August 13, 2026

NYC median asking rent hit a record $4,200 while Mayor Mamdani's freeze politics meet economist skepticism.

FOIA emails show DOJ staff racing to decode Biden end-of-term clemencies that skipped normal vetting.

London stands by boarding the sanctioned shadow-fleet tanker Smyrtos after Putin vowed to respond in kind.

Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi calls Putin's first trip to the disputed Kurils absolutely unacceptable.

DSA candidates near the keys to governor mansions matter more than another loud socialist in Congress.

SK Hynix is pouring about $720B into HBM and memory fabs so AI clusters do not starve for bandwidth.

Counterpoint data shows a Chinese NAND supplier leapfrogging Micron and Kioxia on shipment share as AI lifts memory.

Iran says Hormuz stays shut until its conditions are met while transit slides toward three-month lows.

HHS's Brian Christine backs ending Medicaid money for youth puberty blockers and surgeries, calling the harms irreversible.

ED opens a civil-rights probe into 32 FSU scholarships accused of race or sex discrimination via donor rules.

House China Committee says Harvard researchers co-authored 140-plus papers with CCP military-linked universities.

Trump's State Department junked Biden guidance that told diplomats to push DEIA and LGBTQI+ talking points in bilateral talks.

Hezbollah and Qods cash still ride Latin cartel rails while Washington treats the hemisphere like a charity zone.

Xi's PLA is building missile reach past the old Second Island Chain assumption the Pentagon used to sleep on.

FCC category bans still leave a Chinese sensor field in American homes, cars, and cleared workers lives.