Your 12 to KNOW Morning Brief for Tuesday, September 1, 2026

SOURCES:  NPR — Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down, White House says  https://www.npr.org/2026/09/01/g-s1-141337/army-secretary-stepping-down  CNN — Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation after tension with Hegseth  https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/31/politics/army-secretary-dan-driscoll-resigns  Axios — Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigns from post  https://www.axios.com/2026/08/31/hegseth-dan-driscoll-trump-administration  AP/NPR — Jury convicts a man of first-degree murder for the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur  https://www.npr.org/2026/09/01/g-s1-141341/conviction-tupac-shakur-murder  CNN — Duane 'Keffe D' Davis is found guilty in Tupac Shakur's murder  https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/31/us/live-news/tupac-duane-davis-trial  NPR — Judge to decide if Tyler Robinson will go to trial in Charlie Kirk murder case  https://www.npr.org/2026/09/01/nx-s1-5950452/tyler-robinson-charlie-kirk-murder-hearing  Axios — Charlie Kirk case: Tyler Robinson hearing resumes Sept. 1  https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2026/07/10/tyler-robinson-charlie-kirk-killing-case-trial-evidence-judge  CNBC — Stock market today: Live updates  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/31/stock-market-today-live-updates.html  AP — US strikes Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in first military action in weeks  https://www.britannica.com/event/2026-Iran-war  Yahoo Finance — Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures fall as inflation, Fed rate-hike fears persist  https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/live/stock-market-today-tuesday-september-1-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-080617884.html  Bloomberg — Trump Says US Secures Majority Stake in Venezuelan Oil Reserves  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-28/trump-says-us-secured-control-of-some-venezuelan-oil-reserves  NPR — Trump says U.S. has entered deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves  https://www.npr.org/2026/08/28/nx-s1-5948229/trump-says-u-s-has-entered-deal-with-venezuela-to-take-control-of-65-billion-barrels-of-oil-reserves  Al Jazeera — What's behind the US deal to seize control of Venezuelan oil reserves?  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/29/whats-behind-the-us-deal-to-seize-control-of-venezuelan-oil-reserves  BBC via Euronews — Russian strikes on warehouses leave Kyiv shops empty and destroy 12m school books ahead of new term  https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/31/russian-strikes-on-warehouses-leave-kyiv-shops-empty-and-destroy-12m-school-books-ahead-of  UPI — Russian aerial strike on Kyiv destroys schoolbook printing plant  https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/08/31/Ukraine-Russian-attack-razes-schoolbook-plant/3271788163998/  UN News — Security Council LIVE: Rising tensions in Gaza, West Bank  https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168204  Al Jazeera — Palestine weekly wrap: Under cover of ceasefire, Israel increases grip  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/28/palestine-weekly-wrap-under-cover-of-ceasefire-israel-increases-grip  Yahoo Finance — Stock Market News for Sep 1, 2026  https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/stock-market-news-sep-1-085900862.html  NPR — A NY hospital tried to close its birthing center. This city united to fight back  https://www.npr.org/2026/09/01/nx-s1-5945612/baby-new-york-hospital-birth  UPI — Odd News roundup  https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/— 12 to KNOW Automation