VOL. I · NO. 8578WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 20265¢

THE EDITION

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

142 stories filed by the Buffoon Desk.

WORLD UK gives Ukraine Storm Shadow know-how to develop its own long-range weapon · via NV

WORLD ‘Extremely expensive tractors’: Drones push Ukraine’s Leopard tanks into hiding · via NV

WORLD Vatican envoy urges swift end to Ukraine war after Moscow talks with Lavrov · via NV

TARIFFS Why Financial Confidence Changes The Way Women Build Businesses · via Forbes

COURTS Feds schedule Kratom derivatives as opioids · via Courthouse News

WORLD Russia set to extend diesel export ban after Ukrainian drone strikes hit refineries · via NV

WORLD Kremlin rejects third-party administration of Donbas · via NV

WORLD Russia launches more than 10 UAVs at Chernihiv, injuring three · via NV

COURTS Lawsuit accusing Abbott MitraClip of kickbacks will proceed · via Courthouse News

WORLD U.S. asked Ukraine to limit Russia strikes as CIA chief visits Moscow · via NV

COURTS Former San Francisco real estate investor to represent himself in trial over accused pandemic-era fraud scheme · via Courthouse News

WORLD Prosecution seeks $3.4 million bail for Sense Bank head · via NV

WORLD Fedorov: Ukraine’s chance for victory slipping away · via NV

WORLD Poland receives 28 South Korean-made K2 tanks · via NV

WORLD Ukraine unveils MV11 drone carrier · via NV

WORLD France seeks tighter limits on Ukraine’s non-EU arms procurement · via NV

WORLD Slovakia foils plot to torch drone factory · via NV

WORLD Trump says main Hormuz shipping lane cleared of mines · via NV

WORLD 24-year-old Ukrainian hid weapons cache near Berlin on Moscow’s orders, report says · via NV

WORLD Exclusive: How Ukraine’s homegrown smart defense innovations are reshaping frontline warfare — NV · via NV

WORLD Experts view CIA Director Ratcliffe's unannounced Moscow trip as a potential U.S. ultimatum · via NV

WORLD Ukraine outpaces U.S. military in managing uncrewed battlefield warfare - Senator Lankford · via NV

WORLD Chernihiv honors woman and 4-year-old girl killed in Russian strike · via NV

WORLD Ukrainian FP-1 drones hit major Lukoil refinery and Wildberries hub in Russia - video · via NV

WHITE HOUSE Childcare crisis leaves Arizona families ‘just subsisting,’ parents say · via Arizona Mirror

WORLD Kuleba, 'Trump's favorite soldier' Palisa among U.S. envoy candidates · via NV

COURTS Texas judge declines to order ICE agent’s extradition to Minnesota · via Courthouse News

CULTURE Changes to Facebook and Instagram are key part of Meta’s $17B settlement with the states over harm to teens · via The Conversation

COURTS Second Circuit blocks DOJ grab for trans patient medical records · via Courthouse News

WORLD Exclusive: Ukraine unveils FP-9 ballistic rocket with Moscow firmly in range · via NV

COURTS Judge strikes down most of Trump administration’s rewrite of farmworker wage rules · via Courthouse News

WORLD ISW explains why Russia is intensifying strikes on Ukraine-Moldova border · via NV

CULTURE Library Of Congress Pays Tribute To Dolly Parton's Literacy Program · via HuffPost

WORLD Brazil relaxes Belo Monte water rule amid El Niño-fueled Amazon drought risk · via Mongabay

COURTS Nebraska judge says Democrats not required to replace dropout candidate on ballot · via Courthouse News

COURTS Prosecutors rest their case in Tupac Shakur murder trial · via Courthouse News

COURTS Judge orders Justin Baldoni’s studio to pay Blake Lively $400,000 in legal costs · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Border Patrol SWAT team blocks Arizona tribal police from trespassing border wall contractors · via Arizona Mirror

WHITE HOUSE Tribal leaders, clean water advocates rally in Lansing as Line 5 fight intensifies · via Michigan Advance

WORLD Zemfira wrote one of Russian pop’s most devastating songs about the war. She turned 50 this week in Paris, where her 2025 setlists had room for the newer songs, never ‘It’s midnight in Mariupol.’ · via Meduza

COURTS States push back on mail-in voting restrictions after SCOTUS loss · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Further Ensures Affordable Beef for the American Consumer · via White House

COURTS US seizes domains it says Chinese hackers use to target critical infrastructure · via Courthouse News

COURTS Hawley kicks off Senate probe into Flock cameras · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE In Tampa, RFK Jr. questions accuracy of report of measles deaths in Pennsylvania · via Florida Phoenix

WORLD Pastoralists in a Changing World · via Mongabay

WHITE HOUSE New tariffs on Canada heighten Michigan Democrats’ affordability attacks on Trump, GOP · via Michigan Advance

WHITE HOUSE Like other Florida universities, UNF gets one presidential candidate to consider · via Florida Phoenix

