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👋 Good morning! Exciting news: GeoSports is back in Yahoo Sports AM, and I'll be writing the questions every Tuesday. In today's edition: The new face of sports ownership, the AL's hilarious wild card race, Buckeyes top preseason poll, the NBA's national attractions, "Confessions of a Jumbotron Addict," and more. Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy. Let's sports...   🚨 ICYMI HEADLINES ⚾️ NL MVP duel heats up: Shohei Ohtani and Pete Crow-Armstrong are now in dead heat for the NL MVP (-110) after both went nuclear with nearly identical games on Monday (4-5, 2 HR, 3 RBI). PCA's second blast was a walk-off to reach 30 HR and 30 SB on the year. ⛳️ LIV cancels finale: LIV Golf has officially canceled its team championship in Michigan, the latest in a series of setbacks. This week's event in Indianapolis will now be the season finale as the reeling tour tries to reimagine itself "as a fundamentally new league" moving forward. 🎾 Williams sisters lose in reunion: Venus and Serena Williams played their first official doubles match together since 2022 on Monday at the Cincinnati Open, where they fell in three sets to Peyton Stearns and Marta Kostyuk in the first round. 🏈 Colts add Allen: The Colts have struck a one-year, $8.32 million deal with Keenan Allen, whose 1,055 career receptions rank second among active players (behind Travis Kelce's 1,080) and 13th all-time. That's music to Daniel Jones' ears. 📉 Nike hits 12-year low: Nike stock dropped 4% on Monday for its lowest close ($39.09) since September 2014. The stock has now plummeted nearly 80% from its all-time high in 2021 amid sales declines and persistent turnaround skepticism.   📈 FAMILY BUSINESS THE NEW FACE OF SPORTS OWNERSHIP (Grant Thomas/Yahoo Sports) How rich do you need to be to buy a professional sports team? As valuations soar, being a regular old billionaire isn't enough anymore. Jeff Eisenberg, Yahoo Sports: In spring of 1979, Jerry Buss received the phone call he had been waiting for. Jack Kent Cooke was ready to sell off his Southern California sports empire. Cooke had just gone through an acrimonious split with his wife of 40-plus years. He needed an influx of quick cash to help pay for a divorce settlement that would ultimately cost a staggering $41 million. Buss began cozying up to Cooke as soon as he learned the media and real estate tycoon might be amenable to making a deal. For more than a year, Buss periodically visited Cooke in Las Vegas to talk basketball, build rapport and discuss the framework of a potential sale. By late May, a Monopoly-like deal came together that The New York Times labeled "the largest single financial transaction in the history of professional sports" — and also the most "confusing" and "complicated." Cooke demanded that Buss acquire New York's iconic Chrysler Building for him, as well as properties in several other states. In return, Cooke sold Buss the Forum for $33.5 million, the Los Angeles Lakers for $16 million, the Los Angeles Kings for $8 million and his sprawling 13,000-acre ranch in the Sierras for $10 million. "When it was all done, there were enough escrow papers to fill a library and enough lawyers to fill the Forum," Jeanie Buss recalled in her 2010 memoir, "Laker Girl." Jerry and Jeanie Buss, pictured in 2006. (M. Phillips/WireImage) Flash forward: What seemed like an exorbitant price at the time looks like a bargain decades later as valuations skyrocket. The team Buss paid $16 million for a half-century ago just sold for $12.5 billion — and the Lakers are far from the only sought-after franchise in pro sports. Sportico last week valued the Cowboys at $15.5 billion and eight other NFL franchises at more than $10 billion. The Warriors are worth more than $11 billion, according to both Forbes and Sportico. Same with the Knicks, per JP Morgan. Even a forlorn franchise like MLB's Athletics has soared in value despite currently playing home games in a Triple-A stadium and having an owner notorious for investing as little as possible in the on-field product. A franchise that sold for $180 million in 2005 is now worth $2 billion, according to Forbes. (Grant Thomas/Yahoo Sports) The end of the family business? Jerry Buss envisioned the Lakers as something his family could own for generations. But the same explosion in value that made his children extraordinarily wealthy has made that model increasingly difficult to sustain. When teams are worth $10+ billion, the pool of individuals who can buy them shrinks — while the incentive for heirs to cash out grows as institutional capital rushes in. Which brings us to Monday: The Buss family released a statement announcing their intention to sell their remaining 17.8% stake in the Lakers to the new majority ownership group. Hours later, Jeanie Buss — Jerry's eldest daughter and the current governor of the team — said that she will contest any attempt to sell, setting the stage for a potential legal fight over the final remnants of the family business.   ⚾️ WILD CARD RACE WHO WANTS THE FINAL PLAYOFF SPOT? (MLB) They're calling it the best worst playoff race in MLB history. Up for grabs: The race for the American League's final wild card spot is hilarious. Just a bunch of mediocre-to-bad teams duking it out for a spot in the postseason… where one of them will inevitably get hot and make the World Series. Baseball, baby!   🏈 TOP 25 THE PRESEASON POLL IS HERE (Yahoo Sports) The Big Ten has the top two teams in the preseason AP Top 25, with Ohio State (40 first-place votes) coming in at No. 1 and Oregon (14 first-place votes) coming in at No. 2. Rounding out the top five: Georgia, Notre Dame (6 first-place votes) and Texas. Wire-to-wire? The Buckeyes will try to become the first preseason No. 1 since 2017 (Alabama) to finish the season on top of the rankings. Last year's preseason No. 1 team, Texas, finished ranked No. 12. Notably absent: For the first time since 2011, Clemson finds itself unranked in the preseason poll. The Tigers received just 112 votes, making them technically the "No. 26" team in the country. Who takes a tumble? In 22 of the past 23 seasons, at least one AP preseason Top 10 team finished the year unranked. Three did last year: No. 2 Penn State, No. 4 Clemson and No. 9 LSU. Which Top 10 team(s) will crash out in 2026?   📺 SCHEDULE RELEASE THE NBA'S NATIONAL ATTRACTIONS (Grant Thomas/Yahoo Sports) The NBA released its national TV schedule last week, including games airing on NBC, Peacock, ESPN, ABC and Prime Video. The allocation of games tells us much about who the league and its broadcast partners view as the biggest draws and most marketable teams. Maxed out: Teams can play a maximum of 34 nationally televised games. Just four teams received that maximum allotment: the 76ers, Spurs, Lakers and Knicks. Represented are LeBron James' new team, Victor Wembanyama, the most expensive franchise in sports history and the reigning champs. Risers and fallers: Offseason roster movement can produce significant shifts in television visibility, with some teams gaining exposure and others losing it. Giannis Antetokounmpo's move to Miami produced a 36-game swing between his new and old teams. Risers: 76ers (+20 games), Heat (+20) Fallers: Bucks (-16), Clippers (-13) Out in the cold: Five teams are tied for the fewest nationally televised games in the league. The Nets, Grizzlies, Bucks, Pelicans and Kings share that unwanted distinction, ensuring that they'll be nearly invisible outside of their local markets in the year ahead. Condolences to all the Zach Edey and Domantas Sabonis superfans out there, as well as those still holding Zion Williamson stock.   📺 VIEWING GUIDE WATCHLIST: TUESDAY, AUG. 18 PCA is doused by his teammates after Monday's walk-off blast. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images) ⚾️ White Sox at Cubs The Crosstown Series continues tonight at Wrigley Field (8:05pm ET, TBS), where the second-place Cubs (73-53) host the first-place White Sox (65-59) following Monday's series-opener — a 7-5 Cubs win on Pete Crow-Armstrong's walk-off homer in the 10th. Party like it's 1906? If the standings hold, this will be the first time since 2008 that both Chicago teams make the playoffs (not including the COVID-shortened 2020 season). And though it's a long shot, that leaves open the possibility for the first Windy City World Series since 1906. More to watch: 🏀 WNBA: Fever at Tempo (7pm, ESPN); Dream at Aces (9pm, ESPN) … Indiana (23-12) goes for its fifth straight win in Toronto (10-23); Vegas (24-12) vs. Atlanta (21-13) is a potential first-round playoff matchup. 🎾 Cincinnati Open: Round of 32 (11am, Tennis) … Taylor Fritz, Daniil Medvedev, Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and more take the court.   🌍 LET'S PLAY GEOSPORTS Exciting news! GeoSports is back in Yahoo Sports AM, and I'll be writing the questions every Tuesday. Starting next week, we'll also be adding standings and prizes. How to play: You'll be asked five trivia questions that combine sports with geography (like the question pictured above). Tap where it happened! The closer you are, the more points you get.   🍿 SPORTS SHORTS WATCH: "CONFESSIONS OF A JUMBOTRON ADDICT" Yahoo Media Group and The Nonfiction Hotlist invited filmmakers worldwide to submit documentary shorts for recognition and distribution. Nearly 1,000 filmmakers answered the call — and now, the results are in! Five films were selected in the Sports category, and we'll be sharing one each day this week ahead of our inaugural Film Festival this weekend. Title: Confessions of a Jumbotron Addict Director: Mickey Duzyj Runtime: 9 minutes About the film: For one Brooklyn Nets superfan, getting on the Jumbotron is more than a game, it's a mission. Armed with outrageous dance moves and boundless enthusiasm, he turns a personal obsession into an unforgettable quest for connection, celebration, and a place in the spotlight.

