ABCNEWS - Trump's proposed tariffs on Canada hurtle toward deadline amid trade talks
The tariffs are set to take effect early Saturday morning, after Trump extended a previous deadline by three days.
ABCNEWS - Teen, mother charged in killing of his girlfriend
A teen and his mother are facing multiple charges in the killing of Karoline Heintz, a college student who was found dead in her car.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Damita Menezes) - Mother and son charged after college soccer player's body found on campus
Royce Moser told investigators he had a "demon take over" during the confrontation before he retrieved the knife and stabbed Heintz.
YOUTUBE (Fox News) - WATCH LIVE: JD Vance delivers remarks in his hometown
Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio. #foxnews #news #us #fox Don’t just watch Fox News—be part of it. Become a Fox News Patriot today. https://youtube.com/foxnews/join
NYTIMES (Zane Irwin, Lucía Cholakian Herrera and Sebastián López Brach) - Rare South American Diseases Offer Clues on the Next Pandemic
Ebola virus, hantavirus and the pathogen that causes Covid-19 likely jumped from animals to humans. So do these viruses — and scientists say climate change is speeding their spread.
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - SNAP Enrollment Declines Dramatically Amid Fraud Crackdown.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) enrollment dropped by more than 13 percent in just one year.
The United States’ largest food assistance program, SNAP, has seen a dramatic enrollment decline due to new work requirements and administrative hurdles introduced by President Donald J. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: - DETAIL: This reduction follows the introduction of stricter requirements. Under new federal rules, adults aged between 55 and 64 and parents of children aged between 14 and 17 must now meet work, volunteer, or education requirements in order to qualify for the food stamps program. Specifically, new data released this week revealed that enrollment fell from 42.2 million in May 2025 to 36.6 million in May this year, much faster than anticipated. Arizona experienced the largest drop in…Open
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - The MILITARY JUNTA filling the leadership vacuum in Iran: 'More RADICAL' than before
The Economist is reporting on a new crop of leaders consolidating power in Iran: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The Economist writes the IRGC is “battle-hardened and results-driven, they are focused on security and repression and are turning the theocratic foundations of the Islamic republic into a military dictatorship.” The Morning Joe panel discusses this latest development and what it means for President Trump’s war in Iran, and the progress of talks to bring it to an end and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Audra Christiansen explains why Epstein survivors don’t name names | NewsNation
Former Playboy Playmate Audra Christiansen, who says she was assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein and threatened by Ghislaine Maxwell, says she feels like a “sitting duck” after repeated efforts to reach the FBI. LINK: https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/ex-playboy-playmate-ghislaine-maxwell-threat-epstein/
AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Northwest Indiana residents endure a week without power after deadly storms — and the utility says full restoration is still days away
More than 75,000 customers in northwest Indiana remained without electricity a full week after storms carrying 99-mph winds leveled trees and killed seven people, with the local utility warning that full restoration in hard-hit Gary may not come until August 25. The storms tore through the region beginning August 11, initially knocking out power to […] The post Northwest Indiana residents endure a week without power after deadly storms — and the utility says full restoration is still days away appeared first on American Almanac .
More than 75,000 customers in northwest Indiana remained without electricity a full week after storms carrying 99-mph winds leveled trees and killed seven people, with the local utility warning that full restoration in hard-hit Gary may not come until August 25. The storms tore through the region beginning August 11, initially knocking out power to roughly 300,000 customers across northwest Indiana. By late afternoon on Wednesday, August 17, that number had dropped to about 75,000, but for the families still sitting in the dark, the progress felt painfully slow. More than 20,000 of those customers were in Gary alone, a city where approximately 300 utility poles and 44 power transmission poles need repair or replacement, the Associated…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Jonah Adams) - Wisconsin Democrat's 'devoted husband' campaign image collides with Ashley Madison records
Mitchell Berman, the Democratic nominee in Wisconsin's First Congressional District, confirmed that accounts on the affair-seeking site Ashley Madison and the hookup platform Adult Friend Finder belonged to him, even as his campaign sells voters on his life as a devoted family man. Berman, a 40-year-old former Veterans Affairs nurse, won his August 11 primary […] The post Wisconsin Democrat's 'devoted husband' campaign image collides with Ashley Madison records appeared first on American Almanac .
Mitchell Berman, the Democratic nominee in Wisconsin's First Congressional District, confirmed that accounts on the affair-seeking site Ashley Madison and the hookup platform Adult Friend Finder belonged to him, even as his campaign sells voters on his life as a devoted family man. Berman, a 40-year-old former Veterans Affairs nurse, won his August 11 primary with 44 percent of the vote and is now challenging Republican incumbent Bryan Steil in a district President Donald Trump carried by five points in 2024. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee considers the seat in play. But a Washington Free Beacon review of data-breach records has surfaced a problem that could reshape the race before it starts. Breach data from Ashley…Open