July 1st, 2026

• Commentary: Boast not against the branches: A word to the Christians now turning from Israel
• US House to vote on amendment to block $3.3 billion in annual military aid for Israel
• US Congress pushes back against White House dangerous arms deal with Turkey's President Erdogan
• Armenian PM offers cold response to Israeli recognition of genocide against his people - Nikol Pashinyan suggests decision was politically motivated, given that it came amid major decline in Israel's ties with Turkey, which also rejects decision and highlights Gaza deaths
• IDF scrambles fighter jets after hijacking false alarm; flight lands safely in Bulgaria - LOT Polish Airlines flight, operated by Electra Airways, sends mistaken alert over Turkey, drawing Israeli and Bulgarian military planes; airline blames transponder malfunction
• Turkey's Jerusalem consulate stands on property of church victimized by Armenian genocide - report
• Israeli politicians praise Slovenia for reversing recognition of Palestine, announcing embassy move to Jerusalem
• Houthi rebels take advantage of Iran ceasefire to improve missiles targeting Israel - Rebel leader threatens Israel over Somaliland presence, resumption of hostilities in Gaza
• 2 IRGC members shot dead at home in Iran, in what state media calls 'terrorism' - IRGC outlet says 'anti-government and separatist' agents were killed in an operation after attack; separately, state TV accuses 'Zionist-American mercenaries' of killing couple in their car
• Report: Iranian Clerics Urge Trump, Netanyahu Assassinations
• Israel could need to fight Iran alone again, Israel's Defense Minister warns amid faltering US-Iranian peace talks - Trump claims talks are set for Tuesday, Iran contradicts him
• Iran fights to keep grip on Hormuz as US, Gulf allies carve new shipping route - Retired Navy admiral says Iran struck the route because it gave commercial shipping a path beyond Iranian control
• Iran refuses more US talks as Qatar says no high-level meetings are taking place
• US envoys in Qatar to meet mediators, but no direct talks with Iran set for coming days
• Iran says it won't meet with US envoys, clouding prospects for peace deal
• GOP senators see Iran deal as potential pitfall for Vance in 2028
• Netanyahu: Pursuit of 'total victory' against Iran and its proxies 'never ends'
• House rejects measure introduced by Rep. Tlaib, aimed at barring U.S. military action in Lebanon - The measure failed in a bipartisan vote of 185-225, with 22 Democrats voting against it
• Commentary: How Israel's 'campaign between the wars' risks further straining ties with US - Years-long strategy, meant to degrade Tehran and its terror proxies ahead of open conflict, could prove difficult to sustain if Washington requests greater coordination after Iran war
• Commentary: Israel-Lebanon deal may entrench stalemate rather than end war, analysts say - Disarmament of Hezbollah is unattainable because Lebanon can't enforce it amid sectarian tensions, experts say, which means that IDF troops could stay in the country indefinitely
• Secret military annex to Israel-Lebanon agreement revealed - According to the Saudi Asharq Bloomberg, the security annex to the trilateral framework agreement between Israel, Lebanon and the US sets out a phased model for disarming Hezbollah, international verification and a redeployment of IDF forces. First step: pilot zones south of the Litani River. Lebanon's commitment: The Lebanese Army will have exclusive operational control, and Hezbollah will be left with no military role in the country.
• Netanyahu in Lebanon: IDF to stay in region as long as Hezbollah continues to pose a threat - Netanyahu also referred to Hezbollah as the key part of Iran's axis of terror, and claimed the Lebanese terror group only possesses 8% of its initial 150,000 rocket and missile stockpile
• Katz: US pressure prevented campaign aimed at Hezbollah's collapse - The Israeli defense minister warned that Iran could strike the Jewish state in defense of its Lebanese proxy
• Brazil's World Cup Victory Sparks Armed Clashes in Lebanon
• Protests, revolution in Strip cannot succeed while Hamas remains in control, Gazans tell 'Post' - "No one can imagine the level of fear and intimidation Hamas has instilled in people's hearts since its foundation in 1987," said one Palestinian from Gaza City.
• 3-year-old shot dead in Gaza as U.N. report accuses Israel of targeting children - The report alleged Israel has a "deliberate strategy" of targeting children in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, resulting in genocide, which Israel rejects
• Advanced Israeli air defense systems used by Qatar, Saudi Arabia despite lack of formal relations - Israeli defense firms sold advanced systems as part of Boeing F-15 contracts
• A blow to IDF readiness': Deputy chief of staff issues unusual warning - Leaked document outlines a 40 billion shekel ($11.1 billion) deficit that military leaders say compromises long-term security, halts defense infrastructure projects, and forces immediate cuts to operational training.
