August is Wash. DC vca time. Politicos and even top journalists take time off.
So this time is Little/No news time.
But the papers must go out, there is yet another election to try to influence/manipulate.
So it is a daily drumbeat of "Trump allies worry," etc.
There must be apps to find trendy, emotion packed words. like "frenetic," etc.
And birthdays. Journalists are now experts on aging. Concerned about Trumps age, but not about GHW Bush, J Carter, WJ Clinton, and GW Bush--all living, and all older than Trump.