July 17th, 2026

• ​Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev Lauds Trump as 'a Man of Peace,' Credits Him with Armenia Azerbaijan Deal
• Colombia's next FM says Bogota will open embassy in Jerusalem - 9th country to do so - Jerusalem says the two countries also agreed to restore full diplomatic ties; President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella campaigned on 'renewing a strategic alliance' with Israel
• Iran threatens to close 2nd key waterway in Red Sea using Yemeni Houthis if US attacks infrastructure - Houthis reportedly coordinating Bab el-Mandeb closure with Somali terror group
• Iran calls on Houthis to prepare to cut off Red Sea gateway - Experts warn repeated attacks could reroute global shipping around Africa even without a full blockade of the Red Sea gateway
• 'We're in an existential war with America': Iranian leaders vow to retaliate as US expands strikes - Strait of Hormuz remains focal point of conflict between Iran and US
• US expands strikes into Tehran area as Iran threatens to 'resist until the end'
• Trump open to wiping out Iran's Revolutionary Guard like ISIS
• US intensifies strikes on Iran, disables ship to enforce blockade
• U.S. Targets Iranian Bridges in Bid to Choke Off Regime's Supply Routes - Strikes aimed at Iranian sites used to launch attacks on commercial ships near the Strait of Hormuz
• US hits airport, bridges in Iran in escalation on 6th consecutive night of strikes - Tehran targets Qatar, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, while threatening to strike civilian infrastructure across region; 7 people killed in southern Iranian province, state TV reports
• Syria says it foiled attempt to smuggle advanced arms to Hezbollah from Iraq - Missiles and first-person-view drones destined for Iran-backed terror group in Lebanon came across border from Iraq; Katz speaks with Hegseth on regional developments
• Syria intercepts massive Hezbollah arms shipment hidden inside oil tanker from Iraq - "A search uncovered a cache of weapons that included long-range missiles, guided anti-tank missiles and drones," SANA reported
• Israel steps up campaign to kill all 5,000 Oct. 7 terrorists; 1,200 were killed on the day, 1,500 so far since
• Herzog tells Saudi TV he dreams of peace with Riyadh, 'heart aches' for innocent Gazans - In rare interview with state-owned outlet, president says Jerusalem also wants normalization with Syria and Lebanon, and that he respects Trump and Vance's efforts to curb Iran
• Contender to replace Graham Platner as Senate candidate changes mind on 'genocide' - While running last year, Jordan Wood 'hesitated' using word to describe Israeli action due to rising antisemitism, but now candidate says US can't 'fund Israel's genocide in Gaza'
• Strikes said to kill 5 in Gaza as top officer says IDF has taken over 60% of Strip
• Likud MK resigns, says a third of party MKs wanted to oust Netanyahu after Oct. 7
• 'Parts of Likud tried to replace Netanyahu post-Oct 7': Lawmaker quits over Haredi draft exemptions, loss of values - 'This is a party that has been hijacked', says Dan Illouz
• Coalition passes media overhaul law, giving government greater regulatory control - In apparent violation of PM's conflict of interest deal, communications minister thanks Netanyahu for tasking him with passing reform, which includes benefits for pro-government Channel 14
• Opposition parties lambaste coalition's 'Erdogan'-style media overhaul legislation
• Netanyahu slated to testify after election on ties to Qatar in defamation suit
• Karim Khan's sex abuse accuser says ICC prosecutor exploited 'power disparity' - In her first media appearance, Sarah says embattled court chief groped her, including while she pretended to sleep, dismisses online rumors she is a Mossad agent
• Deri accuses IDF chief of election interference for opposing ban on arresting draft dodgers
• Analysis: Pyrrhic victory on law banning arrests of draft dodgers could cost Netanyahu coalition at ballot box - Likud and its allies went to mat for an unpopular law meant to shield ultra-Orthodox from military conscription, losing vital support in the name of legislation that is already on its way to being struck down
• Ultra-Orthodox extremists block roads, clash with public over arrest of draft dodgers
• IDF's West Bank chief claims illegal settler farming outposts 'greatly strengthen security' - Avi Bluth tells residents of wildcat communes - which critics say have become ground zero for violent extremists and a tool for dispossession of Palestinian lands - that he loves them
• IDF begins work on Jordan Valley security berm, carving scar through Palestinian farms - Barrier consisting of patrol road and natural obstacle meant to stop smuggling and terror, but locals say it is cutting them off from productive land and could cause $200 million in annual losses
• Israel prepares for 2000th anniversary of Jesus' baptism in 2030, expecting 'millions of Christian pilgrims' - Special preparation group is headed by foreign ministry's newly appointed Special Envoy to Christian World
• Zelensky ousts popular defense minister, an architect of Ukraine's drone program
• Zelensky Fires 'Reformist' Defense Minister Fedorov, and Now There's Reported Turmoil in the Ukrainian Military
• 'What A Nightmare': Zelenskyy's Dismissal Of Defense Minister Sparks Fury In Ukraine
• CIA reveals how long Russian soldiers survive on battlefield - The Russian army loses about 7,000 soldiers every week
• CIA Says AI Drones Give Russian Troops Only 30 Minutes to Live
• The Government Isn't Coming to Save You: Britons to be Told to Stockpile Food, Water, Over Russian 'Hybrid Threat'
• Socialist Grift: Madrid Court Rejects Appeal, and Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez's Wife, Begona Gomez, will stand trial for Influence Peddling and Embezzlement
• Tillis withholds Blanche vote until AG pick meets Epstein survivors
• Longtime White House Teleprompter Operator Suspended Amid Shocking Allegations of Profiting Off President Trump's Speeches on Prediction Market
• White House teleprompter operator made more than $100K betting on Trump's speeches: Sources
• Far-Left Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff Goes on Pathetic Meltdown Ahead of Trump's Highly Anticipated Speech - Whines Planned Declassification of 2020 Election Intel a "Presidential Misconduct"
• AP: Trump uses primetime address to raise doubts about US elections ahead of midterms
• Politico: Republicans brace for Trump's primetime speech - Rehashing grievances about the 2020 election could motivate the Republican base and press GOP lawmakers to pass the SAVE America Act
• NYT: Trump Exaggerates Claims About Election Vulnerabilities in Speech - President Trump drew selectively from documents his aides published online to insinuate that U.S. elections have been compromised for years and that government officials had suppressed the evidence.
