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- Jailed Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan taken to hospital for treatment
on August 20, 2026 at 10:43 pmKhan was taken from Adiala jail and sent to Shifa International Hospital under heavy security, according to his party.
- Watch: Fishermen rescued after five days adrift in cool box
on August 20, 2026 at 8:41 pmThe men, aged 53 and 32, lost contact with their fishing cooperative on 14 August, 75 miles off the coast of Mexico.
- Dozens dead after boat capsizes in north-western Nigeria
on August 20, 2026 at 8:27 pmThe incident took place in the country’s northwest Sokoto state, with many of the victims feared to be children.
- Como mayor hit by electric bike and issues blanket ban in Italian city
on August 20, 2026 at 8:08 pmAlessandro Rapinese said the prohibition was for public safety, adding “I know what it’s like to be hit by one of these beasts”.
- US says sanctions will ‘squash’ Iran’s economy and ‘collapse’ its regime
on August 20, 2026 at 7:52 pmUS Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says allies will need to decide whether they “are with us or against us”.
WIRED The latest from www.wired.com
- Google Pixel 11 Review: Minor Upgrade
by Simon Hill on August 20, 2026 at 11:15 pmIncremental improvements fail to generate much excitement, but Google’s Pixel 11 is still an accomplished Android phone.
- The Galaxy’s Fastest Star Could Reveal the Secrets of a Supermassive Black Holeby Jorge Garay on August 20, 2026 at 8:58 pm
S301 passes close to Sagittarius A*—so close that its orbit could reveal how the black hole’s rotation warps the spacetime around it.
- China Is Strapping ‘Digital Bombs’ to Civilian Infrastructure—Is the US Ready?
by Brian Barrett, Andy Greenberg on August 20, 2026 at 8:03 pmThis week on “Uncanny Valley,” Andy Greenberg discusses sitting in on a war game simulating a cyberattack from the Chinese hacking group Volt Typhoon
- Silicon Valley Doesn’t Get Why You Hate AI
by Maxwell Zeff on August 20, 2026 at 6:49 pmTechnology leaders don’t seem to understand society’s gripes about AI, but boy, are they posting through it.
- Poolease X1 Pool Robot Review: How Bad Can It Be?
by Christopher Null on August 20, 2026 at 11:02 amThe Poolease X1 can collect leaves from the pool floor, but dirt, silt, walls, and steps are all beyond its pay grade.
Politics News, Analysis and Opinion from POLITICO
- Republican Mike Rogers backs Michigan data center moratorium
by By Timothy Cama on August 20, 2026 at 8:19 pmBoth the Michigan and Ohio Senate races have become data center battlegrounds.
- #Resistance Democrats are flopping in primaries
by By Samuel Benson on August 20, 2026 at 8:45 amAlexander Vindman’s Senate primary loss Tuesday is the latest stumble from a top Trump critic.
- Michael Cohen won’t say if he’ll use his Trump interview to seek a pardon
by By Gregory Svirnovskiy on August 20, 2026 at 1:58 amThe president is expected to call into Cohen’s radio show Thursday in their first public conversation since a very public falling out.
- The Freedom Caucus is having a brutal primary run
by By Andrew Howard on August 19, 2026 at 10:49 pmThe hard-right Freedom Caucus has struggled to elevate its picks this year.
- ‘Woefully underprepared’: Graham critics seize on her foreign policy misstep
by By Alec Hernandez, Alex Gangitano, Mark Satter and Connor O’Brien on August 19, 2026 at 9:12 pmPresident Donald Trump is working hard to propel the political newcomer into office. Her debate performance proved just how green she still is.
- Trump tries to quiet his mass deportation campaign. Voters aren’t moving.
by By Myah Ward and Erin Doherty on August 19, 2026 at 9:00 amNew results from The POLITICO Poll show that half of Americans, including nearly a quarter of Trump’s 2024 voters, still say the president’s mass deportation campaign is too aggressive.
- Florida rejects Democratic establishment — and even snubs Trump
by By Andrew Atterbury, Arek Sarkissian and Gary Fineout on August 19, 2026 at 3:20 amDemocrats picked a progressive for Senate. The GOP spurned the president’s endorsements in two House races.
- Trump’s pick for Wyoming governor is the latest endorsee to lose primary
by By Andrew Howard on August 19, 2026 at 3:04 amState Sen. Eric Barlow defeated Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder, who had President Donald Trump’s support in the race.
- Ossoff just went viral again. That was probably the point.by By Erin Doherty and Alec Hernandez on August 18, 2026 at 8:45 am
Behind the viral moments is a candidate who is closely involved with all aspects of his reelection campaign.
- Class act: The working-class game binding London and Canberraby By Ryan Heath and Tim Ross on August 16, 2026 at 6:45 pm
Andy Burnham and Anthony Albanese have found something few world leaders can replicate: a shared obsession with rugby league.
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