
TOP NEWS STORIES FROM THE BEST SOURCES.
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CNN – Top Stories
- • Jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich denied detention appeal in Moscow • Putin visits Russian troops at military headquarters in Kherson • Watch moment WSJ journalist appears in Russian court
Fox News – Top Stories
- Gov. Mike Dunleavy says Alaska hosts 57 of 60 critical minerals and argues developing them is essential to countering China's economic blackmail.
- Rising electric bills and data center construction spark bipartisan pushback from governors, but restricting AI infrastructure could cost America its lead.
- CENTCOM's Adm. Brad Cooper details how Navy divers, SEALs and air power quietly cleared Iranian sea mines from the Strait of Hormuz shipping lanes.
- On Tuesday, Aug. 25, Trump announced the U.S. Navy cleared every Iranian mine from the Strait of Hormuz, but the regime's attrition strategy looms.
- Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and Dan Bilzerian share nearly two dozen donors who gave more than $61,000 combined to both campaigns.
WSJ – Top Stories
- by Johnny Diaz, Lauren McGaughy, Christina Morales and Jack HealyAt least 62 people were evacuated on Saturday after flooding destroyed footbridges and damaged a campground and cabins near Bright Angel Creek in Arizona, the National Park Service said.
- by The New York TimesThe first attacks in a month jolted energy markets. The average U.S. gasoline price remained 37 percent higher since the war began.
- by Frank BruniThe party that capitulated to Trump has the most to answer for
- by David Wallace-WellsThree fourths of Americans oppose data centers. Why?
- by Sajal Pradhan, Mujib Mashal and Atul LokeOnly a fraction of the over 4,200 missing in Nepal are turning up among the dead, underscoring a bleak reality: The death toll is likely to keep rising for days to come.
- by Zane Irwin and Lynsey ChutelThe number of people missing after a deadly Himalayan landslide and glacial collapse rose by about 1,750 on Monday. Rescuers are searching for survivors along the Nepal-China border.
- by Derrick Bryson TaylorDolly Parton met Carl Dean outside a Nashville laundromat in 1964. For decades, she was as protective of her marriage as he was fiercely private.
- by Emmanuel Akinwotu, Pranav Baskar, Genevieve Glatsky and Hamed AleazizTen deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.
- by Greg JaffeThe country’s longest war came to an end exactly five years ago. Today it offers lessons for policymakers seeking to avoid an endless war in Iran.
- by Ruth Graham and Emily CochraneFor many Americans, Ms. Parton represented an idealized style of faith: one centered in small rural congregations that prize community over ideology.

