Morning Digest
25 stories from 4 sources, 52 more held back.
US President Donald Trump has demanded compensation from Iran for Americans and others he says were killed or wounded by Tehran and its allies. The demand comes after Tehran called on Washington to pay for damage caused during the US-Israeli war launched against Iran on February 28.
The US and Israel have reached a deal with Damascus to remove nuclear material from a secret site in Syria, Axios reported on Monday, citing US and Israeli officials. According to the publication, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will be given access to the so-called Site 99 to recover material described as remnants from Syria’s Al-Kibar reactor, which Israel bombed in 2007.
Russia’s Supreme Court has removed the liberal Yabloko party from the ballot for the parliamentary elections in September, granting a lawsuit filed by the Rodina party. Registered in 2001, Yabloko is one of Russia’s oldest political parties, tracing its roots back to an electoral alliance established in 1993.
Ukraine must compensate Iran for a deadly attack on one of its cargo vessels in the Caspian Sea, as Kiev has failed to convince Tehran that the strike was unintentional, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said. The ship was hit in a Ukrainian strike last month, killing one sailor. Tehran condemned the attack as “reckless.
On August 7, in the Al-Safa Palace in Mecca, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in signing an agreement whose consequences may prove far greater than its deliberately restrained language suggests.
The Russian Athletics Federation (RUSAF) has lodged a second claim against World Athletics (WA), challenging what it described as a “politicized” ban on Russians in international competitions.
An American oil company backed by powerful associates of US President Donald Trump has shipped drilling equipment to Greenland without permission from the Danish territory’s government. Is Trump trying to annex Greenland one bite at a time? Less than two weeks ago, a Danish tugboat towed a cargo ship into port at Nerlerit Inaat, 450 kilometers above the Arctic circle on Greenland’s east coast.
US military pressure forcing Hormuz closure – Iran. The Strait of Hormuz cannot be reopened through diplomacy while Washington continues to use military pressure against Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said. Iran closed Hormuz in response to a US-Israeli military campaign launched in late February.
A German journalist’s question to Vladimir Zelensky about how Europe could help Kiev “kill more Russians” amounted to a “glorification of war” and was “against humanity,” former Hamburg MP Martin Dolzer has told RT.
US President Donald Trump knows he can neither sustain nor win a protracted war against Iran, political scientist and University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer has said.
NATO member hit by ammo depot fire. Multiple explosions have been heard at a Bulgarian munitions storage facility after a delivery truck serving a military plant caught fire, local media have reported.
RhodyBreakers, a division of Baseball Cards of Rhode Island that opens boxes of trading cards on a live stream for clients, were on a stream when they pulled the much sought-after card. The card, which Flagg signed during Fanatics Fest last month, has drawn significant attention -- including from the Dallas Mavericks themselves, who offered a "bounty" in exchange for the piece of memorabilia.
Arnold was released by the Detroit Lions, who drafted him in the first round in 2024, in late June, less than a week after he was arrested in Tampa, Florida, on felony charges in connection with a robbery and kidnapping in early February. Seattle brought Arnold to team headquarters Sunday for a meeting that included a workout. It was listed as a tryout on the NFL's transaction wire.
Carr, who spent 11 seasons in the NFL and earned four Pro Bowl selections, will assist Chesney and the Bruins' offensive staff with game-planning strategy while also working with UCLA's quarterbacks in a volunteer role. Carr announced his retirement from the NFL in May 2025. "We are excited to welcome Derek to our program," Chesney said in a news release.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and two House representatives want Major League Baseball and its players' union to prohibit promotional deals with betting operators, such as a personalized greeting featuring Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper that was sent to a VIP gambler by a sportsbook.
OXNARD, Calif. -- The Dallas Cowboys have rediscovered the formula they used in the past regarding contract extensions for their key players. The three-year, $105.9 million extension agreed to Monday by Pro Bowl defensive tackle Quinnen Williams -- with an annual average of $35.3 million that is second highest among defensive tackles -- is yet another sign.