• Iron Dome air defenses upgraded, 'incorporating lessons learned' from Iran war
• Iron Beam, Iron Dome combine forces in Defense Ministry drill
• Top IDF general says space emerging as new battlefield alongside AI, cyber warfare
• Haredi rabbi's rant against 'accursed' IDF chief sparks political firestorm - Netanyahu, Shas issue condemnations of Rabbi Aryeh Yazdi's invective during Bnei Brak rally, Bennett vows to end state funding for 'anyone who preaches against Zionism'
• Haredi rabbi says government policy failures fuel ultra-Orthodox IDF enlistment crisis
• Eisenkot launches election campaign, vows to unify after 'chaos' wrought by current government - Netanyahu's likely main rival, whose background starkly contrasts with PM's, pledges to form Oct. 7 state inquiry, broaden IDF ranks, cap reserve service, and be a PM 'for all Israeli citizens'
• Ministers, coalition MKs push pardon for PM after judges urge dropping of key charge
• Judges recommend dropping Netanyahu's bribery charge as trial testimony ends after 18 months - Netanyahu repeats allegation that trial is a 'political assassination attempt'
• Romania: Israel's President Herzog warns of 'alarming' rise of antisemitism at Iasi pogrom memorial
• 'Anti-Zionist patrol' in Thessaloniki sparks outrage from Greek Jewish community - The incident happened exactly 95 years after an antisemitic pogrom took place in the Campbell neighborhood of Kalamaria in the same city
• Dem Socialist CO Candidate: Didn't Call Boulder Attack Antisemitism Because We're Talking About Attacks Due to 'Genocide' and Conflation Between Israel, Jews
• Reiterating his views, Mamdani says 'I can't tell you I support' Israel as a Jewish state - New York City mayor also condemns surge in antisemitism in city, says he disagrees with coffee shop's decision to ban pro-Israel congressman and call him a 'genocide enabler'
• Israel shuts down West Bank nonprofit, accusing it of terrorism - Palestinian officials
• 'Have fun in hell': IDF kills Islamic Jihad man who held Rom Braslavski hostage, abused him
• Crime figure killed in Haifa car blast, Arab community's 7th fatality in 3 days
• South African Cities Shut Down Ahead of Nationwide anti-Migrant Protests
• Thousands of police deployed across South Africa as deadly anti-immigration protests spread to multiple cities - The military has been placed on standby as looting spreads across Johannesburg region
• Monaco Backpack Bomb Targeted Ukrainian Oligarch Sanctioned by Zelensky - Vadim Ermolaev, His Wife and Son Being Treated in a French Hospital
• More than 50 Ukrainian drones shot down on approach to Moscow. A total of 419 drones destroyed overnight across Russia's regions
• Putin Faces a Political Crisis as Fuel Shortages Ripple Through Russia - Moscow might have to import gasoline and ban diesel exports as long lines form at petrol stations
• 'It's The Only Thing They're Talking About': Far From Ukraine War, Russia Fuel Crisis Consumes Local Worries
• Chinese billionaire sentenced to 30 years in prison for fraud impacting thousands worldwide
• Pramila Jayapal tells moderate dems to embrace communism, calls it a 'very good trend nationwide'
• While Kaitlan Collins Claims Democratic Socialists Aren't Communists, Clip Resurfaces of DSA National Leader Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: "Our Goal is Communism"
• Dem Rep. Smith: Some Dem Socialist Candidates 'Dangerous', 'Fundamental Attack on America' and Its 'Premises'
• Warren Buffett Pauses Donation to Gates Foundation as Probe Over Epstein Leaks Continues
• House conservatives derail GOP agenda in SAVE America Act showdown - Trump urged the cohort to stop 'grandstanding' while Johnson called their hardball tactics 'self-defeating' for the agenda
• GOP members block SAVE Act from being attached to Defense Act so Senate can't pull it out - demand sure-fire plan for passage
• SCOTUS rules limits on campaign spending are unconstitutional
• Crypto firms have spent $189 million so far on 2026 US election, report says
• Solar radiation storm warning issued and canceled following M5.8 solar flare on June 30
• Free Starlink in Venezuela helps recovery after deadly twin earthquakes
• Venezuelan Churches Step In as Government Earthquake Recovery Disappoints
• Impoverished Venezuelan Jews open synagogues to help shelter hundreds of earthquake victims - 5,000-strong Jewish community, already diminished by decades of political turmoil, provides aid while straining depleted resources as rescue efforts continue
• Venezuela miracle: child rescued alive after six days under quake rubble
• NASA: Venezuela Earthquakes Damaged or Destroyed Nearly 60,000 Buildings
• Strong and shallow M6.0 earthquake hits Gulf of California, Mexico
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near El Progreso, Mexico
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Dunhuang, China
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Tournavista, Peru
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 13,000ft
• Kanlaon volcano in the Philippines erupts to 11,000ft
• Lewotobi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ft
• Preliminary 211 km/h (131 mph) gust in South Dakota among the strongest thunderstorm winds in U.S.
