In this briefing:

• Magnitude 7.7 Earthquake Strikes Off Indonesia's Coast, Killing at Least 38

• Israeli Airstrike on Southern Lebanon Kills 7 People, State Media Reports

• Iran Defiant on Strait as Trump Tells Americans to Accept High Gas Prices

• Trump Says U.S. Will Declare Strait of Hormuz ‘U.S. Territory’ — ‘After We Finish Defeating Iran’

• Major Market Indicator Flashing Red as Iran War Casts Shadow Over Economy

• Republicans Worry Their Chances of Keeping Congress Are Slipping Away. Inside the Trump Campaign Plan to Change That

• Franklin Graham Slams ‘Evil’ Massachusetts Abortion Law: ‘This Sends a Chill up My Spine’

• Russia’s Economy Has Defied the Skeptics. Cracks Are Getting Harder to Hide

• OpenAI Upheaval Mounts as Sam Altman Readies IPO Push

• College Loses Its Monopoly on the American Dream

• Trump Turns Beloved Rubio Meme Into Birthday Gift

• ‘Boxes and Boxes’ of McDonald’s on Trump Plane, RFK Jr. Says

• As China Pushes to Expand in Asia, Trump Focuses on Iran

• Trump, Hegseth Deny Concerns of Poor Conditions, Low Morale Reported Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln

• Trump Asks US Supreme Court to Allow White House Ballroom Construction to Continue

• Construction Workers Find $10 Million Gold Stash in Renovations

In this briefing:

• Poland Says It Thwarted a Russian Plot to Kill an American Citizen in Warsaw

• Luigi Mangione Expected to Plead Guilty Today During Manhattan Federal Court Hearing

• U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Has Been Deployed for Months, Prompting Concerns

• Tehran Squeeze: Hegseth, Vance, Bessent Claim US Blockade Working; IDF Soldiers Report Hamas Rearm

• Treasury Yields Rise as U.S. Threatens Iran with More Economic Sanctions

• Kennedy Center Votes to Restore Trump’s Name and Close for 2 Years, Challenging a Judge’s Order

• Trump Declares 100 Percent Tariffs on Many Drones and All Aircraft Parts

• AI Scrambles the Political Map

• AI Frenzy Drives Chinese Tech Valuations to Multiples of U.S. Peers

• Trump's Plan to Drop Historic News at Friday Gathering with New York's Finest Revealed

• Top Trump Officials Sound Alarm Over GOP Midterm Strategy

• Judge Dismisses Trump Administration Lawsuit Alleging Antisemitism at Harvard University

• Flock CEO Responds to Abuses of Its Surveillance Technology

• World War II Memorial Vandalized in Washington With Graffiti and Soap

• Exclusive: Transgenderism in the U.S. Military Exploded Under Biden, Unearthed Data Reveals

• Feds: Human Smuggling Profits Drop as Trump Drastically Cuts Illegal Immigration

• Bill Gates’ Daughter Intentionally Rigged Shopping App Commissions – Bloomberg

• Without a U.S. Deal, Iran May Wind Up a Mideast Outcast

• U.S. Missionary Kidnapped in Niger Is Released After 9 Months in Captivity, His Organization Says

In this briefing:

• Trump Fires Back as Progressive Report Claims DC National Guard Deployment Failed

• Russian Blockade of Major Ukrainian Ports Threatens Global Grain Supplies

• How Hamas’ Attack on Israel Is Transforming American Politics

• Israel Holding Nearly 370 Palestinian Children Behind Bars – Rights Groups

• I’m Their Banker: Trump Says Hormuz ‘Wall of Steel’ Working; Israel Faces Security Challenges in Gaza, West Bank

• Treasury Yields Dip as Wall Street Awaits Wholesale Inflation Data

• Wall Street Giants Bet Nvidia’s AI Chips Will Defy the Laws of Finance

• Karoline Leavitt Exiting as White House Press Secretary

• Trump Weighs National Emergency On Midterm Elections

• DOJ Charges Former Southern Poverty Law Center CFO with Fraud

• Passenger Jet That Came Too Close to Trump’s Marine One Helicopter Highlights Continuing Air Traffic Control Problems

