U.S. national debt surpassed $40 trillion, a milestone forecasters thought wouldn't arrive for months.
Florida State Rep. Angie Nixon, a Democratic Socialist, beat Army intelligence officer Alexander Vindman by over 12 points in the state's Democratic Senate primary.
Vice President JD Vance said the Iran conflict entered a new phase of economic pressure, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calling it the greatest coordinated economic isolation in history.
World
Chinese property developer Hui Ka Yan has been sentenced to life in prison, marking a milestone in Evergrande's collapse with over $300 billion in liabilities.
Vice President JD Vance said the war with Iran has entered a new phase of economic pressure, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calling it the greatest coordinated economic isolation in history, with details to follow Monday.
Thirty Israeli settler families arrived at the Kadim settlement in the occupied West Bank, reopening a settlement closed two decades ago.
Business
Boeing engineers union voted to strike after rejecting the company's new contract proposal, escalating labor tensions at the aircraft manufacturer.
China's Alibaba reported a 75% drop in profit for the latest quarter to roughly $1.6 billion as it invests heavily in artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Walmart's Chief Communications Executive is leaving the company, marking another executive departure from the retail giant.
Technology
Regulators opened Las Vegas streets to thousands of robotaxis, marking a major milestone in autonomous vehicle deployment.
Apple Music is implementing visible labels on AI-generated music to help listeners distinguish synthetic from human-created songs.
Anthropic is reportedly preparing for a historic IPO, signaling major consolidation and cash deployment among AI infrastructure companies.
Science
Australopithecus and Paranthropus should be reclassified into the genus Homo because new fossils have blurred the traits that separated them, potentially rewriting the human family tree.
The Asian Water Tower is losing 24.2 billion tonnes of groundwater annually, with severe declines in densely populated farming regions.
Extreme experiments revealed how diamond behaves at pressures beyond those inside Neptune and Uranus, solving a decades-old conflict between theory and observation.
Economy
Inflation dropped to 3.4% for the 12 months ending July, down from 3.5% previously, according to data released August 12.
The U.S. economy unexpectedly lost 23,000 jobs in July.
The Federal Reserve is holding the federal funds rate at 3.50% to 3.75%.
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