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Aug 11, 2026 - World

Stephen Miller's wife, Katie Miller, had a meltdown on Tuesday, slamming the reporter who revealed President Donald Trump had used Air Force One as a decoy to evade an assassination threat.Miller unleashed her anger on Washington Post reporter Dan Lamothe, who had described how Trump had ditched his high-security aircraft and jumped inside an airport catering truck before boarding a secret plane that flew out of Turkey in July, The Daily Beast reported. The White House had claimed Trump was on Air Force One.Miller lashed out at Lamothe in a post on X, resharing his quote with her own commentary."There is some loser out there super pleased and fulfilled with himself because the leftist media is giving him attention and telling him how brave he is," Miller wrote.Journalists and some White House staff apparently did not know Trump had taken a separate flight due to the credible threat, instead believing they were on the same plane as the president.

Aug 11, 2026 - World

Federal staff will have to stay 100ft outside polling sites in Hennepin and Ramsey counties after county officials refuse accessSign up to the US Breaking News emailPete Hegseth’s appointments to a key Pentagon advisory body include two men with ties to the venture capital fund where Donald Trump Jr is a partner, which has lucrative investments in military and space technology.Defense Policy Board appointee Marc Andreessen’s firm, Andreessen Horowitz, one of Silicon Valley’s largest venture capital firms and known by the name “a16z”, co-invests alongside the Trump partnership 1789 Capital in three defense contractors. Fellow DPB appointee Blake Masters also sits on the boards of three ventures tied to 1789 Capital.South Carolina – 7pm ETVermont – 7pm ETAlabama – 8pm local time/9pm ETConnecticut – 8pm ETMinnesota – 9pm local/10pm ETWisconsin – 9pm local/10pm ET Continue reading...

Aug 11, 2026 - World

Justice department is asked to weigh new charges against David Hearn after US attorney dropped vandalism chargesThe White House has asked the Department of Justice to weigh new charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, according to a person familiar with the matter, pushing to revive a case Donald Trump has fumed about ever since an ally dropped the case citing insufficient evidence.Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, dropped the charges against the man, David Hearn, on 31 July, blaming a contractor for a flawed installation. In a 20-page filing dismissing the charges, Pirro’s office said it had received evidence that damage to the pool occurred before Hearn visited it, and that “it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism, let alone to establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt.” Hearn has maintained that he reached in the water to touch a piece of already detached lining while he was on a bike ride in June. Continue reading...

Aug 11, 2026 - World

According to Espriella, at least 1,575 homes, 18 health centres, and 52 schools had been damaged in the powerful quake that was followed by 21 aftershocks.

Aug 11, 2026 - World

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has insisted there is no evidence that sensitive information was accessed or sent abroad, according to a report by the BBC.