morning news
Updated on: August 3, 2026
12:25 AM EDT / CBS/AP
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued an order Sunday evening formally rescinding plans to create a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of President Trump.
Sunday, August 2, 2026
Two crew killed after firefighting helicopters collide in Greece, as British pilot survives
4 hours ago
Paulin Kola and Nikos Papanikolaou
Two crew members have been killed after two helicopters collided mid-air in Greece while battling wildfires. The fatalities were a Danish pilot and a Greek fire service liaison officer. A British pilot and another Greek co-ordinator on the second helicopter survived.
Jailed ex-leader Maduro welcomes ‘any path to dialogue’ in Venezuela ahead of US talks
Maduro, who is imprisoned in New York, made the remarks ahead of the meeting between Venezuela’s interim government and opposition leaders
Agence France-Presse
Published: 4:40am, 3 Aug 2026
Venezuela’s imprisoned former leader Nicolas Maduro on Sunday welcomed “any path to dialogue”, ahead of a US-backed meeting in the coming week between representatives of the Latin American country’s interim government and opposition leaders.
Published: 4:40am, 3 Aug 2026
Venezuela’s imprisoned former leader Nicolas Maduro on Sunday welcomed “any path to dialogue”, ahead of a US-backed meeting in the coming week between representatives of the Latin American country’s interim government and opposition leaders.
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns
2:31 PM ET
By Willem Marx
By Willem Marx
Capital One bank has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from the Trump Organization over the closure of hundreds of bank accounts back in 2021, arguing in new papers that the shutdowns were the product of a monthslong anti-money-laundering review — not retaliation for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, as the Trump family businesses have claimed.
Daily Beast: ‘Where’s Mitch’ Chants Erupt at Major Kentucky Political Event
The absent Senator has attended the Fancy Farm picnic for more than 40 years
Sarah-Jane Collins, Daily Beast Reporter
Updated Aug. 2 2026 1:59 PM EDT
Published Aug. 2 2026 12:54 PM EDT
Elizabeth Frantz/REUTERS
Elizabeth Frantz/REUTERS
Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell’s absence at a major event on the state’s political calendar this weekend took center stage as members of the crowd shouted, “Where’s Mitch?”
RFK Jr loses temper in angry clash with CNN host over measles and Covid: ‘You want to sit here and attack me?’
Heated health secretary angrily accuses Dr. Anthony Fauci of ‘lying about everything’ and CNN of ‘punishing’ people during Covid in contentious interview
John Bowden in Washington, D.C.
Sunday 02 August 2026 18:17 BST
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got into it with CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday in an interview segment that quickly evolved into Kennedy angrily berating Bash and her network for “punishing” people during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Rep. Max Miller denounced by Sen. Bernie Moreno, his former father-in-law
By Mia McCarthy
08/02/2026 11:09 AM EDT|
POLITICO
Sen. Bernie Moreno, the father of Emily Moreno who made allegations of domestic and child abuse to her ex-husband Rep. Max Miller, denounced the Ohio Republican for the first time Sunday, calling for him to exit the House.
Sen. Bernie Moreno, the father of Emily Moreno who made allegations of domestic and child abuse to her ex-husband Rep. Max Miller, denounced the Ohio Republican for the first time Sunday, calling for him to exit the House.
Republicans revive Red Scare rhetoric to fight DSA gains before midterms
Breaking News & General Assignment
Published August 1, 2026
President Donald Trump and Republican leaders have spent more than a month warning voters that communism is overtaking the Democratic Party, deploying Cold War-era language to frame the November midterm elections as a fight for the country’s survival.
Stuck in a game of diplomatic treadmill with Iran and Israel, Trump is spinning his wheels again
August 2, 2026
Trump's Iran policy has devolved into a cycle of repetitive rhetoric without resolution
President Donald Trump's latest announcement that he is canceling planned strikes against Iran—provided the two sides "rapidly" reach a deal—is less a diplomatic breakthrough than another chapter in a familiar pattern that has defined his Iran policy. For months, Trump has alternated between declaring that a deal is imminent, threatening overwhelming military force if one is not reached, and then returning to negotiations without producing a lasting resolution, after a series of provocations, many of which have been instigated by Tel Aviv. As Iran immediately disputed the latest account and mocked Trump again, and Israeli officials have publicly disputed the existence of any agreement to halt military operations in Gaza, it seems that Trump's latest announcement follows that same script.
