July 18th, 2026

• ​House Republicans Launching Investigation of the Mamdani Administration Over Attempt to Hold Meeting With Officials From Iran
• Karoline Leavitt Shoots Down Claims of Divide Between Trump and Vance on Iran After Vance Airs Frustration with Warmongers in Joe Rogan Appearance
• Analysis: Why JD Vance's Israel comments could haunt a presidential run - Vance accused elements within the Israeli government of actively trying to undermine those negotiations through what he described as a well-funded influence campaign targeting both the deal and him personally
• Souring on JD Vance, many Jewish Republicans rally behind Marco Rubio for 2028 - Prominent GOP figures don't back a bid by the vice president amid concerns over his invoking conspiracy theories, and silence on right-wing antisemitism and voices like Tucker Carlson
• 'Betrayal': Fetterman blasts Vance for accusing Israel of undermining Iran peace effort
• Israel plays active role in US deliberations on possible expansion of Iran campaign
• US to send dozens of aerial refueling tankers to Israel - Axios reports that the Trump administration is considering the deployment as part of a possible expansion of offensive operations against Iran
• Iran Warns of 'Full-Scale' Offensive as Strikes Enter 7th Night
• Trump threatens to expand strikes on Iran, says power plants are next to go: 'Hit them hard'
• US Destroys Major Port Surveillance Tower Used to Track and Target Commercial Vessels During Sixth Consecutive Day of Strikes in Iran
• Oil Prices Hit 1-Month High as Hormuz Shipping Crawls
• Several US Troops Injured in Iranian Attacks on Two Jordanian Bases: Report
• Iranian strike damages a Kuwait desalination plant, exposing water vulnerability in dry Mideast
• Iran said to tell Hezbollah, allies to prepare for wider conflict, which could rope in Israel
• An Israeli strike on a funeral in Gaza kills 7 people and wounds 22, a local hospital says
• Top Hamas aide who held hostages during war killed in strike on Khan Younis - Anas Mahmoud Ahmad Hamdan served as an aide to commanders Muhammad Deif and Rafa'a Salameh, held Avera Mengistu captive, took part in hostage release ceremonies
• Morocco signs agreement to join Gaza International Stabilization Force
• Settlers raid West Bank village in PA-run area; IDF, arriving on scene, lets them flee - Military reportedly doesn't hand settlers over to police, declares closed military zone forcing activists to leave West Bank village
• Settler activists illegally cross into Syria, stay for full day before being nabbed by IDF - Incident marks latest attempt by Bashan Pioneers to establish settlements in Syrian buffer zone; soldiers hand activists over to police, condemn 'criminal offense'
• Israel's Knesset disperses after passing last controversial law to reform media regulation - Coalition celebrates 'victory over deep state' while critics lament harm to press freedom
• Israeli FM Sa'ar blasts EU foreign policy chief over 'obsessive campaign against Israel'
• Democratic congressman who voted to cut off Israel aid decries far-left harassment campaign - Adam Smith, ranking member of House Armed Services Committee who used to receive AIPAC support, says anti-Israel activists vandalized his family home, assaulted staff member
• Mandatory Bible study in Texas 'risks fuelling anti-Semitism' - Jewish leaders say Trump-backed ruling is unconstitutional and will alienate their children
• Why Orthodox Jews in the US are pushing back against permanent daylight saving time - Orthodox groups urge US Senate to oppose House-approved bill that promises more evening light, which would create challenge for observant Jews who take part in early morning prayer
• Somali pirates hijack oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden
• Ukraine turns Sea of Azov into graveyard for Russian ships - Kyiv starts new phase in drone campaign after attacking more than 100 enemy vessels
• Victim of Monaco Bombing, Vadim Ermolaev Says He Has 'No Doubt' Attack Was Carried Out by Ukrainian Intelligence
• Second Day of Protests in Kiev After Zelensky Dismisses Defense Minister Fedorov - Demonstrators Demand Firing of Top General Syrsky
• Zelensky's government reshuffle was even more chaotic than you think
• Commentary: I have visited Russia every year since the Ukraine war began. The mood has changed - Fuel shortages are starting to bite across Russia – but is Putin heading for a Soviet-esque regime collapse?
• Pro-Kremlin blogger who turned on Putin is arrested as Russia steps up crackdown - The news of Ilya Remeslo's arrest came just as a court hearing was being held for another critic, Boris Nadezhdin, in a sign of an intensified response to mounting internal dissent
• How Nayib Bukele Consolidated Power in El Salvador - and Why He Can Now Seek a Third Term
• Andy Burnham will be Britain's seventh leader in a decade. Can he buck the trend?
