US News
- Ohio State House Speaker Larry Householder was arrested in a massive corruption scheme to get bailouts for failing nuclear power plants. [Link]
- Trump announces the expansion of Operation Legend. The operation is the deployment of federal police to cities identified as out of control. The operation will expand to Chicago and Albuquerque. [Link]
- The Department of Justice will spend $61 million on grants to hire federal police officers for Operation Legend. [Link]
- The police officer who murdered George Floyd was charged with several counts of tax fraud. [Link]
- The Senate rejected an amendment to the 2021 NDAA that would have cut the Pentagon budget by 10%. [Link]
- The new Air/Space Force Arctic defense plans calls for more war games and missile defense. [Link]
UK
- The UK government says there is no evidence Russia meddled in the 2016 Brexit vote. [Link]
Afghanistan
- The Afghan government carried out several airstrikes killing at least 45 people. Six of the dead are alleged to be Taliban, but most are civilians. [Link]
Middle East
- Turkey is moving deeper into Iraq in its operation against the Kurdish PKK. The operation is not authorized by Iraq, but Turkey is setting up bases inside Iraq. [Link]
- Over two million Yemeni children under five are suffering from malnutrition. At the end of August, the WFP could cut aid to 2.5 million Yemeni children. [Link]
- Egypt reports killing 18 militants who were plotting a terror attack. [Link]
