HEADLINES:
‘Attacked’ by Trump on Trade, Canada Is ‘at War’ With U.S., Carney Says — Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a powerful speech to Canadians on Saturday morning, hours after ordering negotiators to suspend U.S. trade talks despite President Trump’s punishing tariffs. (NYT)
Trump accuses Canada of wanting ‘benefits of being a State, without being one’ amid trade war (The Hill)
Ahead of tough new U.S. sanctions, Iran criticizes ‘extraterritorial sovereignty’ (CNBC)
Iranian military leader vows Tehran ‘will not submit’ as US prepares further economic squeeze (CNN)
Tehran says US sanctions ‘declaration of war’ on all nations (Al Jazeera)
Persuasion, denial and bluster: Trump ‘stuck’ on Iran war ahead of elections (Guardian)
USS Abraham Lincoln Leaves the Middle East After Almost 7 Months (USNI)
Families of USS Abraham Lincoln crew upset over Trump, Hegseth remarks (USA Today)
There Is Something Very Wrong With the U.S. Navy Right Now (Slate)
Army Secretary Driscoll to Step Down This Year Amid Hegseth Friction: Report (Military.com)
Men from Cuba and other countries describe being deported by the U.S. to a dangerous African nation: “We cannot leave” (CBS)
Russian forces have begun equipping loitering drones with microphones for attacks on vehicles (UA.news)
US Postal Service rule tightens mail-in voting despite court orders blocking changes (Guardian)
‘People are p***** off’: Black voters are turning out after Supreme Court guts Voting Rights Act (Independent)
America’s college enrollment map is being redrawn (Axios)
She’s a Trump acolyte. He’s a ‘gringo Sandinista.’ Meet the Harps. (WP)
Deleted tweets show Natalie Harp’s zealous support of Trump on January 6 (CNN)
What Natalie Harp Carries (New Yorker)
Amid an August of mounting danger, a frivolous, oblivious president (WP)
Sen. Adam Schiff on Israel, Impeachment, and Post-Trump America (Reveal)
Trump falls short on foreign policy (Reuters)
Hawaii’s Young People Are Fleeing Paradise. Can Tech Startups Keep Them? (WSJ)
U.S. Forest Service, timber companies spraying record amounts of glyphosate in California (PBS)
Why millions of people around the world will contract measles in 2026 (The Conversation)
Some Americans are turning to Europe for help having a baby (WP)
No more doom scrolling or Instagram Stories? A Meta trial loss could end the social media we know (CNBC)
A.I. Is Everywhere in China. See For Yourself. (NYT)
Chinese robot runs 100m sprint quicker than Usain Bolt’s world record (Guardian)
Anthropic IPO filing will show AI backlash as a risk factor, sources say (CNBC)
Would even an AI disaster on the scale of Hiroshima be enough to make humankind protect itself? I fear not (Guardian)
White House Doctor Claims President Has Always Been Face Drawn Onto Cantaloupe (Onion)