THE HILL platform
12:29 p.m. August 3, 2026
from
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
The Hill's Ryan Mancini
online article Monday noon hour
Monday, August 3, 2026
Christopher Nolan's THE_ODYSSEY leaves the gods in the OUTTAKES
Review by
movie critic for
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
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Odysseus for
writer-director
Christopher Nolan
uses "presentism" to
give watchers a
modern, relatable
hero
rather than
attempting to
understand the ancient
world on its own terms . . .
Russia's missiles kill 9 in Kyiv (Ukraine's capital) hours after Trump backs off pledge to supply Patriot Interceptors
NY Times
breaking news July 31 - Aug. 1, 2026
Nine dead, 30 injured in a barrage of Russian
missiles
________________________________
Trump fidgeted and backed off pledge
to Zelenskyy earlier at the Graham Funeral
(National Cathedral) to let Ukraine
manufacture PATRIOT missiles
REPORTING
Constant Meheut -- assigned to KYIV, Ukraine
Fatima Ameaka -- Cameroonian national who works at Johns Hopkins University arrested, detained by ICE in Louisiana
abcnews.go.com
Johns Hopkins Researcher
(Pharmacy / with work authorization
until 2029)
employee of Bloomberg Dept. of
Public Health
__________________________
she was detained while
returning trip to a Baltimore airport. . .
MI Dept. Health reports 2 deaths from Cyclospora [ out of total cases 11,234 cases and 193 hospitalizations ]
cnbc.com/2026/08/03/
cyclospora-outbreak-first-
two-deaths-reported-in-michigan.html
Mitch McConnell fails to explain his 50+ day silence / out of public view [ since June 14, around Father's Day ]
July 2 - ongoing 2026
Vague stilted language used by his staff to fill in NONE
of the customary details
POLITICO.com/live-updates/
2026/07/02/Congress/mcConnell-remains-hospitalized-
00986648
The 83-year-old fell in the basement on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025
making his way to a vote in the Senate Chamber.
nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/politics/mitch-mcconnell-fall-capitol.html
War continues: U.S. strikes back when Iran has launched a surprise ballistic missile launch at Jordan and Gulf State Emirates who host U.S. military bases
Ongoing STORY
July 29 - 30, 2026
The "War of Choice" (Feb. 28
now more than 5 months in)
has a new chapter --
IRAN will seize any chance it
has with U.S. Military / Naval
Vessels patrolling the Persian
Gulf and Strait of Hormuz
details = Washingtonpost.com/
morning headline July 30, 2026
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