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Democracy NowAug 13, 2026
Trump's Secret Plane Switch: An Israeli Tip, CIA Doubts & Reporters Put at Risk
The Washington Post reported Monday that due to an alleged Iranian threat to assassinate President Trump, he secretly swapped planes before departing the July NATO summit in Turkey — leaving senior administration officials, staff and members of the press corps on board.

"The Israelis passed a tip, a concern, that the plane and potentially the president was under threat," says Dan Lamothe, one of the Washington Postreporters who broke the story. But it turns out the "CIA had low confidence" in the Israeli tip, according to a more recent Post story Lamothe co-authored on Thursday. "I think that kind of leaves the Secret Service in a tough spot of assessing: What do you do in this zero-fail mission to keep the president safe?"


Drudge ReportAug 13, 2026
Military lost 25% of its Reaper drones as war depletes arsenal...




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Washington Post PoliticsAug 13, 2026
What Democrats can learn from Wisconsin's ‘oatmeal' win
When the dust settles on this contest, it will probably be the man who critics said was too boring to win statewide in Wisconsin, that deserves most of the plaudits.

Drudge ReportAug 13, 2026
USA Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown...




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Epansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats, obtained financial records...



Yahoo PoliticsAug 13, 2026
Bipartisan backlash grows as Trump administration begins to bulldoze Big Bend National Park for border wall


Yahoo PoliticsAug 13, 2026
Graham Platner to speak at labor rally, one of his first public events since ending Maine campaign


New York Times PoliticsAug 13, 2026
U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown
The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.

Drudge ReportAug 13, 2026
BESSENT TAKES OVER ON IRAN; New strategy to cripple economy...




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"Anatomy of an AI Kill Chain": Militaries Rely on Mistake-Prone AI in Ukraine, Gaza & Iran (Democracy Now)

New York Times PoliticsAug 13, 2026
Trump Administration Lets Parts of the National Firearms Act Lapse
The retreat by the Justice Department effectively allowed a pillar of the Prohibition-era National Firearms Act to lapse.

Drudge ReportAug 13, 2026
Companies Given Green Light to Aim Hacks at Cybercriminals...




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Drudge ReportAug 13, 2026
'HOMELAND' Paid $464M for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them...




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NYT Homeland Press ReleasesAug 13, 2026
Trump Gives Green Light to U.S. Companies to Aim Hacks at Cybercriminals
The idea has been long in the making, but could be difficult to implement and lead to unintended consequences, former officials and security experts said.

Washington Post PoliticsAug 13, 2026
White House says more than 40 nations help China dodge tariffs
A new White House report says that China sends billions of dollars worth of goods to the U.S. via third countries in order to skirt Trump's high tariffs.

NYT Homeland Press ReleasesAug 13, 2026
Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them.
The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights. But the fleet has largely sat idle for months.

Drudge ReportAug 13, 2026
Bulldozers rip into Big Bend National Park, driving anger and heartbreak...




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Drudge ReportAug 13, 2026
Surrogate mother who fled to Texas gives birth to baby with severe heart defect...




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Drudge ReportAug 13, 2026
Sizing up the '28 Dem presidential contenders...




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New York Times PoliticsAug 13, 2026
Inside the Democratic Socialists of America's Audacious Quest for Power
Democratic Socialists are capturing more votes than ever before — even as they run up against the limits of their appeal.

Yahoo PoliticsAug 13, 2026
Max Miller's ex-wife sues him for sharing image of daughter as part of custody battle


BBC PoliticsAug 13, 2026
Reform councillor suspended over social media posts
In X posts from 2019, Kirklees councillor Dave Rowan appeared to make threats about John Bercow.

Politics - U.S. SenateAug 13, 2026
Are the Democratic Socialists Winning or Losing?
Progressive Democrats have been gaining ground in primaries across the country, but recent wins and losses in Michigan and Wisconsin show the strength and the limits of the movement.

Washington Post PoliticsAug 13, 2026
The American Dream comes down to OnlyFans, dodgeball and reality TV
Life, liberty and the pursuit of solvency take a side hustle, as seen on the small screen.

Yahoo PoliticsAug 12, 2026
Trump's vaccine order hands some MAHA voters a win. It also gives Democrats an attack line


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New York Times PoliticsAug 12, 2026
What to Know About David Crowley, the Democratic Candidate for Wisconsin Governor
The Milwaukee County executive, who won a tight primary race against Francesca Hong early Wednesday, could become the first Black governor of Wisconsin.

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Peggy Flanagan, a Progressive, Wins the Democratic Senate Primary in Minnesota (Politics - U.S. Senate)

New York Times PoliticsAug 12, 2026
South Carolina Senate Runoff Kicks Off With Chick-fil-A and Trump Calls
Darline Graham and Ralph Norman emerged from a special election sprint on Tuesday to succeed Lindsey Graham. She will sell her closeness to President Trump. He will tout his conservatism.

