Headlines for August 21, 2026

U.S. Treasury to Sanction Iran and Its Trading Partners: “You Are Either With Us or Against Us”, USS Abraham Lincoln Heads for San Diego After Record Wartime Deployment, Houthis Clash with Yemeni Forces in Largest-Scale Fighting Since 2022 Truce, Sudan’s Humanitarian Catastrophe Grows as 200,000 Are Displaced by Fighting and Flooding, “The People Want the Fall of the Regime”: Tunisian Protesters Demand Ouster of Kais Saied, Human Rights Watch: Russian Mercenaries Led Massacre of Civilians in Mali Village Raid, Armed Israeli Settlers Kill and Wound Palestinians During Raid on Village Near Hebron, Aisha Wahab Wins Special Election, Becoming First Afghan American U.S. Congressmember, FBI Searches Eric Swalwell’s Home and Seizes Devices Amid Sexual Assault Investigations, Crypto, Gambling and AI Companies Drive Record Spending on U.S. Congressional Races, Trump Travels to South Carolina to Back Sen. Darline Graham Despite Disastrous Debate Performance, “Third Country” Deportees from U.S. Arrive in Liberia, ICE Detains San Diego Padres Minor League Coach Despite Pending Asylum Claim, Rochester Resident’s First Amendment Lawsuit Accuses ICE Agents of Unlawful Intimidation, NYT: U.S. Importing Dominican Sugar from Trump Ally Despite Evidence of Forced Labor