Friday Afternoon News Updates: Ballroom Blocked, Jobs Disaster, Trump's Defeat + More – 8/7/26
Your midday update is here
Good afternoon, Meidas Mighty. Well, It's not even noon here on the West Coast and today's already been full of news. A federal appeals court just dealt Trump a major blow, the jobs report was ugly, Blanche picked up another key vote, and that's just the start.
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Okay… News time! Here are the top stories:
A federal appeals court BLOCKS Trump’s White House ballroom project
Bill Cassidy folds and likely seals Blanche’s path to confirmation as AG
A brutal July jobs report shows the U.S. LOSING 23K jobs… and that’s before we get to revisions. Canada, on the other hand, added 75K
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan sign a new trilateral defense pact
Trump and Hegseth try to claim they “won the Iran war” already
Trump’s rambling interview with Punchbowl
Treasury Sec. Bessent claims the Strait of Hormuz will soon be “irrelevant”
WSJ reports that Trump privately panicked about leaks on the munitions shortage
They also report that U.S. intel believes Putin could test NATO with a limited incursion (not excursion, Donald)
Rubio escalates the pressure campaign on Cuba
Trump’s embarrassing election defeat Thursday night
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