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Is Social Security running out? The SSA projects Social Security trust fund reserves may be depleted by 2034, with Old-Age and Survivors Insurance running out as early as late 2032. https://usafacts.org/articles/how-much-does-the-us-spend-on-social-security-is-it-sustainable/? How many civilian jobs are in the US federal government? There are about 2.69 million civilian jobs in the federal government as of June 2026. Federal jobs include all jobs ranging from janitors to air traffic controllers to nurses to postal workers and more. (Enlisted service people are considered government employees but aren’t included in this figure because they’re not civilians.) Out of the 159 million nonfarm jobs in the US, 1.7% are in the federal government, the nation’s largest employer. Another way to look at it: The federal government is responsible for 1 in every 60 jobs. https://usafacts.org/answers/how-many-civilian-jobs-are-in-the-us-federal-government/country/united-states/? One last fact In 2024, Hawaii had the lowest rate of gun-related deaths nationwide: 3.7 deaths per 100,000 people. Mississippi had the highest rate: 28 per 100,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that complex factors, including poverty, racial or ethnic inequities, and other socioeconomic conditions, influence differences in gun-related death rates between states.

Insufficient Data View in browser One of the few issues that unites voters and politicians of both parties right now is data centers. Three-quarters of Americans would oppose a data center being built near where they live, according to a new poll released last week by Heatmap Pro and Embold Research. The two leading lights of the left, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders, have sponsored a bill in Congress to create a temporary moratorium on new centers. They have an unlikely ally in archconservative Governor Greg Abbott of Texas, who said yesterday on ABC’s This Week that data-center companies “basically dug their own grave” and “got the backlash they deserve.” Standing against this consensus is Donald Trump. The president remains a big booster of data centers. “Communities that don’t take a data center—they’re making a mistake,” he said Thursday during an interview with his on-again, off-again lackey Michael Cohen. “Data centers throw off tremendous amounts of jobs and money.” This was no one-off. Trump had made several similar comments recently. “If I were the mayor of a town or the governor of a state and I had a chance to get a big plant in, an AI plant or a data center, I would absolutely want it, because the jobs are enormous and the money paid, the taxes paid, are just enormous,” Trump said last week—although he allowed that the sector could use “a little public-relations help.” This puts Trump, the most successful demagogue in American political history, in the unusual position of misreading, and opposing, a populist groundswell. During his 2016 presidential campaign, Trump took many stands that were unpopular among establishment politicians. Some of these positions put him at odds not only with Democrats but also with most Republican elected officials. Trump broke with Republicans in claiming that he would protect social-welfare programs such as Medicare and Social Security, and he broke a bipartisan consensus by attacking free-trade agreements and promising protectionism. On these matters (as well as on his willingness to encourage and participate in gutter racism), Trump demonstrated that a big constituency existed for views that other politicians had deemed electoral liabilities. Data centers’ political arc has been different. Initially, many officials seemed to back the centers, following exactly Trump’s logic: They offered jobs and tax benefits. But as public opinion turned—driven by a mix of backlash to AI in general, environmental concerns, worries about energy prices, and old-fashioned NIMBYism—politicians changed their view as well. Why has Trump missed the shift? Presumably one reason is that he is surrounded by advisers and tech executives such as David Sacks and Larry Ellison, who are major boosters of and players in the industry. Tech companies invested heavily in Trump at the start of his second administration, lavishing him with gifts, including a gold-plated bauble and donations to projects such as his inauguration and his ballroom, and Trump has reciprocated by taking policy stances that benefit them. Trump may also be personally profiting from the AI boom; his financial disclosures show he’s become more of a tech investor. Trump has always tended to adopt the latest thing he’s heard, no matter what it is. He has been willing to alienate corporate interests in the past—when he saw some political upside. But he is not hearing from voters who might alert him to how unpopular data centers are. Trump’s rallies and speeches once created a feedback loop in which he conveyed his message to voters and—crucially—they conveyed their thoughts to him. Now, as his energy sinks, his travel schedule gets lighter, and security makes events more challenging, Trump is getting out less. Though his stump speeches dragged on for hours, Trump was carefully attuned to audience attention and what did and didn’t work. “You know, if it gets a little boring, if I see people starting to sort of, maybe thinking about leaving, I can sort of tell the audience, I just say, ‘We will build the wall!’ and they go nuts,” he told The New York Times in 2016. I think often about a speech Trump delivered in July 2022. It was billed as the launch of a new policy agenda, but as he read it, both Trump and his audience seemed bored. Then he ad-libbed a riff about trans athletes and the crowd came alive. Trump picked up on the shift and emphasized it; trans issues would become a central talking point for his 2024 campaign. The president has always been susceptible to fake news and bad at filtering information, but rallies provided a gut check about his base, if not about the broader national reality. Now Trump isn’t even receiving that kind of information. One of his major conduits for information is Natalie Harp, a sycophantic aide who isn’t interested in exposing Trump to criticism. He could read public-opinion data, but as his own approval sinks, he has taken to saying (and may well believe) that polls are fake. As his world shrinks, Trump’s populist touch has faded. Despite being elected twice on an antiwar platform, he’s launched attacks on Venezuela and Iran. As the Iran war has gotten bogged down, he’s been incapable of reading the public mood. He has dismissed voter frustration over rising fuel costs, saying “I don’t even think about” gas; he previously called affordability a “hoax.” In response to reports that American sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln were struggling with a long deployment, Trump said they hadn’t been deployed “nearly long enough.” And the collapse of trade talks with Canada on Friday threaten Republican prospects in border states including Michigan and Ohio. Each of these cases represents a growing gap between Trump and his base, but none is as ironic as Trump’s stance on data centers. The AI facilities store terabytes of data, but the president can’t get access to the information about them that he needs. Related: The bubble-wrapped president Trump’s 2024 soft launch (From 2022)