Saturday, August 1, 2026
Amid fears of Iranian cyberattacks, Michigan joins Minnesota in reporting hackers targeted water systems. The FBI is now investigating
Cybersecurity
By Michael Casey and The Associated Press
August 1, 2026, 5:47 PM ET
Michigan on Saturday joined Minnesota in reporting cyberattacks on nine of the state’s water systems but an official said all systems were operating “safely.”
Earlier this week, authorities said cyberattacks targeted over 30 water systems in Minnesota. The source of the attacks is being investigated, but they came amid warnings that Iranian hackers have been focused on such systems.
Massive US tungsten discovery could run into Nasa roadblock
Miner may have found America’s largest deposit of crucial defence metal, but the space agency
hinders development
Jamie Smyth in New York, Published 7 HOURS AGO
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A mining company says it has discovered America’s largest deposit of tungsten, a crucial defence industry metal in severe shortage, but US space agency Nasa is blocking development on a large swath of its claims.
“If I Prove That You Can Win Statewide Taking on AIPAC, That Is Catastrophic”
2026 Elections 8 hours ago
Abdul El-Sayed says Tuesday’s Senate primary in Michigan is a referendum on the future of the Democratic Party
On July 8, Abdul El-Sayed had just wrapped up a campaign stop inside a sweltering church auditorium in Ferndale, Michigan. The room was packed with supporters fanning themselves with campaign signs, many braving the summer heat to hear the progressive Senate candidate make his case against his opponent, Rep. Haley Stevens.
Then came the applause.
We’ve Officially Entered the Twilight of Late-Stage Trumpism
Greg Sargent for The New Republic
July 30, 2026
NAKED EMPEROR
It’s all there in a new CNN poll, and it’s heartening to see: Large majorities are sick of Donald Trump’s vanity, venality, and megalomania.
No one has ever seen anything like it, as Donald Trump himself might say. Buried in a new CNN poll is something striking: Trump isn’t just cratering by conventional approval measurements; he’s also absolutely collapsing by many metrics involving personal traits, from his mental state to his disconnectedness from ordinary people to his fondness for building monuments to himself.
Trump Threatens to Revive "anti-weaponization fund" Unless Senate Confirms Blanche
Trump Administration
August 1, 2026
President Donald Trump publicly pressured Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn by threatening to revive his controversial "anti-weaponization fund" unless they vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general.
The threat came just one day after Trump and Blanche had insisted the nearly $1.8 billion fund was effectively dead. Blanche told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the fund was "not moving forward," and the Justice Department had previously informed a federal court that it had been abandoned. Now, Trump is reversing course.
Friday, July 31, 2026
Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct
ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word.
Across the country, federal judges are calling out Department of Justice lawyers, questioning in unprecedented ways whether they can be trusted to tell the truth or uphold centuries-old legal norms.
Officials release Nancy Guthrie ransom note and grim follow up letter in hopes someone recognizes writing patterns
Nearly six months after Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her home in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood of Tucson, Arizona, investigators released the full contents of a ransom note and a follow-up note that investigators believe may contain clues that someone familiar with the alleged kidnappers may recognize.
DOJ moves to dismiss Reflecting Pool vandalism charges against David Hearn, says damage due to "botched installation"
By Jacob Rosen, Joe Walsh
Updated on: July 31, 2026 / 7:49 PM EDT / CBS News
Federal prosecutors on Friday asked a judge to dismiss an indictment charging former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn with ripping up the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, citing new information that the damage was caused by a "botched installation" by a contractor, not vandalism.
Morocco Weaponizes Migrants at Israel’s Command and Punishes Sánchez, By Leonidas Vatikotis
INTERNATIONAL
An artificial crisis, at Israel’s command, is the migration crisis unfolding since Thursday at Spain’s borders.
July 31, 2026
By Leonidas Vatikotis | Kommon.gr
An artificial crisis, at Israel’s command, is the migration crisis unfolding since Thursday at Spain’s borders. The objective of the Israeli destabilization plan is to undermine and overthrow Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, because the social-democratic politician supports Palestine and refuses to become Israel’s obedient instrument, as nearly all European prime ministers have become.
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