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NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - Iran Sends Top Official to Kabul as Tehran Moves to Deepen Economic and Trade Ties With Taliban Fri Aug 14 04:55:25 2026

Iran’s Agriculture Minister Gholam-Reza Nouri has arrived in Kabul at the head of an Iranian delegation for meetings with Kabul officials, Iran’s embassy in Afghanistan said Wednesday. Reported by: Cherry Meigh TimbolNews Content Editor Published [...]

NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - Inferno Tears Through UK Homes as Wildfires Rage Across Britain During Scorching Heatwave Fri Aug 14 04:55:24 2026

Child and three firefighters rushed to hospital after ‘apocalyptic’ wildfire destroys homes in Stourbridge amid 34C heat – as ‘major incident’ declared Reported by: Cherry Meigh TimbolNews Content Editor Published August 14, 2026 NEWBRIDGE, Wales [...]

NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - Tehran says Strait of Hormuz “under Iran’s control” after Trump threatens U.S. might “keep it” Fri Aug 14 04:55:24 2026

People walk by a mural depicting Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a street in Tehran, Iran, August 13, 2026. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters] Reported by: Cherry Meigh TimbolNews Content Editor Published August [...]

NEWSNATIONNOW - Mark Geragos can't fathom prosecution's plan in Lindsay Clancy case Fri Aug 14 04:26:55 2026

Court recessed twice Wednesday after Clancy became overwhelmed during medical examiners' testimony.

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Bruce Fein) - The Illusion of Law Fri Aug 14 04:22:22 2026

Judges will not save our republic. The post The Illusion of Law appeared first on The American Conservative .

Politics The Illusion of Law Judges will not save our republic. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images Law is power with lipstick.  Contra Chief Justice John Roberts, judges are not really umpires calling balls and strikes. The rules and precedents they must interpret are too diffuse and contradictory; choosing which to prioritize or rely upon is a bit like looking out over a crowd and picking your friends. Decisions of the United States Supreme Court are better understood as corroborative. Majority, concurring, and dissenting opinions alike are the product of subjective reasoning, often telling us more about the priorities and predilections of their authors than the objective meaning of the law itself.  Take constitutional interpretation. One…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Joseph Addington) - Expert Panel: Trump’s Latin America Policy Won’t Stop Drugs Fri Aug 14 04:22:20 2026

The Quincy Institute hosted a Tuesday discussion of the Trump administration’s fight against “narco-terrorism.” The post Expert Panel: Trump’s Latin America Policy Won’t Stop Drugs appeared first on The American Conservative .

Latin America Expert Panel: Trump’s Latin America Policy Won’t Stop Drugs The Quincy Institute hosted a Tuesday discussion of the Trump administration’s fight against “narco-terrorism.” Photo by ULISES RUIZ / AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration’s Latin America policies are too simplistic for the complicated problems facing the region, a panel of restraint-oriented foreign policy experts concluded Tuesday. The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft gathered Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, co-director of the Corruption, Networks, and Transnational Crime Research Center (CONTRA) at George Mason University, Isabel Pereira Arana, senior coordinator for drug policy at the Center for Law, Justice and Society (Dejusticia), and…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Eldar Mamedov) - Without a U.S. Deal, Iran May Wind up a Mideast Outcast Fri Aug 14 04:22:18 2026

Tehran’s reliance on the Houthis complicates relations with Riyadh. The post Without a U.S. Deal, Iran May Wind up a Mideast Outcast appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign Affairs Without a U.S. Deal, Iran May Wind up a Mideast Outcast Tehran’s reliance on the Houthis complicates relations with Riyadh. “Trump will not reach an agreement with us. We will put up with him until his term ends.” That recent quote was from Majid Shakeri, an advisor to Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.  Tehran is signaling that it is not waiting for a better offer. It is waiting for January 20, 2029. While that posture is understandable, Iran may find that such a policy comes with unexpected downsides as other regional actors figure out their own relations with Iran. Shakeri’s quote and the broader signaling by Iran are hardly surprising. They confirms what many, including The American…Open

STRIPES (Gary Warner) - Navy’s next carrier, USS John F. Kennedy, leaves shipyard for sea trials | Stars and Stripes Fri Aug 14 04:15:21 2026

The Navy’s acceptance trials are the last major evaluation for Kennedy, the much-delayed second ship of the USS Gerald R. Ford-class of carriers.