• At least 12 killed, 500 rescued as heavy rainfall hits Greater Accra, Ghana
• One dead after heavy rainfall floods Puebla metropolitan area, Mexico - One person died and flooding reached depths of up to 70 cm (2.3 feet) across parts of the Puebla metropolitan area on June 28, 2026, following heavy rainfall
• Out-of-control wildfires force evacuations in Wrigley and Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada
• Drone Strikes JetBlue Flight Landing at Kennedy Airport, Pilot Says
• At least 14 children killed as roof of tutoring center collapses in eastern Pakistan - Eight other children were injured and were being treated at a hospital, police said
• Northern Ireland: Historic Catholic Convent Near St Patrick's Tomb Destroyed in Deliberate Fire as Christian Europe Burns
• Trump's 'Freedom Trucks' celebrate US 250th anniversary with 'gift from God' message
• Supreme Court Strikes Down President Trump's Executive Order On Birthright Citizenship in 5-4 Decision - Roberts and Amy Coney Barret Side with Liberals
• Trump 'congratulates' Xi, China on 'their massive birthright citizenship win' after Supreme Court decision
• Vance calls SCOTUS birthright citizenship ruling a 'major mistake,' warns of more birth tourism
• DOJ vows to prosecute birth tourism after SCOTUS ruling - The Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. Barbara on Tuesday that children born in the U.S. to persons in the United States temporarily or unlawful are U.S. citizens automatically under the 14th Amendment
• Oversight Project says ICE should deport pregnant illegal immigrants after SCOTUS birthright citizenship ruling
• Justice Alito: Birthright Citizenship Is 'Grotesque'
• Justice Samuel Alito warns birthright decision is a 'mistake' in Supreme Court dissent - Alito warned in his dissent the ruling could have "grotesque results," including encouraging "birth tourism," and have national security ramifications
• Justice Thomas defines what it means to be an American in dissent against SCOTUS birthright ruling - To be an American means: to have "no other homeland," to owe "no allegiance to any foreign power," and to be "subject to no other authority."
• Clarence Thomas on SCOTUS Ruling: 14th Amendment Has Been 'Repurposed for Political Projects'
• Speaker Mike Johnson on Birthright Citizenship Ruling: 'Very Disappointed'; This Has Been 'Grossly Abused'
• Kavanaugh leaves backdoor for Congress to pass law saying babies born to foreigners temporarily in US are not citizens - Congress could amend their statute "or otherwise enact new legislation to encompass those two new exceptions."
• Trump's efforts to reverse birthright citizenship may succeed with or without SCOTUS - Several bills, most notably the Birthright Citizenship Act in 2025, seek to end or sharply restrict automatic birthright citizenship by amending the Immigration and Nationality Act. Will it pass constitutional muster?
• Ohio Sen. Moreno to Reintroduce Former Sen. Harry Reid's 'Exact Bill' Eliminating Birthright Citizenship for Illegal Aliens
• Rep Brandon Gill brings bill to block tax dollars from funding illegal immigrant mortgages
• More Than 1 Million Migrants Apply for Legal Status in Spain - Since late April, the Spanish government has allowed undocumented migrants a path out of legal limbo, making Spain a beacon to the global left.
• Ethiopian DSA Colorado congressional hopeful Melat Kiros says US to blame for 9/11, single-payer healthcare 'pays for itself,' feds should fund national 'social housing'
• Mother of Sheridan Gorman, killed by Venezuelan illegal alien, confronts Dems in House testimony: 'Thanks for telling me you don't care' - "The question before this committee is painfully simple: When did protecting our American citizens stop being your first priority?"
• 'Worst of the worst': Latest ICE busts nab child predators, drug traffickers
• 75-Year-Old Man Who Legally Changed His Name to 'Santa Claus' Busted in Louisiana Child Sex Predator Sting Operation
• House Passes Sexual Misconduct Settlement Disclosure - Lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a proposal to disclose the names of House members who paid sexual misconduct settlements using taxpayer funds
• Man charged with murdering trans UW student found incompetent to stand trial, made to undergo psych treatment
• Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports - In the latest of a string of losses for LGBTQ rights, the high court allowed states to bar transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports
• Trump celebrates SCOTUS move upholding trans sports bans - The ruling was a win for conservatives, who have secured bans in 27 states through state law and two more through state regulations
• Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Denounces SCOTUS Trans Athlete Decision
• Justices Jackson, Sotomayor claim SCOTUS' ruling against men in women's sports based on 'contorted logic,' sex isn't just biological
• Melania Trump Praises SCOTUS Transgender Sports Decision While Signaling Support for 'LGBTQIA+ Community'
• Queen Camilla blasted as 'deplorable' for posting photo with J.K. Rowling at palace during Pride Month
• Israel records drop in abortion applications as 99.8% of requests approved