NewsBrevity & Co. — August 4, 2026

In this briefing: • Arson Arrest in One of the Devastating Spokane Area Wildfires • BP's $5.7 Billion Profit Highest Since 2022 as Iran War Pushes Up Oil Price • Toyota Lifts Annual Forecast and Unveils $6 Billion Buyback, But Shares Fall • 'Last Chance?' Latest Iran Talks Already at Impasse as Trump and Regime Sharply Differ on Opening Strait of Hormuz • US Primaries: What to Watch in Kansas, Missouri, Virginia, Washington • Dem Wisconsin Guv Candidate Francesca Hong Says She Left Restaurant Because 'Too Many Old White People' • Trump Says Vandals Damaged Reflecting Pool After Prosecutors Drop Charges • Former Progressive Squad Member Cori Bush Attempts Political Comeback Against Missouri US Rep. Bell • Exclusive: College AI Use Spikes • OpenAI Hits Back at Apple Over 'Oddly Personal' Trade Secrets Fight • Treasury Yields Move Higher as Investors Mull Uncertainty Around Peace Talks • Gov. DeSantis Supports RFK's Call Out to CNN Regarding Fauci • Bill Would Make Insurance Cover Body-Acceptance Treatments for Trans Desisters • Trump Fumes as China Pilfers Top US Tech and Goes Unpunished • Apple Finally Fixed Siri. So Why Does It Feel Anticlimactic? • The Lettuce Outbreak Just Took a Deadly Turn • Ariana Grande Says Her Decision to Step Back is Not ‘Reactive or Impulsive’ • Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeff Bezos Lead $200 Million Project to Save Threatened Species