Canada set to announce retaliatory tariffs as Trump tells its leaders to ‘fall in line’ TORONTO (AP) — Canada will announce retaliatory tariffs against the United States on Tuesday after relations deteriorated sharply Monday, with President Donald Trump telling Canadian leaders to “fall in line” or face consequences “far WORSE” than existing tariffs and Prime Minister Mark Carney accusing Washington of trying to subordinate Canada. https://apnews.com/article/canada-trade-trump-ontario-53c4f83c8365c14b372b314396ae8179?

Armed men ambush patrol in South Sudan and kill 2 UN peacekeepers Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed on Monday when armed men ambushed a patrol traveling to a remote area of South Sudan, according to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. Read More.

Congo's Ebola outbreak records one of its highest weekly death tolls yet More than 300 people died of Ebola in eastern Congo in the past week, one of the highest weekly tolls yet, government data showed Monday, as health workers struggle to catch up with an outbreak that is spreading at unprecedented speed. Read More.

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in South Carolina’s special U.S. Senate primary runoff South Carolina Republicans will return to the polls Tuesday for the fourth time since June to replace the late U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham on the fall general election ballot. Read More. AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Georgia’s special congressional runoff Residents of Georgia’s 13th Congressional District outside of Atlanta will get a new representative to Congress after a special election runoff Tuesday to replace the late Democratic U.S. Rep. David Scott, who died April 22. Read More. AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Oklahoma’s state primary runoff Oklahoma Republicans will return to the polls Tuesday to settle an expensive nomination fight for governor, while Democrats will pick a nominee for U.S. Senate. Voters will also decide two statewide ballot measures, including one that would add a voter identification requirement to the state constitution. Read More. MAGA Inc. spends $827,000 to back Darline Graham on final day of South Carolina GOP Senate runoff The final day of South Carolina's Republican U.S. Senate runoff campaign on Monday came with a major cash infusion for Sen. Darline Graham from MAGA Inc., the super PAC that supports President Donald Trump and aligned Republicans but has spent little thus far on the president's midterm candidate picks. Read More.

Iran warns of a harsh response as US announces new sanctions and other Middle East news Iran warned that new U.S. sanctions on Tehran announced Monday would not bring peace to the region. Meanwhile, Israeli and Syrian officials met less than a week after Israeli strikes in Syria. And Israel said it killed a Hamas commander in Gaza. Read More.

Police find the body of Karen Solomon, who was sought in the killing of her police officer husband A mental health advocate suspected of killing her police officer husband was found dead Monday, six days after she disappeared from her Massachusetts home, authorities said. https://apnews.com/article/officer-killed-massachusetts-husband-wife-006117548f4d151c1878adb706cbd17a? New evidence prompts trial delay for Libyan man charged in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday postponed a trial in the U.S. for a former Libyan intelligence official charged in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, citing the discovery of new evidence that defense attorneys want to examine in the nearly 40-year-old case. https://apnews.com/article/lockerbie-bombing-pan-am-libyan-1988-a0e103909055b034c36dd27d3a316b80?

Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on mail voting restrictions ahead of midterms WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court opened a path Monday for possible implementation of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much can be put in place before the fast-approaching midterm elections. https://apnews.com/article/trump-mail-voting-supreme-court-157afc3c195ce0a62c522da5ce904b04?

