Fact & Spin

Jared Kushner discusses a Gaza peace plan with Hamas and Netanyahu, Donald Trump threatens Oman over Hormuz tensions, Trump cuts U.S.–South Korea military drills, the Pentagon announces a $22.9 billion Raytheon contract for Tomahawk cruise missiles, the Supreme Court rejects Trump's $5M Carroll judgment appeal, Trump backs a Mecca defense pact among Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, Brazil’s presidential campaigns begin ahead of the October election, AG Blanche refuses to pledge DOJ independence from Trump, an Ebola outbreak becomes the deadliest in DR Congo’s history, four Renaissance paintings are stolen from an Italian museum, and a Ferrari Luce sells for a record $40 million.
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The UK sends a mobile phone warning over fire risk, Hurricane Lala batters Hawaii, Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in the UnitedHealthcare CEO murder, JD Vance suggests that lower oil prices for Americans are the top goal of the Iran war, Mali pardons an alleged French spy, Nigel Farage wins the Clacton by-election in the U.K., Colombia rejects Mexico's earthquake rescue assistance, Benjamin Netanyahu calls Britain an "Islamic Republic," President Trump orders the Navy to swap out its hi-tech catapults, and a study suggests that Canadian families now spend more on taxes than necessities,
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Multiple USS Lincoln sailors reportedly attempt to jump overboard, Japan protests Putin's first visit to the disputed Kuril Islands, Karoline Leavitt steps down as White House press secretary, Israeli settlers besiege two Palestinian homes in the West Bank's Qusra, AI agents reportedly breach Taiwan's government agencies, ex-SPLC Director Beirich is arrested on fraud charges, BMJ retracts a study on COVID-19 excess deaths, Brazil orders Discord to suspend livestreams after a teen’s death, Trump is sued over Truth Social's early access subscription plan, and Flock Safety tightens its privacy rules.
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David Crowley defeats Francesca Hong in the Wisconsin Democratic primary, while Minnesota sets fall matchups in the Senate and governor races, Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Ukraine gave the U.S. proposals to end the Russia war, a U.N. report suggests that half of Afghan women rarely leave home, the LA Lakers are sold to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger in a record $12 billion deal. Germany expands its spy agency powers, New Zealand Prime Minister Luxon survives a second confidence vote in four months, Thailand suspends gun permits after a school shooting, ICE reportedly plans to spend $20 million to buy electric shock gloves, and the DRC Ebola death toll tops 2,000 in a fast-growing outbreak.
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Trump calls on Iran to pay compensation for the deaths and injuries of Americans in conflicts allegedly linked to Tehran, The Washington Post reports that Trump was snuck out of Turkey in a catering container, Russia frees an ailing U.S. Marine after four years in detention, Syria sentences al-Assad to death in absentia, Republican senators release a batch of Fauci’s COVID-19 text messages, Turkey approves a conditional pardon bill for thousands of PKK members, Lebanon Indicts ex-central bank chief for Salameh for alleged embezzlement, the U.S. Justice Department sends polling monitors to in Minnesota's primaries, a U.S. court rejects social media companies' bids to block thousands of youth addiction suits, and the U.K. says it's close to eliminating Hepatitis C.
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At least 111 people are killed as a 7.4 magnitude earthquake hits Colombia, Netanyahu rejects a Trump-backed Gaza peace plan, Trump changes the U.S. child vaccine schedule, alleged Irish crime boss Kinahan is charged after extradition, seven people are killed as the Houthis strike a Yemen port and a Saudi refinery, a U.K. charity is investigated over alleged Hamas financing links, UEFA, CONCACAF and the Asian Football Confederation accuse Gianni Infantino of a "fundamental breach of trust," Typhoon Dolphin slams China as 1 million people are evacuated, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services propose new scrutiny of food additives and ingredients, CRISPR gene editing produces the world's first hypoallergenic dogs.
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Several people are killed in a Thailand school shooting, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan sign a defense pact, the Houthis kill dozens of troops amid an escalating conflict in Yemen, Trump responds to Zelenskyy's call for interceptors by saying, 'We want missiles too,' Meta is ordered to pay $942 million over harm to youth, Trump signs new orders targeting birthright citizenship, the US sheds 23,000 jobs in July, missing forecasts, an appeals court halts the construction of Trump's $400 million White House ballroom, Spain busts a major Mediterranean migrant smuggling ring, and AI designs novel viruses not found in nature.
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Trump dismisses reports of U.S. weapons shortages, the U.S. refunds $100 billion in Liberation Day Tariffs, a Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt, Bangladesh condemns India over Hasina's speech to the press in New Delhi, Schwartz is confirmed as the CDC's new chief, the U.K. clears Paramount's $110 billion takeover ​of Warner Bros., Meta confirms that its AI systems hacked real firms during safety tests, a study concludes that climate change doubled Canada's 2026 wildfire risk, Nigeria rescues 308 kidnap victims in the largest single-day operation of its kind, and UEFA maintains its threat to boycott FIFA competitions despite Infantino’s apology.
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Iran and Oman near a deal on a Strait of Hormuz shipping route, newly declassified FBI memos reveal a secret Trump-Russia probe after Comey's firing, Brazil's Flavio Bolsonaro names lawmaker Alfredo Gaspar as his running mate, an explosive drone is found near a Ukrainian cargo plane at Germany's Leipzig Airport, a SpaceX rocket stage crashes into the moon, Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, Cambridge's youngest Black professor resigns amid a probe into his credentials, a armed man is arrested at Trump's golf club in California, the U.N. warns that El Niño could push 49 million more people into hunger by 2027, and OpenAI and Anthropic AI agents go rogue in U.K. security tests.
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The U.S. has reportedly exhausted ‘virtually all’ of it long-range missiles in Iran, Zelenskyy dismisses Ukraine's U.S. ambassador, 25 states sue the Trump administration over its newly enacted tariffs, a Senate panel advances Todd Blanche's attorney general nomination, 157 migrants are rescued after their dinghy sets fire in the English Channel, the U.N. Security Council targets Aug. 21 for a second secretary-general straw poll, Apple challenges a U.K. request for backdoor access to iCloud, a Delhi court acquits India's former wrestling chief of sexual harassment charges, South Korea's deadly heat wave breaks a 122-year temperature record, and Michigan confirms two deaths linked to the ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak.
Sources: Verity.News