In Arabic and English, on air and online, Al Jazeera is paying tribute to five staffers who were killed by Israel — and calling for international action against Israel to "halt this ongoing genocide and end the deliberate targeting of journalists."

D.C.'s falling violent crime stats, as seen in a new The Washington Post graphic There's no denying the city had a spike in violent crime in 2023, as President Trump was campaigning for president. There's also no denying that it already has receded.

There’s still no Pa. budget deal as SEPTA, other transit agencies hurtle toward major cuts. Here’s the latest. spotlightpa.org/news/2025/08/p…

"A desperate attempt to silence the voice of truth." Dr. Mostefa Souag, director general of Al Jazeera Media Network, sends internal email to staff about the latest killing of Al Jazeera's journalists by Israeli forces in besieged Gaza. 🟥 Read here: aje.io/3g3k2r

Trump sends U.S. Department of Justice on a fishing trip through your voter information. -Mary Ellen Klas

It’s still a longshot 14 months out, but with ex-Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) running again, there’s at least a somewhat credible, theoretical path for Dems to get to 50 or 51 Senate seats: NC, ME, OH, and X (your choice)—while holding GA, MI, MN, NH. Don’t bet your lunch money.

Put a useful idiot in charge of economic statistics and we suddenly get a reason to suspend our most valuable and reliable measures, just as the economy is slowing. It's cooking the books by erasing inconvenient numbers. Indefensibly destructive, economically harmful, and markets

Sherrod Brown, Ohio’s highest-profile Democrat, expected to seek a return to the US Senate in 2026 ideastream.org/government-pol…

BREAKING: Judge Lewis Kaplan just issued a temporary restraining order demanding that ICE hold fewer migrants at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City. It also orders ICE to ensure they have access to lawyers and proper hygienic and medical care. Story to come.

BREAKING: Overjoyed newsroom staff in communities across Wyoming are back on the job with pay after corporate closure laid off 30 employees. The revived newspapers are in Wheatland, Torrington, Evanston, Pinedale, Kemmerer, Lusk, Lyman and Guernsey. wyofile.com/longtime-wyomi…

Coverage of the 2025 federal election in Canada took major hits due to the erosion of local news and Facebook’s news ban. 70% of Canadian Facebook users say they're still using the platform to get their news, even though there is no news on it. niemanlab.org/2025/08/why-th…

On August 6, the Press Freedom Center was proud to sign onto a joint letter to end the forced starvation and targeted killing of journalists in Gaza. Read the full text of the letter here: network.aljazeera.net/en/press-relea…

U.S. indicts Haiti gang leader ‘Barbecue,’ offers $5 million reward for capture miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…

Last month, CPJ called for the protection of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, after an Israeli military spokesperson alleged with no evidence that Al-Sharif was a terrorist. Then on Aug. 10, Israel murdered him and five other journalists in a targeted strike.

DOGE-flation: DOGE’s actual savings are a fraction of what it claims politi.co/4mcRECX via POLITICO

Not true. Not even close. Boston: 24 homicides in 2024, lowest since 1957. masslive.com/boston/2025/06… NYC: Homicides down 24 percent this year. nyc.gov/assets/nypd/do… L.A.: Homicides down 20% in 2025, trending toward lowest total in nearly 60 years. latimes.com/california/sto…

Chattanooga Airport has recorded 6.42" of rain so far today. This is the second wettest 1-day total in the city's period of record, going back to 1879. The record is 9.49" of rain from T.S. Lee's remnants in September 2011.

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, C-SPAN is proud to announce the launch of America 250: Exploring the American Story — an expansive, 18-month initiative commemorating this historic milestone.

When I say ‘I have a story coming,’ it strikes fear in some hearts and joy in others.

Always been a focal point for Trump. I remember the line from his RNC speech in Milwaukee. "They leave from Wisconsin. They go to look at the Washington Monument. They end up getting stabbed, killed or shot." Even the RNC volunteer from DC next to me burst into laughter.