President Donald Trump said Sunday the United States is "low keying" its approach to Iran, signaling he is prepared for now to let mounting economic pressure squeeze Tehran rather than launch another major military offensive.

"We are low keying it," Trump said in a brief phone interview with Axios. "We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money."

Trump said Iran is "in very bad shape" economically and lacks the money to pay its troops, pointing to the U.S. naval blockade as further intensifying the regime's economic crisis.

At the same time, the president noted that oil prices have fallen to just above $75 a barrel, reducing the conflict's economic impact on American consumers as Washington waits to see whether Tehran will bend.

"It will work out. It always works out. It's like a chess game," Trump told the outlet.

The comments mark a notably measured posture from Trump just one week after he was considering a return to major combat operations against Iran. Axios reported that the president ultimately decided against another major escalation for

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday announced that Connecticut Children’s Medical Center has agreed to no longer give sex change drugs to minors. 

As part of the agreement with the DOJ, the medical center will also “pay a monetary penalty” and dedicate an extra $500,000 in medical care for individuals harmed by sex-mutilating drugs, the agency noted in a statement. DOJ said the resolution arose from its ongoing investigation into potential violations of federal law connected to sex change drugs and surgeries for minors.

"The Department of Justice will stop at nothing to protect America's children," Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward said in a statement. "This resolution is a reminder to hospitals, medical providers, and pharmaceutical companies that the Justice Department will vigorously enforce federal law, especially where the lives of children are endangered."

The DOJ noted that Connecticut Children’s “took significant steps entitling it to credit for cooperation with the Department in its investigation.” The agency said the medical center “remained cooperative, proactive, and solution-driven” throughout the entire investigation, qualities highlighted “by its financial commitment to providing restorative care to the victims who desperately

Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has announced changes to U.S. regulations that would require commercial truckers to be able to speak and read English.

Duffy made his announcement on Friday in a post on X, which reported that English proficiency will now become a permanent requirement.

“Today, I am proposing to lock English proficiency rules into federal regulations FOR GOOD — so no future administration can ever undo them,” Duffy wrote on X.

“Barack Obama weakened this rule and allowed illegal truckers onto our highways, but THAT IS NOT HAPPENING AGAIN,” he adamantly continued.

“Over 26,000 unqualified drivers have already been pulled off the road. GET READY FOR MANY, MANY MORE,” Duffy concluded.

🚨NEW: WE’RE MOVING TO MAKE ENGLISH REQUIREMENTS FOR TRUCKERS PERMANENT LAW🚨

Today, I am proposing to lock English proficiency rules into federal regulations FOR GOOD — so no future administration can ever undo them

Barack Obama weakened this rule and allowed illegal truckers… pic.twitter.com/UwZDqiyAk3

— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) August 7, 2026

Duffy’s X post also contained a video of an official asking a trucker to identify U.S. road signs,

Establishment Democrats have reportedly been pressuring the family of Alani Bankhead in order to push her into dropping out of the Montana Senate race so independent Seth Bodnar can step in.

As Breitbart News reported in July, Seth Bodnar, who has the backing of former Democrat Montana Sen. Jon Tester, has been actively weighing whether or not to stay in the race prior to the August 10 deadline.

“Independent Montana Senate candidate Seth Bodnar could withdraw from the state's U.S. Senate race before the Aug. 10 filing deadline if Democrat nominee Alani Bankhead remains on the ballot,” said the report.

“Republican strategists and political operatives told Breitbart News that Bodnar's campaign has struggled to gain traction despite spending by both the campaign and an allied super PAC,” it added.

Over the weekend, NPR noted that Democrats have been scrambling to pressure Bankhead to leave the race in the hopes of paving the way for Bodnar.

“Bankhead won the state primary, but both voters and some prominent Democrats are pressuring her to drop out of the race to make room for a prominent independent candidate, Seth Bodnar,

One of the nation’s top sports chronicles, Sports Illustrated, is under fire for pushing out a headline insisting that WNBA star Sophie Cunningham deserved to be bashed in the face on the court because of her support of women-only sports.

The outrageous SI headline came after Cunningham suffered a fragrant clothesline foul on Saturday, when Chicago Sky player DiJonai Carrington smacked Cunningham in the face while attempting to block Cunningham’s shot.

Carrington was handed a flagrant 2 foul for sending the Indiana Fever's Cunningham smashing to the floor during her successful layup in the first quarter of Saturday's game.

In reply to the incident, the magazine pushed out a story headlined, “Sophie Cunningham Got a Bitter Taste of Karma after Drawing Flagrant Foul in Fever-Sky.”

The headline says straight-out that Cunningham earned deserved “karma” because she opposes men who claim to be women playing in women’s sports. The Indiana Fever star had expressed her opinion in an interview with ESPN at the end of July.

The headline and accompanying story by writer Kristen Wong were immediately lambasted by furious Cunningham’s fans.

Hours later, the magazine quietly