Grieving the loss of one of my best friends, Jim Lovell. His extraordinary legacy is cemented by many space missions: Gemini VII, Gemini XII, Apollo 8 and Apollo 13. Our mutual respect had no limits. The Gemini XII mission we flew together paved the way for the Apollo

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ office said Israel’s decision to take control of Gaza City is a dangerous escalation that will lead to more “forced displacement, killings, and massive destruction.”

The cost of food has risen faster than overall inflation in the last year. trib.al/2SG5MHj trib.al/2SG5MHj

Newsom calls Trump's $1 billion UCLA settlement offer extortion, says California won't bow reut.rs/3J8HWDd reut.rs/3J8HWDd

“We’ve been gaslit at every point along the way.” The relationship between aid workers and Israeli authorities has deteriorated since the start of the war in Gaza. Humanitarian staff now face an ethical dilemma economist.com/1843/2025/08/0…

Sunday is World Lion Day. A century ago, there were 200,000+ lions in Africa. Today, only about 24,000 lions remain, largely due to human activities, including habitat loss, poaching & illegal trade.

Trump reportedly hasn't yet ruled out allowing Zelensky to take part in the peace talks that would decide his own country's fate. trib.al/Gi94UAO

He’s going to take over DC to avoid talking about Epstein.

This is a remarkable claim given what I have heard alleged that Elon does to manipulate X to benefit himself and his own companies and harm his competitors and people he doesn't like.

The president won't stop saying the US has sent Ukraine $350 billion in aid and Europe has sent just $100 billion. These figures remain not only imaginary but a reversal of reality. Europe has provided Ukraine with more aid than the US has. Fact check: cnn.com/2025/08/15/pol…

D.C. police chief remains in command under deal with Trump administration reut.rs/45AcpRX reut.rs/45AcpRX

Donald Trump, who had once promised to bring the war in Ukraine to a close within 24 hours, left the Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin empty-handed, Jonathan Lemire reports: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

In a display of cutthroat yet calculated politics, Democrats unveiled a proposal that could give California’s dominant political party an additional five U.S. House seats in a bid to win the fight to control Congress next year. nbcnews.com/politics/2026-…

Interesting. But remember it’s not the answers - it’s the questions that matter.

New: The president, who has framed mental health as a national crisis, paused rules to hold insurers accountable for unlawfully denying coverage. And Congress cut funding to the agency that enforces insurers’ equal treatment of mental and physical health. propub.li/3Hzztsf

Over the long term, we shouldn’t have political gerrymandering in America, just a fair fight between Republicans and Democrats based on who’s got better ideas. But since Texas is taking direction from a partisan White House and gerrymandering in the middle of a decade to try and

RIP Judge Caprio..🙏❤️

New: Texas’ Tarrant County, which includes Fort Worth, decided to cut more than 100 polling sites and reduce early voting locations amid growing concern about GOP efforts to limit voting access ahead of next year’s midterm elections. propub.li/4mPZUZB

Vice President JD Vance said negotiations over ending Russia’s war in Ukraine are focused on security guarantees for Ukraine and territory that Russia wants to control — including Ukrainian territory that Russia isn’t occupying bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

President Trump is calling on Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to resign, citing an allegation of potential mortgage fraud. "Cook must resign, now!!!" Trump wrote on social media. Cook responded in a statement, "I have no intention of being bullied." abcnews.link/p4msct3