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The month's top story

Opinion | The U.S. Dumps Unesco Again

As Texas hurtles toward a flashpoint on a GOP effort to redraw congressional districts, California Democrats are answering with a plan of their own.

CBS · 5 sources

Also covering this FOXObama praises Democrats who fled Texas redistricting vote as ‘inspiring’ NYTTexas Democrats Will Return Home, Allowing Vote on Redistricting Plan WSJOpinion | America Needs a Redistricting Cease-Fire
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What dominated August

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Top Stories

    Opinion | Trump’s Trade Deal Triumphs

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  2. Top Stories

    Migrants Vanish Into Opaque ICE Detention System

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Top Stories

    Mary Shields, First Woman to Finish the Iditarod, Dies at 80

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

Top Stories 463 stories

  1. Opinion | Notable & Quotable: Treason

    WSJ · 4 outlets

    ‘The longtime Jeffrey Epstein confidant and convicted sex trafficker will get to enjoy a number of perks . . . but training service dogs won’t be one of them.’

  2. Reporter's Notebook: Who actually pays tariffs?

    NYT · 5 outlets

  3. Bhutan's love affair with archery

    NYT · 4 outlets

  4. House Democrats launch bid to subpoena Justice Department for Epstein files

    FOX · 4 outlets

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  1. Mary Shields, First Woman to Finish the Iditarod, Dies at 80

    FOX · 5 outlets

  2. Pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan dies at 71

    FOX · 3 outlets

  3. 8/14: The Daily Report

    CBS · 1 outlets

  4. Loni Anderson, 'WKRP in Cincinnati' star, dead at 79

    NYT · 5 outlets

  5. Fast-Moving Wildfires Threaten L.A. County

    NYT · 5 outlets

  6. Opinion | How to End the Tariff Debate

    WSJ · 4 outlets

  7. What to Know About the Pacific Tsunami

    FOX · 5 outlets

  8. Judge Sentences Ex-Officer in Breonna Taylor Raid to Nearly 3 Years in Prison

    CBS · 5 outlets

Business 302 stories

  1. 'Don't quit the market' when it's frothy, says Jim Cramer. Here's why

    CNBC · 3 outlets

    The S&P 500 eked out its third straight record close by a slim margin after a gauge of wholesale inflation increased at its fastest pace in three years.

  2. Dow Falters After New Tariffs Kick In

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  3. Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Solve U.S. Chip-Making Dilemma

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  4. Opinion | A Few Questions for Aspiring Federal Reserve Chiefs

    CNBC · 2 outlets

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  1. KKR Gets Boost From Asset-Based Lending Push

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  2. S&P 500 Posts Best Week Since June

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. Why the Latest Meme Stock Craze Won’t Take Down the Overall Market

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  4. Stock Funds Add to Their Gains

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  5. Asia-Pacific markets subdued as U.S.-China tariff truce deadline looms

    CNBC · 1 outlets

  6. Opinion | A Good Plan to Keep Social Security Solvent

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  7. Nearly 1 in 5 older student loan borrowers are seriously delinquent as Trump steps up collections

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  8. Buy these stocks as railroad-merger talk heats up, analyst says

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  9. Bitcoin extends rally, hits record high above $124,000

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  10. Bullish’s Stock Soars in Latest Test for IPO Market

    CNBC · 3 outlets

Sports 397 stories

  1. Billy Howton, Believed To Have Been Oldest Ex-NFL Player, Dies At 95

    ESPN · 4 outlets

  2. Texans to sign Jalen Mills

    ESPN · 4 outlets

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  1. Micah Parsons continues to watch practice

    PFT · 4 outlets

  2. Don't stop believing: The inside story of how England won Euro 2025

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  3. Inside the Kyren Williams deal

    CBS · 4 outlets

  4. Cam Little kicks 70-yard field goal

    CBS · 4 outlets

  5. Why is Rashee Rice's case being delayed?

    FOX · 4 outlets

  6. Lloyd Howell resigns from The Carlyle Group

    PFT · 4 outlets

Technology 466 stories

  1. Apple releases visionOS 26 developer beta 6

    9to5 · 3 outlets

    Benjamin and Chance react to the surprise announcement that the Apple Watch Blood Oxygen feature is coming back for US users, via a phone relay workaround. Also, Apple released the latest beta of iOS…

  2. Apple working with these apps to prepare for next-gen Siri

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  3. Apple slips in the 2025 Fortune Global 500 list

    9to5 · 3 outlets

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  1. New iPhone 17 Air video reveals beautiful Sky Blue dummy model

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  2. iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 public beta 2 now available

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  3. GPT-5 brings big improvements to Mac vibe coding

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  4. M4 MacBook Pro vs M4 MacBook Air: What $500 extra really gets you

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  5. North Korean Kimsuky hackers exposed in alleged data breach

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  6. Pebble returning with a new watch and old-school charm

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  7. Facebook and Instagram may be down for some users

    Bleeping · 3 outlets

  8. New Apple Card bonus lets you earn $75 for a limited time

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  9. New Mac Pro could boast M4 Ultra chip, per report

    9to5 · 2 outlets

Entertainment 310 stories

  1. Zak Bagans Speaks Out on Investigator Dan Rivera’s Death, Annabelle

    USMag · 2 outlets

  2. Morgan Stewart Mourns Unexpected Death of Her Brother at 45

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

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  1. Chicago Cubs Legend Ryne Sandberg Dead at 65

    USMag · 2 outlets

  2. Who's The Ultimate "Best New Artist" Grammy Nominee From The '90s?

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  3. Sofia Richie Grainge and Elliot Grainge Reenact Coldplay Kiss Cam Drama

    USMag · 1 outlets

  4. Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson's Cutest Photos Together So Far

    USMag · 2 outlets

  5. Sydney Sweeney Makes 1st Public Appearance After American Eagle Drama

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  6. Which Lindsay Lohan Movie Is The Best Of Them All?

    BuzzFeed · 3 outlets

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