August 18, 2026 The Spiritual Senses “O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.” (Psalm 34:8) Frequently, Scripture uses our five physical senses in a figurative way to help us comprehend our interaction with God’s spiritual presence and power. We can “see,” for example, with spiritual eyes. Paul prayed thus for the believer: “The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints” (Ephesians 1:18). Similarly, we are privileged to hear the voice of the Lord with spiritual ears. “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me” (John 10:27). “A stranger will they not follow . . . for they know not the voice of strangers” (John 10:5). The sense of touch is the sense of feeling, and God can both touch and be touched. We read, for example, of “a band of men, whose hearts God had touched” (1 Samuel 10:26). Of Jesus Christ, it is said that He is not a remote deity “which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities” (Hebrews 4:15). Even people who never knew Him can perhaps “feel after him, and find him” if they truly desire His great salvation (Acts 17:27). We can even become “unto God a sweet savour of Christ” (2 Corinthians 2:15). To the world, the faithful Christian life and testimony can either be “the savour of death unto death” to those who refuse it or “the savour of life unto life” (v. 16). Finally, we are exhorted actually to taste the Lord and see that He is good! His Word will be, according to our needs, either “sincere milk” (1 Peter 2:2), “strong meat” (Hebrews 5:14), or “sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb” (Psalm 19:10). HMM

How much land do wildfires burn in the US? US wildfires burned 5.1 million acres in 2025, down 43% from 2024. Since 1983, fires have burned more than 230 million acres—over 2x California's size. https://usafacts.org/articles/how-much-damage-do-wildfires-do-in-the-us/? What share of Medicaid costs do states pay? The state share of Medicaid ranged from 21.9% in New Mexico to 43.8% in Massachusetts in fiscal year (FY) 2024. On average, states paid 35.2% of the overall spending on the health insurance program, with the rest coming from the federal government. https://usafacts.org/answers/what-share-of-medicaid-costs-do-states-pay/country/united-states/? One last fact The middle class had $13.6 trillion in household wealth in the first quarter of 2026, 8% of the nation’s total. That’s an average of $503,300 per middle-class household. Over half of middle-class wealth was in real estate (35.9%) and retirement accounts (19.8%).

1 death linked to Tropical Storm Lala as more than 100,000 remain without power in Hawaii HONOLULU (AP) — Thousands were without power Monday after Tropical Storm Lala uprooted trees from downtown Honolulu to the Big Island, where intense flash-flooding and strong winds isolated already-remote communities. https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-lala-hurricane-tropical-storm-damage-446cc73e6f3f72636cd593aa61f100cc?

