August 8, 2026Vol. 15, No. 2346 STOP THE DANCE: A federal appeals panel in a scolding opinion yesterday voted two to one to stop construction on President Trump’s White House ballroom.   The court said in its decision that, “Each president is …

IT’S POLITICAL: Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced she will vote against confirming Todd Blanche to the position of attorney general.   While Blanche serves as acting attorney general, Murkowski said in a social media post that, “The politicization—even weaponization—of the Department …

IT’S POLITICAL: The Muslim Dr. Abdul El-Sayed had barely been declared the winner of the Michigan Democratic primary for US senator when Republicans launched their attacks. The progressive candidate was called dangerous and a communist for wanting universal healthcare in an indication …

IT’S POLITICAL: The primary race for senator from Michigan that’s considered a weathervane for the Democratic party is too close to call this morning.   Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive, holds a narrow lead over Representative Haley Stevens, a centrist and firm …

THE WAR ROOM: President Trump declared yesterday in the Oval Office that he’s giving Iran one “last chance before decapitation.”   “This is a last chance,” Trump said. “This is the last chance for them to sign a good document,” and that, “I want to give …

HOW LOW CAN HE GO: President Trump is the most unpopular President since polling began in 1940, second only to Richard Nixon, according to the latest numbers.   Trump’s overall job approval is 37 percent and disapproval is 60 percent, according the …

TRUTH BE KNOWN: The Justice Department admitted the obvious, that there was no vandalism at the Lincoln memorial reflecting pool and that felony charges against a former Olympic canoeist will be dropped.   Federal prosecutors said yesterday that the contractors hired by …

100 TIMES THE FIFTH: Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s former infectious disease expert who led the fight against Covid, invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination yesterday before the Senate Homeland Security Committee after charging that Chairman Rand Paul intended to …

THE WAR ROOM: Saudi Arabia joined US forces overnight responding to what the Pentagon described as a “surprise attack” coming from Iran and its “proxy” forces in Iraq.   Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said that it had launched missiles at US …

INCENDIE DE FORÊT: As many as 300,000 people in France and Spain have been forced from their homes by raging wildfires. Successive heat waves have fed fires around the cities of Bordeaux, Valencia, and Madrid, causing the largest evacuations in Europe since …