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Treasury Declares “Economic D-Day” on Iran With Sweeping New Sanctions Push
Treasury Declares “Economic D-Day” on Iran With Sweeping New Sanctions Push Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Monday a broad new sanctions campaign against Iran, dubbed “Operation Economic Outcast,” describing it as an “economic D-Day” meant to sever the country’s remaining financial lifelines roughly six months into a war that has settled into a “no war,…
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DOJ Moves to Appeal Order Forcing It to Unredact Epstein Files Tied to Trump
DOJ Moves to Appeal Order Forcing It to Unredact Epstein Files Tied to Trump The Justice Department filed a protective notice of appeal Monday against a federal judge’s order requiring it to remove redactions from a batch of Epstein-related documents, signaling it will fight the ruling rather than comply on the current timeline. The underlying…
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Report: Trump Personally Ordered DOJ to Settle Antitrust Case Against Ticketmaster’s Parent Company
Report: Trump Personally Ordered DOJ to Settle Antitrust Case Against Ticketmaster’s Parent Company A Wall Street Journal report published Monday detailed how President Trump personally directed a senior Justice Department official to settle the government’s antitrust case against Live Nation Entertainment, which owns Ticketmaster, just days before the case was set to go to trial.…
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ICE Arrests 1,328 People in Two-Week D.C.-Suburbs Sweep — and Two-Thirds Had No Criminal Record
ICE Arrests 1,328 People in Two-Week D.C.-Suburbs Sweep — and Two-Thirds Had No Criminal Record The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 1,328 people during a two-week operation, dubbed “Operation Safe Community – Washington, D.C.,” conducted across Virginia and Maryland between August 1 and August 14. DHS said…
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Supreme Court Lets Trump Rewrite Mail-In Voting Rules Ten Weeks Before the Midterms
Supreme Court Lets Trump Rewrite Mail-In Voting Rules Ten Weeks Before the Midterms The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a lower court injunction that had blocked key parts of an executive order President Trump signed in March restricting mail-in voting nationwide, handing the administration a preliminary win. The unsigned 6-3 order split the conservative majority…
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Indonesia’s Wildfires Choke Three Countries as Blazes Intensify
Indonesia’s Wildfires Choke Three Countries as Blazes Intensify Indonesia intensified aerial and ground firefighting operations on Monday as huge blazes across Borneo and other central and western regions scorched forests and peatland, sending a choking haze across national borders [1]. Fire-tracking service FireWatch had recorded more than 154,000 hotspots nationwide as of August 11, a…
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Treasury Declares “Economic D-Day” on Iran With Sweeping New Sanctions
Treasury Declares “Economic D-Day” on Iran With Sweeping New Sanctions U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled a sweeping new sanctions package against Iran on Monday, dubbed “Operation Economic Outcast,” targeting nearly 60 companies, individuals and vessels across multiple jurisdictions accused of facilitating Iranian trade in oil, shipping, gold, crypto and aviation. Bessent said the administration…
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Britain Hands Ukraine the Blueprints to Build Its Own Long-Range Missiles
Britain Hands Ukraine the Blueprints to Build Its Own Long-Range Missiles British Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced Monday, during a visit to Kyiv for Ukraine’s Independence Day, that UK defense contractor MBDA will declassify design details for British-made components of the SCALP cruise missile, allowing Ukraine to begin building its own long-range missiles domestically. The…
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Harry Potter Recasts Lockhart After Two Weeks — And Nobody Agrees on Why
Harry Potter Recasts Lockhart After Two Weeks — And Nobody Agrees on Why HBO confirmed Monday that Kit Harington has been cast as Gilderoy Lockhart in season two of its “Harry Potter” television series, replacing Nicholas Hoult just two weeks after Hoult’s casting in the role was first announced. HBO and representatives for Hoult attributed…
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California’s AG Just Told Paramount to Stop Playing Games With Its $110 Billion Warner Bros. Deal
California’s AG Just Told Paramount to Stop Playing Games With Its $110 Billion Warner Bros. Deal California Attorney General Rob Bonta canceled a planned Monday settlement meeting with Paramount Skydance over the company’s proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, saying the studio showed a “lack of good faith” after details of a preliminary…