Exec. Director, Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy & Innovation/Asst. Professor of Practice, @OleMiss.bsky.social; Board: @npcinstitute.bsky.social; @juristnews.bsky.social; Ex VOA White House bureau chief; 2022 Kiplinger Fellow; W7DQ on ham radiohttps://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mu3q7v3boa23Stars & Stripes' fired publisher,editor and reporter sue the defense secretary. https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/spaces/urn:aaid:sc:AP:2629ffea-f276-4d04-ab74-33f3be477ad3 27 Aug 2026 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3q7v3boa23https://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mu3mqhfx6p27"Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Interior shall…take all appropriate actions to rename as 'Lake America' the body of water currently named as Lake Ontario…" - Executive Order 14420 https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/honoring-the-american-history-of-the-great-lakes-and-renaming-lake-ontario-as-lake-america/27 Aug 2026 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3mqhfx6p27https://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mu34y6mpxn2zEuropean football's governing body preparing a criminal complaint against Gianni Infantino over the FIFA president's failed plan to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors. https://www.ft.com/content/7729314c-4928-485e-bfe8-5d6749d65cd2?shareType=nongift 27 Aug 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu34y6mpxn2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mu2swuqn7u22Death toll in Nepal flood disaster rises to 359 with hundreds more feared to have been swept away. https://kathmandupost.com/national/2026/08/27/nepal-flood-death-toll-reaches-270-as-hundreds-remain-out-of-contact27 Aug 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2swuqn7u22https://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtzqqra55v2lState Department removes a work by Kehinde Wiley that it commissioned for the US embassy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and that the current ambassador recently described as a symbol of "globalist and woke ideologies." https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/25/kehinde-wiley-painting-removed-us-embassy-dominican-republic-state-department27 Aug 2026 01:58 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzqqra55v2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtzo4f6aps2hAnother tanker in the Strait of Hormuz has been hit by a projectile causing a fire which has since been extinguished. All crew reported as safe and accounted for and no report of environmental impact. - UKMTO https://www.ukmto.org/-/media/ukmto/products/20260827-ukmto_attack-121-26.pdf27 Aug 2026 01:11 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzo4f6aps2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtznfn4eik2hMS Now - A sailor who jumped from the USS Abraham Lincoln this month in what his wife describes as a suicide attempt is now facing disciplinary action from the Navy. https://www.ms.now/news/navy-sailor-jumped-overboard-uss-lincoln-discipline-punishment27 Aug 2026 00:58 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtznfn4eik2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtpadfu5fi27Some of those who played crucial roles in creating the United States have almost disappeared from the story. In this episode of America at 250: Due Diligence, we look at two of the most consequential—and most overlooked—figures of the founding generation. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5kPOb8Kt9AECDFNBrT0wTi?si=kt1r6ggmRamWQ0Bgft2NRA22 Aug 2026 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpadfu5fi27https://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtynw5pd6c2hA man accused of threatening people in Philadelphia while wearing a “Chucky-style” mask has been arrested here in Las Vegas. https://news3lv.com/news/local/philadelphia-police-say-suspect-in-chucky-mask-threats-arrested-in-las-vegas26 Aug 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtynw5pd6c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtymip3umk2hUS government announces it has disrupted a global botnet used by Chinese state-sponsored hackers to target American critical infrastructure. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-and-fbi-seize-platforms-operated-and-used-china-state-sponsored-hackers26 Aug 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtymip3umk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtyfnzwa2x2qMeta, mid trial, agrees to settle claims that Facebook and Instagrams harmed children with the owner of the social media platform to pay 29 states more than $16 billion. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/meta-settles-with-us-states-over-social-media-harms-2026-08-26/26 Aug 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyfnzwa2x2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtyea6xtyp27Hundreds of people are missing, including several Americans, after flash floods in Nepal. https://kathmandupost.com/national/2026/08/26/what-we-know-about-the-bhotekoshi-flood-so-far26 Aug 2026 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyea6xtyp27https://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtxjovpfk52zCNN - Three Secret Service officials, including the agency's director of communications, have been placed on leave as an investigation into potential misconduct unfolds. https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/25/politics/secret-service-officials-on-leave-misconduct-investigation 26 Aug 2026 04:47 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxjovpfk52zhttps://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtx5o47gcc2eSen. Darline Graham has won the Republican nomination for the US Senate race in South Carolina. https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/voters-decide-between-graham-norman-senate-primary-runoff/Z7LQRV3H2RABLGDOVS43IKCNRA/26 Aug 2026 01:12 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtx5o47gcc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtwgdpvr2q2qDolly Parton has died at the age of 80. