Treasury's Operation Economic Outcast threatens Iran's trading partners worldwide. USA Times sets the campaign against EIA pump prices: US gasoline is up $1.15 a gallon in six months.
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An SwRI study led by Alan Stern finds liquid nitrogen rising through cracks in Pluto's Sputnik Planitia, the first evidence of recent liquid flow on the dwarf planet.
Priya Raghavan / August 28, 2026
The 2026 NFL season starts Wednesday, September 9 with Seattle hosting New England. USA Times counts nine of 272 games, 3.3% of the season, played in seven countries.
Priya Raghavan / August 28, 2026
The 2026 domestic top ten has taken $3.90bn and sold 326.5m tickets. USA Times finds franchise entries account for 55.8% of it, five films of the ten.
Priya Raghavan / August 28, 2026
Interior is pressing the Park Service to trade away a quarter-mile of Yosemite. USA Times finds the same private road was refused by three administrations and twice in federal court.
Ellen Marsh / August 28, 2026
US regular gasoline averaged $4.055 a gallon in August, the dearest August in the EIA's weekly series since it began in 1990, and 29.5% above August 2025.
Daniel Reyes / August 28, 2026
A 50% US tariff on about $20bn of Canadian goods took effect August 22, with cars, parts and steel added on January 1. USA Times sizes the January base at roughly $45bn a year.
Daniel Reyes / August 28, 2026
Angie Nixon won Florida's Democratic Senate primary 56.1% to 43.9%. USA Times' calculation puts Vindman's campaign at $28.92 raised per vote received against Nixon's $1.38.
Ellen Marsh / August 28, 2026
A federal judge in Boston halted the Postal Service rule implementing Trump's mail voting order. USA Times finds the block expires nine days before the federal deadline to mail military ballots.
Ellen Marsh / August 28, 2026
Treasury's Debt to the Penny series closed at $40.07 trillion on August 26. USA Times' review of the daily ledger puts federal borrowing at $7.37 billion a day this fiscal year.
Daniel Reyes / August 28, 2026