US set for largest mass visa revocation in history targeting up to 200,000 foreigners, officials say WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the United States. If it happens, the move would be the largest single mass revocation of visas in U.S. history and would likely face legal challenges. https://apnews.com/article/trump-rubio-visas-revoke-e9c14fdfd0ada439d2b9d8694e678a46? Deportees who refused to exit a US flight in Liberia are sent to Equatorial Guinea Six people who were deported by the United States to Liberia last week resisted getting off the plane and instead were sent to Equatorial Guinea, another ‌African nation that signed a third-country deportation agreement with the Trump administration, a person on the plane and a lawyer in contact with the six said Monday. Read More.

🐦 1 fun thing: Texting for the birds Illustration: Natalie Peeples/Axios A pair of new apps let users send messages at the speed of a carrier pigeon — or a snail or penguin, The New York Times reports. Carrier Pidge and Roost are meant to evoke the slower, riskier messaging styles of yesteryear. 🪦 Plot twist: On Carrier Pidge, the digital pigeons sometimes get lost or die en route, just like their physical counterparts. User Olivia Macdonald tells The Times: "The uncertainty of that, compared to the numbness that we feel receiving so many texts and notifications a day, is something that I just find really attractive about it." Gift link.

⛽️ Diesel dilemma Data: NYMEX, FactSet. (Continuous contract futures prices on U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil and New York Harbor ultra-low sulfur diesel.) Chart: Matt Phillips/Axios Diesel futures prices have soared to roughly $100 above those of crude oil, Axios' Matt Phillips reports. Their divergence reflects a dearth of global diesel refinery capacity. 💥 That shortage has been a growing issue since Ukraine launched a highly effective drone campaign targeting Russian refineries. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has also curtailed global supplies of refined products previously exported by Gulf states. What's next: Costlier diesel will likely filter down to everyday life. Diesel accounts for 3–5% of production costs for major crops like wheat, soybeans and corn. Diesel is the key fuel for trucking, and its surge has already raised the costs of truck transportation for goods throughout the economy. Go deeper.

Smarter ways to cool Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios Engineers are looking for new ways to keep buildings cool without driving up electricity demand, Axios' Rebecca Falconer reports. It's not just about generating more electricity to power air conditioners — it's how to use less power and ease demand when grids are most strained. 🏢 Some of the coolest new building tech includes smart windows and shading to block heat, reflective roof coatings, built-in energy storage to ease peak demand, and automation and ventilation to cut down on AC use. Zoom in: In Colorado, clean-energy nonprofit RMI and Boulder County are testing passive daytime radiative cooling paint on roofs. Ankit Kalanki, RMI's lead cooling expert, calls it "a more advanced version" of white paint — it reflects sunlight while also radiating heat into the sky. Mat Santamouris, a University of New South Wales professor, tells Axios that the right mix of cooling methods for any particular building depends on its type, location and the local climate. A 2024 study co-authored by Santamouris found that combining cool materials and greenery in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, could reduce peak ambient temperatures by up to 4.5°C. (Read the paper.) 🥵 Reality check: None of these technologies eliminates the need for AC. Instead, the goal is to reduce how frequently and intensely it operates. Kalanki says: "Efficiency is the cheapest resource that we have available." Go deeper.

Murdoch Paper Savages Trump for Making His ‘Dumbest’ Plan Even Dumber The Wall Street Journal says the president’s latest move makes no “economic or political sense.” The Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal blasted Donald Trump for reigniting a trade war with Canada just weeks away from the midterms. The newspaper’s editorial board savaged the 80-year-old president for announcing a sequel to his “dumbest” tariff plans against a close ally and neighbor by imposing 50 percent import levies on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods over the weekend. In turn, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that the country is being “attacked” by Trump and vowed to match the U.S. tariffs “dollar for dollar.” The Journal’s editorial board questioned why Trump has decided to escalate a tariff war with Canada when it makes no “economic or political sense” and during a particularly crucial period for the president and the GOP. “President Trump took exception last year when we called his tariffs against Canada and Mexico the dumbest trade war in history,” the board wrote. “It got dumber this weekend as Mr. Trump escalated with another round of border taxes on Canadian imports, a mere 10 weeks before midterm elections.” Trump’s tariff plans against Canada came into effect on Saturday after talks between the two countries to stop the potentially devastating levies broke down.The tariffs target a long list of Canadian exports, including hockey sticks, agricultural products, wine, and cement. The tariffs will be paid by companies importing those goods into the U.S., with the cost eventually passed on to consumers. Trump’s tariffs were imposed under a long-dormant law, Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which allows a president to set tariffs against countries that discriminate against “commerce of the United States, directly or indirectly.” Trump is the first U.S. president to use the Depression-era law to impose tariffs. Carney warned that the Canadian government would impose retaliatory measures against the U.S. starting Sept. 8. The Journal’s board noted that both sides could “still walk back from the ledge,” but Trump’s escalation could “make this harder for Mr. Carney politically since Canadians don’t like being bullied by Washington.” A fresh trade war, with the cost trickling down to U.S. consumers, could further exacerbate the financial hardships of tens of millions of Americans already suffering in a cost-of-living crisis. The president has been recording dire approval ratings on the economy throughout his second term, as voters turn on Trump over his original tariff plans and the war in Iran, which has sent gas prices soaring. Backlash to Trump’s handling of the economy could doom Republicans in November’s midterm elections, where the GOP could lose control of both the House and the Senate. “Mr. Trump’s latest round of border taxes will hit an array of consumer goods, construction materials and manufacturing components. Republicans are already getting pounded on the campaign trail over his tariffs and inflation,” the Journal’s editorial board wrote. “One reason for Mr. Trump’s frigid approval rating is that voters believe Mr. Trump is waging blunderbuss wars without a strategy, and on trade they’re right.” In response, White House spokesman Kush Desai told the Daily Beast: “American workers, businesses, and farmers have, for decades, been undermined by unfair Canadian trade practices. “Canada tore up an incredibly generous and fair trade deal with the Trump administration to instead demand unrestricted access to the American economy while boxing American exports out of its market. President Trump will never waver from putting Americans and America First.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/murdoch-paper-savages-trump-for-making-his-dumbest-plan-even-dumber/?

