Cabbage News Network Week #31

Friday 8/18

• Steve Bannon leaves White House staff (source).
  
• Carl Icahn resigns as DJT advisor (source).
  
• DJT aims to prevent lawsuits against nursing homes (source).
  
• Pentagon's Cyber command elevated to be equal to other military commands (source).
  
• DJT plans to expand Guantanamo use (source).

Sunday 8/20

• DJT announces new Afghanistan policy which will involve sending more troops there (source).

Monday 8/21

• The sun is blotted out.
  
• Secret Service is almost out of money due to DJT's large family and frequent travel (source).
  
• White House plans to move immigrants in jails to Federal custody. (source).
  
• U.S. - South Korea conduct military exercises (source).
  
• Navy temporarily halts Pacific fleet operations due to crash (source).

Tuesday 8/22

• U.S. restricts aid to Egypt (source).

Wednesday 8/23

• DJT willing to shutdown government to get funding for his wall (source) (hint to DJT: a government shutdown still won't get you your funding).
  
• DJT to pursue military transgender ban within 6 months (source).
  
• DoJ still defending Obamacare birth control mandate and IRS rule against tax-exempt religious orgs politically lobbying even though it isn't enforcing either (source).

Thursday 8/24

• Interior Secretary recommends reducing size of 3 National Monuments, reducing protections in others (source).
  
• Court orders web host to comply with White House's data request for IP addresses (source).
  
• DoT scraps rule giving preferential hiring to local workers for Federal infrastructure projects (source).

In other news

• Banks warn that an economic downturn is coming (source).
  
• Things are really really bad in Yemen (source).
  
• Commercial tanker crosses the Arctic Ocean without needing an icebreaker for the first time (source).
  
• Hurricane Harvey to hit Texas this evening (source).

Legislative action this week - Congress in recess


Map of the week

• Current situation in Afghanistan.