August 3rd, 2026

• Deal said in the works to revive US-Iran MOU, open Hormuz for 60 days without fees - Report says Israel planned to join US in attack on Iran's energy sites, was left in the dark when Trump called it off; president had reportedly been told by Qataris that Tehran agreed to open strait
• Trump says talks with Iran will start Monday on deal to reopen Hormuz - 'I'd love to do that. We'd save a lot of lives,' US president says, adding Gulf leaders' input weighed heavily in decision to hold off new strikes
• Trump says Iran deal 'imminent'; planned strike would've been largest since World War II
• Nukes? Trump Says Iran Attack Would Have Been the "Biggest Attack Since World War II" - Iran "Knew the Extent" and Agreed to Negotiate
• Trump says Gulf leaders' input weighed heavily in decision to hold off on ordering new Iran strikes
• Iran denies it asked Trump not to strike or agreed to deal to split control of Hormuz
• US shifts course again as Israel stays silent and Iran mocks Trump's retreat - For nearly four months, Trump has swung between threats of major strikes and calls for restraint; Israel has yet to respond to his claim that it joined the commitment to hold fire, while renewed uncertainty threatens flights and summer travel
• Travel plans in disarray as large-scale USAF deployment crowds Israel's Ben Gurion Airport
• Iran's war on Americans began decades ago. These families still carry the scars - Federal courts found the IRGC supplied weapons and trained militias responsible for killing and maiming U.S. soldiers in Iraq
• Oil prices drop after Trump orders US forces to hold off on new strikes against Iran
• Kiros: Two-State Solution Keeps Palestinians from Occupying Land 'That, in Theory, Was All of Palestine to Begin With', Jewish State Ends Up Oppressing
• Board of Peace envoy laments recent Gaza strikes amid effort to implement Trump plan - Nickolay Mladenov says team 'working around the clock to de-escalate,' as Board official says Israel was briefed 'extensively' as Hamas disarmament deal came together
• Board of Peace official: We're in a tense moment; we're trying get all sides to stop fighting in Gaza
• Israeli strikes in Gaza continue, despite announcement of Hamas disarmament - Israeli government has yet to acknowldege agreement announced by Trump
• Senior minister says Israel not halting attacks in Gaza as 17 said killed in IDF strikes
• Oct. 7 survivor commits suicide on the grave of his girlfriend who was murdered by Hamas: report
• Katz announces he's replacing top West Bank general; IDF says he'll stay in his role - Open dispute erupts between army and defense minister, who says on live TV that Maj. Gen. Bluth acted against his policy on violent settler, and declares he has 'absolute' control of IDF
• Ben-Gvir barred from using crocodiles to guard terrorists, court announces - The court issued an injunction against Ben-Gvir's plan due to a petition by the animal rights organization Let the Animals Live
• Opposition pans Netanyahu 'spin' as he distances himself from Haredi draft evasion law - PM reportedly says he will not pursue further legislation seeking to exempt ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers from arrest; Bennett: He 'thinks the serving public is dumb'
• Opposition accuses Netanyahu of hypocrisy amid pivot against ultra-Orthodox parties in bid for center-right voters - 'Anyone who is not studying Torah will either enlist – or go to prison,' Netanyahu reportedly says
• Boy George brushes off criticism from LGBTQ activists after pro-Israel stance, says Hamas wants to kill 'queers' - "When I say 'they want to kill every last one of us' I am also talking about us queers not just the Jewish community. When will you wake up?"
• Senior Russian commander reportedly targeted in Moscow bombing
• Battling the Fury - Counterterrorism Experts on the Drone Threat to America
• Trump targets Biden-era billion-dollar Smithsonian budgets amid anti-'woke' push
• James Carville vows to abandon Democratic Party if far-left Hasan Piker becomes leading voice - Veteran strategist said an 'overwhelming majority' of Democrats agree as democratic socialism gains ground
• Joe Manchin says he would never support a socialist candidate, warns against 'crazy' positions
• Donna Brazile to Dems: Don't Get Caught in This 'Socialist Wave'
• Radical Colorado Dem Congressional Nominee Calls Warnings of Communist Takeover of Party by Democratic Socialists of America 'Noise'
• California Man Arrested After Police Catch Him Stealing Unvoted Ballots in Maricopa County, Arizona
• Capital One says Trump Organization bank accounts closed after money laundering probe
• Media shifts to more aggressively fight Trump in courts
• A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone's Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge. Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.