• Axios: Trump vote-fraud speech traps TV networks - President Trump's primetime address Thursday night is forcing TV networks to choose: Air potential 2020 election falsehoods, or risk backlash from a White House that's shown little hesitation in confronting the media
• NBC, ABC, CNN to Skip Trump's Live Speech
• Trump Reveals China Bought off US Reporters, Goes Off on NBC and ABC After for Refusing to Cover Address - "Fraud Like This Should Mean a Revocation of Their Licenses"
• Trump announces release of declassified intelligence documents detailing Chinese election interference - "No country can be great without fair and honest elections."
• President Trump's Primetime Speech on Foreign Election Interference - Deep State Withheld China's Interference and Hacking of Election Data
• Declassified documents show 'shadow government' in action to suppress China threat to elections - Newly released records detail how intelligence officials allegedly worked to conceal the extent of Chinese interference in the 2020 election
• President Trump: China Stole Information on 220 Million US Voters Starting in the 2020 Election Cycle
• Declassified Intelligence Records: China 'Compromised' at Least 18 State Voter Rolls
• President Trump Posts Millions of Election Fraud Documents at WhiteHouse.gov - Discusses China's Interference in US Elections
• Trump releases declassified election intelligence, says it reveals 'shocking vulnerabilities'
• Trump Says U.S. Election System Is 'Broken' and 'Vulnerable' After DHS Review Found Noncitizens on Voter Rolls
• Trump's bottom line: Pass the SAVE America Act - Trump made the remarks during a primetime address to the nation at the White House
• Trump: Only Reason Not to Pass SAVE America Act Is 'You Want to Cheat'
• Rep. Jim Jordan on SAVE Act: If Voter ID Is 'Existential Threat' to Democrats Winning Elections, That Tells You Something
• Tillis Goes on Unhinged Rant Against SAVE America Act From Senate Floor, Vows to Block Measure
• RINO John Thune Says SAVE America Act Won't Pass, Claims He's "Willing to do Just About Anything" While Refusing to Nuke Filibuster - Blames Democrats Instead
• RINO Thom Tillis Snaps at Reporter When Confronted If Donor Money from Industries Using Cheap Illegal Labor Influenced His Vote Against the SAVE America Act
• Blumenthal: 'Trump's Agenda for Voter Suppression' Is Federal Agents at Polling Places
• Feds use AI in Fulton County, Georgia to find fake ballot signatures - The move comes as President Donald Trump and election integrity advocates continue raising concerns about the handling of mail-in ballots in Fulton County
• Trump Announces Release of DHS Investigation Showing Nearly 300,000 Foreigners Are Illegally Registered to Vote - DHS Says They Found 400,000 Dead Voters
• More than a quarter-million noncitizens may be registered to vote in 4 key states, DHS alleges - California tops the list with nearly 191,000 flagged registrations as states are asked to verify voter rolls
• Homeland Security found over 250 million illegal aliens registered to vote in just four states - After California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Nevada opted not to use a new federal citizenship database, a Homeland Security review found more than a quarter million noncitizens registered to vote
• Massive Election Corruption Report Details 824 Findings Across 800 Pages of Search Warrants and Investigative Documents
• James O'Keefe reveals details to Congress of Skid Row investigation that led to election fraud conviction
• Giorgia Meloni: 'The Swamp Won' - Italy's Election Law Reform Fails to Pass by One Vote
• Ransomware Attack Halts Milk Production at Coca-Cola's Fairlife Brand
• MLB effectively outlaws use of AI on dugout iPads during games - Some teams were using AI on their dugout iPad's to influence in-game decisions
• Xi pitches China as leader of new global AI order, challenging US dominance
• New York's AI data center pause sparks warnings US could lose ground to China - Wright disputed Gov Hochul's grid argument, blaming Democrat green energy policies for driving up New York electricity costs
• The Lehman Bros. moment of the AI bubble is coming, says this critic warning of fallout for tech stocks and the entire market
• Google DeepMind CEO Calls for U.S.-Led Global AI Safety Watchdog
• Americans are angry about data centers. Politicians are feeling the pressure
• The AI Backlash Has Tech Executives Fearing for Their Lives - Violent threats against AI companies are rising and spilling over into real-world security incidents
• Meteorite that crashed into New Jersey home contains "alien world chemistry," scientists say
• Animal Rights Volunteers Treat Hundreds of Pet Earthquake Victims in Venezuela
• 'Experimental explosion' sparks panic off US coast as experts admit they've 'never seen this before'
