News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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NEW: Over the past two months, U.S. officials say the American military has steadily eroded Iran's leverage over the Strait of Hormuz. They believe it could be a watershed moment in the war that could bring a better deal with Iran.
— Axios (@axios.com) August 28, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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Instead of collapsing, the Iranian regime has dug in its heels and taken an even harder line. n.pr/4zHigmK
— NPR (@npr.org) August 28, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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Bessent targets banks in UAE over Iran ties
— Politico (@politico.com) August 28, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Americans remain sour on the Iran war and President Trump’s handling of the conflict after six months, and they continue to say they oppose the military action, according to an NBC News review of public polling.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) August 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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US judge won't immediately block Trump's newest order limiting birthright citizenship reut.rs/4qKnJFs
— Reuters (@reuters.com) August 28, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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A federal judge on Thursday halted — at least for now — attempts to implement President Donald Trump's executive order limiting mail voting. https://to.pbs.org/4gWLFCa
— PBS News (@pbsnews.org) August 28, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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Federal judge again denies President Donald Trump's effort to get his New York state criminal hush money case moved to federal court, a move that could have made it easier to reverse his conviction
— CNN (@cnn.com) August 28, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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In Liberia, migrants deported by the Trump administration disappear
— Politico (@politico.com) August 28, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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A Venezuelan father who was living in Texas is now stranded in West Africa after ICE deported him there.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) August 28, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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JUST IN: Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh says interest rate hikes are in play if inflation doesn't fall
— Axios (@axios.com) August 28, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh says U.S. inflation is still too high and opens the door to more rate hikes to fight elevated prices.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) August 28, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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Tennessee National Guard members assigned to a federal anti-crime task force in Memphis fatally shot an armed 20-year-old man in the back in July, an autopsy report obtained by AP shows, contradicting police accounts that the man was facing the troops when they fired. https://cnn.it/4qFikzz
— CNN (@cnn.com) August 28, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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The Trump administration has begun work on a project to build a stretch of border wall in southern Arizona along part of a Native American tribe’s reservation, pushing ahead with one of its signature projects despite protests from the tribe.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) August 28, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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