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• 5 Colombia's President Ends 'Total Peace' Talks and Signs Extradition Orders for Five Armed-Group Leaders
• 3 Fed Governor Lisa Cook Answers White House Removal Letter, Saying There Is No Legal Basis to Fire Her
• 3 CIA Director Ratcliffe Met Russian Intelligence Chiefs in Moscow on Aug. 25; Axios Reports He Floated a Trump-Putin-Zelensky Summit
• 4 Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of One Count Against Wisconsin Man Over AI-Generated Child Sex Abuse Images
• 3 BLS Preliminary Estimate Cuts U.S. Payroll Growth Through March 2026 by 79,000, or 0.1%
• 4 FDA Approves Updated 2026-27 COVID Vaccines Targeting XFG Variant, Limited to Ages 65+ and High-Risk Younger People
• 4 Trump Signs Order Directing Interior to Rename Lake Ontario "Lake America" Within 30 Days
• 5 Trump Headlines Houston RNC Fundraiser for Ken Paxton's Senate Bid, With Tickets From $10,000 to Nearly $500,000
• 4 Fauci Diary Entry Says Cooper Called Him on June 29, 2020, Two Days Before North Carolina Delayed a School Reopening Decision
• 4 State Department Pauses Immigrant Visa Interviews Worldwide, Citing Consular Training on Public-Charge Screening
• 5 Judge Rules USPS Violated Her Injunction by Issuing Mail-Ballot Rule, Imposes No Penalty
• 4 ICE Made 49,571 Arrests in July, Data Analysis Shows; DHS Puts the Figure Near 51,000
• 6 Settlers Attack Palestinian Residents, Israeli Activists and AFP Journalists in West Bank Village of Jannatah; No Arrests Reported as of Aug. 25
• 3 Cross-Party Japanese Delegation Meets Chinese Communist Party Officials in Beijing, First Such Visit Since Takaichi's Taiwan Remark
• 4 North Carolina Republicans Pick State Rep. Jennifer Balkcom for the NC-11 Ballot; Trump Endorsed Her on Aug. 18