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/dolly-parton-dead-country-music-1236680877/25 Aug 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwgdpvr2q2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtwcte3no727The director of the CIA is in Moscow. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/08/25/cia-director-arrives-in-moscow-for-meetings-reports-say-a9357425 Aug 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwcte3no727https://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtvykkqgx72aPresident Trump this morning on social media continues to taunt the US neighbor to the north amid his ongoing trade war with Canada, expressing his love for French Canadians while openly considering renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America." https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps-tariffs/article/i-love-french-canadians-trump-says-as-he-considers-renaming-lake-ontario-to-lake-america-follow-for-live-updates/25 Aug 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvykkqgx72ahttps://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtvwnumiaz2zAmong former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021, at least one of every four had CTE upon their death. https://www.bmj.com/content/394/bmj-2026-10041825 Aug 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvwnumiaz2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtujq3k2g227SCOTUS, in an unsigned opinion, allows the Trump administration to begin implementing an executive order that restricts mail-in voting. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a124_hgci.pdf25 Aug 2026 00:09 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtujq3k2g227https://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtu3dmmsts2zFormer Pussy Riot member Rita Flores says she was coerced into working as an informant for Russia's FSB, gathering information on anti-war activists and involved in a failed assassination plot against an exiled Kremlin critic. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/08/24/ex-pussy-riot-member-says-she-helped-the-fsb-spy-on-kremlin-critics-a9356824 Aug 2026 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtu3dmmsts2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mttzdvr36e27US treasury secretary says President Trump is contacting other world leaders to demand support for the "economic asphyxiation" of the Iranian regime. wapo.st/4xYH9sn https://wapo.st/4xYH9sn24 Aug 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttzdvr36e27https://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mttiznxmb22tPresident Trump posts on social media that from Jan. 1, 2027, US tariffs on Canadian-built vehicles "will be increased to 50%."24 Aug 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttiznxmb22thttps://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mttdv24nyn2tThe controversial new privatized security screening at US airports, known as TSA Gold+, is apparently actually being scrapped and replaced by an "evolved Screening Partnership Program…to better harness the role of the private sector." https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/releases/2026/08/24/tsa-administrator-david-p-cummins-launches-horizon-25-strategy 24 Aug 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttdv24nyn2thttps://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtt7r4y6de2eWaPo - Former officials question the White House's public case that the existing architecture is insufficiently hardened, noting a secret bunker built during the Obama administration specifically to protect the president from threats, including a nuclear attack. wapo.st/3SrqTRB https://wapo.st/3SrqTRB24 Aug 2026 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtt7r4y6de2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtt6vzjzap23A private arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to rehire opinion columnist Karen Attiah, who was fired in over her social media posts about the assassination of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/business/washington-post-karen-attiah.html?unlocked_article_code=1.71A.dmHc.FsRD3UHBQVTj&smid=nytcore-ios-share24 Aug 2026 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtt6vzjzap23https://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtrv47zvzy2lElementary school is not too early to put students on a track to the skilled trades, according to the US education secretary, an idea ridiculed as the Prepubescent Plumber Plan. https://youtu.be/3IQZeMOelqc?is=8a4c3-q7fXgUcuQ623 Aug 2026 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrv47zvzy2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtru7fg4gl2rAuthorities in Oregon are investigating a "quintuple homicide." https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/08/mass-killing-police-investigate-5-dead-in-forest-grove.html23 Aug 2026 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtru7fg4gl2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtrkxspbl72lAn un-contained human-caused wildfire has caused injuries, destroyed structures and prompted Nevada authorities to order or urge a total of 90,000 people to evacuate the Reno area. https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2026/08/23/hawk-fire-updates-sunday-10500-acres-burned-evacuations-remain/91431114007/23 Aug 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrkxspbl72lhttps://bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.social/post/3mtqz4otbn22kA commercial airliner (Airbus A319) over Texas has reported a failure of an engine, declared an emergency and requested rescue and firefighting services be on standby for the plane’s arrival at MFE (McAllen International Airport).23 Aug 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqz4otbn22k