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President Donald Trump holding a signed executive order in the Oval Office August 2026

Trump Signs New Birthright Citizenship Orders on Birth Tourism After Supreme Court Loss

President Trump signed two executive orders August 6 targeting birthright citizenship and birth tourism after the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling, using visa law rather than directly challenging the 14th Amendment. The ACLU

August 11, 2026

Government and Politics·News

President Trump pictured ahead of the secret Ankara security operation during which he was transferred via catering truck to a military C-32A, July 2026

Trump Slipped Out of Turkey in Catering Truck as Decoy Air Force One Flew Press Corps

Donald Trump secretly switched planes in Turkey via an airport catering truck on July 8, as a decoy Air Force One flew the press corps unaware toward London. US intelligence had identified

August 11, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Teenagers using smartphones, illustrating social media addiction lawsuits cleared by the Ninth Circuit

Ninth Circuit Strips Social Media Giants of Section 230 Defense in Addiction Lawsuits

The Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that Section 230 cannot shield Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and Google from over 3,000 teen addiction lawsuits, clearing the cases for trial. A 29-state attorneys general case against

August 11, 2026

Government and Politics·News·Technology

TAE Technologies team with UKAEA officials at Culham Campus nuclear fusion facility

Trump Media Posts $238M Quarterly Loss as Crypto Bets Backfire, Nuclear Pivot Advances

Trump Media filed a $238M Q2 net loss on $1.7M revenue Monday as declining bitcoin holdings wiped out its social media business. The company meanwhile advanced its $6 billion all-stock merger with

August 11, 2026

Business·Government and Politics·News

President Trump signing childhood vaccine executive order at the White House

Trump Signs Order Breaking Up Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Citing Autism

President Trump signed an executive order Monday directing that the combination MMR vaccine be broken into three separate shots and reducing universal childhood vaccine recommendations from 18 to 11 diseases. The American

August 11, 2026

Government and Politics·Health·News

Apple iPhone 17 displayed in Apple Store as iPhone 18 Pro manufacturing costs surge 38 percent on DRAM memory

iPhone 18 Pro Will Cost Apple 38% More to Build as Memory Hits Record Share

Market research firm TrendForce estimated Monday that manufacturing the iPhone 18 Pro will cost Apple 38 to 40 percent more than the iPhone 17 Pro, with memory components reaching a record share

August 10, 2026

News·Technology

US Coast Guard crew members conduct a joint search and rescue exercise in Kodiak Alaska 2026

Zuckerberg’s Yacht Failed to Answer a Distress Call in Alaska Waters

Mark Zuckerberg's 387-foot superyacht Launchpad did not respond when the US Coast Guard radioed for help after a small skiff ran out of fuel off the Alaska coast. A cruise ship rescued

August 10, 2026

News

Google Opens Play Store to Third-Party Android App Stores After Epic Games Lawsuit

Android users in the US can now download a rival app store directly from Google Play after a federal court ordered the marketplace to open to competition. Aptoide Games is the first

August 10, 2026

News·Technology

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the announcement of Muse Glimmer open-weight AI model 2026

Meta Releases Muse Glimmer, a 30B Open-Weight AI Model That Runs on Your Laptop

Meta released Muse Glimmer, a 30B open-weight AI model on Hugging Face under Apache 2.0, designed to run on laptops without cloud access. Zuckerberg called it a step toward 'superintelligence for all'

August 10, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

Rescue workers carry a survivor pulled from rubble in Pereira after the Colombia 7.4 earthquake August 2026

Colombia 7.4 Quake Kills at Least 22, Airport Terminal Collapses and Cathedral Tower Falls

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Colombia's Chocó Department on Sunday, collapsing the terminal at Matecaña Airport and killing at least 22. The USGS issued an Orange Alert with a one-in-three chance the

August 10, 2026

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Section: Americas- Page 8

Trump Signs New Birthright Citizenship Orders on Birth Tourism After Supreme Court Loss

Trump Slipped Out of Turkey in Catering Truck as Decoy Air Force One Flew Press Corps

Ninth Circuit Strips Social Media Giants of Section 230 Defense in Addiction Lawsuits

Trump Signs Order Breaking Up Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Citing Autism

iPhone 18 Pro Will Cost Apple 38% More to Build as Memory Hits Record Share

Zuckerberg’s Yacht Failed to Answer a Distress Call in Alaska Waters

Google Opens Play Store to Third-Party Android App Stores After Epic Games Lawsuit

Meta Releases Muse Glimmer, a 30B Open-Weight AI Model That Runs on Your Laptop

Colombia 7.4 Quake Kills at Least 22, Airport Terminal Collapses and Cathedral Tower Falls

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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