NewsBrevity & Co. — August 3, 2026

In this briefing: • Senate Leaders Reach Funding Deal to Avoid Shutdown During Campaign Season • Iran War Day 156: Trump Cancels Anticipated Strikes, Iran Denies Claims of Hormuz Deal • More Than 600 Structures Damaged in Washington State Wildfires • UK PM Burnham Vows to Be ‘Relentless’ on Channel Migrant Crossings • Suicide Bomber Strikes Antimilitant Rally in Northwestern Pakistan, Killing at Least 14 • Oil Slumps on Hopes of Iran Deal, Yen Firms Up After Intervention • Capital One Says It Closed Trump Organization Accounts Over Money-Laundering Concerns • Report: California High-Speed Train Debacle Not Caused by Trump but by State Missing Grant Deadlines • Mass Measles Outbreak Threatens Central Valley After Farmworkers Left Arizona • Katz States Intent to Replace Head of IDF Central Command on Live TV, IDF Denies Validity of Move • Exclusive: Newsom Shows Fundraising Muscle for State Parties • RFK Jr., Oz Blame ACA Enrollment Drop on Fraud, but Experts Cite Rising Costs • A Peek Into the Fauci Diaries • Alibaba Shares Rally After Unveiling Its ‘Most Powerful’ AI Model • Idling Ships Near the Strait of Hormuz Could Unleash a Marine ‘Super-Spreader Event’ • Streetcar That Survived Atomic Bomb Now Used for Tours in Hiroshima