NewsBrevity & Co. — August 13, 2026

In this briefing: • Trump Fires Back as Progressive Report Claims DC National Guard Deployment Failed • Russian Blockade of Major Ukrainian Ports Threatens Global Grain Supplies • How Hamas’ Attack on Israel Is Transforming American Politics • Israel Holding Nearly 370 Palestinian Children Behind Bars – Rights Groups • I’m Their Banker: Trump Says Hormuz ‘Wall of Steel’ Working; Israel Faces Security Challenges in Gaza, West Bank • Treasury Yields Dip as Wall Street Awaits Wholesale Inflation Data • Wall Street Giants Bet Nvidia’s AI Chips Will Defy the Laws of Finance • Karoline Leavitt Exiting as White House Press Secretary • Trump Weighs National Emergency On Midterm Elections • DOJ Charges Former Southern Poverty Law Center CFO with Fraud • Passenger Jet That Came Too Close to Trump’s Marine One Helicopter Highlights Continuing Air Traffic Control Problems • Mamdani Against Prime Delivery • Wisconsin DSA Candidate Who Wanted to Cancel Thanksgiving Loses Primary Despite Double-Digit Polling Leads • Major Airport Adding Islamic Foot Wash Stations Inside Terminal Bathrooms • Trump’s Ex-Wife Reveals President Kept Kabbalah Text Close To His Heart • Covid Shots In Pregnancy Are Safe, And Also Fauci Lied When He Said They Were, CNN Says In Same Breath • Professors Brand Niceness Enduring Component Whiteness • Kennedy Center Board Set to Vote on Whether to Move Forward with Closure • USS Abraham Lincoln Conditions Under Scrutiny After Reports Sailors Attempted to Jump Overboard • Red State Comes To Rescue Of Surrogate Mom Facing Pressure To Kill Baby • Millions Crowd Cities to See Spain’s First Total Solar Eclipse in Over a Century • Powerball Has a Winner: A Ticket for the $1 Billion Jackpot Was Sold to a Player in This State