• Kentucky Governor Warns He Got Calls "Suggesting" Mitch McConnell Died
• Economic outlook is worsening and Trump is getting blamed, CNBC survey finds
• Democratic socialists top MAGA candidates among voters in CNBC's All-America poll
• CNBC poll: Americans more likely to vote socialist than MAGA as midterms approach - The favorability of socialism in the last few years has jumped from 18 percent in 2024 to 28 percent in 2026
• Trump's Election Speech Ignites Wave of Furious Democratic Backlash - and Calls for Impeachment
• The Guardian: How Trump's address was bluntly aimed at destabilizing the US electoral system - US president using office and intelligence agencies to try to undermine confidence in elections before midterms
• NBC: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatens states over elections - The secretary's comments come as the Trump administration is increasingly using government agencies to sow doubts about the nation's electoral system
• Trump Pledges to Help States 'Fix and Patch' Election Vulnerabilities Before Midterms
• National Security Experts React to Trump's Disclosures on Chinese Election Influence: Revelations Should 'Galvanize Our Resolve'
• Declassified CIA Note: China Sought to Pay U.S. Journalists to Write Negative Stories on President Trump to Sway 2020 Election
• DHS chief Markwayne Mullin blasts ABC, NBC over 'shameful' decision to skip Trump election speech - Mullin questioned why the networks declined to air Trump's address presenting declassified intelligence on voting
• Trump calls for revocation of ABC, NBC licenses over speech snub - The president said networks that didn't air his primetime address on election security had committed "fraud."
• Carville: Networks Should Have Aired Trump's Speech to Show He's 'Literally Crazy'
• PBS: Trump says these documents prove his false claims of election fraud. Here's what they really say
• DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin to Speak About Foreign Interference and Illegal Voting After Trump's Bombshell Announcement
• Fmr. Presidential Advisor: Trump's War On The "Deep State" is About To Go Nuclear
• Garland Favorito with VoterGA: "We Are in the Midst of a Major National Security Crisis that Poses a Devastating Threat to the Security of 2026 U.S. Elections."
• House Intel Chair Crawford: Trump Exposed 'Elaborate Cover-Up'
• Venezuela had plans to manipulate voting machines, raising alarm in U.S. intel circles back in 2020 - President Trump says the intelligence, collected from 2004 to 2020, shows why American voting systems need to be better secured from potential manipulation
• GOP pressure mounts to prosecute, fire intel officials who hid election issues from Trump - The materials, posted on the White House website following a prime-time address, include assessments indicating that intelligence officials were aware of risks such as outdated software and potential compromises by adversaries like China
• Intelligence Reports Support Trump's Claims of Chinese Election Interference
• China Rejects Trump Allegation of Massive 2020 Election Data Breach
• China Responds to Trump Speech: Beijing 'Has Never and Will Never Interfere' in Elections
• Beijing Seethes at Trump's Election Document Dump: 'Stop Vilifying China'
• Coons: Trump's Speech Was a 'Temper Tantrum' over the SAVE America Act
• Flashback: Hillary Clinton Called on China to Interfere in US Elections by Hacking Into IRS to Get Trump's Tax Returns
• If China targeted our elections, why reward it with 600,000 student visas?
• Steve Yates: China Threat Demands Voter ID
• Democrats Mocked After Olive Garden's ID Policy Goes Viral- Stricter Than Some Blue State Voter Requirements-'Pasta Deals Are Literally More Secure Than Our Elections'
• White House: More than Quarter of a Million Foreigners Illegally Registered to Vote in Four States
• DHS to withold grant funding if states do not comply with election integrity SAVE program - "Working with Secretary Lutnick, we are going to make our security enhancements mandatory."
