The House Ethics Committee said on Monday it’s reviewing allegations that U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) engaged in inappropriate sexual contact with a House staffer.
Day: August 17, 2026
- Trump says concern about USS Abraham Lincoln is ‘a CNN fake report’ The Hill
- What is it like to be on a warship for months? BBC
- Navy Carrier’s Problems Are Tied to Attacks on U.S. Base Early in War The New York Times
- Middle East demands are testing America’s Pacific presence Axios
- Families of US sailors denounce Trump and Hegseth for ‘dismissing their experiences and calling them liars’ The Guardian
- Live Results: Florida midterm primaries PBS
- Florida Primary Underscores State’s New Identity as a Republican Juggernaut The New York Times
- Here are the South Florida races we’re watching on primary night Axios
- Florida holds primaries for governor and Congress, testing Trump’s grip on adopted state AP News
- What to watch in Tuesday’s Florida primary elections Al Jazeera
Alleged CIA armorer Paris Theodore – see ASP 9 – used his holster company Seventrees Ltd. as cover. I can’t look at some current gun videos without thinking of the Seventrees catalog.Tom Slocum for Texas 🇺🇸 (@slocumfortexas)James Talarico doesn’t want veterans to be able to do this, i’m not kidding.
Texas, we must vote for @KenPaxtonTX .
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 17, 2026: Russia is expanding launch sites for its long-range strike drones along the border with Ukraine and Belarus, likely to intensify its strikes against Ukraine and possibly NATO.
More Key Takeaways:
A likely Russian strike vehicle — reportedly a Russian Banderol cruise missile / loitering munition — crashed in a corn field in Moldova on August 17, further demonstrating how the Kremlin has accepted the risk of Russian strike vehicles hitting countries bordering Ukraine during Russian strikes against western Ukraine.
Russia’s intensified missile strike campaign against Ukraine reportedly contributed to record high monthly civilian casualties in July 2026.
Ukrainian sources provided an updated battle damage assessment (BDA) of a recent Ukrainian strike against Rostov Oblast. Russia launched 128 drones against Ukraine overnight.
Neither Russian nor Ukrainian forces advanced on August 17. (1/2)
- Lake Powell Hits Lowest Level On Record As Water Crisis Continues The New York Times
- ‘Uncharted territory’: Second-largest reservoir in US plunges to a record low CNN
- Two largest US reservoirs hit record lows amid western drought Yahoo
- Without new water, America’s second-largest reservoir may collapse SFGATE
- Lake Powell hits record low, threatening key water and electricity supply for millions PBS