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Fill in the blank on this week's quiz: Rep. AOC is documenting ____ on Instagram

By Holly J. Morris
Published August 14, 2026 at 2:01 AM PDT
From left: Pope Leo, someone who is a correct answer, AOC.
Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images; Theo Wargo/Getty Images; Graeme Sloan/Getty Images
From left: Pope Leo, someone who is a correct answer, AOC.

This week, a secret plane swap that happened last month made the news. Also last month: Taylor Swift got married and England got a new prime minister! Here are with 10 news events from August, aka the present.

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Holly J. Morris works on NPR's Training team. She was an editor at The Washington Post Express, National Geographic and U.S. News and World Report, and a college teacher.

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