Pentagon Spokesperson Admits There’s a Secret Blacklist of Journalists U.S. Central Command maintains a secret directory of journalists who have been blacklisted by the press office, according to an official with CENTCOM public affairs. The disclosure comes amid a failed war in Iran, a “cover-up” of U.S. casualties from that conflict, and repeated refusals by CENTCOM to address questions about civilian deaths in Iran, including the killing of a family recently disclosed by The Intercept. https://theintercept.com/2026/08/24/pentagon-military-journalist-blacklist-press-media/? What American Doctors Saw in Gaza It’s been nearly three years into Israel’s genocidal war on Palestinians, and still no step closer to its end. Since the latest “ceasefire” began in October 2025, Israel has continued to bombard Gaza and has killed more than 1,200 people, United Nations experts reported earlier this month. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more recently rejected President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace agreement with Hamas for Israeli troops to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. https://theintercept.com/2026/08/21/gaza-hospitals-american-doctor-documentary/? RIP to the Russiagate Liberals Alexander Vindman lost to Angie Nixon in the Florida Democratic senatorial primary on Tuesday, marking a long-overdue end to one of the worst liberal mass delusions of the Trump era: Russiagate. https://theintercept.com/2026/08/22/russiagate-resistance-liberals-alex-vindman-angie-nixon/? This Mysterious “Astroturf” Group Popped Up to Defend the Paramount Merger A state attorney general challenging the controversial mega-merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery is under attack from a newly created mystery nonprofit accused of being an “astroturf” front group. https://theintercept.com/2026/08/21/paramount-merger-warner-discovery-david-ellison-antitrust/? The Dawn of a New Cold War In my youth, pop culture told me that the Cold War would end in one of two ways: a Soviet–Cuban invasion that would necessitate my taking to the hills and fighting a guerrilla war against the Communists, à la “Red Dawn,” like a young Patrick Swayze; or riding out an atomic winter after a full-scale nuclear exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union, as in “The Day After.” The only other hope was Rocky besting Drago in a proxy war held in a boxing ring (“In here, there were two guys killing each other, but I guess it’s better than 20 million”). Instead, in November 1989, I watched the Cold War end on a TV with an antenna, as the Berlin Wall came crashing down. Suddenly, there was only one superpower left standing. https://theintercept.com/2026/08/23/trump-china-ai-chips-rare-earth/?

Trump threatened on Monday to impose a 50% tariff on Canadian automobiles, car parts and steel starting next year as the trade rift with Ottawa continued to deepen. The announcement comes after trade talks between the otherwise reliable trading partners collapsed last week. Long-planned U.S. tariffs on various Canadian goods went into effect after the talks broke off, and Canada has vowed to retaliate. 🇮🇷 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Operation Economic Outcast: The U.S. will impose punishing sanctions on countries and entities that do business with Iran — an attempt to bring the country to heel absent renewed military strikes. More from Barak Ravid. 📰 An independent arbitrator ruled that former Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah was wrongfully terminated last year over social posts tied to the death of Charlie Kirk, and ordered her reinstated with back pay and lost benefits. More from Sara Fischer 🇨🇦 President Trump threatened to hit imported cars, trucks, automobile parts and steel from Canada with 50% tariffs starting on Jan. 1. He wrote on Truth Social: "Canada has been ripping off the United States of America for years. Their ridiculously high tariffs on our Farmers and farm products has made life impossible for these great American Patriots, and has long created a 60 Billion Dollar Deficit between our two Countries." Go deeper.

