The Daily Herold: 8/13/26 - Slow News Day: Press Secretary Shakeup and CIA Boat Strike Leaks
Jon Herold leans on the chat for a lighter Thursday, opening with Karoline Leavitt's announced departure as White House Press Secretary and a fun debate over whether the role should even exist in the Trump era. He digs into a Washington Post report tying a covert CIA program to mysterious strikes on Ecuadorian fishing boats near the Galapagos, plus a separate leak questioning the CIA's confidence in the Iranian assassination threat that prompted Trump's secret plane switch in Turkey. Other topics include a new executive order on transnational cybercrime, a Natalie Winters report on USDA…
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