WORLD Kremlin sources tell Bloomberg that Putin is preparing to escalate the war in Ukraine. A growing number of Russian officials believe that could eventually mean a tactical nuclear weapon. · via Meduza

WORLD Development banks are backing problematic mineral projects, report finds · via Mongabay

COURTS Third Circuit denies New Jersey congresswoman immunity amid ICE assault charges · via Courthouse News

CULTURE FDA approves breakthrough pancreatic cancer drug – an oncologist explains how daraxonrasib nearly doubles survival · via The Conversation

WHITE HOUSE Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares a National Emergency to Secure America’s Bulk-Power System · via White House

COURTS Prosecution paused for man arrested at Trump golf course with loaded gun · via Courthouse News

COURTS Academic censorship in prison · via Courthouse News

WORLD Ukrainians marched for a month to get Mykhailo Fedorov his job back as defense minister. Then he released a video calling for elections, and the crowds stopped coming. · via Meduza

COURTS Settlement approved in class action over Google location tracking · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Fifth Anniversary of the Attack at Abbey Gate · via White House

FACT CHECK Ad Attacking Cooper Makes False Connection to Murder · via FactCheck.org

COURTS Judge upholds countersuits in Joe Gibbs Racing trade secrets case · via Courthouse News

WORLD Leonid Bershidsky is putting AI into Bloomberg’s newsroom. He says the technology belongs ‘in the servants’ quarters.’ · via Meduza

WORLD South Korea scrambles jets after Russian air zone incursion · via NV

TARIFFS NSF Invests $290 Million In Eight University-Led Quantum Leap Institutes · via Forbes

WORLD Ofgem price cap latest: Households warned of ‘worse to come’ as energy bills rise · via The Telegraph

WHITE HOUSE Major Industry Leader Blasts Trump, Says Support Among Key Group Has 'Taken A Hit' · via HuffPost

COURTS Songkick.com users claim tracking despite cookie rejection · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Trump Delivers: 14 Recent Wins You May Have Missed · via White House

WORLD Thousands of little penguins will be vaccinated against bird flu down under · via Global Voices

COURTS DR Congo suspends university activities in M23-controlled areas · via Courthouse News

COURTS Saudi diversification drive on display in France as US reach shows limits · via Courthouse News

COURTS Inquest opened into death of ex-Cambridge professor Arday · via Courthouse News

COURTS ‘Coolcationers’ flock to Denmark, seeking relief from broiling weather · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE DeSantis: Only police officers should issue tickets · via Florida Phoenix

WHITE HOUSE Meta to pay 47 states up to $17.1B in landmark child safety settlement · via Stateline

WORLD Der Spiegel: The weapons cache found outside Berlin was left there by a 24-year-old Ukrainian man arrested in Romania · via Meduza

WORLD Kenya’s clothing waste raises concerns about potential public health risks · via Mongabay

COURTS Financier Howard Rubin to stay behind bars awaiting 2027 sex trafficking trial · via Courthouse News

WORLD Nine dead after bus comes under fire in Russian-occupied Luhansk region, Moscow-installed official says · via Meduza

WHITE HOUSE The SAVE system isn’t reliable, but it might be useful. One Arizona county’s experience shows how. · via Arizona Mirror

WORLD Trump comments for the first time on CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s ‘semi-routine’ visit to Moscow · via Meduza

WORLD South Carolina Republicans Nominate Darline Graham, As Trump Told Them To · via HuffPost

WHITE HOUSE JD Vance tells supporters to skip donating: 'Groceries cost what they cost' · via Newsweek

WHITE HOUSE Inside OpenAI’s Reboot · via Time

WORLD At least 75 killed and hundreds missing after flash floods in Nepal and China · via Mongabay

WORLD Nigeria can build the new coastal highway and also protect natural areas (commentary) · via Mongabay

WHITE HOUSE In Her Honor brings stories of Black mothers lost to maternal mortality to Detroit · via Michigan Advance

WORLD As hay fever sufferers grow in Japan, the country is looking to plant no-pollen trees · via Mongabay

COURTS Darline Graham rides Trump backing to win South Carolina GOP race for late brother’s Senate seat · via Courthouse News

COURTS Nanoparticle shots helped Alzheimer’s mice think more clearly · via Courthouse News

WORLD Russia’s Military Historical Society says it’s preparing a ‘truthful’ textbook on Ukrainian history · via Meduza

WORLD Blast fishing destroys reefs. Underwater microphones can help detect it · via Mongabay

COURTS Meta agrees to landmark settlement over social media addiction cases · via Courthouse News

OP-ED Hey Trump, Where's the Beef? · via The Daily Buffoon

FACT CHECK DOE Contracting: Risk-Informed Oversight and Clearer Expectations for Assurance Systems Would Improve Accountability · via GAO

FACT CHECK K-12 Education: Improved Oversight Could Help DOD Schools Better Support Students with Literacy and Math Skill Deficits · via GAO

CULTURE Stop trying to maintain constant productivity: Your ability to cope with stress changes with the seasons and your own biological clocks · via The Conversation

