This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 29.08.2026.
It displays 65 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
For Trump, the Iran War Is Stuck Between Combat and Genuine Peace
The war has deteriorated over the past six months into President Trump’s own version of a “forever war,” with no clear goals and no end in sight.
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00:01 UTC⇢The Oil Grab of Venezuela
⌨US media is dominated by Trump's announcement of a deal granting the US control over 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves, with multiple outlets reporting on the deal's scale and potential costs. Concurrently, the ongoing Iran war is highlighted by the NYTimes as a 'forever war' with no clear goals.
President Donald Trump says the U.S. has entered an agreement with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of the South American country’s oil reserves.
President Donald Trump has announced a historic agreement securing majority control over 65 billion barrels of proven Oil Reserves in Venezuela, calling it the largest oil deal in world history.
President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of over 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves — as the Trump administration angles to get oil companies to return to the country.
The plan involves the United States taking more direct control over Venezuelan reserves as crime and steep logistical challenges discourage private investors.
A student at Torrey Pines High School filed a federal lawsuit last week against the San Dieguito Union High School District, alleging severe retaliation and First Amendment violations after displaying pro-Trump materials during an on-campus protest last year.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) faced political and public backlash after an internal memo surfaced directing journalists to avoid calling the September 11th attacks a “terrorist attack.”
Council on American-Islamic Relations, the US’s largest Muslim charity, blamed the 9/11 terror attacks on the country’s “support of Israel” and accused it of “state-sponsored Islamophobia” in its aftermath, according to since-deleted…
In meetings on how to steer the nation’s financial path, central bank officials regularly debate the effect of artificial intelligence on the economy, a Post analysis found.
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How Meta’s $17.1 Billion Social Media Settlement Came Together
State attorneys general spent months in negotiations. Then, as its legal losses mounted, the company’s new top lawyer brought a huge settlement to the table.
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09:59 UTC⇢The Oil Grab of Venezuela
⌨US media is dominated by President Trump's announcement of a deal granting the US control over 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves, with multiple outlets reporting on the deal's scale and potential costs. Concurrently, the ongoing Iran war is highlighted by NPR, noting the regime's entrenchment after six months.
Voters in Iceland are deciding whether to resume negotiations to join the European Union. The referendum question is straightforward: Should Iceland restart talks with the EU?
This summer, France again saw hellish heat waves and record-high wildfires. But the job of dealing with fires is increasingly pushed onto volunteers, as an austerity government refuses to invest in its professional firefighting force.
Putting Jared Moskowitz in charge of Middle East policy isn’t just a slap in the face to Democratic voters — it’s an empowerment of a leading Democratic supporter of Trump’s disastrous Iran war and free speech crackdown.
Radical Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s racially charged swipe at Second Lady Usha Vance is badly backfiring, threatening to alienate Michigan’s 130,000 Indian-Americans and crucial female voters, insiders told The Post.
The drumbeat about the threat of voting by people who are not U.S. citizens is getting louder as the November election approaches. President Donald Trump is pushing to have the U.S. Postal Service send mail ballots only to voters verified as U.S. citizens. Evidence of noncitizens voting is continuing to "pile up," White House spokesperson Lauren Bis said.
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The federal government recruits top experts to volunteer to advise on pressing research issues of the day. Since President Trump took office, hundreds of these experts have been dismissed.
⌨US media is dominated by the deportation of far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos, with HuffPost, ABC News, and Breitbart reporting on his arrest and removal to the UK. Concurrently, Trump's escalating pressure on Iran and the aftermath of a Russian strike on a Ukrainian weapons depot near Kyiv receive significant attention, with NYTimes and Fox News covering these developments.
A growing body of evidence reveals that Xavier Becerra, the current frontrunner for California governor, has deep ties to a network of militant activists and foreign agents who have a history of meddling in U.S. elections, mobilizing pro-immigration activism, and undermining American sovereignty.
The federal government recruits top experts to volunteer to advise on pressing research issues of the day. Since President Trump took office, hundreds of these experts have been dismissed.