👋 Good morning! Welcome back. Stat du jour: Only three players in MLB history have homered on the first and last pitch their team saw in a game. Two of them did it in the last week: Pete Crow-Armstrong (Monday) and Randy Arozarena (Saturday). In today's edition: Back to campus, another NBA team sale, Wyndham wins in St. Louis, Coco crowned in Cincy, Premier League kicks off, Spider-Man catch, and more. Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy. Let's sports...   🚨 ICYMI HEADLINES 🎾 US Open headlines: World No. 1 Jannik Sinner withdrew from the season's final Grand Slam due to the knee injury that's kept him out since winning Wimbledon; Carlos Alcaraz and Serena Williams are teaming up in mixed doubles. ⚾️ 9 in a row: The Phillies (73-58) are on some kind of roll, winning their ninth straight game on Sunday despite trailing the Cardinals, 4-0, with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. The hero? Who else but Kyle Schwarber, who crushed a walk-off bomb for his MLB-leading 39th homer. 🏀 Veterans on the move: Klay Thompson is signing a two-year, $13 million deal with the Heat after agreeing to a buyout with the Mavericks; DeMar DeRozan is signing a one-year deal with the Nuggets for $3.9 million, the veteran minimum. 🏎️ Norris wins again: McLaren's Lando Norris won Sunday's Dutch Grand Prix, giving the reigning F1 champion back-to-back victories. Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli finished second to maintain a sizable lead atop the standings. 🤖 Score one for the robots: A two-legged machine finished the 100-meter race in 9.39 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, besting Usain Bolt's world record of 9.58 seconds set in 2009.   🎓 COLLEGE SPORTS CHAOS BACK TO CAMPUS: FROM THE NFL TO LSU Dae'Quan Wright warms up prior to Saturday's preseason game. (Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images) College sports had another first last week: An NFL player entered the NCAA transfer portal. Four days later, that player is on track to land at LSU. Driving the news: The Browns waived rookie Dae'Quan Wright on Sunday. If he clears waivers, the former Ole Miss tight end has an agreement in place to reunite with Lane Kiffin and play for the Tigers this season, per ESPN's Adam Schefter. Wright spent four years in college before entering the 2026 NFL Draft. He went undrafted, signed with the Eagles and later landed in Browns training camp. Now, thanks to the chaos engulfing college sports, he could become the first player to suit up for an NFL team and then return to NCAA football. How is this possible? Wright is part of a group of players who sued the NCAA in Louisiana seeking a fifth year of eligibility after the association adopted a new five-year, age-based eligibility policy in June. The players argue that while they're ineligible under the old rules, they would be eligible under the new ones, and shouldn't be punished simply because the change came after their college careers ended. A Louisiana judge agreed, granting the players a fifth season and opening a special week-long transfer portal for them that opened on Thursday. Crucially for Wright, the judge also barred the NCAA from enforcing its longtime ban on players returning to college after signing professional contracts. Wright during an Ole Miss game last fall. (Justin Ford/Getty Images) The backdrop: The lawsuit's lead plaintiff is former LSU edge rusher (and current Tampa Bay Buccaneer) Jack Pyburn, while Wright is one of three former Ole Miss players in the suit who played for Kiffin. In other words, this wasn't random: The lawsuit was an orchestrated effort out of Baton Rouge to bring players like Pyburn and Wright back to campus — and LSU isn't the only school engaging in this. The eligibility madness isn't limited to football, either. Similar lawsuits are unfolding in college basketball, where schools are fighting to gain eligibility for players seeking fifth seasons or attempting to return after going pro. Ross Dellenger, Yahoo Sports: Schools across the country — the same schools that create these eligibility rules that the NCAA is tasked with enforcing — are fighting against those very rules as a way to gain a competitive advantage. Economists will tell you that this is just how a competitive market works: Schools, now paying millions directly to their athletes, are under more financial pressure than ever to win in a competitive market where court rulings have crippled any logical rules enforcement. Much of this is driven by coaches who don't trust that coaches at other schools aren't planning on improving their roster by skirting the rules. As one person put it, "We'll do it before they do." It's another bizarre chapter in major college sports' evolution from amateurism to professionalism — the latest indicator that, perhaps, congressional legislation and/or a collective bargaining agreement is necessary to have regulation. What to watch: The college football season kicks off in less than two weeks, while NFL teams must trim their rosters to 53 players by Aug. 30 — potentially sending another wave of recently cut players searching for a way back to campus. "I need to figure this s*** out," one power conference GM told Yahoo Sports. "It's such a wild time."   🤝 TEAM SALES FIRST A TRICKLE, THEN A FLOOD We can't promise that another professional sports team won't have sold by the time you finish this sentence. Or this one. After the reported sale of the Timberwolves on Friday, the fourth control sale of a "Big Four" franchise this year, all bets are off. Hardwood hustle: The flood of investment money seeking sports ownership has been a boon to minority stake sales, as majority owners can access liquidity without relinquishing their teams. But control sales remain relatively infrequent… except in the NBA, where recent sales are piling up in comparison to peers. NBA: Rockets (2017), Nets (2019), Jazz (2020), Suns (2023), Bucks (2023), Hornets (2023), Mavericks (2023), Timberwolves (2025), Celtics (2025), Lakers (2025), Trail Blazers (2025), Lakers (2026), Timberwolves (2026) NHL: Hurricanes (2018), Coyotes (2019), Penguins (2021), Senators (2023), Lightning (2024), Mammoth (2024), Predators (2025), Penguins (2025) MLB: Marlins (2017), Royals (2019), Mets (2020), Orioles (2024), Rays (2025), Padres (2026) NFL: Panthers (2018), Broncos (2022), Commanders (2023), Seahawks (2026) Trickle, then a flood: Of all 31 control sales in these leagues over the past decade, 23 have come in the last five years, including 16 in the last three years and nine in the last 12 months alone. Sales occur for myriad reasons, from estate matters and planning (Blazers, Seahawks, Padres), to the completion of an investment cycle (Penguins), to extraneous circumstances (Lakers). Uniting most of the exits, though, has been the availability of attractive offers, many of them multiplying the seller's previous entry price. This is an excerpt from today’s Yahoo Sports Biz.   