Europe keeps the Israel pact under review. Gaza aid talks widen. After three months, aid and crossings rose, but officials say it is not enough. Gaza City is a combat zone. Leaders push for action.

Cracker Barrel's branding flop drew a MAGA backlash. Critics say the move panders to the "far right" and hurts the "progressive" base.

Trump ends Harris Secret Service protection; Harris book tour looms as strategists push to keep the House and Senate for the MAGA agenda.

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says white working-class pupils face the harshest punishments; one in ten free-meal pupils was suspended last year—the highest outside Gypsy, Roma and Traveller. She backs the Plan for Change.

Andriy Parubiy, former parliament president, was shot dead in Lviv. The killer fled on an electric bicycle. Zelensky mobilized security services; tributes poured in, echoing 2024's Iryna Farion killing.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order barring CPD from working with the National Guard or federal agents if Trump deploys troops. Officers enforce state and local law only; uniforms, IDs and body-cams required.

Trump moves to cut about $5B in foreign aid via a pocket rescission under the Impoundment Control Act. The GAO calls pocket rescissions illegal; past presidents timed them, leaving the legality murky.

The Digest, 8/31/2025 @430AM, CDT

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