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Friday, Aug 28, 2026
- 11:44 PM UTC U.S. has entered deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves, Trump says nbcnews.com
- 11:25 PM UTC Hochul boasts 'I just banned it' as New York outlaws local police partnerships with ICE foxnews.com
- 10:45 PM UTC WATCH huge blasts rock ‘missile warehouse’ near Kiev rt.com
- 10:45 PM UTC CENTCOM says Strait of Hormuz is open, shipping companies not convinced as Iran war hits 6 months cbsnews.com
- 10:20 PM UTC Exclusive: Vietnam Veteran Praises Trump's Leadership as 'Gift from God' breitbart.com
- 10:13 PM UTC H. R. McMaster says economic pressure on Iran will "make a big difference" as war hits 6-month mark cbsnews.com
- 10:11 PM UTC What has the Iran war done to the U.S. and its position in the world after 6 months? cbsnews.com
- 10:06 PM UTC Conservative British commentator Milo Yiannopoulos detained as ‘illegal alien’ rt.com
- 10:00 PM UTC Jewish educators face rampant antisemitism in teachers unions, new report finds foxnews.com
- 9:54 PM UTC One third of college students say using violence to shut down speech on campus is acceptable: poll nypost.com
- 9:36 PM UTC London doubles down, Meta hides the evidence, surprise visitors in Moscow: RT stories that shaped the week rt.com
- 9:30 PM UTC New York's Erie County axes DHS job fair over ICE's role, drawing backlash: 'Totally inappropriate' foxnews.com
- 9:07 PM UTC Iceland’s EU Ambitions foreignpolicy.com
- 9:00 PM UTC Elon Musk enters the midterm chat: From the Politics Desk nbcnews.com
- 8:57 PM UTC US diplomats and family members slowly begin to return to the Mideast embassies abcnews.go.com
- 8:42 PM UTC With the midterms approaching, Canadian tariffs top of mind along New York’s northern border abcnews.go.com
- 8:41 PM UTC ICE plans to buy robot ‘dogs’ for some immigration enforcement operations nbcnews.com
- 8:40 PM UTC ‘Independent’ Dan Osborn Raises $9K in Fundraiser Promoted by Far-Left Forum that Cheered Charlie Kirk’s Murder breitbart.com
- 7:59 PM UTC Deal, warning or spy swap? What Russian media are saying about the CIA chief’s Moscow visit — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union rt.com
- 7:52 PM UTC Merz lays into Germany’s most popular party ahead of regional vote — RT World News rt.com
- 7:40 PM UTC Judge axes Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s confession in long-delayed 9/11 terror case — in major blow to feds nypost.com
- 7:23 PM UTC Bessent attacks Warren over yen intervention query, offers ‘Foreign Exchange for Dummies’ lesson cnbc.com
- 6:53 PM UTC Nat'l Security Experts Warn Chinese Bots Targeting U.S. Data Center Debate breitbart.com
- 6:52 PM UTC Jerry Sandusky granted new evidentiary hearing after accuser recants testimony foxnews.com
- 6:45 PM UTC Warsaw wants nuclear deterrence, but without nukes — RT World News rt.com
- 6:40 PM UTC Notes From Russia’s Literary Underground foreignpolicy.com
- 6:20 PM UTC Maine Democrat Rep. Jared Golden: Tariff War with United States ‘Won’t Go Well’ for Canada breitbart.com
- 6:20 PM UTC Jared Kushner Is the Face of American Oligarchy foreignpolicy.com
- 6:15 PM UTC El-Sayed dragged over ‘weird’ fixation on ‘talking about other people’s wives’ after latest Trump attack foxnews.com
- 6:15 PM UTC Chinese hackers target NASA and key US agencies, DOJ alleges foxnews.com
- 6:07 PM UTC Crockett: Trump’s Mail Voting Changes Will Hurt Republicans More than Dems breitbart.com
- 6:04 PM UTC Iran may be the key to the Mecca Pact’s future rt.com
- 6:00 PM UTC Getting Confucius Wrong foreignpolicy.com
- 5:42 PM UTC Cuba Begins School Year with Severe Shortages of Teachers, Electricity breitbart.com
- 5:42 PM UTC Potential security threat prompts US travel suspension for border city on alert foxnews.com
- 5:40 PM UTC Trump border wall construction kicks off in Arizona amid clash with Native American tribe foxnews.com
- 5:23 PM UTC What in the World? foreignpolicy.com
- 5:08 PM UTC Hochul ICE policy ‘written in the blood of victims,’ opponent says as sheriffs sue foxnews.com
- 5:07 PM UTC Latest details on Iran war after 6 months of conflict and no end in sight cbsnews.com
- 4:37 PM UTC Jelly Roll rolls away from apolitical past after Trump jokes spark MAGA and ‘snowflake’ labels foxnews.com
- 4:27 PM UTC Sovereignty on the ballot in Iceland’s EU referendum — RT World News rt.com
- 4:09 PM UTC Lindsay Clancy verdict: Retired judge explains what happens if insanity defense prevails foxnews.com
- 3:42 PM UTC Enes Freedom vs Natasha Cloud: The opposing activists at the center of the WNBA's latest signature moment foxnews.com
