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Trump Declares National Emergency to Secure US Power Grid From Foreign Cyber Security Threats
The order bans some foreign equipment from being used in the U.S. power grid.
High voltage power lines run along the electrical power grid in West Palm Beach, Fla., on May 16, 2024. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Jill McLaughlin
8/26/2026|Updated: 8/26/2026
President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Aug. 26 to secure the national power grid, citing unusual and extraordinary foreign cyber and security threats.
The order prohibits certain foreign-made bulk-power system electric equipment, including software, that poses cybersecurity or operational risks, from being purchased or installed in the United States.
“Certain foreign actors are increasingly creating and exploiting vulnerabilities in the United States bulk-power system, which provides the electricity that supports our national defense, vital emergency services, critical infrastructure, and economy,” Trump said in the order.
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New: Trump Acts to End Foreign Threats to U.S. Power Grid
Ward Clark X Follow @TheGreatLander | 6:45 PM on August 26, 2026
AP Photo/David J. Phillip;
Without affordable, reliable electricity, our society would be plunged back into the mid-19th century, without all of the mid-19th century infrastructure to sustain it. Were a modern nation, like the United States, to suddenly be deprived of electricity, the result would be a disaster on an unimaginable scale.
Unfortunately, too many administrations and governments at all levels haven't done much to secure and upgrade our electrical generation capacity and the grid that distributes that electricity. Now, that's changing. The White House, on Wednesday, released information on a new presidential order declaring a national emergency to secure the United States' bulk power systems.
* The Order declares a national emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the National Emergencies Act with respect to the unusual and extraordinary foreign threat to the United States involving bulk-power systems produced abroad that may present national security vulnerabilities.
* To deal with the threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States, the Order, among other things, generally prohibits certain foreign-produced bulk-power system electric equipment, including associated critical software and digital capabilities that could pose cybersecurity or operational risks, from being purchased or installed in the United States, or appropriately conditions such purchases and installations to address those risks.
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 / Federal Power Act defines the bulk-power system as facilities and control systems necessary for operating an interconnected electric energy transmission network (or any portion of it), and electric energy from generation facilities needed to maintain transmission system reliability. Local generation and distribution centers are not covered under this act.
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Ruddy: Netanyahu More Popular Than You Think
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with President Donald Trump at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv last year. Like Trump, Netanyahu has a history of outrunning the polls. (CHIP SOMODEVILLA/Getty Images)
By Christopher Ruddy
Monday, 24 August 2026 09:57 PM EDT
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If you read the headlines about Israel's coming election, you might conclude Benjamin Netanyahu is finished.
Don't bet on it.
Israel is scheduled to hold elections on Oct. 27, and recent polls certainly show trouble for Netanyahu.
A Channel 12 survey reported by The Jerusalem Post has former Israel Defense Forces chief Gadi Eisenkot's new Yashar party at 24 Knesset seats, Netanyahu's Likud at 22, and Naftali Bennett's B'Yachad at 15.
In a direct question about suitability for prime minister, Eisenkot led Netanyahu 44% to 34%.
Those numbers are real. But they can also be deceiving.
Israel does not have an American-style presidential system. Israelis do not directly elect a prime minister.
Instead, they elect a 120-member Knesset through nationwide proportional representation, and it takes a governing coalition controlling at least 61 seats to produce a government.
That distinction is critical.
Israel's political system reflects the extraordinary diversity of the country built after 1948 — immigrants from Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and eventually the former Soviet Union and Ethiopia; secular and religious Jews; Arabs; and communities speaking different languages and carrying very different political traditions.
The proportional parliamentary system adopted by Israel's founders allowed relatively small political movements to gain representation.
Today, a party generally needs 3.25% of the vote to enter the Knesset. The result is political fragmentation that can look bewildering to Americans.
Netanyahu has mastered it better than anyone.
He first became prime minister in 1996. He returned to power in 2009 and remained prime minister for 12 consecutive years. After losing power in 2021, he was declared politically dead.
Still, he came roaring back following the 2022 election and formed another government that he continues to lead.
That makes Netanyahu not simply another Israeli politician. He is the longest-serving prime minister in Israel's history.
And his political durability rests on something opinion polls asking whether voters "like" Netanyahu can miss: the strength of Israel's broader right-religious electorate.
Likud, the party transformed into a governing force by Menachem Begin, built a powerful coalition among voters who felt ignored by Israel's old Labor establishment.
It developed especially deep support among Mizrahi and Sephardic Jews whose families came from Arab and Muslim countries.
Over the past two decades, Israel itself has also moved significantly to the right on security.
It is not difficult to understand why. Israelis have endured two intifadas, suicide bombings, Hezbollah rockets, Hamas attacks, the Oct. 7 massacre, and repeated confrontations with Iran and its regional proxies.