DiJonai Carrington of the Chicago Sky says she never claimed that the assessment of a flagrant foul 2 on her Saturday in a game against Indiana was the result of white privilege. Carrington came from behind and hit the Fever's Sophie Cunningham in the head and neck on a fast-break layup, knocking her to the court as the shot went in.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart slid after a third-down run during Monday's practice. It's likely not something he would have done during his rookie year, when his unwillingness to get down possibly contributed to being examined on five different occasions for a concussion. The slide at practice drew quite the reaction, specifically from the Giants' defense.
Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater said this time his decision to retire is going to stick. Bridgewater announced that he is retiring from the NFL for the second time Monday, a day after the Detroit Lions placed him on the reserve/retired list. "This time it's official," he wrote in an Instagram post.
The Dallas Cowboys and star defensive tackle Quinnen Williams have agreed to terms on a three-year, $105.9 million extension to make him one of the highest-paid defensive linemen in the NFL, sources told NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. The deal, negotiated by agent Nicole Lynn of Klutch Sports, is the largest third contract ever for a defensive lineman.
Zach Holland, a former college golfer who now reportedly is a 2 handicap, told ESPN Radio in St. Louis that he placed his golf ball in the cup at the par-3 fourth hole before the start of a membership event at WingHaven Country Club, located in O'Fallon, Missouri. Holland then lied about acing the hole during the tournament and offered the ball as proof of a hole-in-one to his playing partners.
The fantasy playoffs have arrived, which means it's championship-season. While the goal is to win every week over the course of a season, everything means more in the playoffs. Now it's win-or-go-home, so there's no more room for forgetful mistakes.
A Democratic congresswoman just put Mitch McConnell’s stonewalling to shame with a video statement despite being hospitalized from a hit-and-run crash. Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of Colorado’s 21-year-old son has been arrested on felony charges of sexual exploitation of a child.
Senate Republicans are now warning that Trump’s voter ID crusade could cost them their majority in November. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had to end a campaign rally early after hecklers grilled him about a cushy plea deal for a child molester. Donald Trump just admitted he doesn’t actually have any proof of his vandalism claims about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
A week ago, OpenAI’s upcoming Astra model was making major waves in the math world after knocking out 10 long-standing problems. Days later, it set off an alarm the company had never rung before.
US President Donald Trump has demanded compensation from Iran for Americans and others he says were killed or wounded by Tehran and its allies. The demand comes after Tehran called on Washington to pay for damage caused during the US-Israeli war launched against Iran on February 28.
The US and Israel have reached a deal with Damascus to remove nuclear material from a secret site in Syria, Axios reported on Monday, citing US and Israeli officials. According to the publication, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will be given access to the so-called Site 99 to recover material described as remnants from Syria’s Al-Kibar reactor, which Israel bombed in 2007.
Russia’s Supreme Court has removed the liberal Yabloko party from the ballot for the parliamentary elections in September, granting a lawsuit filed by the Rodina party. Registered in 2001, Yabloko is one of Russia’s oldest political parties, tracing its roots back to an electoral alliance established in 1993.
Ukraine must compensate Iran for a deadly attack on one of its cargo vessels in the Caspian Sea, as Kiev has failed to convince Tehran that the strike was unintentional, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said. The ship was hit in a Ukrainian strike last month, killing one sailor. Tehran condemned the attack as “reckless.
On August 7, in the Al-Safa Palace in Mecca, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in signing an agreement whose consequences may prove far greater than its deliberately restrained language suggests.
The Russian Athletics Federation (RUSAF) has lodged a second claim against World Athletics (WA), challenging what it described as a “politicized” ban on Russians in international competitions.
An American oil company backed by powerful associates of US President Donald Trump has shipped drilling equipment to Greenland without permission from the Danish territory’s government. Is Trump trying to annex Greenland one bite at a time? Less than two weeks ago, a Danish tugboat towed a cargo ship into port at Nerlerit Inaat, 450 kilometers above the Arctic circle on Greenland’s east coast.
US military pressure forcing Hormuz closure – Iran. The Strait of Hormuz cannot be reopened through diplomacy while Washington continues to use military pressure against Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said. Iran closed Hormuz in response to a US-Israeli military campaign launched in late February.