• Mamdani Against Prime Delivery

• Wisconsin DSA Candidate Who Wanted to Cancel Thanksgiving Loses Primary Despite Double-Digit Polling Leads

• Major Airport Adding Islamic Foot Wash Stations Inside Terminal Bathrooms

• Trump’s Ex-Wife Reveals President Kept Kabbalah Text Close To His Heart

• Covid Shots In Pregnancy Are Safe, And Also Fauci Lied When He Said They Were, CNN Says In Same Breath

• Professors Brand Niceness Enduring Component Whiteness

• Kennedy Center Board Set to Vote on Whether to Move Forward with Closure

• USS Abraham Lincoln Conditions Under Scrutiny After Reports Sailors Attempted to Jump Overboard

• Red State Comes To Rescue Of Surrogate Mom Facing Pressure To Kill Baby

• Millions Crowd Cities to See Spain’s First Total Solar Eclipse in Over a Century

• Powerball Has a Winner: A Ticket for the $1 Billion Jackpot Was Sold to a Player in This State

In this briefing:

• Are We on the Verge of World War III?

• Are Hacks of U.S. Water Facilities a New Front in the Iran War?

• Iran refutes Trump’s claim to ‘control’ Hormuz: What’s the latest in talks?

• Pres. Putin Threatens Retaliation for Western Seizures of Russian Commercial Vessels

• Trump Confirms He Switched Planes After NATO Summit Because of Possible Threat

• Progressive Democrats Get Another Win in Minnesota U.S. Senate Primary

• Socialism Is So Hot Right Now. But One Candidate Seems Too Toxic For Even Them

• AOC Seeks Do-Over on 2020-Era Rhetoric

• Why Must a Socialist Also Be Woke?

• New York City Council Probes Prediction Market Platforms' Marketing Strategies

• Hospitals Push for Upfront Payments as Healthcare Costs Rise

• Cam Newton Backs Aaron Rodgers: Fake COVID Vaccination Cards in NFL

• July 2026 CPI Report: Inflation Expected to Stay Steady

• Christian Motorist Denied Insurance Coverage Due to 'Jesus Loves You' Message

• Trump's Midterm Election Push Hits Legal Roadblock

• Women Are Getting Off-Label Ozempic to Treat a Long-Misunderstood Health Issue

• Pervasive Antisemitism Present in U.S. College Classrooms, Curricula, Faculty, ADL Finds

• Criminals Aren't Just Robbing America's Mail Carriers. They're Recruiting Them.

• AI Can Play a Limited but Crucial Role With Nuclear Weapons

• A Whisper from the Rubble Led to Baby's Rescue After Colombia Earthquake

In this briefing:

• Trump Demands Reparations from Iran for Decades of Terrorism, Violence as US CENTCOM Chief Highlights Israel Ties

• Who is Atef Najib, former Syrian official sentenced to death with al-Assad?

• Russia using North Korean missiles to strike Ukraine, Zelensky says

• ‘Evil incarnate’: Hunter Biden, Tucker Carlson bond over criticism of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu

• In Minnesota and Wisconsin, competitive primaries will again test power of progressive candidates

• Socialist-Aligned Candidate Wins Michigan in Close Vote, as Missouri Democrats Say No to Socialism

• Violent crime keeps falling in biggest U.S. cities

• In texts, Fauci discussed potential risks, benefits of COVID vaccine for pregnant women

• Senator Sanders: Pause ‘Cataclysmic’ AI Development – or We Will

• Wall Street giants partner with Nvidia on $500bn AI financing deal

• Trump took secret flight out of Turkey due to Iran threat, the Washington Post reports

• Trump Executive Order Decreases Number of Childhood Vaccine Recommendations

• Tupac Murder Trial Set to Begin, Nearly 30 Years After Shooting

• Blame Blair, not Thatcher, for British Decline

• Oregon burns, Portlanders shrug: It’s just ‘wildfire season’ — get used to it

• Socialists’ Demands To Abolish Police And Prisons Will Mean More Dead Americans

