What changed the week of Aug 31

001 RULES U.S. Democrats demand DHS release withheld election security funds before midterms SOURCED 002 RULES U.S. Ed Markey defeats Seth Moulton in Massachusetts Senate primary SOURCED 003 RULES U.S. Education Department releases school civil rights data months late, with gender identity entries suppressed SOURCED 004 RULES U.S. House censures Chuck Edwards after ethics report finds hostile workplace SOURCED 005 RULES U.S. ICE detainee deaths under Trump's second term pass 57 as screening questions mount SOURCED 006 RULES U.S. ICE says it has enough body cameras after series of deadly shootings SOURCED 007 RULES U.S. Israel denies more U.S. travelers entry over Palestinian ties and views SOURCED 008 RULES U.S. Medical groups issue fall vaccine guidance as CDC panel remains suspended SOURCED 009 RULES U.S. Millions of children lose SNAP benefits, putting free school meals at risk SOURCED 010 RULES U.S. Strong August jobs report raises odds of Fed rate hike SOURCED 011 RULES U.S. Treasury proposes rule to strip tax-exempt status from schools with race-based programs SOURCED 012 RULES U.S. Trump's emergency tariff gambit SOURCED 013 RULES WORLD Alberta imposes $14 recycling fee on solar panels, bans landfill disposal SOURCED 014 RULES WORLD Austria's headscarf ban for under-14s takes effect as schools reopen SOURCED 015 RULES WORLD Boston Scientific pulls all Imager II catheters after tip-manufacturing defect SOURCED 016 RULES WORLD Colombia bans new mining and oil projects across its Amazon SOURCED 017 RULES WORLD Deere right-to-repair settlement opens claims process for farmers SOURCED 018 RULES WORLD Fifth Circuit rules Constitution gives no right to clean drinking water SOURCED 019 RULES WORLD France starts charging fees on ultra-fast fashion from Shein and Temu SOURCED 020 RULES WORLD Google avoids ad tech breakup as judge orders behavioral fixes SOURCED 021 RULES WORLD Guinea-Bissau expands presidential powers in referendum backed by military government SOURCED 022 RULES WORLD Medtronic recalls reflux monitoring devices after capsule failures SOURCED 023 RULES WORLD New European guidelines urge every heart patient to be tested for kidney disease SOURCED 024 RULES WORLD Trump signs order directing gray wolf delisting review SOURCED 025 RULES WORLD UN backs new world map that corrects Africa's distorted size SOURCED 026 NEW U.S. Child suicide-related ER visits rose 74% from 2016 to 2022 SOURCED 027 NEW WORLD 80,000-year-old stone points may be the world's oldest arrowheads SOURCED 028 NEW WORLD Astronomers detect a 10-sided decagon forming at Saturn's south pole SOURCED 029 NEW WORLD Claude formally verifies Fermat's Last Theorem in 11 days SOURCED 030 NEW WORLD Cliff cypress returns in Chongqing after extinction in the wild SOURCED 031 NEW WORLD Coached lifestyle programs improve dementia-risk cognition more than advice alone SOURCED 032 NEW WORLD Dormant breast cancer cells hide behind protective cellular shields SOURCED 033 NEW WORLD FDA approves first Alexander disease treatment, Ionis's Zanvastro SOURCED 034 NEW WORLD First real-time AI use in brain surgery protects patient's sight SOURCED 035 NEW WORLD Glucose and neural touch guide the stem cells that build the human brain SOURCED 036 NEW WORLD Hackers had a live feed of a U.S. ID-scan company's data for over a year SOURCED 037 NEW WORLD Hall effect works with in-plane magnetic fields, Carnegie Mellon team shows SOURCED 038 NEW WORLD Kazakhstan's first wild-born Przewalski's horse foal in 200 years SOURCED 039 NEW WORLD Kākāpō population hits 75-year high after record breeding season SOURCED 040 NEW WORLD MIT builds working transistors out of living bacteria SOURCED 041 NEW WORLD Mexico approves world's first RNA-based fungicide SOURCED 042 NEW WORLD New study traces specific disasters to individual fossil fuel companies' emissions SOURCED 043 NEW WORLD One-time CRISPR therapy keeps cholesterol lower for a full year in early trial SOURCED 044 NEW WORLD Physicists explain why quantum oscillations persist in topological insulator ZrTe5 SOURCED 045 NEW WORLD Pig kidneys bridge first patients to human transplants SOURCED 046 NEW WORLD RNA polymerase reads eight-letter DNA alphabet in UC San Diego studies SOURCED 047 NEW WORLD Star formation across the universe drops sharply while hydrogen fuel holds steady SOURCED 048 NEW WORLD Trachoma eliminated as a public health problem across Southeast Asia SOURCED 049 MONEY U.S. IRS audit revenue falls sharply after staffing cuts SOURCED 050 MONEY U.S. Venezuela opposition walks fine line over U.S. oil deal SOURCED 051 MONEY WORLD De Beers pauses South Africa's largest diamond mine as lab-grown gems reset the market SOURCED 052 MONEY WORLD Dutch central bank moves 86 tonnes of gold out of US and Canada citing geopolitical unrest SOURCED 053 MONEY WORLD Liquid Network drained of 4,000 BTC in Elements bug exploit SOURCED 054 MONEY WORLD Volkswagen board approves plan doubling job cuts to 100,000 SOURCED 055 BUILT U.S. Record U.S. clean power deployment continues as federal support shrinks SOURCED 056 BUILT U.S. Trump administration lifts work stoppage on Great Lakes invasive carp barrier SOURCED 057 BUILT U.S. US diesel prices hit record high as conflicts squeeze global supply SOURCED 058 BUILT WORLD New Mexico's largest reservoir falls to lowest level in 55 years SOURCED 059 FORCE U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll steps down, leaving Army without confirmed top leaders SOURCED 060 FORCE U.S. US and Israel launch joint military campaign against Iran SOURCED 061 FORCE U.S. US envoys make first Kyiv visit after Moscow talks in renewed Ukraine peace push SOURCED 062 FORCE U.S. US strikes dismantle Iran's surface fleet after Strait of Hormuz blockade attempt SOURCED 063 FORCE WORLD Deadly 'genital theft' rumors spread across Africa via social media SOURCED 064 FORCE WORLD Millions of Afghans expelled from Pakistan and Iran arrive in Taliban-run Afghanistan SOURCED 065 FORCE WORLD Turkey's Kurdish peace process enters PKK disarmament phase SOURCED