NewsBrevity & Co. — August 29, 2026

In this briefing: • Nepal Floods Death Toll Climbs to 626, with 2,400 Still Missing as Rescue Efforts Continue • Trump Announces ‘Biggest Oil Deal in World History’ • ‘Goods Are Not Coming In’: Tehran Braces for Unrest as Trump Intensifies Economic Offensive • Milo Yiannopoulos is in ICE Custody Facing a Final Removal Order, Sources Say • ‘Lake America’? These Upstate New Yorkers Aren’t Letting Go of ‘Ontario’ • Tennessee Governor Pushes to Rename Nashville Airport After Dolly Parton • Baby Stuck in Legal Battle Between Bio-Parents and Surrogate Mother Survives Emergency Heart Surgery • Transgender Doll Use Elementary Schools Funding Probe • Meta’s $18 Billion Settlement Puts TikTok and YouTube Next on the Firing Line • Trump Loses Longshot Bid to Erase Hush Money Conviction • How the Other Half Homeschools • Former White House Teleprompter Operator Ordered to Turn Over Profits, Pay Fine Over Insider Trading • EXCLUSIVE: Fauci’s Institute Worked Hand In Glove With CIA, New Documents Confirm • ‘It’s Going to Be Beautiful’: President Trump Signs Order to Create US Space Academy • Televangelist Says Demons Harvested Her Eggs to Create ‘Hybrid Child’ — But That’s Not Even Her Most Shocking Claim • How China’s Attempt to Ban a Book Backfired • College Football 2026 Predictions: Three Picks to Win the National Championship • Hungry Bears Wander into US West Homes, Shops in Record Numbers