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https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/11/former-marine-held-in-russia-for-4-years-has-been-freed-trump-says-01033025

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that Russia has freed Robert Gilman, an American who had been detained in the country for more than four years, amid increasingly dire reports about his health.

“After my discussions with President Vladimir Putin, Russia has agreed to release him, very much on a Humanitarian Basis,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “We appreciate this decision, and the fact that Russia asked for no one in return — No exchange took place.”

Gilman, an English teacher and Marine Corps veteran, was detained by Russian police while traveling to the U.S. embassy in Moscow in January 2022 and charged with assaulting a police officer, which advocates stringently denied. They called for Moscow to release him as soon as possible for treatment in American hospitals, saying he’d faced torture that had caused him to enter into a stupor in June, concerns that were first reported by Reuters.

The U.S. has now freed more than 100 Americans since Trump returned to the Oval Office last year, Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote on X. The administration is “still seeking the immediate return of all other unjustly detained Americans,” he said.

Trump lauded his administration’s efforts to free Gilman, as well as other Americans the U.S. argues have been unjustly imprisoned abroad, like the deal the Trump administration negotiated to free American school teacher Marc Fogel from a Russian prison in February 2025. And Venezuela freed six American prisoners — even before strongman Nicolás Maduro was removed from power — after a visit from special envoy Ric Grenell in January 2025.

>Don Jr is the "Strategic Advisor" for Kalshi
>Kalshi allows betting on flight cancellations
>Terrorists can legally profit on bomb threats thanks to Trump™

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/flightaware-sues-kalshi-over-flight-cancellation-markets-2026-08-11/

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Flight-tracking service FlightAware is suing prediction markets giant Kalshi accusing the company of using its data and name to run "gambling markets on flight cancellations" without permission.

In July, Kalshi announced markets allowing customers to bet on flight-cancellation risk. The plans drew criticism over concerns that the markets could create financial incentives for people to disrupt air travel or cause airport closures.

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https://newrepublic.com/post/214190/trump-biden-missile-weapons-stockpile-depleted

>Trump Blames Biden For Firing the U.S.’s Missile Stockpile at Iran

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Conservatives show they have no financial power as their racist boycott amounts to nothing.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/10/the-odyssey-becomes-christopher-nolans-highest-grossing-film-as-it-passes-11bn-at-box-office

The Odyssey has become the highest grossing film of Christopher Nolan’s career, having made more than US$1bn at the global box office less than a month after its release.

The blockbuster, which was released on 17 July, is an adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek epic and follows Matt Damon as Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca, on his perilous 10-year journey home after the Trojan war.

The film, which has received strong reviews from critics, has grossed $1.104bn (£819m, A$1.56bn) worldwide, making it the most successful of Nolan’s career.

It has beaten his previous record-holder, the 2012 Batman film The Dark Knight Rises, which earned $1.085bn (£805.7m), while its 2008 predecessor The Dark Knight grossed $1.005bn (£745m).

The Oscar-winning film-maker has directed blockbusters such as Tenet, Dunkirk and Interstellar, with his movies having now grossed more than US$7bn (£5.198bn) globally.

The 56-year-old wrote and directed The Odyssey, which he also produced alongside his wife, Emma Thomas.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3q5nxpgk1o

>More than 10 customers have signed up to Trump Media's controversial service that offers faster access to market-moving posts made on its Truth Social platform.

>The service, Truth API, launched at the beginning of August and gives Wall Street traders first sight of posts from the social media site's most influential accounts.

>Its earliest customers are mostly in high-frequency trading firms who are being charged between $60,000-$100,000 (£44,000-£74,000) a month for the service, interim chief executive officer Kevin McGurn said during an earnings call.

>He was speaking after Trump Media reported a loss of $238m between April and June.

>The quarterly loss is more than 10 times the amount reported during the same period a year earlier, according to the Trump Media and Technology Group, and comes as the group branched into ventures unrelated to media, including cryptocurrencies.

>The group, which is yet to make a profit, says it will refocus on its social media mission.

>In July, it announced a plan to give Wall Street firms and institutional investors faster access to posts on Truth Social, where Trump frequently makes announcements. It has been viewed as a way to give subscribers an edge in trading stocks and other heavily traded assets.

