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YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - Rep. Jared Huffman: Christian nationalism is ‘America’s most dangerous political movement’ Tue Aug 18 16:59:03 2026

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Rep. Jared Huffman, D-CA, joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book: “No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism.” Huffman, a former devout Christian, tells Joe he wrote the book to “expose” what he calls the country’s “most dangerous political movement.” From behind the scenes of the Capitol, he explores in the book the strategy Christian nationalists use to push their agenda. Christian nationalism, Huffman says, “erupted for all of us to see,” during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. But in the years since, Huffman says Congress has failed to confront the movement.

NYTIMES (Kenneth Chang) - How NASA Engineers Are Keeping the Voyagers Alive Tue Aug 18 16:58:06 2026

A reworking of the spacecraft’s power systems could extend the nearly 50-year-old Voyagers’ exploration of interstellar space into the early 2030s.

NYTIMES (Pam Belluck) - The Little-Known Link Between Dementia and Epilepsy Tue Aug 18 16:58:05 2026

Doctors were stumped by his memory loss and confusion, until he met the epilepsy specialists.

NYTIMES (Christina Goldbaum and Reham Mourshed) - Israel Strikes Air Base in Syria, Drawing Ire From the U.S. Tue Aug 18 16:58:05 2026

The attack follows a series of military interventions in Syria over the past two years, and spurred the latest American rebuke of Israeli actions in recent weeks.

NYTIMES (Catherine Pearson) - Forty First Dates and Still Searching Tue Aug 18 16:58:04 2026

Joseph Pascaretta has spent roughly $65,000 on high-end matchmaking services. Will it help him find the love of his life?

NYTIMES (Claire Moses) - Childhood Friends, Adopted From India, Discover They’re Sisters Tue Aug 18 16:58:04 2026

Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen were adopted from India by families in the Netherlands and grew up less than 100 miles apart.

YOUTUBE (CNN) - Dispatch audio released from day of Hayden Panettiere’s death Tue Aug 18 16:55:33 2026

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Dispatch audio obtained from Broadcastify.com on the day of Hayden Panettiere’s death reveals the moment authorities arrived on scene to an apartment complex in Greenville, South Carolina. The Greenville County Coroner’s office has said that the cause and manner of Panettiere’s death remain pending under further investigation and the completion of additional studies. The coroner’s office also said that Panettiere was found unresponsive in a state of cardiac arrest. Resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful.

YOUTUBE (CNN) - Masked man chases jogger, asks ‘Are you ready to die?’ Tue Aug 18 16:55:32 2026

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Philadelphia Police are looking for a man wearing a “Chucky doll” Halloween- style face mask who they say accosted at least a half dozen people in Philadelphia. CCTV shows the man approaching and chasing a woman who was jogging near City Hall. Officers are urging anyone with information to come forward.

WASHINGTONPOST (Justin Jouvenal, Jonathan Edwards) - Ballroom opponents ask Supreme Court to keep Trump project on hold Tue Aug 18 16:48:11 2026

The National Trust for Historic Preservation urged the high court to let a pause take effect. An appeals court ordered that the administration halt construction by Friday.

NPR (Michel Martin) - Jason Arday's rise and fall tells a larger story about academia, a critic says Tue Aug 18 16:45:14 2026

What can academia learn from Jason Arday's rise and fall? Atlantic staff writer and former academic Tyler Austin Harper weighs the questions his story left behind.

What can academia learn from Jason Arday's rise and fall? Atlantic staff writer and former academic Tyler Austin Harper weighs the questions his story left behind.Open