🇺🇸 SNAPSHOTS PHOTOS ACROSS AMERICA "Good game." (Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images) Williamsport, Pennsylvania — The Braves beat the Brewers, 4-2, in Sunday's Little League Classic, which ended on a beautiful double play and, more importantly, with a handshake line to honor their hosts. Who's got next? The Cubs and Blue Jays have already been tabbed to play in next year's Little League Classic, the 10th annual edition of one of MLB's best new traditions. (James Gilbert/PGA Tour via Getty Images) St. Louis, Missouri — Wyndham Clark held on to win the BMW Championship on Sunday for his third victory of the season, tied for the most on Tour. And with that, the 30-man PGA Tour Championship is set. Team USA taking shape: Clark's victory vaulted him into one of the six automatic spots on the U.S. Presidents Cup team for next month's competition. He'll be joined by Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young, Sam Burns, Russell Henley and Collin Morikawa, plus six picks still to come from captain Brandt Snedeker. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images) Cincinnati, Ohio — Coco Gauff dominated Jessica Pegula on Sunday to capture her second Cincinnati Open crown, joining Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka as the only women with two titles in the event. On the men's side: Arthur Fils beat Frances Tiafoe to win his first Masters 1000 title. With the win, the 22-year-old moves up to a career-best No. 11 in the world rankings. Kirkwood speeds past the U.S. Capitol. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images) Washington, D.C. — Kyle Kirkwood won Sunday's Freedom 250 Grand Prix, an elaborate 250-mile spectacle that saw IndyCar drivers race around the National Mall to celebrate America's 250th birthday. Chasing the champ: Kirkwood took a big chunk out of Álex Palou's lead atop the standings, but he's still a distant second behind the four-time IndyCar champion (2021, 2023, 2024, 2025) with three races left in the season.   💯 STAT SHEET BIG NUMBERS Nobel Mendy celebrates Hull City's second goal in front of an elated home crowd. (George Wood/Getty Images) ⚽️ 52 years Newly-promoted Hull City — the last team to earn promotion to the Premier League this season — opened their campaign with a stunner as they took down Manchester United, 2-0, for their first league win over the Red Devils since 1974. Scoreboard: The Tigers' shutout was one of six during opening weekend, alongside Brighton over Aston Villa (4-0), Arsenal over Coventry (3-0), Brentford over Spurs (3-0), Everton over Palace (2-0) and Leeds over Forest (1-0). Elsewhere: Man City beat Bournemouth (2-1), Ipswich Town beat Sunderland (2-1) and Liverpool salvaged a draw against Newcastle (2-2). 🏈 5.0 YPC Four-time Pro Bowler Nick Chubb is retiring at age 30, walking away from the NFL as one of the most efficient rushers the league has ever seen. His career mark of 5.0 yards per carry is tied with Gale Sayers and Barry Sanders for the third-best among running backs (min. 900 attempts), trailing only Jim Brown (5.2) and Jamaal Charles (5.4). Career cut short: Chubb was a wrecking ball for the Browns until he suffered a devastating knee injury in 2023 followed by a broken foot in 2024. Now, rather than push his luck, he's confidently calling it quits. "I say this to all my brothers still on the field, still in the heat of it: There's a life waiting for you after football, too. And health is the real wealth." DeGrom acknowledges the crowd after his 2,000th strikeout. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images) ⚾️ 2,000 strikeouts Jacob deGrom notched his 2,000th career strikeout on Friday — in his 1,661st career inning. That's the second-fastest any pitcher has ever reached the milestone, trailing only Chris Sale (1,626 innings). 2K strikeout club: The Rangers ace is the 94th pitcher in MLB history with at least 2,000 strikeouts, and the ninth active player after Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Sale, Gerrit Cole, Kevin Gausman, Yu Darvish, Sonny Gray and Aaron Nola. Next up is likely Zack Wheeler (1,964 K), who could reach the mark by season's end. 🏀 7 of 8 The WNBA postseason field is nearly set after the Dream (24-13), Fever (25-14), Liberty (23-15) and Mystics (22-15) all clinched their spots over the weekend. Those four join the Lynx (31-7), Valkyries (25-11) and Aces (26-13) to account for seven of the eight playoff spots. Eighth coming soon: The Wings (22-16) can clinch the final spot as soon as tomorrow considering their only competition is the Fire (15-22). The remaining six teams have already been eliminated with a month left in the regular season.   📺 VIEWING GUIDE WATCHLIST: MONDAY, AUG. 24 Kayla McBride hits the "Night Night" celebration during Minnesota's win over Golden State last week. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) 🏀 Valkyries at Lynx The WNBA's top two teams meet for the second time in a week (8pm ET, USA), as first-place Minnesota (31-7) — seeking its seventh straight win — hosts second-place Golden State (25-11). The Valkyries are 0-3 against the Lynx this season, and 25-8 against everyone else. Not slowing down: Rookie phenom Olivia Miles' outstanding numbers have only gotten better as of late. During Minnesota's six-game winning streak, the MVP contender is averaging 21.0 points, 3.7 rebounds and 8.2 assists, while shooting a scorching 46% from long range. More to watch: ⚾️ MLB: Rays at Tigers (6:40pm, FS1) … Tampa Bay's Drew Rasmussen (13-5, 3.01 ERA, 0.95 WHIP) has quietly been one of the AL's best pitchers this year. ⚽️ Premier League: Fulham vs. Chelsea (3pm, USA) … The West London derby closes out Week 1. 🚴 Vuelta a España: Stage 3 (8:45am, NBCSN) … The peloton travels 104 miles through France as the race makes its way to Spain. 🎾 U.S. Open: Qualifying (11am, ESPN2) … Players battle for the final 16 spots in the men's and women's singles draws.   🏀 LET'S PLAY TRIVIA TIME (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images) 18 years ago today, the "Redeem Team" won gold at the Beijing Olympics, restoring order to the basketball world after Team USA's disappointing bronze in 2004. Question: Which country did the U.S. beat in that gold medal game? Answer at the bottom.   🎥 HIGHLIGHT REEL CATCH OF THE YEAR?! (Washington Nationals) Nationals center fielder Jacob Young climbed the wall like Spider-Man on Sunday in Miami to make one of the best catches you'll ever see.   Trivia answer: Spain

