The Security Council keeps watch and the clock. A vote to end UNIFIL’s forty-year mission in southern Lebanon by end-2026. France offers a sixteen-month compromise; the US stance stays unclear. Withdrawal would begin for about 10,800 troops. Lebanon will run security north of the Blue Line; Israel will pull back.

In Minneapolis, the talk turns sharp. Jen Psaki says weaponizing details of the shooting is sick and disgusting. She asks how to stop this from being laid at the guns’ feet. Two children were killed and 17 wounded at a Minneapolis Catholic Mass. Breitbart says ABC/CNN downplayed anti-Trump and anti-Catholic motives; mags read “Kill Donald Trump” and anti-religious messages.

Pritzker warns he will not stand idle if Trump deploys the National Guard to Chicago, calling it unconstitutional and a power grab. Johnson says crime has fallen but remains above 2021; Trump calls the leaders incompetent amid federal deployment talk tied to D.C.

Coco Gauff, 21, is the world’s highest-earning female athlete, about $37.2 million in the past year. Prize money, major endorsements, and ventures; she launched Coco Gauff Enterprises after leaving Team8.

The Digest, 8/28/2025 @100AM, CDT

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