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Immigration
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Judge rules a 1-year-old in government custody with no lawyer must file an asylum application or face deportation, after HHS replaced the contract funding children's attorneys.
Replacement contractor's attorney sat silent
Source: NOTUS
August 22, 2026
Disaster Relief
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Gary, Indiana, nears 12 days without power for 33,000 people as the state awaits word on a federal major disaster declaration.
Clergy invoke Katrina, demand state reserves
Source: The Indianapolis Star
August 22, 2026
Economy
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Canada sets dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs for September 8 after talks collapse, with Carney saying US demands asked too much and offered too little.
First use of 1930 statute since 1949
Source: CNBC
August 22, 2026
Courts
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Trump moves to block BBC subpoenas of his children in the $10 million defamation suit he filed, after the Secret Service stopped servers at their homes.
Court already rejected similar discovery bids
Source: The Hill
August 22, 2026
Good Government
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Malibu launches speed cameras on a 20-mile stretch of Pacific Coast Highway, where speeding drivers have killed more than 60 people since 2010.
Four Pepperdine students' deaths spurred law
Source: Los Angeles magazine
August 22, 2026
War
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Iran declares any country joining US sanctions an enemy it will harm, as China rejects the demand that all nations isolate Tehran.
Hormuz shipping at 4% of prewar
Source: CBS News
August 22, 2026