Monday, August 10, 2026 · Morning Edition

Donald Trump told Punchbowl News his voters just might not show up for GOP candidates this fall, a striking admission of midterm weakness. The admission underscores a broader crisis for the right: voters have demanded "so-called fighters" since Trump's rise, a trend that has produced candidates who attempt to shake off true political scandals.

Inside the Democratic Party, the Third Way has functionally declared its intention to purge the Democratic Party of progressives, and they will not deliver the national healthcare program that most Americans and the large majority of Democrats want. Simultaneously, the Senate punted a vote on the crypto industry's top priority to September, signaling that the industry's alliance with certain moderate Democrats is fraying.

In East Omaha, more than half the homes have unsafe lead levels — yet the EPA will not clean them up. The regulatory abandonment mirrors the workplace precarity facing migrant tech workers: an Amazon software engineer on an F-1 visa left the company after Big Tech layoffs reshaped how he thought about job security.

Abroad, a Ukrainian drone strike killed 13 at an industrial center in Tatarstan, marking one of the deadliest attacks on Russian territory since the start of the war. In Estonia, Prime Minister Kristen Michal lost majority support for his cabinet after two members of parliament defected in quick succession, complicating his leadership with seven months to go before a regular general election. Meanwhile, U.S. Treasury yields inched lower at the start of the week as investors look ahead to a busy week of economic data, particularly key inflation data.