NewsBrevity & Co. — September 4, 2026

In this briefing: • Hawaii Governor Declares Emergency Ahead of Incoming Pacific Hurricanes • Gas Prices Surge Just Before Labor Day, as Diesel Hits Record High • Israel Takes Its War on Palestine into the AI Age • Vance Blames High Gas Prices on Iran Shipping Attacks; Netanyahu Says Toppling Regime Israel's Main Mission • Vance Says Iran Fight Isn’t a ‘War’ as Trump Tries to Navigate Unpopular Conflict as Election Nears • Nvidia's Investments Grow to $99 Billion as Chip Giant Expands Its Reach • The Left Has Found Its Next Trump Villain • Vance Gives Blunt Midterm Pitch: ‘Elect The Common-Sense People’ • Local Mom Dragged Into Court For Trying To Expose Underhanded Data Center Deals • Trump Picks Adam Telle as New Acting U.S. Army Secretary • Cancel Culture vs. Mother Teresa • Court Says Trump Admin Lost Before the Supreme Court and Has Now Lost Once Again • Series of New Reports Detail Alleged Turmoil Inside the Pentagon, Including Army Secretary’s Resignation • Lindsay Clancy Defense Wants to Remove Juror It Says Won’t ‘Listen to the Law’ Amid Deadlock • Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I. • Who Owns the Beach? A Heated Battle Plays Out in the Florida Panhandle • Wall Street Worried About GOP in Midterms — and It’s Partly Due to Home Depot, McDonald’s • How Two Men Were Rescued from a Flood-Stricken Nepali Power Plant