Headlines for August 26, 2026
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#77YV0)
- Iran Announces That It's Resuming Negotiations with Oman over Strait of Hormuz
- Palestinians Hold Vigil for Journalists Killed in Israeli Strike a Year Ago
- Israeli Forces Storm Major UNRWA Facility in Occupied East Jerusalem
- Far-Right Israeli Lawmaker Destroys Limestone Monument in Occupied West Bank
- U.S. Delists Syria as a State Sponsor of Terrorism
- CIA Director Makes Unannounced Trip to Moscow
- Canada Responds to U.S. Tariffs as Trump Floats Renaming Lake Ontario "Lake America"
- Interfaith Coalition Denounces RSS Leader's Visit to Madison Square Garden
- ICE Detains a Record 50,000 People in July
- New York Bill Prohibiting Local Law Enforcement from Cooperating with ICE Goes into Effect
- Six Immigrants Who Resisted Getting Off the Plane in Liberia Were Deported to Equatorial Guinea
- Federal Judge Orders the Release of Second Key Witness in Fatal Shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
- Colombia's New Right-Wing President Abelardo de la Espriella Vows to Deport Thousands of Immigrants
- Federal Judge Blocks Ohio from Requiring Residents to Provide Proof of Citizenship When Registering to Vote
- House Democratic Leader Jeffries Lashes Out at Critics of His Meeting with Kushner
- Darline Graham Wins South Carolina's Republican Senate Primary Runoff
- Federal Judge Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's Bid to Overturn Her Sex Trafficking Conviction
- Two Unvaccinated People Have Died from Measles in Pennsylvania
- CNN: Members of Specialized Team That Responds to Natural Disasters in National Parks Dispatched to Work on Trump's Pet Projects
- Beloved Country Superstar Dolly Parton Dies at 80