Today in the News - Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Headlines

1. Nearly 1,000 aftershocks followed Indonesia earthquake that killed at least 53, officials say - cbsnews.com
2. Bill Maher Says Immigrants Must Assimilate, Accept Western Civilization - legalinsurrection.com
3. Experts Warn That AI Slop Is Corrupting Kids' Brains - futurism.com
4. Muslim Screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ Attacks Cops, ‘Motive Unclear’ - gellerreport.com
5. Homeless Repeat Criminal Who Broke into Portland Business Files $10 Million Lawsuit After Getting Shot by Owner - thegatewaypundit.com
6. Middle East latest: Trump sends Kushner for Gaza talks - as Iran ceasefire ends - news.sky.com
7. Global Debt Nears $353 Trillion — Could A Financial Crisis Accelerate A New Monetary System? - worthynews.com
8. They Want You Angry, Exhausted, and Demoralized ... So They Bury Trump’s Wins - Flopping Aces - floppingaces.net
9. Communism’s Greatest Trick Was Convincing Fools to Stop Thinking Before the Bodies, Shortages, and Gulags Show Up - floppingaces.net
10. English Villages In Fear Over 1,200 Male Migrants Moved Next To Schools - zerohedge.com
11. SB 934 threatens counselors and churches in California - christianpost.com
12. Older: What Does It Take to Reopen a Nuclear Power Plant? - oilprice.com
13. Woke 2.0 Will Be Worse - americanmind.org
14. He was one of the greatest Viking warlords – and his death is still an unsolved mystery - historyextra.com
15. The Fall of Fauci - civitasoutlook.com
16. Abolish Jewish Studies - frontpagemag.com
17. The Government Just Asked for Another $739 Billion in Debt. For One Quarter. - lewrockwell.com
18. What We’re All in for if Either Russia or the U.S. Empire Uses a Nuke - lewrockwell.com
19. Iran's Army Chief Offers $30K Reward For Kill Or Capture Of American Troops - zerohedge.com
20. Conservative Inc Reportedly Donates Tens Of Millions For Mike Pence To Conjure Illusion Of America’s ‘Free-Market Capitalism’ For Youth - dailycaller.com
21. DSA Praises Fidel Castro in 100th Birthday Tribute, Denounces Marco Rubio as ‘Genocidal’ - dailysignal.com
22. Exclusive -- Dr. Gorka: White House Has 'Permanently Removed' over 1000 Jihadi Terrorists from the Battlefield - breitbart.com
23. Opinion | Republicans Are About to Repeat the Democrats’ Biggest Mistake - nytimes.com
24. The Millennials are taking over. What happens when they do? - kristensoltisanderson.substack.com
25. The Biometric Trap: AI Fraud Is Creating The Perfect Excuse For Digital Identity - prophecynewswatch.com
26. Is Your Home Really ‘Stolen Land’? The Case for Property Rights | The American Spectator | USA News and Politics - spectator.org
27. Qatari State Media Predicts a Muslim President in the White House "Not Far" Off - israel365news.com
28. BREAKING: Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed to Appear with Cleric Who Praised Hitler’s ‘Qur’anically Correct’ Genocide of the Jews (Video) - rairfoundation.com
29. America: Beware of the Islamists in your backyard - allisraelnews.com
30. 8 Muslim countries blame Israel for 'obstructing' Gaza framework - worldisraelnews.com
31. AI agent put in charge of human workers, then decided to fire one - ynetnews.com
32. Hell Hath No Fury Like a Rogue AI Agent Scorned - lewrockwell.com
33. For The American Left, Nothing Succeeds As Much As Failure - zerohedge.com
34. Governments Don’t Like It When We Gather without Their Permission - americanthinker.com
35. Ibram Kendi Says Black Academic Who Plagiarized Work, Fabricated Life Story to Get Cambridge Position Was 'Lynched' By Media Because It Told the Truth - westernjournal.com
36. Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it ‘gets in the way’ of Iran negotiations - washingtontimes.com
37. Trump STUNS World: Declares U.S. Border a ‘MILITARY BASE’, Deploys Armed Forces - dedicatedissues.com
38. 83 Colleges and 26 Schools Linked to China's Regime - dailysignal.com
39. Colombian president asks Trump to suspend tariffs as country recovers from devastating earthquake - oann.com
40. New ChatGPT Feature Collects Every Keystroke You Make - futurism.com
41. Do You Really Need to Finish Every Antibiotic? What Science Says - studyfinds.org
42. Ebola Outbreak Now Congo's Deadliest - newser.com

