Headlines for August 3, 2026
The Daily Beans podcast headlines sourced and cited
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Today, Trump doesn’t rule out using emergency executive power to interfere with the midterm elections, the transparency president has expanded the definition of executive privilege so his private advisors can’t be questioned by Congress, the White House is asking the Justice Department to consider new reflecting pool charges, Trump was stuffed into a catering cart and spirited to a secret plane after he ditched the Qatari Air Force One in Turkey, weeks after Belgium’s diamond industry gave Trump a ring with 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies, it was exempted from paying a U.S. tariff, Judge Talwani has expanded her block on the Postal Service tampering with mail ballots, and the government has awarded a $150M contract for migrant children’s lawyers to a Trump-linked Texas law firm.
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Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/politics/trump-plane-ruse.html
Trump signals openness to unconstitutional plot to take over elections - Democracy Docket
Democrats want answers about 18-karat gold ring given to Trump
Judge expands block on USPS work on Trump mail voting order : NPR
Trump administration awards $150M migrant child contract to Texas firm | AP News
Good morning, and thank you, Allison.
Thank you for the update, Allison. It was a nail biter in Wisconsin. Hon lost by percentage points. As for Trump well he can go suck his thumb as far as I am concerned.