July 12th, 2026

• Lindsey Graham, pro-Israel Trump confidant in the Senate, dies suddenly at 71
• Netanyahu: Israel has lost one of its greatest friends - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mourns death of US Senator Lindsey Graham, says he 'devoted his life to defending America, strengthening our alliance and standing up for the free world.'
• Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after 'brief and sudden illness' - President Donald Trump led tributes to Graham, a leading Republican voice on defense and foreign policy, describing him as a "true American Patriot."
• Report: Emergency services responded to 'cardiac arrest' at Lindsey Graham's home
• New York Times reporters are subpoenaed after Air Force One stories, raising press freedom concerns
• Trump: 1,000 missiles are locked and loaded and aimed at Iran - The president said that the U.S. military has the capacity to wage a full-year war against the Islamic Republic after it threatened to kill him
• US demanding Iran publicly vow to stop attacks in Hormuz and forswear tolls on ships - Washington says there will be no final agreement without Tehran handing over uranium, as fresh satellite imagery shows renewed activity at nuclear sites
• US strikes Iran again, after IRGC attacks ship in Hormuz and declares strait closed - Tehran attacks American base in Jordan, appears to also target Gulf states in response to US striking coastal areas near waterway; Iran has previously threatened to attack Israel if US strikes persist
• IRGC announces closure of Strait of Hormuz, US strikes Iran in retaliation - Iranian state media announced that explosions were heard near Chabahar, on Qeshm Island, and in Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Bushehr, and Asaluyeh
• Iran Says Foreigners Have 'No Stake' in Strait of Hormuz After China Again Complains
• In written message, Mojtaba Khamenei said to vow revenge for slain father will come 'soon' - Khamenei, who has yet to appear in public since becoming Iran's supreme leader, is quoted saying 'vengeance is the will of our nation and must inevitably be carried out'
• Analysis: Mojtaba Khamenei's absence signals shifting role for Iranian leader - New supreme leader has not publicly appeared since succeeding his father; experts point to possible war injuries, security concerns, say reclusion suggests shifting power balance
• Coordinated anti-Israel propaganda campaign blindsided the West after Oct. 7, author says - In 'The Hidden Hand,' veteran political strategist Warren Kinsella claims that 'spontaneous outrage' on the streets is actually being planned by state actors and professional agitators
• Rep. Ro Khanna says armed settlers detained him during West Bank visit - Khanna said his delegation appealed to the US Embassy in Jerusalem after settlers allegedly blocked their vehicle, before Israeli security forces cleared the road
• Four settlers who attacked CNN crew in West Bank arrested by Israel Police - The CNN crew was in Sinjil covering the one-year anniversary of Saif Musallet's death, a Palestinian-American killed by Israeli settlers in July 2025
• Coalition aims to pass raft of contentious bills in final week before Knesset dissolution - Legislation includes declaring Torah study a 'foundational value,' banning arrest of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders; unclear if bill establishing political Oct. 7 probe will pass in time
• Top Shas rabbi signals openness to working with Eisenkot rather than Netanyahu after election - PM won't ever 'repent,' but his challenger still may, says Yitzhak Yosef, reflecting party's shifting alliances as it fumes over failure to deliver on IDF exemptions for Haredi men
• Why are Israelis rallying behind a candidate with no clear platform? Israelis aren't flocking to Gadi Eisenkot and the Yashar party because they know what he stands for. They're flocking to him because they're exhausted by politics and are looking for someone they perceive as decent, competent, empathetic, and "normal"
• Ex-minister Chili Tropper says he will 'absolutely not' help Netanyahu form a government - Former Blue and White MK also vows not to join a coalition with Arab or Haredi parties; Mansour Abbas declares Ra'am won't run on joint ticket with other Arab-majority factions
• Potential 2028 Democratic contender Rahm Emanuel warns Israel-US ties are at 'tipping point'
• ICC Prosecutor Who Sought Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu Over Crimes Against Humanity Found Guilty of Predatory Sexual Misconduct
• Hunter Biden Awarded $1.7 Million in Defamation Case Against Trump-Supporting Former Overstock CEO over statements he had made linking the Biden family to an alleged scheme involving Iranian assets and the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks