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In a major setback to efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and cool Middle East tensions, Iran ruled out any future negotiations with United States (US) President Donald Trump, according to Iranian outlets and a X post by an adviser to Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. Headlines note that Tehran will wait until the US President’s term ends on January 20, 2029, to resume talks.

"Trump will not reach an agreement with us. We will accompany him until his term ends," Majid Shakeri, adviser to Ghalibaf, said

According to TD Securities, a prospective agreement on the Strait of Hormuz remains out of reach, with the bank noting that a "Hormuz deal remains elusive." Strategists highlight that the risk backdrop is being reinforced as "the Houthis' continued strikes on Saudi energy infrastructure, flows via Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb remain critically choked, and Russian exports and refining remain subdued amid continued Ukrainian attacks," all of which continue to underpin the geopolitical risk premium in Oil.

>https://www.fxstreet.com/news/breaking-iran-wont-negotiate-with-the-us-until-trumps-term-is-done-202608101811

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https://www.wlwt.com/article/william-evans-ellis-murder-911-calls-charges-suspects/73392787

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Mamdani forced to pause pied-à-terre tax roll-out — and pull down ‘shame the rich’ list in win for NYC homeowners
https://nypost.com/2026/08/10/us-news/ny-judge-approves-temporary-pause-of-mamdanis-pied-a-terre-tax-rollout/
The reign of pied-à-terror is on pause.

Big Apple homeowners fighting the controversial pied-à-terre tax notched an early victory Monday, when a judge stunningly blocked Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s tortured rollout of the new levy.

Staten Island Supreme Court Justice Wayne Ozzi issued the temporary restraining order, effectively putting the luxury second-home tax on ice until at least an Aug. 31 court hearing about the peeved property owners’ lawsuit.

The judge barred the city from taking any further action on the 17,000 notices sent by the Department of Finance to homeowners, which declared they could face a five-figure tax bill unless they requested an exemption.

Mamdani quickly promised to fight the ruling, and attempt to get the restraining order lifted and his socialist “tax the rich” policy rolling again.

“We disagree with today’s ruling, but we are confident in both the pied-à-terre surcharge and the City’s ability to implement it fairly and effectively,” said Matt Rauschenbach, a spokesman for the mayor.

“This surcharge asks those who own second homes valued at $5 million or more to contribute their fair share to the city they benefit from,” Rauschenbach said, claiming “The Law Department will appeal the ruling immediately which will stay the order, and the City will continue with the pied-a-terre’s implementation.”

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Kevin Hassett said on CNN yesterday that the economy is “really, really booming.”

That may be true if you’re sitting on a stock portfolio and already own a home.

But for working middle-class Americans trying to afford groceries, gas, and rent? They’re falling farther and farther behind.

The Wall Street Journal has a new piece on how the Republican Party is losing its edge with voters on the economy.

Republican pollster Mitchell Brown runs focus groups in battleground states. He told the Journal that voters now know their power bill to the dollar.

The same is true for healthcare costs.

And the price of beef — up 100% since 2019.

Inflation hit 3.5% last month. It was 3% for Joe Biden’s last month in office.

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https://nypost.com/2026/08/10/us-news/fauci-warned-of-miscarriage-risk-linked-to-covid-vaccine-while-publicly-claiming-no-issues-newly-released-texts-show/

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci privately raised concerns that the COVID-19 vaccine could “theoretically” be linked to miscarriages in expectant mothers, despite having publicly insisted there were “no red flags” for pregnant women.

“I asked around a bit more and another issue came up that you need to be aware of,” wrote Fauci in a Jan. 25, 2021, text exchange with then-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.

“Since many people have significant cytokines storm and fever after the 2nd dose, this theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester,” added the then-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director.

Fauci, Walensky and Murthy had been discussing whether the vaccine posed any risks to women who followed the two-shot regimen earlier or later in their pregnancies.

Walensky responded to Fauci that the first trimester issues he raised were “definitely a good point, [especially] after dose two.”

Days later, on Feb. 3, Fauci said during a question-and-answer livestream with the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that the FDA “found thus far, and we have to be careful, but thus far no red flags about that, about pregnant women.”

Months later, the Biden White House’s chief medical adviser also said, “tens and tens and tens of thousands of women who have been followed by the CDC, who have been vaccinated when they were pregnant, there’s no indication whatsoever that there’s any increase of any adverse issues in a pregnant woman who was vaccinated compared to a pregnant woman who wasn’t vaccinated … it’s pretty clear that pregnant women should get vaccinated.”