Judge blocks the Trump administration from moving FBI headquarters to DC office building The decision found that the administration illegally tossed out a previously approved plan to build a new facility nearby in Maryland, picked during former President Joe Biden’s administration. Trump’s appointees sought to repurpose the Ronald Reagan Building instead. Read more. Why this matters: The ruling is the latest development in a yearslong battle over the FBI’s main office. The suit was brought by the state of Maryland and Prince George’s County. “This is not the first time courts have tried to undermine the administration in its goal to make government more cost-effective for American taxpayers,” the FBI said in a statement. “The court has chosen to impermissibly intervene for political reasons.” RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Justice Department watchdog to review DEA tactic that permitted deadly fentanyl to hit streets DOJ creates a new pathway to restore gun rights for some convicted of felonies Supreme Court again rebuffs Trump’s push to toss out $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll case SCOTUS asked to review Texas law requiring the Ten Commandments in public schools

Trump threatens Oman as it works with Iran on a Strait of Hormuz deal Iran said it has reached an agreement with Oman over a plan for ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump told Fox News that the U.S. would bomb Oman if it “gets in the way.” Fully reopening the waterway has been a key U.S. demand. Read more. Why this matters: This is not the first time that Trump has threatened Oman. In May, he told reporters during a Cabinet meeting that “Oman will behave just like everybody else, or we will have to blow them up.” Meanwhile, the 60-day negotiating period to find a peace deal between the United States and Iran was expiring, with no word of an extension and both sides seemingly as far apart as they were at the start. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Where things stand as deadline for an Iran peace deal passes The ripple effects of the Iran war could threaten education for millions of kids around the world Marathon US-Israel meeting produces no firm commitment to American plan for Gaza Trump’s slight of South Korea in favor of the North raises broader US security concerns

Trump dwarfs his predecessors in the number of ultra-rich in his second White House, report shows The number of people worth at least $100 million whom the Republican president has appointed to his administration is more than four times the combined total under the three previous presidents, according to a report from the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen. Read more. Why this matters: In all, 57 Trump officials are worth at least $100 million, including 17 ambassadors and the remaining 40 in senior posts across the executive branch. The president, himself a billionaire, has described his inclination toward appointing the ultrawealthy as deference to financial success. And yet, Trump, who owes his White House comeback to support from middle-income, working Americans drawn to his pledge to lower everyday costs, now faces a midterm election electorate decidedly less keen on his handling of the economy. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Trump administration briefly pauses contentious border project in Texas’ Big Bend National Park Trump focuses on violent crime reduction as he boosts GOP candidates at New York police academy US school vaccination rates inch down yet again and exemptions reach record high Florida holds primaries for governor and Congress, testing Trump’s grip on adopted state 2 Dan Sullivans face off in Alaska’s US Senate primary, which also features a former congresswoman

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🎒 Kindergarten vaccine rates drop Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios Vaccination rates among American kindergartners fell during the 2025–2026 school year, Axios' Adriel Bettelheim and Tina Reed write from new CDC data. Exemptions from one or more vaccines increased in 41 states and D.C., growing nationally to 4.2% from 3.6% the year before. Why it matters: The dropoff coincided with the Trump administration's controversial vaccine policy changes and measles cases hitting levels not seen in more than three decades. Keep reading.

🤖 Women are missing out on the AI jobs boom Data: LinkedIn. Table: Danielle Alberti/Axios Women made up just over a quarter of U.S. hires for AI roles last year — compared with half of new hires in non-AI occupations, Axios' Emily Peck writes from LinkedIn data out this morning. Men accounted for 74% and women 26% of hires for AI roles in 2025. The highest-paying roles typically have higher percentages of men. Keep reading ...

🦾 Anthropic's revenue explosion Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios Anthropic is on track to generate annualized revenue of more than $65 billion — more than 7x its pace at the end of last year, Bloomberg reports. Why it matters: The revenue surge strengthens Anthropic's hand as it moves toward an IPO. Zoom in: Anthropic's annualized revenue (run rate) has soared from more than $9 billion in late 2025 to $47 billion in May and is now more than $65 billion, according to Bloomberg. OpenAI's annualized revenue hit $40 billion, according to a message shared internally by co-founder Greg Brockman last week. Keep reading (gift link).

📉 Biggest violent-crime drop in 90 years Data: FBI. (2021 data was estimated due to a low number of agencies reporting.) Chart: Noah Bressner/Axios Axios' Russell Contreras, who closely tracks criminal justice data, writes: The U.S. violent crime rate plunged 9.7% last year — the largest annual drop since the FBI's national estimates began in 1936 — according to the bureau's data released last week. Why it matters: The data underscore the historic scale of America's crime decline — a trend that appears to be continuing in the first half of this year. 💡 Between the lines: Experts note that the nation's violent crime rate (now the lowest since 1956) has been dropping since 2022. The reasons for the decrease, which is widespread geographically, are unclear: Rates are falling in cities with different public safety strategies, economic conditions and political leadership. A leading theory: U.S. drug overdoses, alcohol consumption and firearms purchases — which helped spike the homicide rate when they were going up — are all down. And post-COVID, cities returned to more stable routines and employment. President Trump takes credit for the decline, pointing to his National Guard deployments in D.C., Memphis and other cities. 🧮 By the numbers: Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter dropped 18.1%. Robbery fell 18.5%, rape 7.6% and aggravated assault 7.2%. The U.S. murder rate decreased 18.5% to 4.1 per 100,000 residents, tying 1955 and 1956 for the lowest rate since FBI national estimates began. Property crime declined 12.4%, led by drops in motor vehicle theft (22.7%), burglary (15.8%) and larceny-theft (9.8%).

