DAILYCALLER (Jack McGeever) - Crop Prices Soar Through The Roof To Highest Increase In 14 Years As Iran, Ukraine Wars Rage On
The Bloomberg Agriculture Spot Index climbed more than 13% in August
NYTIMES (Carlotta Gall, Stanislav Kozliuk and Brendan Hoffman) - Kyiv’s Dormition Cathedral is Revived after Russian Drone Strike
Volunteers and priests rallied to clean up Kyiv’s Dormition Cathedral, still smelling of smoke from a massive blaze, for an anniversary celebration.
NYTIMES (Kim Barker, Dzvinka Pinchuk and Oksana Parafeniuk) - A Mother’s Quest to Rescue Her Son From Russian-Occupied Ukraine
They made a risky bid to reunite after three years of separation, illness and deprivation — the kind of ordeal suffered by many thousands of families torn apart by the war in eastern Ukraine.
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - Trump keeps SHRUGGING OFF concerns about the economy
President Trump has spent the past six months repeatedly downplaying the economic impacts of the war in Iran. MS NOW's JM Rieger digs into the archive.
NYTIMES (Cassandra Vinograd and Oleksandr Chubko) - Russia Turns Ukraine’s Gas Stations From Social Hubs Into Deadly Targets
Drone attacks have hit hundreds of gas stations in apparent retaliation for Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil refineries.
NPR (Jane Arraf) - Lebanese who fled the Israeli invasion visit to see what's left
Residents of the ancient town of Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon have endured wars in the past, but the latest conflict with Israel is testing the limits of their endurance.
ABCNEWS - Government report to show how US economy performed amid Iran war
The U.S. economy is expected to have slowed slightly in the second quarter.
NPR (Jane Arraf) - Lebanese displaced by war turn to satellites to check their homes
Unable to return home, some Lebanese displaced by Israel's invasion of southern Lebanon are buying satellite images to see whether their houses survived.
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NEWSNATIONNOW (Laura Kelly, Julia Manchester, and The Hill) - Iran war threatens to blunt GOP turnout in midterm battlegrounds
The escalating war with Iran is threatening to depress Republican turnout ahead of the midterms, as new polling shows President Trump’s MAGA base increasingly turned off by the conflict. The war has consistently polled poorly among Americans broadly, and a new survey suggests the war could be turning off Trump’s MAGA base specifically, which Republicans [...]
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - U.S. oil prices pass $92 per barrel as Iran-backed Houthi militants attack tankers in Red Sea
While West Texas Intermediate prices were in the low $90s per barrel, the global benchmark, Brent, passed $100 per barrel on Thursday.