• Strong M6.3 earthquake strikes near Te Anau, tsunami advisory canceled, New Zealand
• 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits near Te Anau, New Zealand
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Nishinoomote, Japan
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Shwebo, Burma (Myanmar)
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near McCarthy, Alaska
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Hicks Bay, New Zealand
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 21,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 17,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupt to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 13,000ft
• Mayon volcano in the Philippines erupts to 12,000ft
• AVO raises alert level for Korovin after small phreatic explosion, Alaska
• Chile declares emergency as extreme weather threatens country
• Chilean Mountain Roads Close as Storm Packing "12 to 20 Feet of Snow" Settles In
• 2 dead as catastrophic flooding paralyzes communities while waves race down Texas Hill Country rivers
• Puerto Rico announces emergency water rationing as drought worsens
• Canada wildfires turn Toronto's skies orange as smoke threatens World Cup final
• Ontario seeks federal support for evacuations as wildfires devastate remote Canadian towns
• 'Looks like the end of the world': Everything you need to know as wildfires blaze across Ontario - Residents are fleeing their homes, sharing apocalyptic scenes online and grappling with hazardous smoke as wildfires intensify across Ontario
• Minnesota sets new air pollution record, Superior National Forest reports the worst wildfire conditions in 20 years
• 'American Lungs Are Paying for Canadian Inaction': Congressional Republicans Demand Action on Wildfires
• Africa's only nuclear plant suffers three 'airborne radioactive contamination' events following a loss of power in recent days
• JD Vance tells Joe Rogan the Ten Commandments are 'foundational' in the classroom - Vance said the Ten Commandments are "an important cultural element of the Western civilization."
• British 14-year-old, said inspired by Hitler, pleads not guilty to mosques attack plot - Prosecutors say seized materials show teen admired Nazi leader, Christchurch mosque shooter Brenton Tarrant and Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik
• House Passes Bill Preventing Credit Card Companies from Tracking Gun Sales
• Colorado school to deploy attack drone system to combat potential mass shooters - The technology has not yet been used in a real-world shooter incident
• Bessent reveals he was target of left-wing assassination plot just hours after taking office
• Former Marine and Congressional Candidate William Upham Arrested in Florida by Local Sheriff After Calling for President Trump's Assassination
• Marco Rubio reveals how leftist violence rooted in a hatred for civilization is the biggest threat to America - "This is a distinctive and unique evil. It has always been driven by a hatred, above all else, for civilization itself," Rubio stated
• Shots fired at ICE facility in Phoenix
• Footage Emerges Showing the Moment Canadian Illegal Alien Viciously Assaults Pro-Trump Teenager in New Jersey and Calmly Walks Away
• Trump Administration Announces Investigation of 75 Truck Driver Schools Suspected of Helping Non-Citizens Obtain CDLs
• Spain: Police Warn 'Collapse' of Foreigner ID Card Processing for Illegal Migrants
• Three Wisconsin Democrat Governor Candidates Say They Would Veto Any Anti-Sharia Legislation
• Virginia Muslim Dem moves to codify 'Islamophobia' into state law despite free speech objections - The legislation would also direct the Virginia State Police, by directions with the Office of the Attorney General and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Tim Walz Questions if Deporting Illegal Alien Child Molester He Pardoned Made the Community Safer
• Washington man accused of offering $1,000 to impregnate child arrested in undercover sting - Investigators allege Rees began communicating online with undercover detectives in May, believing he was speaking with a mother willing to facilitate the sexual abuse of her underage daughter
• Nine Venezuelans plead guilty in Nashville sex trafficking scheme that lured migrant women with fake jobs: DOJ
• Report: OnlyFans models, witches haunt Dem's campaign in toss-up House race - The Marine Corps veteran in Arizona's 6th Congressional District toss-up also backed decriminalizing prostitution
• Report: Olympic Figure Skater's Brother Now Dominating in Girls' Sports
• Report: Pope Leo XIV Personally Encouraged France's Emmanuel Macron to Oppose Euthanasia
• Paralyzed Man Feels Sensation Again With Brain Stimulation Device - A brain-computer interface paired with electrical stimulation patches helped a paralyzed man regain hand strength, dexterity, and his sense of touch