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Friday, August 14, 2026
Michigan utility regulator wants lawmakers to help lower energy bills
The ideas break down into three categories. One involves creating more incentives for utilities to run more efficiently and provide better service. A second is to “rein in unnecessary costs.” The third is increasing chances for competition…
Crowley zeroes in on ‘MAGA extremism’ to rebuild a fractured Wisconsin coalition - POLITICO
“We’re not all going to agree on everything. But I think we agree that the ultimate goal is making sure that we don’t have a MAGA extremist and congressman Tom Tiffany sitting in the governor’s office,” Crowley said in an interview Thursday, adding that the state “has a grand opportunity in putting some level of check on Trump’s agenda” amid the “affordability crisis.”…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/13/david-crowley-wisconsin-governor-election-strategy-01036209
Trump sued over paid early access to Truth Social posts - POLITICO
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by the left-leaning nonprofit newsroom The Intercept and the Freedom of the Press Foundation, alleges the practice “is extraordinary, corrupt, and unconstitutional.”…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/12/trump-intercept-truth-social-lawsuit-01035538
Israeli militants besiege two Palestinian families in their West Bank homes
Settlers and soldiers cut off water and electricity to homes, and block medical care in campaign of terror…
Crypto spent big to conquer Washington. Banks aren’t giving way. - POLITICO
At issue is whether certain crypto firms should be allowed to offer rewards programs that pay yield to customers who hold stablecoins, a form of cryptocurrency designed to maintain a value of $1. Banks warn that crypto rewards programs could lead their customers to pull billions of dollars out of checking and savings accounts, threatening their business model and starving them of the deposits they use to make loans…
The crypto fight is “the most important thing” on small banks’ Washington agenda, said Alice P. Frazier, the CEO of Potomac Bank in Charles Town, West Virginia, and the chair of the Independent Community Bankers of America. “We are the local economic drivers of growth,” she said.
Crypto companies, she added, “are not going to come back and make loans into the communities the way that we do.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/13/banks-republicans-wall-street-crypto-war-01035719
Senate kids’ safety probe targets Roblox gaming platform - Live Updates - POLITICO
“Roblox appears to prioritize revenue and engagement metrics over the safety and well-being of our children, and the alleged criminal activity on Roblox warrants congressional scrutiny,” Hawley and Durbin, the chair and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, wrote in a letter obtained by POLITICO...
‘Absolutely unacceptable’: Putin enrages Japan with trip to disputed island – POLITICO
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi wrote on X on Thursday: “Today, I was informed that Russian President Putin visited Iturup Island. The Northern Territories, including Iturup Island, are inherently Japanese territory both historically and under international law, and the Government of Japan strongly protests this visit.”…
https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-disputed-kuril-islands-visit-japan-russia/
Hegseth criticized for locking Democrats out of closed-door defense budget talks
Republican lawmakers express concern after US defense secretary repeatedly excluded Democrats from briefings…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/13/pete-hegseth-democrats-budget
Trump-aligned board votes to put his name on the Kennedy Center — again - POLITICO
“This morning’s decision to close the Center and the surprise agenda item to put Donald Trump’s name back on the building was more of the same,” Beatty, an ex-officio board member, said in a statement that came after the initial publication of this report. “This latest development is a transparent effort to circumvent the Court’s ruling, and flies in the face of the statutes that Congress passed. I will continue to fight for this treasured national monument.”…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/13/trump-kennedy-center-naming-01036403
Senators Sound Alarm on Voter Intimidation in Nursing Homes – Mother Jones
The new guidance removes suggestions of specific ways nursing home staff can help residents vote—providing transportation to polling places, for example—and instead threatens staff with fraud investigations if they “engage in inappropriate coercion or other violations of residents’ rights.”…
Pete Hegseth dismisses reports of deteriorating conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln
Defense secretary said conditions on aircraft carrier deployed in support of Iran war have been ‘completely misrepresented’…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/13/uss-abraham-conditions-hegseth
Federal judge dismisses Trump administration’s antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard - POLITICO
District Court Judge Richard Stearns, a Clinton appointee, said the Trump administration failed to prove “an ongoing violation of Title VI” by Harvard University...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/13/trump-antisemitism-lawsuit-dismissed-01036276
Romania begins shutdown of nuclear plant's 2nd reactor amid low water levels on Danube River | PBS News
Scorching heat and low rainfall in recent weeks have left the Danube River at record lows and forced the state-owned Cernavoda plant to shut down its first reactor in late July. The plant accounts for about 20% of the country's electricity generation when fully operational and uses river water to cool its two reactors…
Israeli militants besiege two Palestinian families in their West Bank homes
Settlers and soldiers cut off water and electricity to homes, and block medical care in campaign of terror…
Potatoes ‘boil’ in the ground as record heatwave sweeps across swathes of Asia
South Korean farmers are suffering in record heat, as Hong Kong reports its highest ever temperature and Japan swelters through newly designated ‘cruelly hot’ days…
‘We will always respect the role of the judiciary’: Blanche flips the script in DOJ address - POLITICO
There were no strident attacks on the Biden administration’s stewardship of the department, no denunciations of “activist” federal judges and no calls to end the weaponization of law enforcement — all topics that have featured prominently in some of Blanche’s public remarks as a senior department official over the past year and a half...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/13/todd-blanche-justice-department-remarks-01036328
Trump administration accused of ‘bullying’ union leader at consumer protection agency
Workers have viewed the relocation and return-to-office mandates at the agency as a means to force resignations, after an appeals court blocked attempted mass firings at the agency by the Trump administration in June 2026.
