September 8, 2026 - Canada Hits U.S. Goods With New Tariffs

The kids are back at school. Football season is underway. The final sprint toward election day has begun. And summer is unofficially over.

Me? I never made it to the Jersey Shore. I fished only once in the Poconos and golfed just twice. My vegetable garden needs a good weeding.

That's because I spent my off-air hours this summer building something I think is desperately lacking: a forum for civil, substantive debate on matters of national consequence - and an honest effort to find common ground. One week from today, you can watch the result. It's called Can We Agree? and it will premiere on my YouTube channel.

The format is simple. Two distinguished guests. One issue. Roughly an hour, uninterrupted. I moderate, and every conversation is recorded live in person in my studios. I'm proud of our participants so far, especially because they said yes to a concept before a single episode was released.

Congressman Tom Suozzi of New York debated former Ohio state senator Nina Turner on whether democratic socialism is the future of the Democratic Party. Richard Clarke, the nation's first cyber czar, and Jennifer Huddleston of the Cato Institute took on whether and how to regulate AI. John Yoo of UC Berkeley Law and William Galston of Brookings and the Wall Street Journal argued whether Donald Trump changed the American presidency or simply revealed executive power his predecessors chose not to exercise. And former Senator Joe Manchin squared off with Jamal Simmons, former communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris, on open primaries. Soon to come: best-selling author Kurt Andersen ("The Breakup") and Syracuse professor Ryan Griffiths ("The Disunited States") on whether America needs an amicable divorce from itself, and a debate on data centers between developer Brian O'Neill and the NAACP's Abre' Conner. More are in the works for this fall.

Watch a sample here, and subscribe now to my YouTube channel before the September 15 launch so the first episode lands in your feed the moment it’s posted.

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Canada's dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on $28 billion in U.S. imports took effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, and experts say small and medium-sized businesses will bear the brunt while most consumers see little day-to-day impact.

CBC

Russia struck Kyiv with missiles and drones early Tuesday, killing two and wounding ten, hours after a three-day truce lapsed following weekend visits by US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and the Ukrainian capital.

CNN

The Wall Street Journal reports that Corey Lewandowski, a powerful adviser to former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, used his influence over billions in government spending to intervene in contracts, press for favored decisions and allegedly pursue side business opportunities, allegations he and his representatives deny.

The Wall Street Journal

The U.S. national debt has reached a troubling new milestone, with annual interest payments soaring to $1.25 trillion as rising Treasury yields and heavy government borrowing intensify pressure on the federal budget. Federal net interest payments on the $40 trillion national debt consumed 18.5% of US revenue in 2025, topping the 1991 record and exceeding the 2026 defense budget, with the CBO projecting the burden could reach 25% by 2036.

Yahoo Finance

King Charles has reaffirmed that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle remain non-working royals following their return to the U.K., clarifying that their royal titles remain in abeyance and any charitable work they undertake will be in a private capacity.

People

Marissa Streit argues that America’s labor crisis begins in the classroom, where declining academic standards and an emphasis on protecting students from failure have left too many graduates lacking the resilience, responsibility and initiative employers expect.

Fox News

Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's nearly three-hour A24 hybrid documentary 'You Can See Everything,' which premiered as a secret screening at Telluride, follows Elizabeth Holmes and boyfriend Billy Evans in the 36 days before she reported to prison and picks back up two years into her incarceration with unexpected twists.

Deadline

CNN national security journalist Peter Bergen has donated more than 150,000 pages from his decades of reporting on al-Qaeda to Georgetown University, timed to the 25th anniversary of 9/11.

The Washington Post

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Amy Acton returned to the campaign trail a day after an armed man carrying two handguns, brass knuckles and a Taser lunged toward her at the Canfield Fair, knocking several attendees to the ground before being arrested on disorderly conduct and assault charges.

NBC News

An NPR investigation reveals that extreme heat is killing thousands of Americans each year, with residents of aging manufactured homes facing disproportionate risks due to inadequate cooling, high energy costs and unsafe living conditions.

NPR