Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary in major victory for Democrats’ progressive wing - The Associated Press
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Trump: "Look at the blue cities. What do they have in common? They're all dirty. They're filthy dirty. Their streets are dirty. Their streets smell. Their storefronts are broken. Their trees are all gross. Everything about the place is dirty. It's really all of them."
U.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters
U.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters
The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its war with Iran, people familiar with the data told Reuters.
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James Talarico on Texas officially banning THC: “Texans aren’t going to stop smoking weed and eating edibles because politicians in Austin say so. We are now telling full-grown adults how to live their lives. This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst."
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Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks with 5 killed in each country
Russia and Ukraine are trading accusations that each side’s attacks caused civilian deaths. Officials in the Moscow region say five people were killed there while authorities in Ukraine said a similar...
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Funeral honors Ukrainian student killed as she helped the victims of a Russian strike
Hundreds of mourners dressed in white gathered in central Kyiv to honor 20-year-old Vitalina Yarovenko, a psychology student and volunteer medic killed by a Russian strike while helping people wounded...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Committee Votes to Advance Blanche Nomination www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08...
Trump Live Updates: Senate Committee Advances Blanche Nomination as Attorney General (Gift Article)
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Ukraine's new Magura naval platforms strike Russian radar systems in occupied Crimea for 1st time, military intelligence says
The operation, carried out by HUR's Group 13 special unit in late July, targeted a command vehicle belonging to a Podlet radar system and a Parol-4 identification friend-or-foe radar interrogator, acc...
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A Currency Trader at Heart, Bessent Bets on Japan’s Yen www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/b...
A Currency Trader at Heart, Bessent Bets on Japan’s Yen (Gift Article)
Coordinated intervention allowed Japan to support its currency without selling off its U.S. debt holdings.
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Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media
Immigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/n...
Immigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say (Gift Article)
The mayor of Newark identified the dead man as Edwin Lopez-Cornejo. The New Jersey center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its treatment of detainees.
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Russian Attack on Kyiv Damages Lithuanian Embassy, 25 Ambulances - www.kyivpost.com/post/81530
Russian Strike on Kyiv Hits Lithuanian Embassy, Burns Ambulances
The Lithuanian embassy and an ambulance depot were damaged in Kyiv during a massive Russian missile and drone attack early Saturday morning.
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