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As of Thu 6 Aug 2026 · 16 stories · Source: Daily Newsletter Digest

Thursday 6 August 2026

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  1. 01 · The Washington Post

    "This federal judge ruled against Trump. Then the threats began."

    U.S. District Judge John McConnell ruled against the Trump administration, faced a wave of intimidation, and went on the record about it.

    Regulation

  2. 02 · Puck

    "Why Republicans Still Won't Break With Trump"

    Further reading from the day's section on Abdul El-Sayed's one-point win in Michigan.

  3. 03 · The Washington Post

    "Trump, Hegseth clashed at Camp David over shortages of long-range guided missiles"

    Trump and Pete Hegseth clashed at Camp David over shortages of long-range guided missiles, with Trump asking why he hadn't been told.

  4. 04 · AI Secret

    "Nvidia's New Landlord"

    AI Secret's issue also covers the Ninth Circuit's ruling in the Perplexity and Amazon case.

    Housing · AI

  5. 05 · Puck

    "The Latest WarnerMount Hurdle: A Routine Exec-Poaching Lawsuit"

    Warner is suing Amazon for poaching an HBO Max marketing executive mid-contract, a talent war conducted in court.

    Regulation

  6. 06 · Puck

    "Inside the Sports Media Talent Market Collapse"

    Sports TV's on-air middle class is absorbing the cost of the media industry's squeeze.

  7. 07 · Digiday

    "Sony is scaling up its PlayStation advertising ambitions"

    Further reading from the day's section on media companies stuck in merger limbo.

    Advertising

  8. 08 · Digiday

    "People Inc. CEO: We're not turning off Google crawlers yet"

    People Inc.'s CEO told investors Google Search is down to 21% of its traffic from nearly two-thirds, while declining for now to block the crawlers.

  9. 09 · Digiday

    "The Rundown: Google's legal woes with ad tech rivals"

    Further reading from the day's section on media companies stuck in merger limbo.

    Advertising

  10. 10 · The Athletic

    "MLB Power Rankings: The trade deadline is done"

    Further reading from the day's section on sports business and the fight over who the WNBA is for.

  11. 11 · Defector

    "The Right Has Created Its Perfect Trans Athlete"

    Defector's Lauren Theisen notes there is no trans player in the WNBA, so the discourse since Sophie Cunningham's comments is about a concept.

    Women's sport

  12. 12 · Defector

    "WNBA Suspends Seattle Storm Minority Owner For Being Rude To Transphobic Shitheads"

    Further reading from the day's section on sports business and the fight over who the WNBA is for.

    Women's sport

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  1. 13 · Puck

    "Vuori and the Art of Not Being Cool"

    Reformation's flat NYSE debut serves as a warning to Vuori, the $5.5B activewear brand still resisting an IPO.

    IPO

  2. 14 · Status

    "The Guthrie Gridlock"

    Six months after Nancy Guthrie's abduction, the FBI and local authorities are still trading blame.

  3. 15 · Defector

    "Sophie Cunningham Is About As Edgy As A Beach Ball"

    The response to the ESPN profile of Sophie Cunningham that started the WNBA news cycle.

    Women's sport

  4. 16 · Puck

    "Inside the Met's new Orientalism show"

    Marion Maneker on the Met's new Orientalism exhibition, which embraces the gap between fact and fantasy.

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