• NYC House candidate doubles down in defending attendance at pro-Hamas rally a day after Oct. 7 - Darializa Avila Chevalier insists she condemns Palestinian terror group's slaughter of civilians, says she was at the protest because Israel 'has a pattern of engaging in retribution against civilians'
• Moroccan soccer fans chant 'Jews to the gas' after World Cup loss in Netherlands
• Potential next British PM Burnham says UK must 'do more' to pressure Israel
• New German digital platform targets Holocaust denial, online antisemitism
• Archaeologists may have found ruins that housed the Ark of the Covenant
• Kim Jong-un Leads Meeting on Growing 'Quality and Quantity' of North Korea Nuclear Force
• 14 nations and the EU reaffirm 2016 ruling invalidating China's claims in South China Sea
• Zelenskyy decries housing of weapons in civilian area after Russian strike kills 10 - President says tragedy must never be repeated after secondary explosions from strike devastate residential area on Kyiv outskirts
• After a Russian strike kills nine outside Kyiv, Zelensky says the town had an arms depot, and he vows firings at the state company that owns it
• 'Expressly prohibited' - Ukraine's largest defense firm illegally stored weapons near civilian targets in Vyshneve, Zelensky says
• NYT: How Putin Turned Japan Into a Den of Spies - Operating out of a Tokyo high-rise, a military intelligence unit finds the high-tech equipment that Russia needs to wage war
• Report: Indian Businessman Poses as CIA Agent to Land Billion-Dollar 'Defense' Deal with Indonesia
• Trump Defends Record, Says Democrats Have Turned Communist
• Trump posts photos of worn White House entrance to respond to criticism of his changes to building - "The condition is deplorable, just like our Country was when I inherited it from Sleepy Joe Biden," he wrote on social media Saturday
• Trump DOJ Warns Utah's RINO Lieutenant Gov. She Could Face Criminal Charges Over Noncitizen Voter Rolls
• CNN: Political Commentator Scott Jennings Claiming He Spoke to Mitch McConnell 'Is Not CNN Reporting'
• Record Companies Demand Clear Warning Labels for AI Songs on Streaming Platforms
• 'At Every Level': Apple Lawsuit Accuses OpenAI of Stealing Trade Secrets in Massive Scheme
• Rep. Harriet Hageman Demands Answers After Mark Zuckerberg's $800 Million Meta Data Centers Caught Contaminating Wyoming Wastewater
• China is catching up to Elon Musk's reusable rockets
• Strong M6.4 earthquake hits South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits the southern East Pacific Rise
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Sarangani, Philippines
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Sarangani, Philippines
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Hihifo, Tonga
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 17,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Sakurajima volcano on Japan erupts to 10,000ft
• Mayon volcano in the Philippines erupts to 10,000ft
• More than 1.7 million evacuated as Typhoon Bavi makes landfall in China - Super Typhoon Bavi has been downgraded but is still dangerous, meteorologists say
• Missouri declares State of Emergency, historic flash floods prompt hundreds of rescues - Torrential rainfall of 150-300 mm (6-12 inches) in less than 24 hours overwhelmed rivers, roads, and communities, while additional flooding remains possible through the weekend
• Army Black Hawks airlift 200-plus stranded campers as Missouri floods trigger more 350 rescues
• A boat capsizes in southern Vietnam and kills 15 tourists not far from shore
• Church in China Announces Massive Government Raid, Almost Three Dozen Christians Detained
• Texas State Rep. Brian Harrison Demands Felony Penalties on Birth Tourism: 'Rows of Bassinets of Chinese Women Giving Birth to New US Citizens'
• Texas DPS Arrest Human Smuggler During Traffic Stop, Find Child in the Back Seat, Mother Concealed in the Trunk
• Canadian government apologizes for creating national parks, calls them a 'colonial injustice' - "Parks Canada now acknowledges this harmful historical legacy and its impact on Indigenous language, culture, laws and governance systems."
• Gunfire shatters Toronto Latin street festival, leaving at least 2 dead and multiple wounded
• One Player Killed, Two Crowd Members Injured in Shooting at Harlem Basketball Tourney
• JD Vance Says the 'Evidence Is Clear' That Tyler Robinson Killed Charlie Kirk, But He Wonders Who Radicalized the Assassin
• Mexico's First Openly Gay Mayor Slain in Guadalajara as World Cup Highlights More Than 135,000 Disappearances and more Journalist Killings
• RFK Jr. Delivers Major Blow to Planned Parenthood by Canceling Federal Grants Over Explicit Content Pushed on Children
• Bill Would Require California Community College Health Centers to Provide Access to Abortion Pills
• Another US citizen tests positive for Ebola virus while working in Congo amid record outbreak - The outbreak has produced 1,830 confirmed cases and 648 deaths, and the WHO says global spread risk remains low