👀 Political dirty tricks upend midterms Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Stock: Getty Images This year's midterms are becoming a watershed election for primary meddling, mysterious super PACs, alleged straw candidates and all manner of political shenanigans, Axios' Andrew Solender and Stef W. Kight write. Why it matters: With fewer battleground House districts after redistricting and the fight for the Senate extremely tight, each of these schemes could have an outsized impact on control of Congress. 🟢 Green Party spoilers: Democrats are accusing the Green Party nominee in Pennsylvania's 7th District of trying to aid Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-Pa.) by siphoning progressive votes from Democrat Bob Brooks. Lawsuits allege the candidate, Andrew Tupone, was a registered Republican until February and had help from Republicans getting on the ballot. 👯 Seeing double: In Alaska's primary today, there will be two Dan Sullivans on the ballot — Sen. Dan S. Sullivan (R-Alaska) and former teacher Dan J. Sullivan. 🫏 Democratic dropouts: Democratic Senate candidates in Nebraska, Idaho and South Dakota have dropped out at the last minute to lift independent candidates' chances of ousting Republicans. ⌛ 11th-hour switcheroos: Rep. Chuy García (D-Ill.) and Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) both drew criticism for dropping their reelection bids just before the filing deadlines to ensure their chosen successors would not face primary opposition. 🎯 Primary meddling: Federal Election Commission filings revealed Republicans were behind a series of "pop-up" super PACs with names like "Lead Left PAC" and "Progressive Champions PAC." The groups bought ads propping up left-wing or scandal-tarnished Democratic primary candidates. 🇮🇱 AIPAC: The pro-Israel group, whose brand has become reviled by Democratic primary voters, also supported candidates through obscure super PACs. In Illinois, it boosted a preferred House candidate through groups called "Chicago Progressive Partnership" and "Elect Chicago Women."

Trump torches allies Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images President Trump has a new rule for America's partners: Cross him in one theater, and the consequences will follow you into the next, Axios' Zachary Basu writes. Why it matters: Trump has spent his second term battering U.S. allies, humiliating their leaders, and using decades-old security relationships to settle personal and political scores. The Iran war has only deepened those impulses: Trump is growing angrier at allies that stayed out of the conflict — and punishing them as he struggles to end it. 🔎 Zoom in: South Korea — recently hailed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as a "model ally" — is the latest and most surprising casualty in Trump's retribution campaign. On Sunday, Trump ordered the Pentagon to "substantially reduce" an annual military exercise, citing the cost and his "very good relationship" with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Trump noted in his Truth Social announcement that he "recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, 'No thanks!'" For years, Europe has borne the brunt of Trump's assault on American alliances. As the Iran war has widened those transatlantic fractures, his pressure campaign has become more systematic. Bloomberg reports the Pentagon sent NATO allies a survey probing their loyalty to Trump's foreign policy as it weighs where to keep — or withdraw — U.S. troops. Between the lines: Allies that departed from that submissive posture have already paid a price. The Pentagon moved in May to withdraw roughly 5,000 troops from Germany after Chancellor Friedrich Merz publicly savaged Trump's Iran strategy. Trump threatened to cut off all trade with Spain after Madrid denied U.S. base access for strikes on Iran. Even Oman — the key intermediary trying to broker a Hormuz deal — is now in Trump's crosshairs. He threatened yesterday to "bomb the sh*t out of" the longtime U.S. partner if it "gets in the way" of an agreement with Iran. 🔭 Zoom out: The same war fueling Trump's fury at U.S. allies is also exposing the limits of American hard power. The 60-day deadline Trump and Iran set for a final peace deal expired yesterday with no agreement — and the two sides further apart than when they signed their June memorandum of understanding. The Strait of Hormuz remains a stubborn monument to that impasse after months of U.S. military and economic pressure. The Navy is pulling the USS George Washington from the western Pacific to relieve the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln, temporarily leaving Asia without a U.S. carrier.

Days of Incoherence (Anna Moneymaker / Getty)   View in browser A memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States, reached in June and intended to provide breathing room to end the conflict between the two countries, expired today. The agreement will be little missed: A cease-fire had effectively ended within about three weeks of its signing, and the MOU had failed to produce fruitful negotiations or a real opening of the Strait of Hormuz. The president’s actions in the days leading up to the deadline demonstrate that his approach to the world, always contingent and improvisational, has lost its last shred of coherence. The White House cannot agree on the goals of the Iran war, much less on how to achieve them. The president is clashing with long-standing allies, in conflict with his vice president on the aims of the war, and publicly at odds with uniformed commanders over conditions for American troops stationed abroad. Trump on Friday called on Americans to accept higher gasoline prices as the cost of preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. He posted this morning that the “number one Goal is, and always will be, that Iran cannot have, in any way, shape, or form, a Nuclear Weapon”—even though his administration assessed before the war that Iran was not actively building weapons, even though the White House hasn’t offered any explanation for how the war will prevent the regime from restarting its weapons program, and even though the war may make Iran’s desire for a nuclear arsenal only more urgent. Meanwhile, Vice President Vance says that lowering fuel prices is actually now “goal No. 1” of the war. In practice, the real aim of any diplomatic or military action now is resuming ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran seized early in the conflict—a risk foreseen by many analysts but not by Trump. For weeks now, Trump’s basic choice has been clear: Either launch a much larger military operation, including ground troops, or else surrender de facto control of the strait permanently. The president refuses to accept this. He continues to complain that the Iranians are bad-faith negotiators, which is surely true but was well known before the war. During a speech on Friday, Trump said that “pretty soon, I’ll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States.” This is dishonest, delusional, or both. Such a declaration would contradict Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s insistence on the neutrality of the strait as well as Trump’s repeated statements that the U.S. should not act as a global policeman. But it’s also beside the point, because the United States has no means to control the strait. The conditions for those U.S. troops already in the region are reportedly awful. Aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been at sea for nearly nine months, sailors report shortages of basic supplies, malfunctioning systems, and faltering mental health. When Trump was asked Friday about service members’ families who have publicly voiced their worries, he insisted that they were not concerned: “No, they’re not,” he said, adding that the ship’s deployment had not gone on “nearly long enough” yet. In a sign that military brass takes these worries seriously, the admiral overseeing the war visited the carrier this weekend and acknowledged mental-health issues. With the U.S. unwilling or unable to break the Hormuz deadlock, Oman has embarked on negotiations with Iran to create a toll system for ships. This morning, Trump threatened to expand the war with strikes against that country. “If Oman gets in the way, we’ll bomb the shit out of them,” he told Fox News. Trump’s frustration with Oman is understandable, yet a threat to attack a venerable regional ally is still shocking. This kind of public conflict with allies has become typical. Over the weekend, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner—who has no official government post—met with Hamas officials in an attempt to revitalize an administration plan to disarm the group and rebuild Gaza. That plan is struggling for several reasons, including a flat rejection from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has long been close to Trump and reportedly talked him into the Iran war. Meanwhile, Trump announced yesterday that he was curtailing joint military exercises with South Korea, “based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea.” This supposed friendship has produced a splashy 2018 summit and flattering correspondence that Trump purloined from the White House after he lost the 2020 election, but it has done nothing to advance American interests. Most important, it has done nothing to curtail North Korea’s nuclear program. At the same time that Trump is fighting a war in Iran that he claims will prevent nuclear proliferation, he’s bestowing a favor on North Korea, which has offered no concessions and many threats. But Trump also gave another reason for his snub, noting that South Korea—like every other major U.S. ally—has declined to get involved in the Iran quagmire. Throughout Trump’s two terms, many analysts have sought to discern some sort of guiding doctrine to his foreign policy. The incoherence of his actions in the past week alone should provide further evidence that looking for a framework is futile. Earlier this year, my colleagues Missy Ryan and Ashley Parker reported that the White House’s foreign-affairs philosophy was “Fuck around and find out.” Administration officials meant this as a warning to the leaders of other countries. But as the current crisis festers, they, too, are finding out. Related: The fuck-around-and-find-out presidency Trump will make South Korea pay for his Iran humiliation.

