Latest US Sanctions Hit Cuban Industries and Influence Network
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20 Aug 2026 • 21:52
The US slapped more sanctions on Cuba, hitting the construction ministry, state mining, tourism and trading companies, and officials that run the communist government’s global outreach efforts....
US Wages Economic War on Iran | Radio Balance of Power: Early Edition 8/20/2026
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20 Aug 2026 • 21:28
On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Kailey Leinz discusses the latest from the Trump Administration. On today's show, Ashton Analytics Founder Anna Ashton, Stonecourt Capital Partner Rick Davis, Third Way Senior Fellow Caitlin Legacki and CFTC Chairman Michael Selig. (Source: Bl...
European Powers Rebuke Israel Over West Bank E1 Settlement Plan
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20 Aug 2026 • 20:43
Six European leaders decried Israel’s latest plan to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank as “unacceptable” and called on companies to refrain from bidding on construction tenders....
World’s Oldest President Returns Home After 74 Days of Absence
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20 Aug 2026 • 20:28
Cameroon’s nonagenarian president has returned home after spending 74 days in Switzerland, his longest stay outside the country since becoming president nearly 44 years ago....
US Allows Early Sales of Winter Gasoline to Help Curb Prices
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20 Aug 2026 • 20:08
The Trump administration is authorizing an early shift to the sale of wintertime gasoline blends, its latest move to blunt fuel costs and supply concerns stoked by the war in Iran....
Senate Races in Texas, Iowa Are Now Toss-Ups, Cook Report Says
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20 Aug 2026 • 20:05
Two key US Senate races now look like toss-ups instead of leaning in favor of Republicans, according to a new analysis from the nonpartisan Cook Political Report....
Trump Sends First Haiti Deportation Flight After Ending TPS for 350,000
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20 Aug 2026 • 19:49
The Trump administration is carrying out the first deportation flight to Haiti since ending humanitarian protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians living in the US....
China ‘Not Playing by the Rules,’ German Finance Minister Says
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20 Aug 2026 • 18:49
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil accused China of flouting global trade rules and said the government in Berlin is likely to adopt a “firmer stance” in its engagement with the world’s second-largest economy....
US-Backed Group Weighs $500 Million Tanzania Nickel Investment
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20 Aug 2026 • 18:37
A US government-backed consortium is negotiating a deal to invest more than $500 million in a large nickel project in Tanzania, as the Trump administration ramps up efforts to lock down supplies of key metals....