• Ex-Muslim Takes 100+ Evangelists to Dearborn's Massive Islamic Parade

• Trump loves data centers. Americans hate them

• Chinese rocket carrying satellite explodes seconds after launch

In this briefing:

• Mother, 5-month-old die in New York Harbor after boat capsizes; captain arrested

• Alaska Airlines flight forced to lockdown cockpit over passenger threats

• 13 killed in Ukrainian drone raid on Russia’s Tatarstan

• Netanyahu Rejects Gaza Board of Peace Plan: ‘No Withdrawal Unless Hamas is Disarmed’

• Morning Bid: Suddenly the Strait of Hormuz is ‘irrelevant’ to the US

• CIA Warns Israel Is Seeking To Make Defense Ties With US Hard To Undo, Report Claims

• Families are borrowing money for basic groceries. Many blame politicians

• Yes, groceries are more expensive. Now what?

• Exclusive: Sanders calls for AI development pause

• World’s biggest chipmaker TSMC’s sales surge 45% amid buoyant AI demand

• If They Were Human, They’d Be Arrested. Experts Respond to Rogue AI Breach.

• Chuck Todd Melts Down Over Blanche, Says GOP Senators Fear Trump’s ‘Goons’

• Trump’s Successful Campaign Against DEI

• DSA Activists Upset North Carolina Town Removed Their Propaganda Bus Stop Benches

• AOC says she hasn’t ruled out 2028 presidential run, talks about freezing her eggs

• Trump doubles down on Reflecting Pool vandalism claim against ex-Olympian David Hearn, admits ‘some contractor error’

• Yankees rally late, but Braves win in 10 to avert sweep

In this briefing:

• Senate Approves Funding Bill to Avoid a Shutdown Before the Election

• Senate Confirms Todd Blanche as Attorney General

• Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Prompts Worries from Industry Groups

• Iranian Leaders Fear Mojtaba Khamenei’s Decline

• Iran Has Made Our Most Urgent National-Security Priority Painfully Clear

• Musk Blocks Ukraine from Using Starlink for Deep Strikes in Russia

• U.S. Synagogues Turn Members into Security Teams

• Justice Department to Review Fauci Referral After Senate Committee Votes to Hold Him in Contempt of Congress

• Exodus: West Bank Hardships Drive Out Palestinian Christians

• Starship Likely to Be Lost at Sea, Elon Musk Says

• Prediction Markets Take Center Stage in Latest Round of Quarterly Earnings

• Data Centers Are a Political Issue Crossing Party Lines, Driving Voters to Candidates

• Pentagon Revokes Security Clearance of Former Air Force Chief

• You Snooze, You Lose?

• GOP Holdout Who Holds Trump’s AG Nominee’s Fate in His Hands Makes Major Announcement

• Princeton Study Shows How Bad Actors Can Exploit Georgia Elections to Expose How You Voted

• Mount Etna Ash Suspends Arrivals at Italy’s Catania Airport

• Turley Takes on Dem Candidate’s ‘Utterly Absurd’ Claim About Policing

• Moonshot Shake-Up Seeks to Win Beijing Nod for Stock Market Debut

• Christian Persecution is Exploding: New Report Reveals the World’s Worst Hotspots

In this briefing:

• More Trouble For Fauci Ahead Even After Congress Is Done With Him

• FBI Foiled 715 Planned Terror Attacks Last Year: Director Kash Patel

• Enough with ‘theater diplomacy’ – Iran’s top negotiator to Trump

• At least 6 dead in Thailand high school shooting after suspect kills grandparents

• War Rhetoric Builds as Trump Holds Out for Diplomatic Iran Solution; Islamic Nations Reshape Alliances

• Oil rises on concerns over Strait of Hormuz reopening plans

• What to expect from today’s jobs report

• Besieged Sudanese city faces relentless drone strikes and risk of mass atrocities, U.N. warns

