The Unspun News for American Citizens · Wednesday, August 05, 2026 08:33 AM EDT
Noise removed — for independent thinkers.
Hormuz · Kansas · Climate · Jan6 · Speech · Healthcare · DOJ · Medicaid · Michigan · OpenAI
Executive Summary
The end of the Hormuz war may have acquired a date. President Trump said a deal reopening the strait could be agreed Wednesday or Thursday; Treasury Secretary Bessent put it within a day; Qatar has drafted a proposal. Tehran still denies direct talks and acknowledges only its Omani channel. Iran closed the strait in late February and began firing on shipping, and a cargo ship was struck there Monday. Brent crude slipped to $78, and stock futures pointed higher before the open.
At home, Tuesday delivered verdicts. Kansas voters rejected electing their Supreme Court, 62 to 38, keeping merit selection. Judge Amit Mehta reluctantly dismissed the last January 6 prosecution, writing that “that book is now closed.” The full D.C. Circuit ruled 6-4 that EPA was wrong to cancel $20 billion in climate grants. Todd Blanche’s attorney-general nomination cleared committee — then Susan Collins said no, tightening the floor math to two votes. The Justice Department charged 19 people in a $4 million Medicaid home-care fraud, and OpenAI paid $3.2 million to settle claims it steered jobs away from American workers. Obamacare insurers proposed a median 15 percent increase for 2027.
Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary is still counting, El-Sayed narrowly ahead. In the war Russia began in February 2022, a barrage killed 17 in Kyiv after Ukraine’s ballistic interceptors ran out. Treasury’s quarterly refunding statement lands this morning; July’s jobs report comes Friday; the Supreme Court’s mail-ballot ruling could come any day. The country meets the moment counting the last ballots, pricing a promised peace, and choosing who holds the law — August work, all of it done in the open.
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