Shipwrecked Wine Jars Discovered Near Sicily “You can’t imagine what’s down here.” That was the reaction of diver Giacomo De Mola when he realized that what he took for a large rock on the Mediterranean seafloor was actually a pile of ancient pottery vessels. De Mola described approaching the site off Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, in poor visibility and suddenly seeing “a vast expanse of amphorae” below. The artifacts are part of a Roman shipwreck located roughly 3 miles offshore, at a depth of about 150 feet. It contains hundreds of vessels (most identified as Dressel 1A amphorae), two lead anchor stocks (an anchor’s top horizontal crossbar), and another unidentified lead structure. Alessandro Giuli from the Italian Ministry of Culture suggests, “This is one of the most important underwater archaeological discoveries of recent years.” https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-rome/shipwrecked-wine-jars-discovered-near-sicily/?

Elite Ukrainian drone unit brings the war to Moscow’s doorstep A team of AP journalists got a rare glimpse into a rapidly expanding part of Ukraine’s war effort: Long-range drones designed to carry the war deep inside Russia, striking military, industrial and logistical sites far from the front line. Read more. Why this matters: Kyiv has stepped up its attacks on Russia this year, with long-range missiles and swarms of drones targeting military industries and energy facilities. It has also increasingly pummeled giant Wildberries depots, burning billions of dollars’ worth of merchandise belonging to the Russian online retail giant. Those attacks have brought the war home to the Russian public, and forced Russia’s military to stretch air defenses over a larger area, disrupted airports, sparked fuel shortages and undermined morale in Russia. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ WATCH: Ukraine’s drone warriors US Army will shut down a unit in Europe focused on learning drone warfare Why Russia’s ballistic missiles are increasingly getting through Ukrainian defenses Zelenskyy details rift with Ukraine’s dismissed Defense Minister Fedorov

