Overnight after the Aug. 30 exchange of strikes with Iran, Trump posted what NPR described as an apparently AI-generated video of a large oil facility being hit by missiles, captioned "Kharg Island being blown to...
The Supreme Court on Aug. 31, 2026 granted the Trump administration's emergency request and blocked lower-court orders that had paused aboveground construction of the president's new White House ballroom. The unsigned...
The White House said on Aug. 31, 2026 that Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months in the job. An Army official, speaking anonymously because they were not authorized to comment, said Driscoll spoke...
A review published Aug. 31, 2026 by the conflict monitor Airwars, verified by the Associated Press, found that three missiles that struck the Iranian city of Lamerd on Feb. 28 killed civilians as far as 50 meters (164...
The Aug. 14 Secretary of Defense Orders Book records that the commanders of U.S. European, Pacific and Southern Commands, with Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle, entered a formal "non-concur" against Defense...
The Washington Post reported that the Pentagon has placed several retired officers with large social-media followings into undisclosed government roles while they amplify Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's positions and...
The U.S. military told NPR it struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Sunday that it said were preparing to fire sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's armed forces said the strikes on Larak Island killed military...
Trump wrote on social media Sunday that Kristen Welker, moderator of NBC's "Meet the Press," would be "reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment" after she described his primary endorsement record as producing "mixed...
The New York Times reported on Aug. 30, 2026 that ten people deported to Liberia described abusive or violent treatment by ICE officers. Leonardo Sanchez, a Cuban deportee, said officers twisted the handcuffs of four men...
Google said in a blog post Saturday that Google Maps would begin showing Lake Ontario as "Lake America" for users in the United States, following Trump's Thursday executive order directing the Interior Department to...