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Trump administration formally calls the July missile threat against his plane an assassination attempt to argue the Supreme Court should allow ballroom construction.
Judge already permits underground security work
Source: USA Today
August 14, 2026
Forest Service chief Michael Boren pressed staff for more firefighting aircraft on a 7-acre blaze near his Idaho ranch, the Washington Post reports.
Nine aircraft, some diverted from fires
Source: The Guardian
August 14, 2026
Federal discrimination cases frozen for months suddenly restarted days after a union sued the EEOC, which calls the halt a judge's error.
At least five complaints were stalled
Source: The Associated Press
August 14, 2026
Fauci refuses Senator Ron Johnson's request to testify voluntarily, days after Republicans voted him in contempt for invoking the Fifth Amendment.
His lawyer calls it political harassment
Source: The Associated Press
August 14, 2026
Army wife Maisa Lopes Eliaser returns home after an unexplained mid-flight phone call let her stay aboard her Brazil deportation flight and fly back.
Detained at her immigration appointment
Source: The Independent
August 14, 2026
Trump asks the Supreme Court to let White House ballroom construction continue, arguing the 65% built project is nuclear-grade concrete, impossible to deconstruct.
Appeals court says only Congress decides
Source: SCOTUS blog
August 14, 2026
