Aug 18, 2026 - Here's everything that happened today in america. Disney and ABC sued the FCC, alleging the agency's push for early license renewal on eight ABC stations amounts to a "retaliatory campaign" tied to Trump's criticism of Jimmy Kimmel and ABC's news coverage, seeking a court order to halt the accelerated review process. Trump said there are "no talks or conversations going on" with Iran, while claiming the Strait of Hormuz is "open" and the US naval blockade remains in "full force," a claim Iran disputes as tensions escalate following Monday's expired 60-day negotiating deadline and Trump's threat to bomb Oman. A transgender woman, Riley Jane English, was sentenced to 73 months in prison for plotting to assassinate Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with a knife and Molotov cocktails just hours after his January 2025 swearing-in, having initially considered targeting House Speaker Mike Johnson or Defense Secretary Hegseth instead. Trump officials are moving to open nearly 45 million acres of national forest wilderness to new road-building and logging, rolling back protections that have been in place since 2001 under the Clinton-era Roadless Rule. Apparent human skeletal remains, including a jawbone with teeth still attached, were found at Lake Mead's Boulder Beach as water levels hit historic lows, marking the latest in a string of remains uncovered there as the drought-stricken reservoir continues shrinking. The Justice Department is planning to deploy a record 1,000 federal monitors to polling places nationwide for the November midterms, expanding federal oversight of election sites beyond previous cycles. A federal appeals court kept in place its block on a DHS policy that would allow immigration enforcement actions at houses of worship for Quakers, Cooperative Baptists and Sikhs, preserving protections these religious groups sought in court. A former Justice Department lawyer alleged the Trump administration abused its investigative authority to improperly target Harvard, Brown and Columbia universities, raising new questions about the legitimacy of federal probes into the schools. The Minnesota attorney general sued the Texas governor to compel extradition of an ICE agent facing charges in a nonfatal shooting, escalating a legal dispute between the two states over accountability for federal immigration enforcement. A former senior adviser at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases pleaded guilty to a charge related to hiding federal records during the COVID-19 pandemic, adding to ongoing scrutiny of the agency's pandemic-era conduct. Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream voluntarily recalled five flavors, strawberry, watermelon, grape, tangerine and black cherry, of its Outshine Fruit Bars nationwide due to possible glass contamination, though no illnesses or injuries have been reported. The Trump administration is weighing a proposal requiring nonprofits to disclose in tax filings whether top officials have been convicted of financial or terrorism-related crimes, part of broader efforts to increase transparency in the nonprofit sector. #USnews #NewsUpdate #BreakingNews #newsfeed #news - @dailyplugusa