Nightly News Roundup
A news headline show for people who love to hate the news and hate to love the news.Art by Cory Drake. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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- Aug 28, 2026
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Nightly News Roundup for Aug. 27, 2026 (opens the original)
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A napkin's what's left of the workers' share of the economy, lowest since the year the Depression started. Trump renames a lake nobody outside America recognizes, then sends the bill to a golf course in D.C. while wildfire crews abandon the front lines to polish a fountain. RFK Jr. lies to Congress about Samoa, eighty-three kids die anyway, and he still runs Health and Human Services. DeSantis launders sick kids' settlement money into a weed fight. The Department of Education can't tell Churchil
Nightly News Roundup for Aug. 26, 2026 (opens the original)
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A Navy captain's rape gets filed as a workplace injury. The Kennedy Center can't survive without Trump's name bolted to it. Pirro tries to erase Bannon's conviction with a Post-it note. Hegseth fires the general who wouldn't bury the Kid Rock chopper probe, promotes the guy who delivered the threat. Trump calls Hormuz "very functioning" between rocket strikes, then vows to bomb Oman anyway. Iran levels billions in CIA infrastructure across seven countries. Trump declares war on Canada, the count
Nightly News Roundup for Aug. 25, 2026 (opens the original)
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The Dolly Parton Episode. Only positive news. A school bus program goes permanent in Detroit, a 40-year-old bird comeback photobombs a wildfire camera, and a cancer vaccine finally lands a punch cancer can't answer. A lawyer writes 100 checks by hand, a pizza shop builds a wall out of $10 tickets, and a metal band turns a hospital boardroom into a mosh pit for one very happy patient. Dolly gets the day off from jokes. Tape rolls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nightly News Roundup for Aug. 24, 2026 (opens the original)
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Trump makes 3,600 trades in 90 days, clears $750 million before the regulators he runs catch up. Axon spikes, ICE buys tasers. Nvidia spikes, China buys chips. Six tech giants spike, the AI plan drops. Eric and Don Jr. call war profiteering "patriotic capitalism" and cash $3.2 billion in contracts. United, Delta, TurboTax, and Toyota buy their rules back for a million apiece. A judge calls the IRS lawsuit a shakedown. Blueberries turn murderous, mines turn deadly, fraud turns record-breaking. Th
Nightly News Roundup for Aug. 18, 2026 (opens the original)
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Rollins guts the Roadless Rule while Trump paints Hormuz blue and calls it America. Pirro loses twice in one week. Rubio sanctions the prosecutors chasing actual war criminals. Bessent hands cartels and condo-buyers a shredder. Bond yields hit 2007 levels. Eight kids, one toilet, one fence. Tape rolls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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