The Rest of the World Report | August 12, 2026 — Morning Edition

Türkiye's parliament just took a real step toward ending a 40-year insurgency. The Trump administration is cutting federal funding for a category of care for transgender minors. And last month, the White House secretly moved Trump off Air Force One in a catering truck to dodge an assassination threat nobody's talked about since.The Washington Post reports Trump was secretly moved off Air Force One via catering truck last month after officials learned of an Iranian assassination threat.Medicaid will stop funding gender transition surgeries and hormones for minors.Türkiye's parliament passed a conditional pardon for thousands of PKK militants, a real legislative step toward ending a 40-year insurgency."Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government." — Thomas Jefferson, 1789 Get full access to The Rest of the World Report at www.restoftheworldreport.com/subscribe