CULTURE Why French officials placed a Muslim war memorial in the intellectual heart of Paris in the 20th century · via The Conversation

CULTURE Crocodiles as prison guards: Israeli moat plan dehumanizes Palestinian prisoners · via The Conversation

CULTURE I’m part of the team writing the next bible of psychiatry – for the first time, the DSM will use biology to understand mental disorders · via The Conversation

CULTURE Tiny house villages are increasingly responding to the homeless crisis in America’s fast-growing cities · via The Conversation

WORLD Four Gazprombank executives pocketed over €9 million by exploiting market chaos triggered by sanctions against Russia · via Meduza

CULTURE Disappearing lakes, old photos and AI are helping scientists map Arctic permafrost thaw in near-real time · via The Conversation

WORLD Russia approves support measures for businesses affected by Wildberries warehouse strikes, including tax deferrals · via Meduza

WORLD Russia’s national library has a ‘closed repository of destructive literature.’ It includes Stephen Hawking and a Churchill biography — and is decorated with Ukrainian dog tags and a Putin quote. · via Meduza

WORLD Scientists discover 149 new deep-sea species at remote Indian Ocean seamounts · via Mongabay

WORLD Zelensky awards Elon Musk Ukraine’s Order of Freedom — one of the country’s highest honors · via Meduza

CULTURE Jeff Bezos' Dolly Parton Tribute Isn't Going Over Well · via HuffPost

WORLD Kenyan investigators arrest 4 people linked to 18 Amboseli elephant deaths · via Mongabay

WORLD Wildberries warehouse in Russia completely destroyed in Ukrainian drone attack · via Meduza

WORLD Ukrainians Skeptical as Former Defense Minister Pushes for Elections · via Foreign Policy

WHITE HOUSE Homeland Security Posts Photo Of Trump, Asks Americans A Chilling Question · via HuffPost

WORLD ‘They will do it legally or illegally’: Interview with James Giahyue on Liberia’s cocoa boom · via Mongabay

WHITE HOUSE Dan Sullivan – The Other One – Will Advance To General Election · via HuffPost

WORLD Indigenous water systems gain ground as climate pressures intensify in Bolivia · via Mongabay

WHITE HOUSE Federal judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit against Washtenaw County’s sanctuary policies · via Michigan Advance

WHITE HOUSE U.S. Military Says It Killed 4 In Strike On Alleged Drug-Smuggling Boat In The Caribbean · via HuffPost

WORLD El Niño is disrupting the Pacific’s marine food web from the bottom up · via Mongabay

WHITE HOUSE Enbridge Line 5 leaks natural gas in Wisconsin · via Michigan Advance

TARIFFS The U.S.-Canada Trade War Is Full Steam Ahead · via Foreign Policy

WHITE HOUSE Vivek Ramaswamy Tells Voter He Supports Max Miller To Preserve GOP Power · via HuffPost

CULTURE A Celebration of Hispanic Heritage in Clarksburg, West Virginia · via Daily Yonder

WORLD In South Africa, renewable energy latest part of timber industry’s green efforts · via Mongabay

WORLD The U.S. Can’t Catch Up to China’s Robots by Banning Them · via Foreign Policy

WORLD More Than A Dozen Infants Killed In Islamabad Hospital Fire · via HuffPost

WORLD The great American road trip is in peril · via Grist

WHITE HOUSE Some states raise pay for home caregivers as shortage looms · via Stateline

WORLD Everything You Always Wanted to Know About IR Grad School · via Foreign Policy

WHITE HOUSE Instagram Head Adam Mosseri Begins Testimony At Meta Child Social Media Addiction Trial · via HuffPost

WHITE HOUSE Copperwood mine critics raise pollution, tourism concerns as board approves $50M in funding · via Michigan Advance

WORLD Ukrainian drones strike Russia’s Lipetsk region, killing two. Wildberries warehouse hit again in Tambov region. · via Meduza

WORLD A Pact Without Impact · via Foreign Policy

CULTURE Charismatic pairing of Williams and Alcaraz falls short in US Open mixed doubles · via The Telegraph

WORLD Tracing the origins of tulips: Interview with botanist Brett Wilson · via Mongabay

WORLD In Cameroon, before the scroll, there was the dance floor · via Global Voices

WORLD Polluted waterways and water shortages complicate the fight against Ebola in the DRC · via Mongabay

WORLD I tricked my way on board a migrant dinghy. Here’s what I learnt · via The Telegraph

WORLD Can big tech stop wildlife crime? · via Mongabay

WHITE HOUSE Clean Elections set to demand $4.7M repayment from candidates amid fraud allegations · via Arizona Mirror

WORLD The scales of American justice keep tilting toward China · via Newsweek

COURTS Hawaii high court considers ballot eligibility for Honolulu City Council Chair · via Courthouse News

CULTURE Our Pick Of The Best Demo Investment Trading Accounts For Australians · via Forbes

WORLD Ashéninka leader killed while patrolling Indigenous territory in Peru · via Mongabay

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