• United Airlines Offers Free Flight Changes to Avoid Landing at Newly Named 'President Donald J. Trump International Airport' - Company Calls Internal Memo "Poorly Worded" After Exposure
• Inside the Chinese fraud rings stealing billions from banks and retailers
• Jim Jordan Warns Canada's Censorship Push Could Come for Americans Next
• Massive Security Blunder Exposes San Francisco Police's Expanding Drone Surveillance
• Report: China's 'Kimi K3' AI Model Matches Performance of Top American Systems
• Wall Street plunges in AI 'bloodbath'
• The San Andreas fault has gone ominously silent. Scientists fear when it finally snaps
• Powerful Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake Strikes Off Coast of Mexico, Guatemala Border - Tsunami Warning
• Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 35,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Mayon volcano in the Philippines erupts to 14,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 13,000ft
• Ambae volcano on Vanuatu erupts to 11,000ft
• Rare Atlantic Nina develops as strengthening El Niño points to quieter 2026 Atlantic hurricane season
• Severe thunderstorms kill 2, leave 53,000 without power in France
• Two killed and 230 rescued as catastrophic flash floods strike Texas
• Ontario Wildfires Burn On, and New Ones Spring Up - Nearly 200 fires continued to devastate swaths of the province, prompting evacuations in at least 15 communities
• Trump floats expanding Canada tariffs to cover costs of wildfire pollution - Trump has struggled to secure a lasting trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, despite clinching agreements with many major trading partners abroad
• Mark Carney Deflects Blame on Canada Wildfire Failures: 'Climate Change Is Everyone's Responsibility'
• Dem Rep. Morelle on Canada Fires: Trump 'Ignored the Real Crisis of the Climate'
• Huge Win for Second Amendment - Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down New Jersey's Unconstitutional Semi-Automatic Rifle Ban and Magazine Limit
• Clinton Judge Dies Unexpectedly Just Days After Releasing Dangerous Plane Hijacker Who Was Awaiting Deportation
• Inside look at the dangerous cartel human smuggling tunnels still being used at border - CBP's elite Confined Space Entry Team patrols miles of low-oxygen passageways with 32 entry points from the Rio Grande
• Rubio designates two more Mexican Cartels as foreign terrorist organizations
• Colorado ICE Detention Center Worker Arrested on Attempted Second-Degree Murder Charge for Shooting Protestor Blocking Access to Facility
• Viral Video Reveals Arabic Signage at Home Depot in Dearborn, Michigan - "This is not assimilation, this is an Islamic Takeover of America"
• Trump admin limits length of foreign student visas to 4 years - "For nearly half a century, the outdated 'duration of status' system has compromised national security and created an environment ripe for immigration fraud."
• Marsha Blackburn Reintroduces 'Ban Birth Tourism Act' in Wake of SCOTUS Ruling on Birthright Citizenship
• Elon Musk's xAI Sues User of Chatbot Grok for Allegedly Creating Child Sexual Abuse Material, Sexually Explicit Deepfakes Of Adults
• Mississippi 'teacher of the year' arrested for sexual battery against student
• Report: World Cup Finals Ref was Arrested in 'Sex Party' Raid with Drugs, Prostitution
• Missouri AG Moves to Oust Ray County Prosecutor Over Explosive Allegations of Affairs with Defense Attorney, Defendants - Including Illegal Alien Investigated for Felony Sex Crimes
• In Speech to European Parliament Cardinal Sarah Warns "Gender Ideology and Islamic Fundamentalism" Are "Apocalyptic Beasts" Seeking to Destroy Humanity
• Transgender Maine Senate candidate sparks online frenzy over response to debate question: 'Can't be serious' - Ashley Webb's response to a question about qualifications resulted in viral mockery from conservatives
• Trans Maine Senate candidate Ashley Webb says his songwriting makes him qualified for office, says he just wants to use the women's bathroom - "We're being dehumanized. They say we want to hurt people, I don't want to hurt anybody."
• Transgender Maine Democrat Senate Candidate Claims He Has Monthly Period Through His Rectum
• Report: Trans Dem Senate Hopeful Used Fake AI Photo to Sell Memoir
• Democrats turn on congressional hopeful after 'hiding' LGBTQ+ views from Muslim voters - Washington state Dems are urging party organizations to reconsider endorsements of Melissa Chaudhry
• National Public Radio Suggests Banning Trans Surgery for Minors Sets a 'Dangerous Precedent'
• Polish President Karol Nawrocki Vetoes Bills Giving Rights to Same-Sex Couples, Vows To Protect Marriage as 'Union of a Man and a Woman'
• Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea Spreading Inside Europe, Health Officials Warn
• First death reported in Upper East Side Legionnaires' disease outbreak as cases rise to 67 - Investigators trace Legionella bacteria to dozens of cooling towers, including the Guggenheim Museum
• Taco Bell Ditches Lettuce Nationwide After Massive Multi-State Outbreak - FDA Traces Illnesses to Supplier from MEXICO as More Than 1,600 Fall Sick and 90+ Hospitalized
• Ohio man sues Taco Bell franchisee, claiming cyclospora infection left him sick for 2 weeks