▸  Aug 7 (Day 1): Deal signed. Five failure modes. October 6 cliff identified.

▸  Aug 14 (Day 8): First nuclear session, Muscat. Araghchi. Parallel-track compromise.

▸  Aug 17: ONYX corrects ‘ceasefire expired’ (first of three corrections).

▸  Aug 19 (Day 12): Iran ‘lost relevance’ claim (second correction). UAE trade suspension.

▸  Aug 20-21: Economic warfare, IRGC chaos, NK 10 missiles, gas price floor approaching.

▸  Aug 22-23 (Days 15-16): Session 2 scheduled September 1. Gas floor reached ($0.28-0.32 below peak).

▸  Aug 26 (Day 19): White House no-extension. Trump surrender demand. Third correction.

▸  Aug 27 (Day 20): Operation Economic Outcast. Gaza ceasefire accepted.

▸  Aug 28 (Day 21): Phase 1 hostage releases begin. Session 2 in 4 days. 38 days to October 6.

THE GAZA ARC 

▸  Aug 18: Kushner 15-point roadmap; Netanyahu rejects; Saudi-UAE condemnation.

▸  Aug 22: Hamas accepts revised framework (ceasefire-first, governance-later).

▸  Aug 23: Ben Gvir coalition ultimatum; Smotrich parallel.

▸  Aug 24: Hostage families name Ben Gvir as obstacle. Internal coalition fractures.

▸  Aug 27: Netanyahu accepts. Coalition collapses. Ben Gvir and Smotrich campaign.

▸  Aug 28: Phase 1 releases begin. 629 days after October 7, 2023.

THE TRACKING ARCS 

▸  USS Lincoln: documented Aug 4 → heading home Aug 22 → Trump fake news denial Aug 26

▸  Indiana flooding: Day 1 Aug 17 (seven dead, 1913 record) → Day 22 Aug 28 (power restoration ongoing)

▸  Colombia earthquake: Day 1 Aug 12 → Day 17 Aug 28 (plan published, financing gap open)

▸  Congo Ebola: first Aug 10 (2,000+ dead, WHO PHEIC) → Aug 28 (death toll rising, vaccine gap unchanged)

▸  Sudan RSF: first Aug 10 (Port Sudan attacks) → Aug 28 (SAF still defending)

▸  Hawk Fire: Aug 24 (zero containment, 90,000 displaced) → Aug 28 (containment progress, partial lift)

▸  Zelenskyy-Putin Turkey: arranged Aug 22 → met Aug 23 → second round committed Aug 28

▸  Patriot shortage: documented Aug 4 → Germany-Netherlands Aug 8 → CNN empty depots Aug 18 → confirmed operational Aug 27

▸  Fedorov election challenge: Aug 23 → Zelenskyy no response Aug 24-26 → responds Aug 28

▸  Palestine Action jury pattern: first trial Aug 23 → third acquittal Aug 27 → CPS September 14 pending

▸  Meta trial: opening arguments Aug 19 → Bejar testimony Aug 20 → $18B settlement Aug 27

ORCS ISSUED 

▸  MISLEADING CONTEXT: Trump Iran ‘total control’ / ‘US territory’ Hormuz (multiple)

▸  MISLEADING CONTEXT: Tariffs-as-counter-fentanyl policy (August 23)

▸  MISLEADING CONTEXT: Census AFPI noncitizen voting report (August 20)

▸  MISLEADING CONTEXT: Vaccine spacing executive order framing (August 17)

▸  UNVERIFIED: DOGE $2 trillion savings claim (August 15, detailed August 23)

▸  CORRECTED: ‘Ceasefire expired’ claims — August 17, 19, and 26 (three separate corrections)

EDITORIAL STANDARDS MAINTAINED 

▸  No unconfirmed names published: cycling team deaths, Alaska crash, Indiana flood victims

▸  Sustained disaster coverage: Indiana (22 days), Colombia (17 days), Congo Ebola (18 days), Sudan (18 days)

▸  West Bank displacement noted explicitly throughout

▸  Natural world coverage: sunflower sea stars, Swiss glacier climbers, marmot vote, eclipse, Mars moon, Robin Hood Bay fossils

▸  Three ceasefire expiration corrections documented by date and source

▸  Arturo Bejar arc: August 20 testimony → August 27 $18B settlement resolved

▸  All reporting attributed to named sources; all corrections named and explained

28 days. 41 ONYX files. Approximately 500 articles. The arc ran from August 1 through August 28, through a ceasefire and a coalition collapse and 629 days of waiting ending in Phase 1 releases. The editorial standard: independent, neutral, factual. Every day, without exception.

CONFIDENCE: HIGH

All arc documentation from ONYX August 1-28 cumulative production. This summary adds no new claims beyond confirmed prior coverage.

SOURCES

▸  ONYX August 1-28 — complete 28-day production arc