Drug prices have declined sharply, and Trump is taking credit. The reason behind the drop is complex President Donald Trump has been taking credit for new federal data that shows U.S. prescription drug prices fell 0.8% in July and are down 3.1% from a year ago, the steepest year-over-year drop since 1963. Read more. Why this matters: The plunging prices, the White House said, resulted from the Republican president’s “most favored nation” drug deals with pharmaceutical firms and the TrumpRx website. The real picture is more complicated, said drug pricing experts, who noted that other factors, including a law from Democratic President Joe Biden’s time in office that allowed Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies, are potentially more significant contributors to the latest consumer price index figures. Also at play, they said, are generic and biosimilar products that have come onto the market, offering competition that drives down the price of expensive brand-name and biologic drugs. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Carney warned about economic coercion. Now Trump is testing the Canadian prime minister Trump wants the midterms to be about himself. That may not help in a rare Nebraska swing district Jared Kushner meets with Democratic leader Jeffries with House control at stake in November Pete Buttigieg returns to South Carolina as he weighs another White House run

He was waiting for his son to return from the USS Lincoln. Then Border Patrol arrested him When Luis Manuel Aviles was arrested by immigration authorities, his son Joshua Aviles was entering his ninth month on the USS Abraham Lincoln with the Navy — a vessel that set a U.S. military record for uninterrupted time at sea, stirring concerns about supply shortages and deteriorating mental health among soldiers. Read more. What to know: Luis Manuel Aviles, 48, was arrested after leaving his house to take his car to the mechanic, according to his wife, Argelia Aviles. She said her husband, a handyman in Key West, Florida, has a permit to work in the United States. Originally from Nicaragua, he has lived in the U.S. for 19 years. The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that Border Patrol agents arrested Luis Aviles on Saturday in Key West and that he will remain in ICE custody while the government seeks to deport him. “Having a family member in the military is not a free pass to violate our nation’s laws,” the department said Sunday. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Takeaways from AP’s review of military families detained under Trump’s immigration crackdown

THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 24 79 Mount Vesuvius erupts After centuries of dormancy, Mount Vesuvius erupts in southern Italy, devastating the prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum and killing thousands of people. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1873 Elusive Mount of the Holy Cross photographed 1814 British troops set fire to the White House Cold War 1954 Congress passes Communist Control Act Crime 1981 John Lennon’s killer sentenced 2012 Killer in Norway massacre is sentenced European History 1572 Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre Latin American & Caribbean History 1821 Spain accepts Mexican independence Space Exploration 2006 Pluto is demoted U.S. Presidents 1814 George Washington’s portrait saved from British looters Vietnam War 1969 U.S. unit refuses commander’s order World War I 1914 Poet Alan Seeger volunteers in French army World War II 1941 Hitler suspends euthanasia program

🏁 1 for the road: D.C. Prix President Trump waves the green flag to start the Freedom 250 Grand Prix race with first lady Melania Trump at his side. Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times Axios D.C.'s Gabe Hiatt reports from D.C.'s first IndyCar race: Military flyovers buzzed above the National Mall. Race cars roared past the Capitol at 180 mph. President Trump waved the green flag. The race marking America's 250th birthday got an American winner. Florida driver Kyle Kirkwood celebrated alongside a bald eagle. Kyle Kirkwood after winning yesterday's Freedom 250 Grand Prix. Photo: Eric Lee/Getty Images The National Mall felt like a giant national picnic. Fans sprawled across the grass and packed shaded tents between games of cornhole and ladder golf. President Trump rides in "The Beast" ahead of the race yesterday. Photo: Daniel Heuer/Reuters Trump took a ceremonial lap around the track in the presidential limousine, known as "The Beast." Spectators watch drivers compete during yesterday's Freedom 250 Grand Prix. Photo: Alex Kent/The New York Times Seven flyovers thundered overhead, including a low-flying Air Force One — shaking the ground.