New York Times PoliticsAug 12, 2026
Takeaways From the Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Carolina Primaries
A moderate won the closely fought Democratic primary for governor in Wisconsin, the latest contest between the party's progressive and moderate wings.

Politics - U.S. SenateAug 12, 2026
Primary Results Set for Tuesday's Key Races
South Carolina Republicans moved to a runoff to decide their Senate nominee. Voters picked a progressive Democrat as their candidate for Senate in Minnesota, but in Wisconsin, a moderate eked out a narrow victory in the contest for governor.

Drudge ReportAug 12, 2026
MAG: Iran War Whole New Level of Quagmire...




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Politics - U.S. HouseAug 12, 2026
Democrats Pull Back From the Edge of Disaster. Again.
It seems that centrists and the left can work the pragmatic side of the street.

Drudge ReportAug 12, 2026
More White House Shake Up; Who's Next...




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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Steps Down (Yahoo Politics)

Washington Post PoliticsAug 12, 2026
Ex-Southern Poverty Law Center official indicted over payments to informants
Prosecutors say Heidi Beirich was romantically involved with an informant who was receiving payments. Her lawyer called the case an effort to "silence political opponents."

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Ex-Official at Southern Poverty Law Center Accused of Plotting to Misuse Far-Right Informants (New York Times Politics)

Democracy NowAug 12, 2026
Gaza Tribunal Co-Chairs MP Jeremy Corbyn, Neve Gordon & Shahd Hammouri on U.K. Complicity in Genocide
From London, we revisit the Gaza Tribunal, an independent, nongovernmental inquiry into the United Kingdom's complicity in the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. The tribunal, held nearly one year ago, was chaired by our three guests: former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, Israeli professor of human rights law Neve Gordon and Palestinian legal scholar Shahd Hammouri. Their new book is titled The Gaza Tribunal: Britain's Complicity in Genocide. We discuss the recent apology from Prime Minister Andy Burnham over the Labour Party's early support for Israel's assault on Gaza, the United Kingdom's crackdown on the Palestine Action protest group under counterterrorism laws, and whether British policymakers will face any accountability for participating in "one of the biggest crimes in humanity."

New York Times PoliticsAug 12, 2026
8 Takeaways from Tuesday's Primaries
A Democratic primary for governor in Wisconsin remained neck and neck early Wednesday, leaving a national battle between progressive and moderate wings largely unsettled.

NYT Homeland Press ReleasesAug 12, 2026
ICE Agent Who Pushed Activist to the Ground Near Chicago Pleads Guilty
The agent, Adam Saracco, was charged with misdemeanor after the altercation at a gas station near Chicago last year during the Trump administration's crackdown there.

Washington Post PoliticsAug 12, 2026
Rep. Max Miller's ex-wife sues after sensitive image of child was publicly shared
The Ohio Republican had released documents through a publicly accessible Dropbox account this month, seeking to fend off allegations of domestic abuse.

Yahoo PoliticsAug 12, 2026
Trump sued over service that offers paid early access to Truth Social posts


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New York Times PoliticsAug 12, 2026
Why Were Polls So Wrong in the Wisconsin Governor's Race?
Francesca Hong, the democratic socialist running in Wisconsin's Democratic primary for governor, had a double-digit lead in polls as recently as last week. Then she lost. What happened?

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Trump-Backed Mike Lindell Loses Minnesota Governor Primary to Lisa Demuth (New York Times Politics)

Foreign PolicyAug 11, 2026
China Has Chosen to Disappoint Its Consumers
Beijing's choice moves Washington's leverage from tariffs to currency.

Democracy NowJul 27, 2026
Israeli Army & Settlers Are Working Together to "Ethnically Cleanse" West Bank: Mariam Barghouti
Israeli settlers torched two mosques over the weekend in a new wave of violence targeting Palestinian towns and villages across the occupied West Bank. Meanwhile, Israeli military forces on Saturday detained over 70 Palestinians in raids across the occupied territory. This follows the killing of at least four Palestinians in the village of Tal on Friday, when Israeli settlers and soldiers opened fire on residents attempting to protect their homes; two Israelis were also killed.

Palestinian journalist Mariam Barghouti says the Israeli army and Israeli settlers "should not be seen as separate" as they carry out "a familiar pattern of collective punishment." She also stresses that anti-Palestinian violence in the occupied West Bank cannot be divorced from Israeli repression in Jerusalem and its genocide in Gaza.

"This is a colonial regime that is engaging in crimes against humanity," says Barghouti. "How those crimes look may differ, but in the end they serve the same purpose, and that is ethnically cleansing Palestinians in order to build this Greater Israel in the region."

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