Security in Israel is not an abstract campaign issue. For many families, it is personal.
Demographics matter as well.
Israel's ultra-Orthodox population is growing much faster than the non-Haredi Jewish population.
The Israel Democracy Institute estimates the Haredi population at about 1.45 million in 2025 and notes a fertility rate of roughly 6.5 children per woman in 2021-2023, compared with 2.2 among other Jewish women.
That does not mean every religious voter supports Netanyahu. Far from it.
But it does mean that religious parties — which have frequently been Netanyahu's coalition partners — represent an increasingly important component of Israeli politics.
This is why the question "How popular is Bibi?" is often the wrong question.
The better question is: Can anybody assemble 61 Knesset members without him?
Netanyahu understands this arithmetic perfectly.
He has repeatedly warned voters on the right that supporting small parties can inadvertently help his opponents if those parties fail to clear the electoral threshold.
That is not merely campaign rhetoric. Israel's system can effectively erase the votes cast for parties that fall below the threshold.
The same phenomenon helped produce Netanyahu's remarkable 2022 comeback.
His Likud won 32 seats. Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid won 24.
But Netanyahu's right-wing and religious partners brought his bloc to 64 seats — three more than necessary for control of the Knesset. (And, by the way, polls back then had him losing the election.)
Netanyahu was back.
And remember what preceded that election.
In 2021, Naftali Bennett succeeded in removing Netanyahu by assembling one of the strangest coalitions in modern Israeli history. It brought together parties from the right, center, and left and, historically, included the Islamist Ra'am party.
They agreed on one enormous thing: Netanyahu had to go.
On many other major questions, they agreed on remarkably little.
The anti-Netanyahu coalition lasted only about 18 months before Israel returned to elections.
Netanyahu's political obituary had already been written countless times.
Yet in November 2022, his center-right bloc captured 64 seats and restored him to power.
That history matters today.
The latest polls clearly show Netanyahu facing a difficult election.
Indeed, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday that most of six recent surveys it reviewed had Eisenkot's Yashar ahead of Likud.
One Channel 13 poll put Yashar at 26 seats and Likud at 23.
But even those polls demonstrate the central problem facing Netanyahu's opponents: Winning more seats than Likud is not the same thing as forming a government.
One recent Channel 12 poll put the current coalition-aligned bloc at 50 seats, the opposition at 59, and Arab parties at 11.
That is a bad poll for Netanyahu. It is not necessarily a road map for removing him.
To do that, parties that disagree profoundly on security, religion, settlements, judicial policy, and the Palestinian question may have to cooperate — directly or indirectly — around a common objective of denying Netanyahu another government.
Israel has seen that movie before.
There is another revealing anecdote.
When President Donald Trump reportedly asked Netanyahu in the Oval Office in July how he was doing in the election, a Netanyahu adviser interjected: "Mr. President, he is winning."
Perhaps that was political bravado.
But after three decades of Netanyahu comebacks, it would be foolish to dismiss it.
Netanyahu's political strength has never depended solely on winning a national popularity contest.
It depends on holding together enough of Israel's nationalist, conservative, and religious electorate to make himself indispensable to the formation of a 61-seat majority.
That is what foreign observers often miss.
Israel may be divided over Netanyahu personally. Israelis argue fiercely over his policies, his personality, and his long tenure.
But the political coalition from which Netanyahu draws his power remains substantial.
When Israelis vote for a right-leaning party not Likud, they typically ask the leadership if they plan to support Netanyahu's party.
If they dare to say no, the party usually sees public support drop.
The smaller parties usually have highly specific agenda items they want accomplished but under the banner of a Likud-led government.
The 2026 election could certainly end the Netanyahu era. Current polling shows a genuine path for his opponents.
But Israeli elections are decided not by a single popularity number and not by which politician receives the nicest headline.
They are decided by blocs, parties, thresholds, and coalitions.
For 30 years, nobody in Israeli politics has played that game more successfully than Benjamin Netanyahu.
Count Bibi out at your own risk.
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Meta Settles With US States Over Social Media Harms
AP
Wednesday, 26 August 2026 09:29 AM EDT
Meta Platforms reached a settlement to resolve claims brought by states across the country that the company designed Instagram and Facebook to addict children, misled consumers about their safety, and improperly collected personal data of children who used its platforms, court papers show.
The deal, which has Meta paying up to $16.68 billion, was reached during a California federal court trial over claims brought by 29 states, averting one of the highest-profile tests yet of allegations that social media companies harmed young users.
Just days before jury selection began on August 12, a federal appeals court declined to halt the trial.
The claims are part of a broader wave of litigation brought by states, local governments, school districts and individuals alleging Meta and other social media companies fueled a nationwide youth mental health crisis.
The federal trial covered claims from the attorneys general of California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey that Meta violated their state laws protecting consumers.
