Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Troops Sent to DC, Trade Truce Extended & T. Swift’s New Album

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Story Links

All the news stories mentioned in today's episode are listed with links below, so you can spend as much -- or as little -- time as you want to review the latest happenings... 

Read more about the stories in today's show:

Trump Seizes Control of DC Police: White House, WaPo, ABC News, Fox News, WSJ

Trial Over National Guard in CA: Reuters, AP, The Hill, Bloomberg

Austin Target Store Shooting: Austin American-Statesman, NY Post, ABC News, Fox News

U.S. Steel Plant Explosion: AP, ABC News, Axios, CNN

Al Jazeera Journalists Killed: Al Jazeera, CNN, Fox News, BBC, AP

Tropical Storm Erin: NHC, TWC, CNN, ABC News

Texas Flood Uncovered Dinosaur Prints: Houston Chronicle, Axios, CNN, ABC News

U.S.-China Trade Truce Extended: NY Times, Reuters, WaPo, Axios

AI Chip Sales Deal: WSJ, AP, CNBC, NPR

 Ford Announces More Affordable Cars: Fox Business, CNN, NY Times, Reuters

Paramount-UFC Deal: SI, NY Times, Reuters, WSJ

Fox-ESPN Streaming Bundle: Variety, NY Post, The Verge, CNBC

Taylor Swift Announces New Album: Deadline, People, Variety, USA Today

Trivia Tuesday: Which former president liked to conduct meetings in the bathroom?
Last Week’s Q: What's the only continent without an active volcano?
Last Week’s A: Australia
Read More: NASA, Nat Geo, Smithsonian