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The Washington Post

August 2026

Army secretary submits resignation to Trump after repeated clashes with Hegseth

The departure of Dan Driscoll, who at one time was viewed as a potential replacement for the defense secretary, marks the latest shake-up at the Pentagon

Trump says U.S. might ‘smack’ Iran but that fighting is likely to remain limited

The president downplays the possibility of escalating military action against Tehran, despite recent tit-for-tat attacks

Trump’s attempts to crack down on speech and influence opinion

The military is secretly hiring conservative influencers who appear to be pushing Defense Secretary Pete Hegeth’s culture wars

Supreme Court clears way for White House ballroom construction to continue

The decision hands President Donald Trump a major political victory in his controversial bid to oversee the largest addition to the executive mansion in decades

Kalshi suspends GOP House candidate for betting on her own race

The GOP redrew the state’s congressional map to make the seat less safe for her Democratic opponent, incumbent Don Davis

Trump says voters who oppose data centers will ‘kill the Golden Goose’

Trump escalated his defense of data centers as polls show Americans from both political parties are increasingly opposed to the server farms central to the artificial intelligence boom

Trump says he will report NBC host to FCC for ‘rebuke or punishment’

The president’s latest in a string of threats against broadcasters followed a comment by Kristen Welker about “some mixed results” from his midterm endorsements

Venezuela vowed not to ‘hand over’ its oil. Trump aims to grab a windfall.

As Nicolás Maduro’s vice president in Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez once accused her political rival of planning to hand over the country’s riches — its vast oil reserves — to the United States

Russian strikes on food warehouses pose threat of shortages in Ukraine

Moscow has shifted to targeting shopping centers and food distribution sites, and markets in Kyiv and other cities are struggling to keep their shelves stocked

An 80-year-old senator says he’s the voice of his state’s youth. Many believe him.

Ed Markey wants to counter his younger challenger’s calls for a “new generation of leadership” by focusing Massachusetts’s primary on ideology, not age