Tuesday Afternoon News Updates: The Getaway Truck Presidency – 8/11/26
Your Tuesday midday updates are here.
Hi Meidas Mighty! It’s Tuesday afternoon. Let’s get right into the news.
Top stories we’re tracking today:
Iran again says the Strait of Hormuz will stay closed “until the U.S. changes its behavior”
Gulf states are quietly accepting Iranian control over the strait as the “new normal,” per WSJ
Oil prices are back up toward $90/barrel
Houthis continue to strike Saudi tankers
Qatar’s foreign ministry praises the new “Mecca Alliance” between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey
Our breakdown of that bombshell Washington Post story about Trump using AF1, the press, and White House officials as a decoy as he fled Turkey on a different plane
DOJ hands Trump a new way to hide
Trump Media’s massive quarterly loss and new schemes
Trump rages on social media about New York’s pied-a-terre tax
The White House pushes DOJ to revive the Reflecting Pool prosecution
The Kennedy Center is ordered to pay a jazz musician’s legal fees after losing a lawsuit tied to Trump’s name
Primary day in Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont, Wisconsin, and South Carolina
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Now let’s dive deeper.