Videos:

• William F. Jasper: History is Catching Up With The JBS: Kurt Hyde’s Warning Against Paperless Electronic Voting - thenewamerican.com
• Justin Knight: NOW WE KNOW WHY Trump Said “THEY’RE INSIDE”—Look What’s Happening in 32 STATES! - You Tube video
• Max Afterburner: You WON'T BELIEVE What U.S. Military Is About To RELEASE On Iran - You Tube video
• Benny Johnson: Trump STUNS World: Declares U.S. Border a MILITARY BASE | Deploys Armed Forces, Builds SECOND Wall! - You Tube video
• The President's Daily Brief: Trump’s Secret Talks With the Men Who Control Iran - You Tube video
• Stephen Meyer: Does Math Exist Outside the Human Mind? - You Tube video
• Benny Johnson: Canada’s Most Prosperous Province Will VOTE To Secede as Leaders Tease AMERICAN Takeover… - You Tube video
• Steve Ram: NUCLEAR WARNING ISSUED! | Iran Declares "Fully Offensive" War! - You Tube video

Columnists

• Hugh Hewitt: What’s the Worst AI Could Do? ‘Carbon Zero’ Spells Out One Such Worst-Case Scenario - townhall.com
• Stephen L. Miller: The Media Strategy to Turn Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Into Taylor Swift - townhall.com
• Uzay Bulut: Pakistani Christians Rally for Equal Rights - pjmedia.com
• Ward Clark: Tom Homan Schools Anti-ICE Dems: Children Rescued, Fentanyl Seized - redstate.com
• Dmitri Bolt: David Hogg Got Leveled With a Brutal Community Note Regarding AI Data Centers - townhall.com
• Amy Curtis: John Fetterman Slams His Party's Socialist Lunacy Once Again - townhall.com

From X

• John McAfee: JOHN FETTERMAN JUST SAID IT OUT LOUD: “STOP PRETENDING NANCY PELOSI ISN’T DRUNK ALL THE TIME — AND STOP HIDING HER JANUARY 6 ROLE!”
• Benny Johnson: Trump STUNS World: Declares U.S. Border a 'MILITARY BASE', Deploys Armed Forces The DOJ just approved new new military zones, giving authority for the U.S. Military to make border arrests. Nearly 1,000 miles are now militarized. On top of this, Trump is building a SECOND wall. This is the way.
• Roger Stone: It's a no-brainer: AOC-Harris 2028!
• John McAfee: TUCKER CARLSON DIDN’T TURN ON TRUMP FOR “AMERICA FIRST” — BARACK OBAMA’S COMPANY PAID HIM $40 MILLION TO DO IT!  https://t.me/+uT8Yg-ELrtJjMGY0
• Whiplash437: Elon Musk announced that DOGE will be investigating people who have had their wealth compounded while working for the Federal Government. This is HUGE! Now you know why Democrats are sweating over this. Piggy banks are drying up!
• Vote RED: Citizen Journalist Nick Shirlay announced on the Joe Rogan Experience that he's assembling a team of forensic experts to join him while he gets to the truth behind the "Clinton Body Bags" list.If you're unfamiliar, the list is a compilation of more than 200 names that have died mysteriously, suspiciously, or unexpectedly with direct ties to the Clintons.
• MAGA Voice: I ABSOLUTELY AGREE
• Clandestine: POTUS once again reiterates the overall objective of this operation, which is preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Why? Because Iran was the Deep State’s project to offshore US nuclear weapons and put them in the hands of the Deep State families. Iran is/was ruled by a rogue/illegitimate regime, that has been captured by the transnational terrorist organization known as the Deep State.
• "Sudden and Unexpected": They never feared the unvaccinated because of a virus.They feared them because they asked questions. Because they refused to comply. Because they wouldn’t look the other way. Critical thinking and resistance are the real threats. And governments know it.
• Eric Daugherty: IT'S OFFICIAL: President Trump and Marco Rubio are REDIRECTING $2 BILLION to CHRISTIAN humanitarian groups after major cuts were made to USAID — with World Vision, Samaritan's Purse and others on the list This will be MUCH more effective than sending our dollars into black hole NGOs!
• Ted Nugent: Obama was not a President...