• FBI Probing Whether Water System Cyberattacks in Michigan and Seven Other States Are Being Conducted by Iranian Hackers, or Being Staged to Look Like They Are
• Congress Debates AI 'Kill Switch' After Rogue AI Hacks
• AI rabbis? Some NY Hasidic groups see new technology as a challenge, others as a tool - Artificial intelligence that can answer questions of Jewish law may threaten congregants' relationships with religious leaders, but also serves as a powerful educational resource
• Big tech, state lawmakers fight back against unexpected disinformation war on data centers - Facing NIMBY: Industry experts and lawmakers are pushing back against "disinformation" about data centers, arguing that they are vital for American jobs and technological leadership
• China's 'artificial sun' just hit a major milestone: Could this change how the world gets electricity?
• World's Largest Fusion Magnet: How China's 582-Tonne Test Accelerates Clean Energy Timeline
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Hicks Bay, New Zealand
• Earthquake of magnitude 5.4 strikes Egypt, is felt in Israel
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits north of Ascension Island
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Ohonua, Tonga
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near San Alejandro, Peru
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Bahia de Lobos, Mexico
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits north of Ascension Island
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Changning, China
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits south of Tonga
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 24,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 18,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Sakurajima volcano on Japan erupts to 14,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• 16 dead and missing as floods and landslides hit Kerala, India
• Yangsan reaches 42.5C (108.5F), setting South Korea's national temperature record
• Apocalyptic Inferno in Spokane: Fast-Moving Wildfire Forces Mass Evacuations as Homes Burn and Hospital is Emptied
• Spokane wildfires destroy 600 structures, force evacuation of 5,000 homes; wildfire emergency declared for Washington
• Extreme heat wave across Europe fuels wildfires in France, Greece, drought in Hungary
• Two helicopters collide as Greece battles wildfires, Hungary shuts nuclear plant
• 'Better late than never': The Telegraph admits climate policy disastrous for Britain - "We have crippled British industry, hammered consumers and pushed the grid to the brink of blackouts," newspaper declared
• 30 Christians Slaughtered in Nigeria as Study Highlights Threat from Islamic Fulani Militias
• Ceuta border storming death toll reaches 72 after 50K migrants attempt to enter Spanish enclave
• Morocco blames misinformation for Ceuta migrant rush; Israel conspiracy theories spread - Rabat also points finger at human trafficking networks for crisis; watchdog finds baseless claims of Israeli involvement reached over 100 million people on X
• Italy takes 'extraordinary' step after 60K migrants rushed Spanish city following socialist leader's open border policy
• E.U. Vows 'Emergency Meeting' Six Days After Ceuta Illegal Migrant Invasion Began
• US Bars Four Companies From H-1B Visas: 'Willful Violators' of immigration labor rules
• BLM activists set up autonomous zone in Madison, Wisconsin—city provides bathroom facilities - The area, called the "Corey Ruiz Autonomous Zone" or "CRAZ" was established following the July 22 police shooting of Ruiz, an armed felo
• Police: Two Good Guys with Guns Engaged In-N-Out Attacker
• Abigail Spanberger Restores Voting Rights to 66,000 Virginians 'with Past Felony Convictions'
• Unearthed Interview Reveals Wisconsin's Dem-Socialist "Abolish ICE and Prisons" Frontrunner for Governor Admits to Being Diagnosed With Bipolar Disorder, Cutting Herself On Purpose, Spent Time in Psychiatric Hospital
• James Talarico claims Jesus' healing miracles prove government should pay for health insurance - "If you read our scriptures, if you read the New Testament, what does Jesus spend most of his time doing? It's not preaching, it's not teaching, it is healing. Healing the sick."
• Fans Outraged After Multiple WNBA Coaches Refuse to Protect Women's Sports from Trans Athletes
• Surrogate Mother Fighting to Save Baby with Treatable Heart Condition from Biological Parents Trying to Force Her to Abort
• Trump's new NIH chief outlines sweeping reforms like new pandemic playbook, vaccine injury body - "The United States will never again support research that has a chance of causing catastrophic human harm," he says
• RFK Jr: Lyme Disease, RSV, Covid-19 "Almost Certainly" Created By Gain-of-Function Research - And U.S. Will End It Worldwide
• RFK Unloads on Dana Bash During Heated Vaccine Debate - "All You Know How to Do Is Repeat Things That People Told You and Say, Trust the Experts!"
• RFK Jr was right to confront CNN over Fauci coverage, say network was 'scaring people' during COVID-19 - Kennedy accused CNN of press malpractice and abandoning skepticism toward authority during the pandemic
• Sen. Lummis: Fauci 'Lied to the American People and Congress' and Is 'Responsible for the Overwhelming Number of Deaths' Because He Blocked Ivermectin
• Louisiana Joins Alabama and Florida in Investigating if Fauci Broke Any State Laws
• Senator Roger Marshall Blasts Dr. Fauci, 'He Was Drunk with Power, He Was Drunk with Pride, He Was Drunk with His Own Celebrity'
• Report: Bill Gates Given Top Security Clearance During Dangerous 'Gain of Function' Virus Research