Friday’s Mini-Report, 8.7.26

Today’s edition of quick hits. * This bill now moves on to the House, where its fate is uncertain: “The Senate passed a sweeping new package of sanctions targeting Russia and Iran on Friday, approving a measure aimed at supporting Ukraine in its fight against President Vladimir V. Putin’s war of aggression.” * Trump hasn’t given up on trying to fire Lisa Cook: “President Donald Trump is renewing his attempt to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve, according to a letter from the White House obtained by MS NOW. … Cook’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, said in a statement that the allegations of mortgage fraud ‘are as baseless now as they were a year ago’ when Trump first tried to remove Cook.” * The case against David Hearn officially ends: “A judge in Washington dismissed a felony vandalism charg