monday, August 17, 2026

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Monday, August 11th, 2025

Trump and Putin are going to meet in Alaska this week for talks about Ukraine as Zelensky rejects Trump’s proposal to cede territory; a class action lawsuit has been filed against the Trump administration for inhumane conditions at 26 Federal Plaza in New York; Trump is delaying millions of dollars in already approved disaster relief funds for North Carolina; Gregg Abbot claims he’s sending the FBI after Texas Democrats; a gunman who hates the Covid vaccine opened fire at the CDC; we now have our sixth IRS Commissioner after the fifth one refused to hand over private tax data on migrants; the Trump administration is going to destroy two really expensive carbon dioxide measuring satellites on purpose; an appeals court rules that Trump’s clamp down on spending data is against the law; another judge blocks limits on domestic violence grants; Governor Maura Healey signs a new shield law for abortion and trans health care; and Allison and Dana read your Good News.

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Stories

DHS is delaying millions in already approved North Carolina recovery funds, documents show | The Washington Post

Zelensky Rejects Ceding Territory to Russia After Trump Suggests a Land Swap | The New York Times

IRS, White House clashed over immigrants’ data before Billy Long was ousted | The Washington Post

What can the FBI do in Texas redistricting fight? Not much, experts say. | The Washington Post

Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose | NPR

Appeals court rules Trump clamp-down on spending data defies Congress’ authority | POLITICO

ICE Is Holding Migrants in Crowded and Unsanitary Cells, Suit Claims | The New York Times

US judge blocks Trump administration limits on domestic violence grants | Reuters

Massachusetts lesbian Gov. Maura Healey signs new shield law for abortion & trans health care | LGBTQ Nation

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Friday, August 16th 2024

Donald Trump asks Judge Merchan to postpone his sentencing until after the election; RFK Jr told Kamala Harris that he would drop out and endorse her if she’d give him a job in her administration; Governor Phil Murphy is set to appoint his former chief of staff George Helmy as outgoing Senator Bob Mendendez’ replacement; five people have been charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death; Democrats are trying to block the Green Party from the ballot in Wisconsin citing legal issues; Kamala Harris is set to announce a federal ban on corporate price gouging; the Biden Harris Administration announces the first round of negotiated drug prices; JD Vance said on Twitter that he’s willing to do two debates with coach Walz; undercover reporters posing as Republican donors have proof that trump is inextricably linked to project 2025; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Friday, August 14, 2026

Today, the Kennedy Center board votes to put Trump’s name back on the building; the government conducted expansive surveillance against ICE protestors in Minnesota; USS Abraham Lincoln sailors tried to jump overboard amid its extended deployment; Max Miller’s ex-wife is suing him for releasing nude photos of their toddler; Ken Paxton donors have been found in the Epstein files; DHS workers used databases to spy on personal acquaintances; Rubio, Bessent and Leavitt were among those used as decoys on Air Force One; a federal judge has dismissed Trump’s antisemitism case against Harvard; that small Kansas newspaper that was raided by the cops gets $850,000; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories
Rubio, Bessent took decoy Air Force One, Hegseth flew on secret flight with Trump | CBS News

Federal civil-rights suit: Congressman Max Miller and attorney published nude photo of two-year-old daughter online | Chandra Law Firm

They’re named in the Epstein files - and they donated to Ken Paxton’s campaign

Judge Dismisses Trump Administration’s Antisemitism Case Against Harvard | The New York Times

Kennedy Center Board Decides to Inscribe Trump’s Name on Building | The New York Times

U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown | The New York Times

CBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and Colleagues | WIRED

USS Abraham Lincoln sailors tried to jump overboard amid extended deployment | The Guardian

Former reporter settles part of her lawsuit over a police raid on a Kansas newspaper for $235,000 | AP News

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Friday, August 14, 2026

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Thursday, August 13, 2026

Today, mixed results in the August 11th primary elections hand wins to both progressive and establishment Dems as some Trump-backed candidates falter; Jeanine Pirro has convened a special grand jury in DC; the Trump administration is set to spend nearly a billion dollars on the Emotional Support Ballroom; ICE plans to buy gloves for agents that deliver electric shocks; the Kennedy Center has been ordered to pay $250,000 in legal fees to an artist that opposed the name change; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories
Four takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries in six states | NPR

AP report: ICE plans to give its officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks | PBS News

Trump administration set to spend at least $900 million on White House construction | The Washington Post

Pirro, in rare move, convenes special grand jury in Washington | Washington Post

Kennedy Center ordered to pay legal fees for Chuck Redd after judge tosses suit | The Washington Post

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Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Today, Trump doesn’t rule out using emergency executive power to interfere with the midterm elections; the transparency president has expanded the definition of executive privilege so his private advisors can’t be questioned by Congress; the White House is asking the Justice Department to consider new Reflecting Pool charges; Trump was stuffed into a catering cart and spirited to a secret plane after he ditched the Qatari Air Force One in Turkey; weeks after Belgium’s diamond industry gave Trump a ring with 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies, it was exempted from paying a U.S. tariff; Judge Talwani has expanded her block on the Postal Service tampering with mail ballots; the government has awarded a $150M contract for migrant children’s lawyers to a Trump-linked Texas law firm; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories
Democrats want answers about 18-karat gold ring given to Trump | MS NOW

Trump Said to Have Secretly Used Military Jet to Leave Turkey Amid Threats From Iran | The New York Times

White House Asks Justice Department to Consider New Reflecting-Pool Prosecution | WSJ

Trump executive privilege memo could hamper Democrats if they win Congress | CNN Politics

Trump signals openness to unconstitutional plot to take over elections | Democracy Docket

A judge expands a block on U.S. Postal Service work on Trump's mail-in voting order | NPR

Trump administration awards $150M migrant child contract to Texas firm | AP News

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