ICE pitches legal insurance to help shield local officers who make immigration arrests U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pitching a plan to help shield local police officers who make immigration arrests from possible financial consequences if they are accused of on-duty misconduct. https://apnews.com/article/ice-liability-insurance-misconduct-civil-lawsuit-af330d49dcb9e40295c1fea4fc9ae6f6?

Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial postponed indefinitely amid double jeopardy fight Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, which was slated to begin Sept. 8, has been postponed indefinitely as his lawyers seek to have the case thrown out on double jeopardy grounds following his guilty plea last week to federal charges. Read More. Mom and sister testify about Lindsay Clancy's declining mental state before she killed her children Lindsay Clancy's mother and sister took the stand Monday to recount how they saw her become increasingly anxious, paranoid and suicidal in the months before she killed her three children. Read More.

Democratic primary turnout has soared in some states. Can it carry over to November? Democratic voters are showing up for this year’s primaries in numbers not seen in decades, a pattern emerging across several states that has the party optimistic about its prospects in November when control of Congress will be at stake. Read More. AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Florida’s state primary Florida voters will select nominees Tuesday to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and to complete the remainder of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s unexpired U.S. Senate term. The state also will hold its first congressional primaries since adopting a redrawn district map designed to boost Republican candidates in November. Read More. AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Alaska’s state primary Alaska voters will narrow down a long list of contenders Tuesday for a competitive U.S. Senate seat that’s expected to play a pivotal role in determining which party will hold a majority in the chamber next year. Crowded fields of candidates for governor, U.S. House and the state Legislature will also compete for spots on the general election ballot. Read More. AP Decision Notes: What to expect in California’s special congressional election Four months after Democratic U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell resigned from Congress amid sexual assault allegations that torpedoed his campaign for California governor, his former Bay Area constituents will pick a replacement Tuesday to serve out the rest of his term. Read More. AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Wyoming’s state primary Wyoming voters will choose nominees for an unusually high number of open-seat races in a state primary Tuesday, thanks to two prominent Republican officials whose retirement announcements set off a scramble for contests throughout the ballot. Read More.

Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak becomes the country's worst with over 2,300 dead Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak has now killed over 2,300 people and become the deadliest outbreak of the disease on record in the Central African nation. Read More.

🚁 Uber wants 1 million drone deliveries a day Image: Uber Uber is investing in drone delivery company Zipline and aiming for 1 million daily Uber Eats drone deliveries by the end of 2029, Axios' Joann Muller reports. Zipline drone delivery via Uber Eats will begin in Houston and Dallas before the end of the year, then expand into dozens of other U.S. cities. 🚛 The big picture: The deal is part of Uber's effort to build a flexible delivery network of couriers, sidewalk robots and drones. Zipline, a San Francisco-based drone company, got its start delivering medical supplies by drone in Rwanda. It now serves medical facilities, retailers and small businesses. Go deeper ... Read the announcement.

Book that solo trip Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Stock: Getty Images Traveling alone is having a moment: More people are comfortable booking adventures without their friends, family or partners, Axios Richmond's Sabrina Moreno reports. Google searches for "solo travel" hit a record high this year as more people embrace the freedom of going wherever they want, whenever they want — without waiting for someone else to align their time off. ✈️ By the numbers: In Hostelworld's recent survey of 3,300 solo travelers, 64% said freedom and spontaneity were among the best parts of traveling alone. Solo doesn't necessarily mean lonely: 58% said they wanted to meet new people while traveling, up from 43% in 2024. 63% of first-time solo travelers said they planned to do it again. (Explore the results.) 🎒 Younger travelers are driving much of the boom. Yet tour operators like Collette see growing demand from older travelers, particularly women 50 and over. Some couples are even vacationing separately, per The New York Times, which profiled spouses who happily take trips apart (gift link). 💭 Sabrina's thought bubble: I've solo traveled for the past five years. My company along the way has included a 75-year-old in Iceland who was a week from hiking Kilimanjaro and a cow named Tulip on a farm in Bedford, Va. Go deeper.

