Thursday, August 13, 2026
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TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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The secretary might come to regret the fact that he’s spent his tenure embracing a hyperpartisan approach to congressional oversight.
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Quite a few Jan. 6 rioters have been re-arrested after their presidential pardon, but none has faced accusations quite like this.
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Quite a few Jan. 6 rioters have been re-arrested after their presidential pardon, but none has faced accusations quite like this.
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It might be tempting to think Donald Trump’s Reflecting Pool debacle has effectively run its course. On three fronts, however, it’s clearly ongoing.
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It might be tempting to think Donald Trump’s Reflecting Pool debacle has effectively run its course. On three fronts, however, it’s clearly ongoing.
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“More people are working right now in the United States than ever before,” the president keeps saying, as if this were meaningful. It’s not.
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“More people are working right now in the United States than ever before,” the president keeps saying, as if this were meaningful. It’s not.
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OTHER STORIES ON OUR RADAR
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- "The U.S. is preparing to send the aircraft carrier USS George Washington to the Middle East to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln as part of a previously scheduled rotation plan, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter. The Lincoln has undergone an extended deployment with few port calls, prompting lawmakers to raise concerns about living conditions aboard the ship."
(Wall Street Journal)
- Previously:
Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say
(Navy Times)
- U.S. military has lost roughly 25% of its Reaper drones as Iran war depletes arsenal — The aircraft, which cost up to $50 million each, have seen heavy use around the Strait of Hormuz — but they are relatively easy targets for Iran and its proxies.
(Washington Post)
- "The target was not the Border Patrol agents who had killed Mr. Pretti, a 37-year-old government nurse, in late January. Instead, it was several left-leaning political organizations — labor unions, a climate change group, socialist collectives..."
(New York Times)
- Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them.
The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights. But the fleet has largely sat idle for months.
(New York Times)
- "Internal records obtained by WIRED reveal how, for years, United States Customs and Border Protection employees and contractors were accused of abusing sensitive government databases for reasons that had nothing to do with their jobs. The records contain hundreds of allegations of misuse of law enforcement databases, including federal agents querying data to look up romantic interests, monitor family members, expose various personal information and, in some cases, provide intelligence to suspected smugglers or drug-trafficking organizations."
(Wired)
- A Third Immigrant Detained at Delaney Hall Dies After Medical Emergency — A Guatemalan migrant was transferred to a hospital when he experienced what appeared to be a seizure, federal officials said.
(New York Times)
- "President Donald Trump could stand to profit from his administration’s unprecedented investments into the nuclear energy industry.
Trump has invested between $6.4 million and $19.45 million in U.S. nuclear technology companies or utility companies that operate nuclear reactors, according to a NOTUS review of his 2025 personal financial disclosure. Trump’s holdings could reap significant gains as his administration seeks to rapidly expand the nuclear industry."
(NOTUS)
- Democrats demand Trump reveal stock managers, explain suspicious trades
(CNBC)
- "The Trump administration has repeatedly said the fight against sex trafficking is one of its top priorities.
But investigations have stalled and prosecutions declined in the past six months because of staffing shortages, funding cuts, immigration enforcement and growing distrust of the government among victims, according to Reuters interviews with 25 former prosecutors, current agents and victims’ advocates, and a review of federal court records."
(Reuters)
- Greenland forces Trump-linked US oil firm to delay drilling — US envoy had claimed Americans could be extracting crude by as early as next year
(The Guardian)
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comes out November 10 but you can pre-order now.
See MS.NOW/DepartmentOfFate for links and options to pre-order.
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