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President Trump posted a Strait of Hormuz map labelled "New US Territory" on August 18 after the 60-day US-Iran MOU deadline expired without a broader deal. Iran's top negotiator Ghalibaf said the Strait stays closed until US lifts blockade, sanctions and military threats. The UAE simultaneously cut all trade with Iran after a ballistic missile incident.
Read Full ArticleA landmark federal trial opened August 18 in Oakland as 29 US states accused Meta of deliberately designing Facebook and Instagram to addict children for profit. California prosecutors cited an internal Meta document titled "The Young Ones are the Best Ones." Meta denied all claims. Zuckerberg is expected to testify in the trial, which carries up to $1.4 trillion in potential penalties.
President Trump on August 18 invoked India's 2024 general election, 646 million voters, all with photo ID, less than 1% mail-in to push Congress to pass the SAVE America Act. He cited Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's question about how US elections can function without mandatory photo identification.
President Trump ordered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to "substantially reduce" Ulchi Freedom Shield joint exercises with South Korea on August 16, citing his relationship with Kim Jong Un and Seoul's refusal to join the US war against Iran. The announcement came hours before the 10-day drills were scheduled to begin.
Iranian Army Commander-in-Chief Amir Hatami announced a $30,000 bounty for killing or capturing US soldiers on August 16, doubled to $60,000 for Iranian women, citing citizen requests for financial participation. The announcement comes amid stalled US-Iran peace talks, a continued naval blockade, and no known US ground deployment inside Iran except one April rescue mission.
US Ninth Circuit upholds US courts' jurisdiction to enforce Devas Multimedia's $562.5 million arbitral award against India's Antrix, rejecting forum non conveniens.
The White House's "Great Transshipment Scam" report released August 13 accused India and 40+ nations of enabling Chinese exporters to evade US tariffs through third-country routing and relabelling. In...
President Trump signed a proclamation August 13 imposing 100% tariffs on large security-capable drones, 25% on smaller models, and 15% on allied-nation imports, taking effect September 3. Citing natio...
US court partly dismisses criminal charges against Gautam Adani, dropping securities and wire fraud counts while seeking further justification for dismissing bribery and obstruction charges.
US CENTCOM confirmed it has redirected 53 commercial vessels, disabled two, and boarded two others under its Iran naval blockade as of August 8, with the USS Abraham Lincoln enforcing operations in th...
The United States pledged $1 billion in security assistance to Colombia's new right-wing President Abelardo de la Espriella on August 7, his inauguration day, as the 48-year-old self-styled "Tiger" vo...
President Trump signed two executive orders on August 6, 2026, targeting birthright citizenship and "birth tourism," months after the Supreme Court struck down his Day One order six to three. Legal ch...
The US Justice Department secured a $3.2 million settlement from OpenAI and subsidiary Statsig on August 4, 2026, for violating the Immigration and Nationality Act by deliberately discouraging America...
A US State Department presentation at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro displayed an AI-generated map of Africa that mislabelled every country, Nigeria became landlocked, Mozambique moved to ...
A US judge has allowed President Trump's $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times to proceed, seeking an amended complaint by August 27.
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