NYTIMES (Michael Gold) - Senate Bows to Reality, Leaving Trump’s Voting Bill Undone
The summer exit confirmed what had been apparent for weeks: that Republicans lacked the votes to pass the voting restrictions the president has made a top priority.
NYTIMES (Mack Liederman) - Hunter Biden Says His Father’s Cancer Is Worsening
In an interview with the BBC, Mr. Biden said that former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s prostate cancer had spread into his bones and was causing pain.
ABCNEWS - 2 dead, 12 injured after boat capsizes in New York Harbor
Just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday night, NYPD divers and FDNY responded to a call of a capsized boat off of Liberty Island.
AMERICANTHINKER - Bernie and the Lefts
By Silvio Canto, Jr. The man who’s never held a real job in his life is now leading the most energized parade in America. But it’s a parade (we hope) that’s going nowhere.
NYTIMES (Kurt Andersen) - Blue and Red America Have Become the Bitter Couple That Can’t Quite Face Divorce
It can’t go on like this forever.
WASHINGTONPOST (Riley Beggin) - Group urges Democrats to woo moderate voters with populist policies
A progressive group says messages that target the wealthy and large corporations appeal to a majority of Americans who see the economy as fundamentally rigged.
WASHINGTONPOST (Brady Dennis) - Scientists race to save Florida’s coral reef as El Niño heats the ocean
Three years after a devastating marine heat wave in Florida, scientists say they are better prepared to protect vulnerable coral reefs.
NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - Iran Sets New Demands for Strait of Hormuz Reopening as UAE Reports Attack on Oil Vessel
Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, [File: Stringer/Reuters] Reported by: Cherry Meigh TimbolNews Content Editor Published August 9 , 2026 Middle East — Iran has issued a new set of [...]
NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - New IRA Faces Internal Crisis as Bomb Plot Investigation Raises Fears of Renewed Violence Against Migrants
Masked men as a New IRA parade passes the Bogside on Easter Monday Reported by: Cherry Meigh TimbolNews Content Editor Published August 9 , 2026 Northern Ireland / Ireland — The New IRA is facing [...]
AXIOS (Jim VandeHei) - Six weeks is all you get in the age of post-processable velocity
Something big has shifted for all of us. I noticed it last week, while preparing for our Axios board meeting. - First, there was a discussion around six-month horizons. And I kept thinking: This is pure fantasy — it's impossible to envision our company and our world even a few months from now. - Second, we're having an amazing year. Yet I felt compelled to offer the board a gut check unthinkable even a year ago: Yes, we're crushing it, but that could all change in a month. Truth is, for the first time ever, my confident line of sight is six weeks tops. Why it matters: We have entered what I call post-processable velocity — a speed of change exceeding the ability of any individual, company, market or government to fully absorb,…