Sudhanshu Srivastava 
Supreme Court Lets Trump’s $400 Million White House Ballroom Construction Continue — For Now The Supreme Court on Friday, August 21, temporarily allowed President Trump to continue construction on his controversial $400 million White House ballroom, pausing a lower court order that would have halted work at midnight. The decision doesn’t resolve the underlying legal … Read more
Treasury Vows “Toughest Sanctions in History” to Collapse Iran’s Government Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday, August 20, that the United States will impose “the toughest sanctions in history” on Iran, unveiling the full package Monday, August 24, as President Trump’s administration shifts toward what officials are calling all-out economic warfare aimed at collapsing Tehran’s … Read more
A Summer of Recalls: Cyclospora Cases Top 15,700 as Blueberries Join the List of Tainted Foods Four separate multistate foodborne illness outbreaks have run concurrently across the United States this summer, and the tally continues to grow: the CDC’s latest figures put confirmed cyclosporiasis cases at 15,716, with nearly 12,000 more under investigation, while a … Read more
North Korea Fires 10 Missiles, Rejects Trump’s Overture Despite Scaled-Back Drills North Korea launched a barrage of roughly 10 short-range ballistic missiles Thursday, August 20, a day after the regime publicly dismissed President Trump’s attempt to revive diplomacy — an overture that had included Trump’s decision to cut the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercises … Read more
Data Centers Have Become Radioactive in the Midterms — Except for Trump President Trump told a room full of cryptocurrency leaders at the White House this week that if he were a mayor or governor, he’d “absolutely want” a new AI data center in his community, citing the jobs and tax revenue it would bring. … Read more
AP Names 2026 College Football Preseason All-American Teams Ahead of Kickoff The Associated Press released its 2026 college football preseason All-American teams this week, highlighting the players expected to headline the sport heading into the season’s official kickoff later this month — though the selections come with the usual caveat that injuries and shifting form … Read more
ABC and Disney Sue FCC, Alleging “Retaliatory Campaign” Tied to Jimmy Kimmel ABC and its parent company, The Walt Disney Company, sued the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, August 18, alleging the agency’s decision to force early review of ABC’s broadcast licenses is unconstitutional retaliation for the network’s news coverage and its handling of late-night … Read more
Stocks Fall for Third Straight Day as 30-Year Treasury Yield Hits 19-Year High Wall Street pulled further from last week’s record high Tuesday, August 18, as a selloff in semiconductor stocks and a surge in long-term Treasury yields to their highest level in nearly two decades combined to push major indexes lower for a third … Read more
Meta’s Biggest Legal Test Begins: Trial Over Child Social Media Addiction Opens in Oakland Opening arguments began Tuesday, August 18, in federal court in Oakland, California, in what legal experts are calling the most significant trial yet over whether Meta deliberately designed Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children — a case that could … Read more
Courts Have Ruled Against ICE’s Mandatory Detention Policy in 90% of 11,600 Lawsuits, Analysis Finds An analysis by Politico’s Kyle Cheney of roughly 11,600 lawsuits filed against the federal government by detained immigrants found that judges have ruled against Immigration and Customs Enforcement in approximately 90% of cases — a pattern that’s overwhelmed the federal … Read more