Monday, Aug. 26

· President Donald Trump offered conflicting signals at the G-7 annual summit of leaders in Biarritz, France, regarding his trade war with China, saying first that he had “second thoughts” about imposing a new round of tariffs on Chinese goods, and later, that he regretted not raising the tariff even higher.

· President Trump suggested the next G-7 summit should be held at his luxury golf resort in Doral, Fla., signaling his willingness to mix his government and profit-making activities, and stimulating another round in the ongoing debate over the president’s ethics.

Tuesday, Aug. 27

· Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. of the Cherokee Nation announced he would fulfill a legal right to appoint a delegate to Congress, which he said is based in treaties between the United States and Cherokee nation. He said, “What I’m asking is for the government of the United States to keep its word.”

· Judge Howard F. Sachs of the Federal District Court in Kansas City, Missouri, blocked the state from enforcing a ban on abortions after the eighth week of pregnancy. The law was passed by Republican legislators as part of a larger national campaign to curb abortion and prompt the Supreme Court to revisit its landmark abortion case, Roe v. Wade.

Wednesday, Aug. 28

· A Palestinian student from Lebanon, Ismail B. Ajjawi, 17, who was set to begin his studies at Harvard, was turned back by Customs and Border Control agents at Logan International Airport in Boston because they objected to social media posts by his friends, prompting protests from free-speech advocates.

· House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, who advocates impeaching President Trump, issued a series of new subpoenas to former Trump campaign and administration officials. The action is likely to set up a showdown with Trump when the House of Representatives reconvenes from its summer recess in September.

Thursday, Aug. 29

· The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a broad warning against the use of vaping ingredients that have not been tested and modifying cannabis or nicotine e-cigarette devices in an attempt to control a vaping-related severe pulmonary disease that has afflicted more than 200 young people in 25 states.

· The Justice Department Inspector General released a report critical of former FBI director James Comey, saying Comey acted in violation of his employment agreement and FBI policies when he released memos detailing unusual interactions with President Trump to the media. The Justice Department declined to press charges.

· The Trump administration announced plans to cut back EPA regulation of methane emissions, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global climate change. The plan would eliminate federal regulations that require gas and oil companies to install technologies to identify and repair methane leaks from pipelines, storage and other facilities.

Friday, Aug. 30

· The New York Times reported that the Federal Trade Commission voted to fine Google $150 million to $200 million to settle allegations that YouTube, one of its subsidiary companies, “illegally collected personal information about children.”

· A military judge set a date for the death penalty trial at Guantánamo Bay of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other men alleged to have plotted the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York and Washington. The trial will begin on Jan. 11, 2021.

Saturday, Aug. 31

· No news to report.

Sunday, Sept. 1

· Trump told reporters at the White House he is still talking to Congress about gun control, but that recent drive-by shootings in which seven people died in West Texas “hasn’t changed anything.” The president focused on background checks, “[I]f you look at the last four or five [mass shootings], going back even five or six or seven years — for the most part, as strong as you make your background checks, they would not have stopped any of it.”