Wednesday, August 27th

⏳ THE SPEED READ

🚨NATION

  • Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak (AP)

  • Kilmar Abrego Garcia can’t be deported until at least early October, judge rules (CNN)

  • Democrats celebrate special election victory in Iowa State Senate, ending GOP supermajority (ABC)

  • Trump calls for George Soros and son to face federal charges (POLITICO)

  • States must ax transgender references from sex ed or risk losing funds, Trump admin says (NBC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • IDF says mass evacuation from Gaza City ‘inevitable’ as troops push further into city (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

  • Russia gripped by gas shortages after Ukraine strikes (NEWSWEEK)

  • Painting stolen by Nazis during WWII believed discovered in Argentine real estate listing (ABC)

  • Heavy rain causes flooding, landslides and 8 deaths in Vietnam and Thailand (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • RFK Jr. limits who is eligible for COVID shots as stratus variant surges (AXIOS)

  • OpenAI updates ChatGPT to better detect when a user is in serious distress as it faces a lawsuit over a teen's suicide (QUARTZ)

  • Cracker Barrel shares rise after restaurant chain gets rid of controversial new logo (CNBC)

  • Type 2 diabetes prevented with adherence to Mediterranean diet and exercise, study finds (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Travis Kelce’s dad reveals Taylor Swift engagement actually happened two weeks ago (MO NEWS)

  • Activists hope to shift Venice film festival focus on to crisis in Gaza (GUARDIAN)

  • Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice receives six-game suspension for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy (ESPN)

  • Bruce Willis is living in a ‘second home’ with full-time care team as he battles dementia (NEW YORK POST)

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