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Darline Graham Wins South Carolina GOP Senate Runoff for Late Brother’s Seat
Graham will face off against Democratic nominee Dr. Annie Andrews in November.
Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) speaks at a campaign event following her win, at the Willoughby, Humphrey & D'Antonio Law Firm in Columbia, S.C., on Aug. 25, 2026. Megan Varner/Getty Images
Joseph Lord
8/25/2026|Updated: 8/26/2026
Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday defeated Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) in the South Caroline Republican Senate runoff for the seat held by the late Sen. Lindsay Graham.
The President Trump-backed candidate won with around 52.4 percent of the vote to Norman’s 47.6 percent, with 91 percent of the votes counted, when The Associated Press called the race at 9:01 p.m.
Graham will face off against Democratic nominee Dr. Annie Andrews in November. Andrews won her primary on June 9 with about 61.5 percent of the vote. Graham is expected to win the race in November, with nonpartisan elections forecaster Cook Political Report ranking the seat as solid Republican.
Darline Graham was appointed to the post by Gov. Henry McMaster following her brother’s death and a recommendation by Trump.
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Dolly Parton’s Death Mourned Around the World
From Nashville to Hollywood and beyond, fans and celebrities honored the 80-year-old singer for her extraordinary career and lasting legacy.
Flowers are laid on Dolly Parton's Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, Calif., on Aug. 25, 2026. Parton passed away at the age of 80 on August 25, 2026 Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
Elma Aksalic
Freelance Reporter
8/25/2026|Updated: 8/25/2026
Tributes were pouring in for Dolly Parton following her death at age 80, with admirers across the globe mourning the loss of the singer, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist.
News of Parton’s death on Tuesday prompted an immediate heartfelt response from fellow musicians, actors, public figures, and fans across social media.
The legendary singer is being remembered for her remarkable career spanning more than six decades, her generosity, humor, and unmistakable personality. Among those honoring Parton was country star Reba McEntire, who remembered her longtime friend with an emotional message reflecting on their decades-long relationship.
“Dolly, thank you for all the wonderful things you did for us here on earth,” ...
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With Darline Graham's Runoff Victory, the South Carolina Senate Race Is Set
By Jennifer Oliver O'Connell | 9:00 PM on August 25, 2026
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com.
AP Photo/Meg Kinnard
In the special runoff primary for United States Senate in South Carolina between Sen. Darline Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman (SC-05), Decision Desk HQ has projected that Darline Graham is the Republican nominee. Graham defeated Norman 53 to 47, with 87 percent of precincts reporting as of this writing.
Decision Desk HQ
@DecisionDeskHQ
Decision Desk HQ projects Darline Graham wins the SC US Senate Republican Runoff
#DecisionMade: 8:38 PM EDT
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WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Darline Graham Nordone defeats Ralph Norman in South Carolina Senate GOP runoff
By Samantha-Jo Roth
Published August 25, 2026 9:02pm ET | Updated August 25, 2026 9:02pm ET
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Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC) won South Carolina’s Republican Senate special primary runoff Tuesday, defeating Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) and moving one step closer to securing a full term in the seat previously held by her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham.
With 89% of the vote counted, Graham Nordone had 52.3% of the vote compared with Norman’s 47.7%, according to the Associated Press.
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South Carolina, OK, and GA Have Elections Today, but There's One to Watch
Matt Vespa X Follow @mVespa1 | August 25, 2026 6:00 PM
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It’s that time. It’s judgment day in South Carolina. Will Sen. Darline Graham be able to serve a full term as U.S. senator, or will her appointment be temporary? We’ll find out as she faces off against Rep. Ralph Norman. Darline, the sister of the late Lindsey Graham, imploded during a debate with Norman. No doubt she had some decent zingers, but her admission that she wasn’t familiar with national security, as we’re dealing with Iran and the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, was disqualifying. We’ll see if South Carolina voters feel the same. It could be a classic case of Ms. Lindsey Graham being suitable in the interim but disastrous in the long term. Still, this doesn't mean Norman has sewn up this election. Decision Desk has More (via Decision Desk):
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THE EPOCH TIMES
The Economic Tsar Who Built Modern China—and Whose Reforms the CCP Is Dismantling
Under one-party rule, even the boldest reforms are temporary.
Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji poses during a working session at the Europe-Asia summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Sept. 22, 2002. Gerard Cerles/AFP via Getty Images
Heng He
8/25/2026|Updated: 8/25/2026
Commentary
Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, the hard-edged reformer who engineered China’s rise from planned-economy backwater to global manufacturing giant, died this month at the age of 97.
His legacy—tax centralization, mass layoffs, China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), and a brief, forgotten moment of tolerance toward Falun Gong—now stands as both the foundation of modern China’s wealth and a stark reminder of how easily that progress can be reversed.
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