A German journalist’s question to Vladimir Zelensky about how Europe could help Kiev “kill more Russians” amounted to a “glorification of war” and was “against humanity,” former Hamburg MP Martin Dolzer has told RT.
US President Donald Trump knows he can neither sustain nor win a protracted war against Iran, political scientist and University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer has said.
NATO member hit by ammo depot fire. Multiple explosions have been heard at a Bulgarian munitions storage facility after a delivery truck serving a military plant caught fire, local media have reported.
RhodyBreakers, a division of Baseball Cards of Rhode Island that opens boxes of trading cards on a live stream for clients, were on a stream when they pulled the much sought-after card. The card, which Flagg signed during Fanatics Fest last month, has drawn significant attention -- including from the Dallas Mavericks themselves, who offered a "bounty" in exchange for the piece of memorabilia.
Arnold was released by the Detroit Lions, who drafted him in the first round in 2024, in late June, less than a week after he was arrested in Tampa, Florida, on felony charges in connection with a robbery and kidnapping in early February. Seattle brought Arnold to team headquarters Sunday for a meeting that included a workout. It was listed as a tryout on the NFL's transaction wire.
Carr, who spent 11 seasons in the NFL and earned four Pro Bowl selections, will assist Chesney and the Bruins' offensive staff with game-planning strategy while also working with UCLA's quarterbacks in a volunteer role. Carr announced his retirement from the NFL in May 2025. "We are excited to welcome Derek to our program," Chesney said in a news release.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and two House representatives want Major League Baseball and its players' union to prohibit promotional deals with betting operators, such as a personalized greeting featuring Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper that was sent to a VIP gambler by a sportsbook.
OXNARD, Calif. -- The Dallas Cowboys have rediscovered the formula they used in the past regarding contract extensions for their key players. The three-year, $105.9 million extension agreed to Monday by Pro Bowl defensive tackle Quinnen Williams -- with an annual average of $35.3 million that is second highest among defensive tackles -- is yet another sign.
DiJonai Carrington of the Chicago Sky says she never claimed that the assessment of a flagrant foul 2 on her Saturday in a game against Indiana was the result of white privilege. Carrington came from behind and hit the Fever's Sophie Cunningham in the head and neck on a fast-break layup, knocking her to the court as the shot went in.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart slid after a third-down run during Monday's practice. It's likely not something he would have done during his rookie year, when his unwillingness to get down possibly contributed to being examined on five different occasions for a concussion. The slide at practice drew quite the reaction, specifically from the Giants' defense.
Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater said this time his decision to retire is going to stick. Bridgewater announced that he is retiring from the NFL for the second time Monday, a day after the Detroit Lions placed him on the reserve/retired list. "This time it's official," he wrote in an Instagram post.
The Dallas Cowboys and star defensive tackle Quinnen Williams have agreed to terms on a three-year, $105.9 million extension to make him one of the highest-paid defensive linemen in the NFL, sources told NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. The deal, negotiated by agent Nicole Lynn of Klutch Sports, is the largest third contract ever for a defensive lineman.
Zach Holland, a former college golfer who now reportedly is a 2 handicap, told ESPN Radio in St. Louis that he placed his golf ball in the cup at the par-3 fourth hole before the start of a membership event at WingHaven Country Club, located in O'Fallon, Missouri. Holland then lied about acing the hole during the tournament and offered the ball as proof of a hole-in-one to his playing partners.
The fantasy playoffs have arrived, which means it's championship-season. While the goal is to win every week over the course of a season, everything means more in the playoffs. Now it's win-or-go-home, so there's no more room for forgetful mistakes.
A Democratic congresswoman just put Mitch McConnell’s stonewalling to shame with a video statement despite being hospitalized from a hit-and-run crash. Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of Colorado’s 21-year-old son has been arrested on felony charges of sexual exploitation of a child.
Senate Republicans are now warning that Trump’s voter ID crusade could cost them their majority in November. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had to end a campaign rally early after hecklers grilled him about a cushy plea deal for a child molester. Donald Trump just admitted he doesn’t actually have any proof of his vandalism claims about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
A week ago, OpenAI’s upcoming Astra model was making major waves in the math world after knocking out 10 long-standing problems. Days later, it set off an alarm the company had never rung before.