Trump administration briefly pauses contentious border project in Texas’ Big Bend National Park WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday it is temporarily pausing construction of a contentious border construction project in Texas’ Big Bend National Park while the head of the agency tasked with building the wall visits to do an “on-the-ground evaluation.” https://apnews.com/article/trump-border-big-bend-national-park-immigration-c8439ceed11ff5e7f3ca95fa0003327b? 🇮🇱 President Trump adviser Jared Kushner told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today that the U.S. wants Israel to take "small steps" in Gaza to test whether Hamas' commitment to start disarming is genuine. More from Barak Ravid. 🧑‍⚖️ The Supreme Court once again declined to take up President Trump's attempt to toss a jury's $5 million finding that he sexually abused E. Jean Carroll. Get the latest. 🏗️ The Trump administration temporarily paused border wall construction at Big Bend National Park in Texas while U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott visits the site. Go deeper.

Trump’s Embarrassing Bioweapon Reversal Exposed Maybe all those White House researchers dedicated to biological security shouldn’t have been fired. The Trump administration is in a full-on scramble to bandage the deep cuts it made to research staff as fears grow that AI could supercharge development of new-age weapons straight out of a horror movie. President Donald Trump, 80, has scythed away at the number of White House researchers dedicated to biological security since retaking office last year, The Washington Post reports. Under President Joe Biden, up to 30 experts worked on how best to protect the U.S. from deadly pathogens being weaponized by the nation’s adversaries. Under Trump 2.0, their number has shrunk to the point that, at times, no one has been committed solely to these threats, according to the newspaper. “They have kneecapped themselves in their ability to create any policy that would have staying power,” one former official, who withheld their name for fear of retaliation, told the Post. “That’s the risk, they’re not playing the long game.” Biological security has never been the responsibility of a single federal authority. The White House team under Biden, made up of leading experts in the field, instead helped coordinate between multiple agencies with overlapping mandates. One of Trump’s first moves after retaking office was to throw out a 2023 presidential order on artificial intelligence that explicitly called for stronger measures against biological threats. He has instead relied on what the Post describes as “a small revolving cast of employees,” among them a “junior fellow without a security clearance,” an Air Force doctor otherwise working as “a consultant to the White House medical office,” a part-time researcher, and “a pair of CIA staffers with little expertise in the field.” The newspaper adds that Trump has shut down a unit at the National Security Agency specifically “dedicated to health security,” along with breaking up teams at both the Department of Homeland Security and at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence who had worked on these types of threats. The president has stripped back regulations in an effort to boost the tech and particularly the AI sectors during his second term, a move panned by many critics as pandering to the Big Tech interests that have given generously to pro-MAGA causes over the past few years. Ever more advanced AI models have shown aptitude for highly complex biological research, prompting fears even within the industry that those capabilities could, in the absence of safeguards, potentially “aid even a relative amateur in carrying out a biological attack” or be used to develop weapons that “set off a new pandemic,” the Post reports. The administration now appears to be taking that threat more seriously. Efforts to engage with the danger have included “a recent string of briefings on biological risks between OpenAI and the White House and half a dozen agencies,” the newspaper reports, citing a source with knowledge of those talks. The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment on this story. “The administration’s commitment to addressing AI and biological safety risks is clear and ongoing,” a spokesperson told the Post. “The White House has been developing policy for over a year, including in our AI Action Plan last summer.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-launches-embarrassing-bioweapon-reversal-after-firing-researchers/?

Deranged Trump Threatens to ‘Bomb the S**t’ Out of Key Ally With friends like Trump, who needs enemies? Donald Trump has threatened to “bomb the s--t” out of a key ally. The president said on Monday that if the Gulf state of Oman interferes with his war with Iran, he would drop bombs on it. “If Oman gets in the way, we’ll bomb the s--t out of them,” the 80-year-old said in an interview with Fox News. Longtime U.S. ally Oman has served as a backchannel intermediary during the conflict, which began in February. Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz since the bombs first fell, causing gas prices to rise and putting pressure on Trump, and helping to crater his public support back home. Iran said it had been working with Oman to find a way to reopen the lane, through which one-fifth of the world’s oil and gas flows during peacetime. Trump threatened Muscat with military action in May after it discussed regulating the flow of traffic with Iran. “Nobody is going to control it,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting. “It’s international waters, and Oman will behave just like everybody else, or we will have to blow them up.” Although it’s classified as an international strait and open to international navigation, most of it lies within Iranian and Omani waters. Little progress has been reported in reaching a peace deal since Trump signed a memorandum of peace at Versailles. That agreement set an ambitious 60-day deadline to agree a broader peace deal. Day 60 was reached on Monday with the two sides no closer to an agreement. The U.S. has sought to regain control of the narrow waterway with a strong naval presence. However, fuel flow remains slow. “Despite President Trump claiming total control over the strait, traffic has slowed really to a trickle,” Fox News host Bret Baier said live on air last week. “If you look at this, before the conflict, more than 100 vessels a day were crossing. Monday, eight vessels crossed. Yesterday, 14.” The USS Abraham Lincoln has led efforts to reopen it. The aircraft carrier has, however, become a source of pressure on the president, as she and those who serve on her endure their ninth month of a grueling deployment. Conditions are feared to have deteriorated on board, with reports citing crews’ family members suggesting some have attempted to go overboard. The attack on Iran has also raised concern that the U.S. is burning through its munitions stockpiles at an unsustainable rate. Asked about this during the same interview with Fox News, Trump said, “What we’ve used is peanuts. We have a lot of mid-level weapons.” The Center for Strategic and International Studies reported that the U.S. has enough for this war under all circumstances, but the concern is that it could create a future shortage in conflicts down the road. https://www.thedailybeast.com/deranged-trump-threatens-to-bomb-the-st-out-of-key-ally/?

