Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Today as it Happened on Monday, August 17, 2026:
Mideast negotiator and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner held an hourslong meeting Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu days after the premier rejected the 15-point, U.S.-backed road map to move the ceasefire deal forward in Gaza.
The meeting followed Kushner's two-hour meeting with the Hamas leader in Egypt, as the U.S. presses for Israel’s approval of the road map. There is a lot at stake, including the lives of some 2 million Palestinians in Gaza, reconstruction of the war-demolished enclave and future control over it.
Luigi Mangione's state murder trial has been postponed just days after he pleaded guilty to federal charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The trial had been scheduled to begin in September, but it has been postponed as the court considers Mangione's request to dismiss the state case on double jeopardy grounds. Both sides are expected to respond to motions in October ahead of a December hearing, when a judge could decide whether the state trial can move forward.
And Scripps News' political roundtable breaks down early steps in the 2028 race, including the possibility that Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff and Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly could make up the Democratic ticket.
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Today as it Happened on Monday, August 17, 2026:
Mideast negotiator and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner held an hourslong meeting Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu days after the premier rejected the 15-point, U.S.-backed road map to move the ceasefire deal forward in Gaza.
The meeting followed Kushner's two-hour meeting with the Hamas leader in Egypt, as the U.S. presses for Israel’s approval of the road map. There is a lot at stake, including the lives of some 2 million Palestinians in Gaza, reconstruction of the war-demolished enclave and future control over it.
Luigi Mangione's state murder trial has been postponed just days after he pleaded guilty to federal charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The trial had been scheduled to begin in September, but it has been postponed as the court considers Mangione's request to dismiss the state case on double jeopardy grounds. Both sides are expected to respond to motions in October ahead of a December hearing, when a judge could decide whether the state trial can move forward.
And Scripps News' political roundtable breaks down early steps in the 2028 race, including the possibility that Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff and Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly could make up the Democratic ticket.
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