A US Marine held in a Russian prison since 2022 has been released and is headed back home. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/08/11/robert-gilman-us-marine-russia-released/91257441007/

WaPo - An Iranian assassination threat against President Trump prompted an extraordinary operation last month in which he flew secretly from Turkey on an alternate military aircraft while the White House said he was aboard Air Force One. https://wapo.st/4i1OByh

FCC warns that scammers are posing as its commissioners or employees who claim victims’ phone numbers are under investigation for criminal activity. https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/business-and-law/fcc-issues-alert-over-scammers-impersonating-its-commissioners

Ukraine’s air force says Russia fired North Korean origin ballistic missiles overnight to attack Kyiv and four other cities. https://kyivindependent.com/explosions-rock-kyiv-zaporizhzhia-as-russian-ballistic-missiles-strike-cities-across-ukraine/

China’s Long March 7A rocket with an unknown payload explodes less than 90 seconds into flight. https://www.youtube.com/live/GBj4IB6zM1s?si=z-ec3VYy0wG7J60u&t=2362

Russia’s Supreme Court cancels the registration of the Yabloko party’s federal slate of candidates for next month’s State Duma elections because the liberal, pro-peace party
allegedly received foreign funding, violated copyright law and promotes “extremism.” https://tass.ru/politika/28000039

July 2026 - the warmest month on record for the contiguous United States. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-202607

DoJ sues New York, Connecticut and Vermont because those states "provide in-state tuition and financial assistance for illegal aliens.” https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-files-complaints-against-new-york-connecticut-and-vermont-challenging

There are casualties and numerous buildings have collapsed or have been severely damaged as a result of the M 7.4 quake in Colombia. https://caracol.com.co/

Boeing is selling three eVTOL subsidiaries to Archer Aviation, which plans to begin pilot air taxi services in New York, Texas and Florida before the end of the year. https://investors.boeing.com/investors/news/press-release-details/2026/Archer-to-Shape-Physical-AI-Future-of-Aerospace-and-Defense-with-Acquisition-of-Boeings-Wisk-Aero-Insitu-and-SkyGrid-Subsidiaries-Boeing-to-Invest-in-Archer-and-Collaborate/default.aspx

Who should decide what Americans believe—and what happens when government takes a side? It’s a question that couples religion to politics, which has created high-voltage tension on this continent back to colonial times. We seek some answers in the first of twin episodes of our weekend radio show, America at 250: Due Diligence, https://newsguy.substack.com/p/faith-without-force?r=1g77q&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Powerful earthquake shakes Colombia. https://www.noticiascaracol.com/colombia/temblor-sacudio-a-colombia-en-la-manana-de-este-10-de-agosto-se-sintio-en-bogota-y-otras-ciudades-so35

Ukraine delivers one of its deadliest attacks since the beginning of the war, killing 13 people and wounding 75 in a strike in Tatarstan, deep inside Russia. https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/10/one-of-kyivs-deadliest-single-attacks-kills-12-in-central-russia-while-five-are-killed-in-

Japan’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which commemorates the country’s war dead, bans visitors from wearing military uniforms or costumes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/10/japan/society/yasukuni-introduces-new-rules/

Taylor Farms removing guacamoles and salsas from grocery shelves over concerns of salmonella contamination, weeks after the produce supplier recalled lettuce implicated in a widespread cyclospora outbreak. https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/taylor-farms-recalls-products-with-jalapenos-implicated-in-salmonella-outbreak-66367667?st=1S4rhE

Ben Jones, who portrayed the scruffy mechanic Cooter Davenport on The Dukes of Hazzard before serving two terms in the US House of Representatives representing Georgia, has died at the age of 84. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ben-jones-dead-dukes-of-hazzard-cooter-1236669823/

South Korea’s pro baseball season will resume after record-breaking heat forced the cancellation of nearly every game last week. https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10835441

Death toll in Assam floods reaches 100. https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/death-toll-in-assam-floods-reaches-100-nearly-1-4-lakh-people-affected/cid/2174185

A 5-month-old girl and a 27-year-old mother from Queens died after a boat overturned off Liberty Island late last night. Twelve other people were rescued from the water and the boat's operator was arrested. https://abc7ny.com/post/crews-responding-vessel-overturns-off-liberty-island-sources-say/19649559/

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Podcast version of this weekend's America at 250: Due Diligence episode, titled 'Faith Without Force' - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/faith-without-force/id1896859376?i=1000781092500