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Six months into the war, NPR's Scott Simon speaks to PBS News special correspondent Reza Sayah about life inside Iran, just as President Trump promised even tougher sanctions this week.
As the US and Canada gear up to impose dollar-for-dollar tariffs on each other in the coming months, where do the bordering nations stand?
Key Quotes: While President Donald Trump said, "[Canada's] ridiculously high tariffs on our Farmers and farm products has made life impossible for these great American Patriots, and has long created a 60 Billion Dollar Deficit," Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne called the nation's move a "proportionate, targeted, and strategic" response to protect the Canada's economic prosperity.
How The Media Covered It: Independent Journal Review (Right bias) emphasized the back-and-forth between the nations. It criticized, "Both sides blame the other for the lack of a deal… The conflict now centers on who asked for too much. [Canadian Prime Minister Mark] Carney says the US asked too much. [US Trade Representative Jamieson] Greer says Canada asked for too much."
BBC (Center) said, "Placing taxes on trade between what are historically two of the world's closest trading partners will undoubtedly lead to pain on both sides of the border." It suggested that increased trading costs among supply chains would "ultimately [hit] businesses of all sizes and consumers through potentially higher prices." The outlet also noted the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement's (USMCA) unforeseeable future amid the economic conflict.
A CNN Business (Lean Left) analysis more prominently focused on the trade war's potential harms to the US. It framed Canada's retaliatory tariffs as "some of the arrows Canada has in its quiver in a growing trade war with the United States." It highlighted potential restrictions on exports to the US that "[could] raise costs for American companies and consumers by making key inputs more expensive or harder to obtain."
Trade Timeline:
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Two Democratic Party officials from Massachusetts have been charged for alleged COVID fraud.
The Charges: Massachusetts State Rep. Francisco Paulino was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly obtaining more than $700,000 in COVID unemployment insurance benefits and small-business loans. He was charged with eight counts of wire fraud and three counts of unlawful monetary transactions. According to federal prosecutors, Paulino used intermediaries and the identities of other people "to funnel pandemic-related relief funds to his own personal and business bank accounts" from April 2020 to December 2021. Lawrence Mayor Brian DePena was arrested August 14, accused of illegally obtaining more than $1.5 million in COVID relief money in a reportedly separate scheme.
Differences in Framing: Outlets across the political spectrum tended to cover many of the same details. However, outlets on the right like Fox News (Right bias) and The New York Post (Right) highlighted the "Democratic Officials" in the headline. Conversely, many outlets on the left like The Boston Globe (Left) and CBS (Lean Left), either didn't mention party affiliation at all, or didn't lead with it like outlets on the right.
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President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to officially rename Lake Ontario to Lake America.
The Details: Trump directed the Interior Department to update the lake's name, however it only requires federal entities to recognize the change, according to The New York Times (Lean Left bias). The order called Lake Ontario a "tremendous asset" to the US due to its shipping and recreational benefits.
For Context: Over the weekend, the US announced it was imposing a 50% tariff of $20 billion worth of Canadian goods, while Canada responded by imposing $20 billion worth of retaliatory tariffs on American goods. Lake Ontario was originally named from an Iroquoian word, Ontarí'io, which means "great lake" or "lake of shining waters."
Response from Canada: The Times quoted Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney saying, "We know that America is changing…Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario — then, now and always." Blaze Media (Right) quoted Ontario Premier Doug Ford saying, "He can kiss my a** as far as I'm concerned. We need to throw everything and the kitchen sink at him. He's arrogant, he's cocky."
How the Media Covered It: Outlets across the political spectrum contextualized the change within the ongoing tariff dispute between the US and Canada. Outlets on the left generally provided more analysis on what this move could mean for future trade talks.
Relations With Canada: Fox News (Right) and The Times included Trump's accusations that Canada "has been ripping [the US] off for a long time on trade." Fox cited Trump's frustration that Canada wants to "be treated like a state" and noted that "Trump [has] previously used geographic names to make political statements." The Times wrote that Canada is also part of NATO and is "also one of the United States' closest intelligence partners."