“An investigation with no stated scope or scale is no investigation – it’s a fishing expedition,” Wheeler said. “I have nothing to hide, and when the facts are examined this will be seen for what it is: bullying and intimidation for union activity and protected speech.”…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/13/consumer-financial-protection-trump-administration
Ro Khanna on a 2028 presidential run and taking on tech billionaires : NPR's Newsmakers : NPR
Khanna said Democrats need to nominate a progressive who will usher in "America's next New Deal" as the country's technological revolution enriches a select few and risks destabilizing the country's labor force.
"These folks would have been the conquerors in a different era. They kind of think of themselves as above you and I," Khanna said of tech billionaires Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel. "And when I'm actually most inclined to run, I think, 'I know these people.' I understand the economic future, and I will have the guts to stand up to them."…
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/12/nx-s1-5887591/ro-khanna-democrats-2028-election
Trump administration pulls support for annual Arctic environmental report
Move by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is latest government rollback of climate science activity…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/12/trump-administration-arctic-environmental-report
Republicans promote voter ID amendment after new allegation of noncitizen voter registration
For its part, the Michigan Department of State is warning to not take the video’s claims as fact without further review.
“Groups like this have a history of manufacturing shock videos that turn out to be false once the facts come to light. That said, we take every allegation of illegal activity seriously and will review these claims to see if they are supported by evidence.
“Nothing in the video shows evidence of people voting illegally in Michigan. In fact, the only thing this video seems to show is an 'investigative reporter' claiming to be somebody else during an election. In-person voter impersonation is a felony in Michigan,” an emailed statement from department spokesperson Angela Benander read...
These Nevada swing voters express openness to socialism : NPR
Economic anxiety may drive an openness to socialism…
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/13/nx-s1-5929406/nevada-economy-socialism-focus-groups
As Abdul El-Sayed breaks a barrier, anti-Muslim vitriol surges on multiple fronts
El-Sayed says such attacks betray a weakness in those who launch them.
“We all pray for the same things. ... We want what’s good for our kids and our families,” he told MS NOW after his primary victory. “They're going to use Islamophobia, because their ideas are tired.”…
US conducted ‘mass spying campaign’ against leftwing groups and anti-ICE protesters, records reveal
DHS sent undercover agents to meetings and infiltrated chats of groups opposing Trump’s immigration crackdown…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/13/us-government-spied-anti-ice-protesters
Israeli troops force families from homes amid settler terror campaign in West Bank
Former PM of Israel calls events ‘concerted and meticulous attempt at ethnic cleansing’ against Palestinians…
Surrogate mother who fled to Texas gives birth to baby with severe heart defect
“After heartbreaking consultations with medical providers and their own research about the suffering and quality of life HLHS babies endure, A.B. and C.D. made the difficult decision to terminate the pregnancy,” the filing read, referring to Gilkar and Ahmed with anonymized initials. “It is undisputed that West initially agreed and that she herself made the initial appointment. She then unilaterally changed her mind, cut off all contact with A.B. and C.D., and withdrew medical releases allowing A.B. and C.D. to have contact with all medical providers.”…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/12/surrogate-mother-texas-gives-birth
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