Headlines for August 18, 2026

The Daily Beans podcast headlines sourced and cited

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Today, Trump ordered the Pentagon to curtail military exercises with our ally South Korea, a top admiral concedes the abysmal conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln, Jared Kushner meets with Hamas to advance Trump’s vision for Gaza, the White House took steps to withhold funding from Colorado over Tina Peters, Donald threatens to bomb our ally Oman if they cut a deal with Iran, the Supreme Court again rejects Trump’s push to get his $5.8M back from E Jean Carroll, the NAACP is joining the legal team looking into the death of Nolan Wells, and Washington is poised to elect the first out black trans woman to a state legislature in the United States.

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Sources:

Trump Orders Pentagon to Curtail Military Exercises With Ally South Korea - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/world/middleeast/kushner-hamas-talks.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/us/politics/uss-lincoln-iran-admiral.html

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/colorado-trump-white-house-tina-peters-governor-polis

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-carroll.html

Washington Is Poised To Elect The First Out Black Trans Woman To A State Legislature In The US

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/08/17/trump-threatens-bomb-oman-if-it-gets-way/