Pointing Fingers: Whereas Fox primarily focused on Trump's arguments that trade talks were failing due to what he described as Canada's unfair trade practices, NPR (Lean Left) characterized the change as Trump's retaliation for the failed talks. NPR said the new tariffs "are almost certain to raise the cost of goods for Americans" and mentioned criticism from Republican lawmakers. The Hill (Center) also shared a response from Vermont's Republican Gov. Phill Scott who called the move "petty and disappointing" and said that "We should be at the negotiating table, finding a path forward that strengthens both the U.S. and Canadian economies."
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The US Postal Service (USPS) said Thursday that new requirements for mail-in voting are in effect following a federal judge's lifting of a national injunction blocking the implementation.
The Courts: US District Judge Indira Talwani in Massachusetts lifted the injunction blocking key parts of President Donald Trump's March executive order two days after the Supreme Court lifted a separate injunction. The Supreme Court ruling said the challenge was premature, and the injunction should be lifted, at least until USPS implemented the new rules. Talwani lifted her injunction, citing the Supreme Court ruling. Two dozen states and the District of Columbia, following the injunction lifts, have filed a lawsuit against USPS and the Trump administration. Neither ruling addressed the legality, or constitutionality, of the rule.
Control Over Elections: Outlets on the left like The Guardian (Left bias) tended to highlight that "The constitution confers control over elections to states and Congress, not the executive." CNBC (Lean Left) called Wednesday's decision a "dizzying back and forth over whether Trump's desire to add hurdles to voting by mail will come to fruition by the Nov. 3 election." CNBC also highlighted voting-rights groups saying "USPS has no such authority," and that the rule gives the agency an "unprecedented gatekeeping role."
Radical Democrats: An opinion writer for ZeroHedge (Lean Right) said that Democrats are challenging Trump's Mail-in voting order "despite" the recent Supreme Court ruling. The article highlighted arguments both for and against Trump's order highlighting statements from both California Governor Gavin Newsom and White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis. However, while highlighting the statement from Bis, the writer said she "attack[ed] radical Democrats who 'continue to oppose commonsense measures that protect the security of mail-in ballots and ensure only Americans are electing American leaders.'"
Blowback From Republicans: The Hill (Center) focused on thoughts from election law attorney Ben Ginsberg, who said, "thanks to Donald Trump, there are many more low propensity voters in the Republican Party." It is because of these voters, and the rural areas in which many of them reside, that he believes "you're going to see some blowback from Republicans in the coming weeks." According to Ginsberg, "this is kind of a flawed political strategy wrapped in a rather vocally charged policy from the president."
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After 6 months and $35.7 BILLION in spending, the Zionists’ war against Iran has only made matters in the Middle East worse than they were before the war started.
Oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz is still restricted, driving up energy costs, with Iran still fully in control. No oil was restricted from passing through the Persian Gulf before the war started.
Russia has benefited from all of this military spending, as it has diverted funds and weapons from Ukraine, and earlier this week the head of the CIA made a secret trip to Moscow, allegedly because they received intelligence that Russia was about to start attacking NATO countries.
China has found many ways around the disruption of oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz, and has reportedly imported close to the same amount of oil flowing through the Persian Gulf as before the war.
Meanwhile, U.S. military members in the Navy have suffered very poor conditions from long deployment at sea leading many to suicide attempts, and it was just reported in The Guardian that the U.S. Navy has had to divert funds from their payroll to pay the costs of this war.
Here are some of the articles I have posted on our Telegram Channel recently.
Exclusive: Experts and former officials say accounts are running dry, and funding a war with no clear endgame is the main challenge
From The Guardian.
Excerpts:
Donald Trump’s war on Iran has driven the US military into a severe financial crisis, with the US navy forced to transfer money from its payroll and other sources to cover the costs of combat, according to documents seen by the Guardian, and interviews with navy officials, contractors and defense analysts.
