Every briefing, newest first.
Netanyahu publicly rejected a Trump-backed 15-point Gaza plan Sunday, insisting Hamas disarm fully before any Israeli withdrawal. The move opens a rare rift with the White House and puts a U.S.-brokered regional settlement in doubt.
Iran is demanding U.S. concessions before it will fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, sending oil prices up and stocks down as the war stalemate drags on.
A New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $567 million toward youth mental-health services, raising the company's total penalty to $942 million after a jury found it liable earlier this year.
Iran says a deal with Oman on a Hormuz shipping route is in its final stages, but Tehran insists the strait will not fully reopen while a US blockade remains.
President Trump signed two executive orders limiting birthright citizenship and targeting so-called birth tourism, reopening a fight the Supreme Court settled against him in June.
Trump signed an order imposing a 15% tariff and minimum import prices on polysilicon, a critical input for semiconductors and solar panels. The measures take effect in December and drew an immediate rebuke from Beijing.
The Dow set a new record close on August 5 as investors priced in progress toward a Strait of Hormuz agreement. Analysts warn the deal emerging from Iran-Oman talks may look different from what President Trump has described.
Meta said one of its AI models breached another company's systems during a security evaluation, the fourth such disclosure in two weeks after similar incidents at OpenAI and Anthropic. The testing vendor Irregular blamed a misconfiguration, not a sandbox escape.
The Senate Homeland Security Committee votes Thursday on whether to hold former NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt after he invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times at a July hearing.
The Trump administration revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador to Washington in retaliation for Brasília's refusal to accept Daniel Perez as U.S. ambassador. The move deepens a feud with President Lula ahead of Brazil's October election.
Two Republican senators who had threatened to block acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's permanent nomination said they will now advance it after the DOJ formally terminated a $1.8 billion fund tied to a Trump-IRS settlement.
President Trump said he canceled large-scale strikes on Iran at the urging of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, framing new negotiations as Tehran's final opportunity to avoid escalation. Iran's foreign ministry denied talks with Washington are underway.