Saturday, August 8, 2026 · Evening Edition

More than 100 wildfires scorched British Columbia, nearly half raging out of control in heat, wind, and prolonged drought, forcing 20,000 to flee as Premier David Eby declared a state of emergency. The Bald Range fire alone spread to 36 square miles, still out of control.

On Saturday, Iran's senior security official Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr issued demands the US must meet before reopening a vital oil-shipping waterway — a signal, Mother Jones reports, that no lasting ceasefire is coming. Imperial brinkmanship continues.

Medicaid work requirements are shutting out unhoused people from coverage. “You can’t really worry about getting paperwork done when you don’t know where you’re eating today,” an advocate told Truthout. Bureaucracy as a weapon against the poor.

Mark Zuckerberg faced “unanimous booing” after ignoring a Coast Guard plea to rescue a stranded vessel from his $300 million yacht, the Alaska Beacon reported. A billionaire's leisure outweighed a distress call.

After a Supreme Court defeat, conservative activists are demanding judicial nominees be vetted for birthright citizenship views, Newsweek reports. The right's project to rewrite the 14th Amendment marches on.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan insisted Saturday that a NATO-style pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan isn't aimed at Iran — even as the alliance forms amid war on Iran's doorstep, The Hill reports. Regional powers closing ranks.

Erica Schwartz becomes the first Black woman to lead a CDC hollowed out by political wars over science and vaccines. Experts note women and people of color are routinely elevated to manage crises they didn't create, Daily Kos reports. The glass cliff in public health.

Climate scientists warn a Super El Niño fueled by warming seas could bring a wet winter and flooding to the western US into early spring 2027, The Guardian reports. Fossil capital's bill comes due; workers and tenants will pay.