The US-Israeli operation, which has depleted US munitions stockpiles and prompted retaliatory Iranian strikes that have wrecked strategic bases across the Middle East, is piling pressure on budgets across the military.
One Pentagon memo about navy funding seen by the Guardian warns that there are “shortfalls in payroll” accounts due to the department “raiding” them to fund combat operations.
Experts and former officials say the accounts are running dry. “The piggy bank is broken,” said Harlan Ullman, a retired naval officer. Ullman is a member of the National Commission for the Future of the Navy but he said he is not speaking on the commission’s behalf.
One official and one navy contractor said non-emergency maintenance on shore-based facilities has been deferred because of the cash crunch.
When Trump started the war on 28 February, it quickly strained the military’s existing budgets – particularly that of the navy, which not only helped launch the initial wave of attacks but was later responsible for an extensive naval blockade. The White House eventually asked Congress for emergency funding to pay for the war efforts, but prospects that the request will be approved are dim amid the unpopularity of the war.
A navy official who was briefed on how the service is planning to address the shortfalls said money is shifted around in imaginative ways.
“The money for payroll,” he said,
“was robbed to pay for overseas contingencies and is being backfilled by money that hasn’t been spent. They are backfilling payroll so we get enough money in our paycheck.”
From The Cradle.
Excerpts:
China has received about 1.2 million barrels of Iranian oil per day this year so far, just a touch less than during the same time in 2025, according to information from industry data provider Kpler, cited by the New York Times (NYT) on 25 August.
According to Muyu Xu, a senior Kpler oil analyst, large quantities of oil are now sitting on ships and in storage tanks near the Malacca Strait and South China Sea.
“Up-to-date volumes are difficult to measure because ships have become increasingly skilled at evading detection,” Xu was cited as saying by NYT.
The number of barrels of Iranian oil received is only “slightly less” than last year.
“Iranian oil is frequently transported to waters off Malaysia, where cargoes are transferred between vessels before continuing to Chinese ports,” the US outlet writes.
NYT added that the “Trump administration risks a clash with Beijing as it tries to cut off Iran’s economic lifelines without upending a fragile US–China truce,” referring to the US–Chinese trade and tariff war that is currently on hold.
Beijing has strongly condemned Washington’s declaration of a new economic war against Iran.
China warned Washington on 25 August that it is ready to respond to “maximum pressure” and “economic isolation” pursued by the US.
“An economic war and maximum pressure will not help resolve the issue,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian.
“They will only further intensify contradictions and conflicts, cause risks to spill over, disrupt the global economic and financial order, and harm the legitimate rights and interests of other countries,” he added.
“China is closely following the relevant developments and will take all necessary measures to firmly safeguard its own rights and interests.”
From OilPrice.com
Excerpts:
The war with Iran has handed Russia a strategic advantage in Ukraine. Washington is burning through the weapons Europe needs to deter Russia, moving military capacity into the Gulf and simultaneously telling NATO governments to take over more of their own defense.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe flew to Moscow this week precisely because of the connected nature of these two problems. He met Russian foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin in the first known visit by a CIA director since William Burns traveled there in late 2021, just before Russia invaded Ukraine.
Ratcliffe warned Moscow against attacking a NATO member and tried to bargain for support against Iran, likely using talks with Ukraine as bait. Washington asked Kyiv to suspend strikes during the visit.
Trump has called the trip “semi-routine” and says he is not worried Russia will attack NATO, but the circumstances suggest otherwise.
Air defense is the immediate challenge, with Patriot interceptor stocks in Europe “beyond critical”, depleted by the war in Iran. U.S. forces now have very limited ability to defend against even a single Russian ballistic missile strike, and there are not enough Patriots to absorb a sustained attack.
