Headlines for August 11, 2026

The Daily Beans podcast headlines sourced and cited

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Today, the Pentagon is pressing manufacturers to hurry up and build bombs because they’re running out, Iran has decided to stop negotiating with the Trump administration entirely, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck Colombia killing over 100 people, Trump has nominated a loyalist to take over the Inspector Generals job at Interior, Lauren Boebert’s son Tyler has been arrested and charged with sexual exploitation of a child, and Trump signs an executive order spacing out childhood vaccinations for no scientific reason whatsoever.

Vermont, Wisconsin, Connecticut and Minnesota head to the polls today for the midterm primary elections.

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Sources:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/08/pentagon-presses-defense-firms-build-weapons-iran-war-depletes-stocks/

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-strait-of-hormuz-opening-iran-negotiations-b6a43ad6

https://apnews.com/article/colombia-ecuador-earthquake-26fd40f93272d834fced47a4a673edc9

https://www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/08/10/us-rep-lauren-boeberts-son-faces-charges-of-sexual-exploitation-of-child/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/10/trump-nominates-loyalist-office-that-would-oversee-reflecting-pool-review/

https://apnews.com/article/vaccine-research-autism-trump-kennedy-rfk-d10f81f221c4ae9f5b2f83dd0ee98b29