- 3:31 PM UTC Six months of US-Israeli war with Iran: Rattansi, Sweeney, Dubenskij, Hilal, Maloof on conflict takeaways (VIDEOS) Exclusive — RT World News rt.com
- 3:09 PM UTC Trump declares himself ‘greatest’ US president — RT World News rt.com
- 2:57 PM UTC Trump has ‘Hormuz schizophrenia’ – Iran — RT World News rt.com
- 2:54 PM UTC Trump renames Lake Ontario amid Canada feud theweek.com
- 2:42 PM UTC Trump set back on voting, Kennedy Center, Anthropic theweek.com
- 2:24 PM UTC US seeking a deal to make Venezuela its gas pump – media — RT World News rt.com
- 2:23 PM UTC ‘War benefits no one’: Taliban official on India-Pakistan tensions — RT India rt.com
- 2:18 PM UTC ‘Deception is the foundation of Western diplomacy’ – Lavrov — RT World News rt.com
- 2:18 PM UTC India to Host Anti-American BRICS Summit September 12, Focused on ‘Cooperation’ breitbart.com
- 2:09 PM UTC Biden-honored Iraqi official lands on US terror watchlist as Trump State Dept revokes visa foxnews.com
- 1:55 PM UTC Hillary Clinton Fumes over Trump Renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America breitbart.com
- 1:44 PM UTC Russia and North Korea Are Scrambling Trump’s Alliance Strategy foreignpolicy.com
- 1:39 PM UTC How Many Fascist Cronies Can One Republican Have? thenation.com
- 1:30 PM UTC Russian drones batter Ukraine's Kyiv region for a second day abcnews.go.com
- 1:00 PM UTC Democrats have a golden opportunity. They’re fighting each other instead salon.com
- 1:00 PM UTC Trump’s real estate career offers a hint of Kennedy Center’s future salon.com
- 12:59 PM UTC Japan’s Narrowing Path to Permanent Residency foreignpolicy.com
- 12:49 PM UTC Trump said war on Iran would take 6 weeks. Why has it lasted 6 months? cbsnews.com
- 12:32 PM UTC US marks 6 months of war with Iran. Here's what it means for Americans and what's ahead abcnews.go.com
- 12:23 PM UTC Longtime Republican Al Michaels took a jab at Trump and NFL fans went spiraling out of control foxnews.com
- 12:17 PM UTC Senator Chris Murphy calls idea mass immigration is putting US at risk a 'fake problem' foxnews.com
- 12:12 PM UTC Hindu nationalist leader spurs protests and calls for sanctions ahead of New York City speech abcnews.go.com
- 12:10 PM UTC “Shut Down Dilley”: Rep. Joaquin Castro on “Abusive” ICE Family Jail, Targeting of Military Families democracynow.org
- 12:00 PM UTC Western Hemisphere Progressives Plot a Comeback foreignpolicy.com
- 12:00 PM UTC Headlines for August 28, 2026 democracynow.org
- 11:41 AM UTC Kellogg: Iran ‘Being Supplied’ Weapons by China, But Iran Doesn’t Have Anything Worrying breitbart.com
- 11:34 AM UTC Trump Orders 'Lake America' Renaming; Iran War Hits 6 Months nbcnews.com
- 11:32 AM UTC Afghanistan ‘undoubtedly’ better off without US – Taliban spokesman (VIDEO) — RT World News rt.com
- 11:30 AM UTC NATO needs to learn from Ukraine without copying its acts of desperation, commander says businessinsider.com
- 11:29 AM UTC Trump used to say he saw a quick end to his Iran war, but 6 months later he claims he's in no hurry abcnews.go.com
- 11:21 AM UTC Meta ruling: the changes coming to our social media theweek.com
- 11:10 AM UTC Trump clears Supreme Court hurdle on mail ballots as states vow another fight and more top headlines foxnews.com
- 11:08 AM UTC Americans remain sour on Iran war and judge questions Kennedy Center renovations: Morning Rundown nbcnews.com
- 11:00 AM UTC Want to know what's really in your food? The Trump administration is trying to help foxnews.com
- 11:00 AM UTC EXCLUSIVE: Bad Bunny, Marxism and 'Nasty Women' among courses offered at Ivy League, elite colleges foxnews.com
- 11:00 AM UTC LA merchants fight to save 97-year-old cross as lawyer warns of nationwide stakes foxnews.com
- 10:30 AM UTC The rise of GB News theweek.com
- 9:30 AM UTC Trump Is Waging War on Haitians thenation.com
- 9:19 AM UTC The return of the Sussexes: a ‘metaphorical hand grenade’ theweek.com
- 9:11 AM UTC The SCO’s Diminishing Usefulness for India foreignpolicy.com
- 9:00 AM UTC America faces a crisis in our military arsenal that Trump is racing to fix foxnews.com
- 9:00 AM UTC DOUG SCHOEN: Why Democrats cannot break free from the far left’s transgender demands foxnews.com
- 9:00 AM UTC Democratic Candidates Have Embraced Unity. Dem Pundits? Not So Much. thenation.com
- 8:42 AM UTC CENTCOM: U.S. Clears Iranian Mines from Hormuz Lanes; Iran Oil Exports at Zero — Trump Says Tehran ‘Begging to Make a Deal’ breitbart.com
- 8:40 AM UTC US court backs Anthropic over Pentagon — RT World News rt.com
- 8:34 AM UTC Trump’s Civil Rights Chief: CEOs Cannot Discriminate Against U.S. Citizens breitbart.com