The Pentagon and NATO may dispute that assessment or attempt to frame it in softer language, but there is no dispute that large numbers of interceptors have been moved out of Europe and used in the Middle East.
It will take years to replace them at volume.
From OilPrice.com
Excerpts:
Hormuz is “open”, but nowhere close to functioning normally.
The U.S. has cleared mines from the internationally recognized shipping lanes and can technically get vessels through, but Iran’s military capability will still keep most commercial operators away.
Only five commodity vessels crossed on Tuesday, compared to some 130 ships a day before the war.
Iran is offering a temporary and limited corridor while making full normalization conditional on sanctions relief, an end to the U.S. blockade and, now, an end to Israeli operations in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria.
The Israeli demand is a non-starter. Washington cannot guarantee that Israel will stop military operations in three separate theaters, and Israel has shown little willingness to comply at any point in this war.
But Trump has rejected the notion of a return to the previous June agreement, which gave Iran quite a lot more in terms of concessions than Washington appears to be willing to offer now.
The administration is now betting that economic ostracism and the blockade can force Tehran back on worse terms. Iran is betting on the opposite: that it can withstand the economic pressure longer than Washington and the Gulf can tolerate a crippled Hormuz.
Saudi Arabia reiterated Thursday that it will not normalize relations with Israel without an independent Palestinian state, just as Trump made normalization a condition for the kingdom’s nuclear deal with Washington to take effect.
Trump has formally sent the 30-year civilian nuclear agreement to Congress, starting a 90-legislative-day review that could clear U.S. companies to export nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh wants nuclear power to reduce the oil and gas burned for electricity and preserve more hydrocarbons for export, while Washington wants U.S. companies building the kingdom’s nuclear fleet rather than China or Russia.
Congress now has the nuclear agreement. Trump still needs a Saudi-Israeli normalization deal that Riyadh says requires a Palestinian state.
Turkey is spending $2.4 million to strengthen its lobbying position in Washington as Ankara and Israel compete over U.S. policy in Syria and the wider region.
The Turkish Defence Ministry has hired Ballard Partners, one of the best connected firms in Trump’s political network, for $200,000 a month to lobby the administration and Congress.
Turkey wants back into the F-35 program and is considering disposing of its Russian S-400 system to remove the main U.S. obstacle, but the lobbying push comes as Ankara has a much larger fight with Israel over Syria.
Israel is trying to stop Turkey from establishing a deeper military presence there, while Washington has backed Ahmed al-Sharaa and relies heavily on Turkey to help rebuild and train the Syrian military.
Ankara has assembled a lobbying team built for that fight. It includes former Democratic congressman Robert Wexler, a longtime Turkey advocate with strong connections in pro-Israel circles, and former Trump National Security Council official Thomas Boodry.
Ballard itself has unusually close ties to Trump: White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and former Attorney General Pam Bondi both worked for the firm.
Israel has spent decades building influence over U.S. Middle East policy. Turkey is now ready to compete in spending.
From PressTV
Excerpts:
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has reposted his previous comments on social media, warning that no one will be able to sell oil in a region where the Islamic Republic cannot do so.
Qalibaf on Friday posted his X message dating back to July 22, after US Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Admiral Brad Cooper claimed American forces had full control of the Strait of Hormuz and halted Iran’s oil exports.
“The equation of this war is clear: either all or none!” he said.
“In a region where we don’t sell oil, no one else will sell oil either.”
He also noted that the security of the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway responsible for a fifth of global oil demand, lies in the absence of terrorist US troops.
“If our security is not ensured, no infrastructure will be safe. Security of the strait depends on the absence of US forces. We have said many times that the situation in the strait will not return to what it was before the war.”
This article was written by Human Superior Intelligence (HSI)
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A Catholic priest based in the West Bank is asking Christians not to flee.
Father Firas Khoury spoke with Catholic news site Aleteia, saying, “What if all the Christians flee from the Holy Land, if they could not face the terror? What would this land mean for Christians in the West?”
“What would their story mean?”