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“I would give myself an A+.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/26/politics/donald-trump-fox-interview/index.html

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Fresno County erupts as Gavin Newsom accused of overreaching with better roads tax after raising gas taxes to $.61/gallon
https://nypost.com/2026/08/09/us-news/gov-gavin-newsom-forces-roads-tax-on-one-california-county/

Critics accused the board majority of using the review to keep the proposal off the November ballot.

But Fresno County Board Chairman Garry Bredefeld claims the issue is ”bigger than the proposed tax.”

“This is about whether Fresno County governs itself or whether political power and Sacramento connections can be used to overrule us whenever local voters and their representatives refuse to fall in line,” Bredefeld said Thursday.

Bredefeld said the law effectively allows Sacramento to dictate how Fresno conducts its local elections.

“The bill undermines local control, turning Fresno County into a ward of the state, unable to control its own destiny,” he said.

The initiative was submitted by citizens rather than the county government — a distinction that could make a major difference at the polls.


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Dem Senate candidate El-Sayed defends ties to hate streamer Hasan Piker, hints at big tax increase for middle class as Dems continue to terrorize the US
https://nypost.com/2026/08/09/us-news/abdul-el-sayed-defends-ties-to-twitch-streamer-hasan-piker-hints-at-big-tax-increase-for-middle-class/

Dem Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday refused to break ties to notorious hate streamer Hasan Piker — while hinting he wants to sock the middle class with the bill for his Medicare for All plan.

El-Sayed even left the door open to continuing to campaign with Piker in the pol’s general election matchup against Republican Mike Rogers — despite arguing that the notorious Twitch streamer’s 2019 comment that “America deserved 9/11” was dumb.

“It was a dumb statement,” El-Sayed told NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “He disavowed it. So yes. America didn’t deserve 9/11.

“But to sit here and play gotcha politics with a dumb thing somebody said out of context — I want to be held accountable for what I say and what I do rather than this idea that we’re so stuck in cancel culture that all of us agreed was a bad idea back in 2020,” the radical candidate said. “But we seem to want to bring back.”

Piker very begrudgingly suggested that his comment was “inappropriate” shortly after his screed against the US in 2019.

But he was later seen with a framed copy of a front-page newspaper story showing the Twin Towers in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack. More than 2,750 people, most Americans, died in New York City alone on the infamous day.


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>The WNBA is still in the midst of its 2026 season and yet it is next year's Draft for North America's top women's basketball league that is dominating the headlines.

>Why? Because some former men's NBA players have declared they will enter for selection - citing the current eligibility guidelines, or lack of, for transgender women players.

>"I'm officially declaring myself a WNBA prospect," said Enes Kanter Freedom, who played 11 seasons in the NBA.

>It is the latest development in a story ignited by a comment made by Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham, who said she wanted to protect young girls "who shouldn't have to go against biological men" in sport.

>Her words have instigated protests - albeit not grand in scale - on both sides of the argument, and once again catapulted the debate around transgender women in sport into the spotlight.
>How did we get here?

>Last month, Cunningham, one of the league's most high-profile players, gave an interview to ESPN, external in which the conversation turned to the topic of "protecting" women's sports.

>The Indiana Fever guard said she had received criticism from people who believed she "hated" transgender people, something she denied.


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U.S. President Donald Trump is “showing patience” as talks with Iran face a new obstacle, with Tehran demanding sweeping concessions to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and return to nuclear negotiations, including financial reparations and the withdrawal of American forces from the region, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

U.S. administration officials told the Journal that Trump intends to wait for the current impasse to be resolved. They did not say whether he would accept Iran’s conditions, which also include sanctions relief, but said he would be prepared to lift the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports if Tehran “fully opens” the Strait of Hormuz.

The reopening of Hormuz is supposed to pave the way for renewed negotiations over an agreement restricting Iran’s nuclear program, following the memorandum of understanding reached in June. The White House said at the time that the memorandum was intended to restore freedom of navigation through Hormuz while moving toward a broader nuclear agreement.

But according to the Journal, Trump has privately raised with senior advisers another possibility: ending the U.S. campaign even without a new nuclear deal if Iran fully reopens the strait. Such an outcome would restore a crucial route for global energy supplies and could ease fuel prices for American consumers, an increasingly important political consideration for the president.

>https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1zvsk88fe