U.S. has just 41 days of crude oil inventory left, the lowest level in half a century

The Trump administration is preparing to revoke B1/B2 tourist and business visas for up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for asylum in the U.S.

The move, potentially the largest mass visa revocation in U.S. history, would not automatically mean deportation and is likely to face legal challenges.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-rubio-visas-revoke-e9c14fdfd0ada439d2b9d8694e678a46

One of the greatest EU achievements

https://fixupx.com/DigitalEU/status/2091803638905618812

Q: You sound more subdued than you did this morning when you said Donald Trump can kiss your ass. Did the Prime Minister tell you to tone it down?

Ontario Premier Doug Ford: No, he didn't. I have a lot of real estate on my ass, so he has a lot of room to kiss my ass.

« vous connaissez mon intérêt pour les mangas » non ? Mdrrrrrrrrrr

https://fixupx.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/2091928992466997516

Former Anchorage Mayor Dan A. Sullivan has endorsed Alaska Sen. Dan S. Sullivan for re-election this fall over teacher Dan J. Sullivan and former Rep. Mary Peltola, according to a post on his Facebook page

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/24/dan-sullivan-endorsement-alaska-senate-election

Japan's PM Takaichi admitted she felt "relieved, but also a little lonely, or maybe sad" after cockroaches in the official residence were eliminated.

She had endured sharing the allegedly haunted residence with them, unable to kill insects due to a childhood love of Tezuka's manga Phoenix.

Staff eventually arranged poison bait without her consent.

The residence has been rumored haunted since a PM was assassinated there in 1932.

Takaichi says she has never seen ghosts.

Just cockroaches.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/08/24/japan-pm-admits-feeling-lonely-during-long-work-hours/

Trump:

The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to doing much business with Ontario any longer.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Before the Iran war began, Trump received repeated warnings.

Then-DNI Tulsi Gabbard cautioned that killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei could bring a more hard-line regime open to acquiring nuclear weapons, close the Strait of Hormuz and trigger attacks on U.S. forces and allies.

JD Vance urged giving diplomacy more time, while top military leaders warned of casualties, weapons-stockpile concerns and readiness strains.

At the same time, Benjamin Netanyahu and senior Trump aides argued that Iran was at its weakest point in decades.

Trump proceeded with the attack despite the warnings.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/iran-war-warnings-9d7f289a

Trump:

Canada has been “Ripping Off” the U.S.A. for decades. They have been charging our Farmers 400% Tariffs, and more. They have driven many wonderful U.S. companies out of business.

For 10 years they wouldn’t certify Gulfstream Jets, until I got involved. They wanted 100% of the market for Gulfstream’s Canadian competitor.

I deal with many countries, and Canada is easily the most difficult and unreasonable. They feel entitled, but they are not a State, and will be entitled no longer!

Rhine Group: Draghi and Collison Build Europe’s Answer to the Compute-and-Capital Gap

https://www.rhinegroup.eu

Trump posts a graphic showing Lake Ontario renamed as "Lake America"

NEW: Canada will impose tariffs of up to 50% on about 700 U.S. products starting Sept. 8, retaliating after trade talks collapsed and the U.S. raised tariffs on Canadian goods.

Steel and aluminum will face 50% tariffs, while cars remain at 25%.

The measures cover roughly $20 billion in U.S. imports.

Sugar tax: Zero-calorie drinks will also be taxed.

The German government originally intended the sugar tax to offset spending in the healthcare system. However, according to a report, the Finance Ministry's plans now go even further.

https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/zuckersteuer-auch-zero-getraenke-sollen-besteuert-werden/100249459.html

Former ECB President Mario Draghi and Stripe CEO Patrick Collison launched the Rhine Group, a private initiative to turn Draghi's 2024 competitiveness report into concrete EU reforms.

The group's diagnosis:

Of the fifty largest technology companies in the world, only four are European.

In every emerging technology that will shape the coming decades, Europe is weak.

Membership includes roughly 55 figures from economics, tech, and policy, including Nobel laureates, the Shopify and Klarna founders, former Estonian president Ilves, and FT editor Roula Khalaf.

Critics have already noted the irony: a group advocating European competitiveness is registered in Switzerland and hosted its website entirely on American infrastructure.

Trump:

This country desperately needs aluminum. […] Selfishly, we need aluminum in this country. We don’t have it. We get it all from Canada for the most part, and we need it badly.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-25/trump-laments-lack-of-us-aluminum-amid-trade-row-with-canada

RIP Dolly Parton

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/arts/music/dolly-parton-dead.html

President Trump has ordered that the US flag be flown at half-staff for one week in memory of Dolly Parton

NEW: Russia will seize private companies that fail to defend themselves against Ukrainian drone strikes, under a new decree by Putin.

The decree covers fuel, energy, industrial, communications, transport, and logistics facilities.

It comes after Ukraine hit six Ozon warehouses in four days, crashing its stock 30%, and struck over 20 Wildberries sites.

https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-takeover-firms-drone-attacks/