The Stateside Beat — Tuesday, August 25, 2026 (Morning Brief)

Your top headlines and topic breakdown for August 25, 2026. This is your Morning Brief.

Top Headlines

China warns US it could retaliate over Iran sanctions — Financial Times
How U.S.-Canada Tariff Negotiations Turned Into an All-Out Trade War — The New York Times
Supreme Court eases path for Trump's sweeping limits on mail-in balloting — The Washington Post
Trump's endorsement faces major tests in Tuesday's primary runoffs — NBC News
Gary residents turn to prayer as power outage stretches into third week — WFYI
Lindsay Clancy defense seeks mistrial after 'mortal sin' raised again — NewsNation
USS Abraham Lincoln headed for port in Thailand after 250 days at sea — The Hill
DHS conducted far-reaching surveillance during Minnesota ICE surge, court documents show — NPR
Massachusetts woman suspected of killing police officer husband found dead — The Guardian
Trump Administration to Target Visas of Up To 200,000 Foreign Citizens Applying for Asylum — The New York Times

World

The UK will help Ukraine make long-range missiles by sharing classified tech information AP News

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham announces the U.K. will help Ukraine make its own long-range missiles.

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U.S. Said to Be Returning Diplomats to Middle East Embassies The New York Times

The State Department is recalling diplomatic staff to embassies across the Middle East region.

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Those behind hybrid attacks against Germany 'will pay,' Merz says, as officials find third drone at airport Euronews.com

Investigators in Germany have found a third drone and what they suspect are explosives believed to be linked to an attempted attack on Leipzig/Halle airport.

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'Like smoking a cigarette': Indonesia chokes on haze as blazes intensify amid super 'El Niño' The Guardian

Indonesia's Kalimantan fires have ravaged tens of thousands of hectares, triggering a transboundary haze crisis worsened by super El Niño conditions.

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World's First Military Drone Parade: What We Saw On The Water navalnews.com

Ukraine's Independence Day parade on August 24th was the first drone-only parade of its kind, showcasing real combat-capable unmanned systems.

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Business

US Treasury's Scott Bessent 'will lose' battle with bond markets, former mentor warns The Guardian

Stanley Druckenmiller warns Trump ally Scott Bessent should cut the budget deficit rather than try to suppress bond yields.

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Nvidia's valuation looks surprisingly cheap heading into earnings. Could it be an issue for the stock? Yahoo Finance

Nvidia's forward P/E ratio has declined steadily since August 2024, making the chip giant look tantalizingly cheap ahead of its earnings report.

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Paramount CEO David Ellison is at the final hurdle before buying WBD. So far, he can't clear it CNBC

Paramount's David Ellison faces the final obstacle in his bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, but progress remains elusive.

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Bitcoin rises above $80,000 as soft dollar, debasement fears boost momentum Reuters

Bitcoin rose above $80,000 to hit a more than three-month high as a soft U.S. dollar and debasement fears boosted the world's largest cryptocurrency.

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Target Apologizes and Drops Halloween Costume Criticized as Racist The New York Times

Critics said the children's costume evoked blackface imagery. Target said, "We know we got this wrong, and we are deeply sorry."

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Technology

Android is getting its own weird dots to cure car sickness The Verge

Google is rolling out a new Android feature that's been proven to reduce, or even eliminate, motion sickness when using a phone inside a moving vehicle.

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Apple Gears Up to Launch Its First New Mac Mini in Two Years Bloomberg

Apple is planning an updated version of its Mac mini, which was last updated in 2024, alongside new AirPods and an OLED iPad mini.

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New iPad Mini With Four Upgrades Expected to Launch by Late October MacRumors

Apple is planning to release a new iPad mini model with an OLED display "by the end of October" this year, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

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Lenovo Addresses Legion Go BIOS Update Bricking Gaming Handhelds TechPowerUp

An official Lenovo Legion Go BIOS update was apparently causing the handheld gaming PCs to become unresponsive, and Lenovo is addressing the issue.

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Apple is reportedly preparing iPhone price hikes (because of course they are) Mashable

Apple iPhone price hikes are reportedly coming soon, which isn't a surprise given Apple recently raised prices on MacBooks and other products.

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The Stateside Beat · August 25, 2026 · Morning Brief · Comprehensive US news from Financial Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, WFYI, NewsNation, The Hill, NPR, The Guardian, AP News, Euronews.com, navalnews.com, Yahoo Finance, CNBC, Reuters, The Verge, Bloomberg, MacRumors, TechPowerUp, and Mashable.

News wrap prepared by Miles Cordova

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