👋 Good morning! Happy Monday. MLB snapshot: If the regular season ended today, four of the five AL East teams (Rays, Yankees, Red Sox, Orioles) would make the playoffs. The only team missing? The reigning AL champions (Blue Jays), who are one game back. In today's edition: Báez blasts off, the sports moat, Scheffler cruises to victory, the longest winning streak in UFC history, Naismith Hall of Fame welcomes Class of 2026, Arsenal beats City, and more. Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy. Let's sports...   🚨 ICYMI HEADLINES ⚽️ The end is near: The upcoming season is "probably my last year of football," Cristiano Ronaldo, 41, said in an interview following his wedding. If that's the case, then Al-Nassr's game tomorrow will mark the final season-opener of his career. 🎾 Down goes Djoker: Novak Djokovic fell to Argentina's Thiago Tirante in the first round of the Cincinnati Open, where the 39-year-old struggled with the heat and humidity due to an unspecified health issue "that has been bothering me for the past couple of years." ⛳️ Whaley wins U.S. Amateur: England's Jack Whaley defeated California native Jay Leng Jr., to win the U.S. Amateur on Sunday. With the win, the rising senior at Florida State earned his spot in next year's Masters, U.S. Open and Open Championship. ⚽️ Barça land Rodri: Barcelona have reportedly reached an agreement worth roughly $88 million to sign Rodri from Manchester City. The Spanish superstar, who had just one year left on his contract, won the 2024 Ballon d'Or and the Golden Ball at last month's World Cup. 🏈 NFL headlines: Eight-time Pro Bowl linebacker Von Miller is joining the Cowboys for his 15th NFL season; the Seahawks made three-time Pro Bowler Devon Witherspoon the highest-paid cornerback in NFL history (4-year, $132M extension); Aaron Donald worked out for the Rams again, and Sean McVay hopes for his decision "sooner than later."   ⚾️ THREE SWINGS A DEBUT FOR THE AGES (Jessie Alcheh/Getty Images) There has never, in the long and celebrated history of Major League Baseball, been a better debut than the one Cardinals rookie Joshua Báez authored on Saturday at Wrigley Field, where he became the first player ever to go deep in the first three plate appearances of a career. Jake Mintz, Yahoo Sports: The 23-year-old slugger got things started with a bang, pulverizing the 0-0 pitch of his first at-bat 449 feet over the batter's eye in dead center. That sent the Cardinals' dugout into a frenzy. Players banged uncontrollably on the dugout railing. Coaches stood shellshocked, mouths agape. Báez couldn't stop smiling as he floated around the bases. It was a magnificent opening salvo for a player whose calling card is light-tower power. It was also just the start. Báez went yard again in his second trip to the dish. Savvy veteran Matthew Boyd tried to sneak a full-count changeup past Báez. The hulking slugger turned it into a souvenir, pulling the offering down the left-field line over the ivy and into the seats. And he wasn't done. With a runner on first in the top of the sixth, Báez got the better of Boyd yet again, poking an outer-half slider into the front row in right. Three at-bats, three homers, all to different parts of the yard. It was a debut beyond anyone's wildest dreams. For Báez, the Cardinals' 8-4 victory was the experience of a lifetime and an appropriate introduction to the big-league ball fans who might spend the next decade watching him turn hangers into bangers. Fun fact: Before Saturday, only two MLB players had gone yard in their first two at-bats, let alone three: Bob Nieman of the St. Louis Browns (1951) and Keith McDonald of the Cardinals (2000). That's right — three players have homered in two straight at-bats to start their careers, and all three played in St. Louis. Báez's backstory: The Cardinals' new outfielder displayed legendary power from his early days growing up in Boston   📈 MONEYBALL THE SPORTS MOAT (Hayden Hodge/Yahoo Sports) It's hard to imagine a week that could have illustrated the perceived long-term value of sports better than last week. In the span of three days, remarkable investment news swirled around three of the most iconic teams in the world. Wednesday: Apollo Sports Capital made a $2.6 billion investment in Yankee Global Enterprises, reportedly valuing the Yankees at close to $10 billion. Thursday: The Lakers sold for $12.5 billion to venture capitalist Josh Kushner and former Disney CEO Bob Iger, less than a year after the team previously sold for $10 billion. Friday: A consortium that includes Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin acquired a minority stake in Liverpool, reportedly amounting to approximately 30% and valuing the club at over $7 billion. Consider the crowd: Represented in those three acquirers, you have one of the most successful venture capitalists in tech, one of the foremost giants of private equity, and one of the wealthiest people on the planet. All of whom have decided that sports is among the best places for their capital over the coming decades as the AI age accelerates. The moat around the field: In a world awash with impermanence, sports offer the closest thing to a sense of durability that we have. Industries rise and fall, but you know what doesn't change? The Yankees take the field in the Bronx to the roars of tens of thousands of New Yorkers. Hollywood's superstars find their place at courtside to watch the Lakers. 80 years ago, the average lifespan of a U.S. S&P 500 company was 67 years. As of 2023, that number had dwindled to just 15, according to Ernst & Young, and it's hard to imagine the AI era prolonging that lifespan in the years ahead. But in sports, a "Big Four" team hasn't ceased operations since the NHL's Cleveland Barons in 1978. Our teams are part of our communal fabric — part of our identity — and that's what makes them such reliable long-term bets. The more things change: The world is changing fast, and it will continue to do so. But will there ever be a world where we aren't inspired by the spirit of human achievement? Where we aren't captivated by live, unscripted competition? Where we don't revel in our collective enjoyment of those spectacles? If there is, we don't long to see it, and neither do some of the world's sharpest investors. This is an excerpt from a story that first appeared in Yahoo Sports Biz, our new sports business newsletter authored by Dylan Dittrich. Read the full story.   💯 STAT SHEET BIG NUMBERS Scheffler won the first playoff event by a whopping eight strokes. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images) ⛳️ $119.96 million Scottie Scheffler ran away with the FedEx St. Jude Championship to notch his second win of the year and pocket a cool $3.6 million, increasing his career PGA Tour earnings to $119.96 million. That's the second-most ever and roughly $1 million shy of Tiger Woods' record ($121M), a mark that both Scheffler and Rory McIlroy ($116.5M) could surpass by month's end. In and out: Sungjae Im, who finished T5, was the only golfer to jump into the Top 50 this weekend, earning a spot in next week's BMW Championship. He swapped spots with Keith Mitchell, who fell from 49th to 51st. Jordan Spieth looked like he'd be moving on, too, but stumbled after a strong start to narrowly miss the Top 50. 👊 17 straight wins Islam Makhachev successfully defended his welterweight title at UFC 330 on Saturday in Philadelphia, defeating Ian Machado Garry via unanimous decision for his 17th consecutive victory. That breaks a tie with Anderson Silva for the longest winning streak in UFC history. Meanwhile, in Atlanta: Two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields destroyed Kaye Scott via sixth-round TKO on Saturday to pick up the WBA and WBC middleweight titles and improve to 19-0 lifetime. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) 🏊‍♀️ 23.19 seconds Kate Douglass broke the world record in the 50m freestyle — twice — on Saturday at the Pan Pacific Championships. In her preliminary heat, she swam a 23.49 to narrowly eclipse the mark (23.55) set two months ago by her training partner, Gretchen Walsh; in the final, she smashed that record with a blistering 23.19 to win gold, while Walsh took home silver. More from Pan Pacs: The USA dominated the medal table with 19 golds and 50 total medals, but the biggest individual winner was probably Australia's Lani Pallister, who won four golds and a silver, and stunned Katie Ledecky in the 400m and 800m free. The latter was Ledecky's first loss ever in the 800m free in an international competition. 🏀 12th team The Cavaliers have traded Dennis Schröder to the Hornets, which will be the 12th team he's suited up for during his 13-year NBA career. That's tied for the second-most by any player in league history, trailing only Ish Smith (13 teams). A journeyman's journey: The German point guard, a 2013 first-rounder, spent his first five seasons with the Hawks. Since then, Schröder has had stints with the Thunder (2018-20), Lakers (2020-21), Celtics (2021-22), Rockets (2022), Lakers (2022-23), Raptors (2023-24), Nets (2024), Warriors (2024-25), Pistons (2025), Kings (2025-26) and Cavaliers (2026).   🌍 SNAPSHOTS THE WORLD IN PHOTOS (Elsa/Getty Images) 🇺🇸 Springfield, Massachusetts — The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame welcomed its eight-person 2026 class on Saturday. Players Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne, Chamique Holdsclaw and Amar'e Stoudemire were joined by coaches Doc Rivers, Mark Few, and Mike D'Antoni, and referee Joey Crawford in enshrinement. Who's got next? With just one NBA player getting the call this year, who could earn an orange jacket next year? Some notable names include Blake Griffin (a finalist this year), LaMarcus Aldridge, Marc Gasol and Andre Iguodala. (Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff, Wales — Arsenal blanked Manchester City, 3-0, on Sunday to win the FA Community Shield, an annual match between the reigning Premier League (Arsenal) and FA Cup winners (City). Déjà vu: The Gunners' 3-0 win was the largest margin of victory in the FA Community Shield since 2014… when Arsenal beat Man City, 3-0. (Pau Barrena/Getty Images) 🇩🇪 Düsseldorf, Germany — The USA men defeated Italy on Sunday for their sixth straight Flag Football World Championship, while the Canadian women upset the USA for their first title since 2014. Those four nations, plus bronze medalists Canada (men) and Mexico (women), all qualified for LA 2028, where flag football will make its Olympics debut. Group stage stunner: Before regrouping to win the title, the U.S. men were stunned on Friday by American Samoa and Taulia Tagovailoa (5 TD), the former Maryland standout and younger brother of Falcons QB Tua. It was the Americans' first loss in a competitive game since 2012. (William West/AFP via Getty Images) 🇦🇺 Darwin, Australia — Bangladesh pulled off one of the greatest upsets in Test cricket history on Sunday when they beat top-ranked Australia on their own soil. It was Bangladesh's first win Down Under, and nothing short of their finest victory in 26 years of playing the game's longest format. By the numbers: Australia's 48.35% winning percentage is by far the best among the 12 Test cricket-playing nations (South Africa is second, at 39.87%), while Bangladesh's mark of 17.5% ranks second-to-last.   📺 VIEWING GUIDE WATCHLIST: MONDAY, AUG. 17 Rookie studs Kevin McGonigle and Max Clark are leading the way for Detroit. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) ⚾️ Tigers at Pirates Pittsburgh hosts Detroit (7pm ET, ESPN) in tonight's edition of the Rust Belt rivalry, with Framber Valdez (7-8, 4.26 ERA) starting for the Tigers and Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5, 3.79 ERA) starting for the Pirates. Tigers hanging on: Despite trading away Tarik Skubal, Detroit (60-64) is right in the thick of the crowded race for the AL's final wild card spot, which features seven teams separated by just 2.5 games. It helps that the Tigers have the AL's second-best run differential (+83). More to watch: 🏀 WNBA: Wings at Valkyries (10pm, Peacock) … Tonight's lone game pits second-place Golden State (24-9) against eighth-place Dallas (20-15). 🎾 Tennis: Cincinnati Open (11am, Tennis) … Round of 32 action for Alex Eala, Jessica Pegula, Rafael Jódar, Alexander Zverev and more.   ⚾️ LET'S PLAY TRIVIA TIME Tommy John in Yankee Stadium circa 1987. (Focus on Sport/Getty Images) Longtime MLB pitcher Tommy John, the namesake and first recipient of baseball's most important surgery, died on Sunday after a battle with bladder cancer. He was 83. Question: Tommy John surgery reconstructs the elbow's UCL. What does UCL stand for? Answer at the bottom.   🍿 SPORTS DOC WATCH: "HOW WE ROLL" Yahoo Media Group and The Nonfiction Hotlist invited filmmakers worldwide to submit documentary shorts for recognition and distribution. Nearly 1,000 filmmakers answered the call — and now, the results are in! Five films were selected in the Sports category, and we'll be sharing one each day this week ahead of our inaugural Film Festival this weekend. Title: How We Roll Director: Anthony Ciancio Runtime: 16 minutes About the film: How We Roll takes viewers inside the Elmwood Park Bocce League, a community-run gathering place in the Chicago suburbs where neighbors of all ages come together through a shared love of the game.   Trivia answer: Ulnar collateral ligament