It would mean, “shrines and history will never tell you the story of the man from Nazareth.”
Khoury, who lives in Zababdeh, a town in the northern part of the West Bank, spoke out because of trouble with Israeli settlers in Taybeh.
Taybeh, located east of Ramallah, is the Palestinian territory’s “last fully Christian town.”
According to Khoury, what’s going on there is serious and deserves worldwide attention.
“For the last three years, settlers have attacked the villages near the settlements and burned the olive trees and the fields belonging to the Palestinians.
“These settlers,” he claimed, “want to terrorise the people to flee and leave their homes.
“If they control the city, they could delete the long Christian history of this place.”
This is why he wants Christians to stay. “Their presence keeps alive the story of Jesus in the land where he lived,” Aleteia reported.
Khoury is that concerned, he’s “begging” Christians around the world to “stand for justice and solidarity with the Christian community there.”
His goal is to see “Taybeh survive.”
This is part of a broader series of clashes across the territory between Israelis and Palestinians.
The West Bank priest told Aleteia, “We invite you to pray for us and hear our stories and come to visit; we have many stories to tell you.
“We need you to stand for peace, to listen to the Christian Church in the Holy Land and stand with us, your brothers and sisters.
“Today, we are trying to survive in the middle of the conflict.”
That conflict is due to Israeli settlers violently attacking Taybeh’s residents.
In response, Israel’s military closed Taybeh to non-residents, telling Reuters it was being done “to prevent the attacks.”
This is still in effect and “only applies to Israelis and not to Palestinians,” the IDF said.
In a statement quoted by Reuters, they added, “Upon receiving any report of violations of the order, IDF soldiers are dispatched to the area.”
They then “operate to disperse the gatherings and detain suspects in order to protect the citizens of the area and to maintain order.”
The Times of Israel’s Tom Livny described the town as a “closed military zone,” and it will be so for at least a year, he said.
Two “activists” also told him that the closure “will have a severe economic impact because Taybeh, rich in Christian heritage, relies heavily on its tourism industry.”
Questioning the official military narrative, Livny said, “If the reason for this move truly was the settler attacks, then why should tourists from Brazil be prohibited from entering?
“If,” he added, “residents can’t earn an income, then they’ll leave.”
Appearing to suggest that this could be the real reason for the IDF action, Livny asserted, “they don’t even want Christians to be living there.”
The left-leaning Jewish activist also called the whole experience weird.
Settler incursions “have the upper hand.”
“Shoving a camera in their faces and blocking their way from trying to get through a fence around someone’s home is about as aggressive as you are allowed to behave.”
Saying he wasn’t sure what the IDF’s presence had fixed, Livny said, “All of the settlers that I saw had their faces mostly covered with bandanas. That may be a precaution against having their faces appear on camera in a place they aren’t allowed to be.”
The people behind the attacks on Taybeh’s residents tend to be “kids and young men riding their donkeys around people’s property.”
They appeared to be doing this to “make them afraid and uncomfortable, and waging a very patient war of attrition until they finally give up and pack their bags.”
“There is absolutely no logic in closing the road,” Livny remarked.
“The settlers don’t use cars; they travel by donkey.
“So, in other words,” he concluded, “the entire town could have ended up being sealed off as a punishment for being harassed by settlers.”
Livny’s account gives weight to Khoury’s complaints.
Independent Catholic News published a letter from the priest on 25 August, in which he stated that the IDF presence and new settlement in Zababdeh, near Jenin, is making life difficult.
“What we are experiencing,” he said, “should not remain unknown.”
Lawyers say Israel has increased entry bans to U.S. and foreign visitors who plan to meet with Palestinians or for suspicions about their opinions about Israel.
Friday marks exactly six months since the U.S. and Israel launched their war against Iran. We look at how life has changed for Iranians.
Instead of collapsing, the Iranian regime has dug in its heels and taken an even harder line.
(Image credit: Atta Kenare)
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