• Trump Signs Orders That End Birth Tourism, Limit Birthright Citizenship

• SK Hynix to invest $38 billion in 2 new memory chip plants as demand surges

• Moderna’s New mRNA Flu ‘Vaccine’ Wins FDA Approval

• AI used to design brand new viruses — but experts fear a lot could go wrong: ‘Urgent biosafety questions’

• El-Sayed’s ‘Socialist Energy Record’ Prompts Warning

• Google seeks a sharper focus in AI after Hassabis move

• OpenAI Says Apple’s Real Problem Is Being Bad at AI, Not Stolen Secrets

• Trump writes new rules to stop rogue AI — but they’re classified

• The WNBA Is Cashing In on Politics

• GOP Split Over Whether College Sports Bill Threatens Women’s Sports

• Propaganda Press Shrugs At Yet Another Apparent Assassination Plot Against Trump

• NYC homeowner who shares an address with Spider-Man reveals heartwarming web of letters he gets from kids

In this briefing:

• Trump Denies U.S. Running Low on Some Munitions, Says Vast Resupplies Being Made

• As Deal Nears to Open Hormuz, Concerns Mount Over IRGC Control of Vital Shipping Lane

• Senators to Vote on Holding Anthony Fauci in Contempt for Pleading the Fifth During Hearing

• Drone with Explosives Found at German Airport, Official Sees 'New Quality' of Threat

• More Than 900 Million SpaceX Shares Unlock Today, Here's What to Know

• Projectile Crashes onto Crowded Russian Beach, Killing 7, Including 4 Kids

• Restaurant Brands International Earnings Beat as Burger King's U.S. Business Soars

• Restaurant Stocks Roaring Back

• Permanent Victory for the Democrats' Left Flank Is Not Assured

• Trump Pushes Ahead on False Claims that Reflecting Pool Was Vandalized

• Senate Panel Obtains Forensic Copy of Fauci's Cellphone

• Fauci's COVID Phone Turned Over to Senate Panel Ahead of Contempt Vote

• El-Sayed's Win Is an Ill Omen

• Biden's $7 Billion Taliban Weapons Tab Is Still Coming Due

• OpenAI Forced to Pay $3.2 Million for Shutting Out U.S. Workers

• Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis Steps Aside in Shake-Up of AI Lab

• AI's Architects Say the Next Era of Human History Is Here

• Voter Files in Arizona's Largest County Illegally Obtained in 2020, Records Show

• Anti-Trump Canadian Woman Who Slapped Teen Suffers Another Embarrassing Blow as She Was Ordered Deported

• Firefighters Gain Ground Against Flames Around Spokane, Washington

• Total Solar Eclipse August 12, 2026 Live Updates — 6 Days to Totality

In this briefing:

• Russian Missile and Drone Barrage in Ukrainian Capital Region Kills 17

• Trump Trapped Between Escalation and an Iran Deal on Tehran’s Terms

• U.S. Has Used Nearly All Its Stockpile of Long-Range Missiles in Iran War, Sources Say

• DOJ Charges 19 Defendants in Alleged $4 Million Philadelphia Medicare and Medicaid Fraud

• Abdul El-Sayed Leads Haley Stevens 49-47 in Unexpectedly Tight Michigan Senate Primary with Over 80 Percent of Vote Counted

• Progressive William Lawrence Wins Democratic Primary in One of the Country’s Biggest House Races

• Hormuz Deal to Give Iran Greater Control Over Shipping – Axios

• Why Are We Still at War With Iran?

• North Korean Missile Unit Deploys in Russia for Ukraine War, Kyiv Says

• The Threats Are Working: House Democrats Drop Support for Israel as Violence Gets Real

• India’s Severe Monsoon Season Causes More Than 100 Deaths Since July

• Woke WNBA Attacks Sophie Cunningham and Her Fans for Supporting Women’s Rights

• Dana Bash’s Fauci Fan-Girl Texts Exposed After RFK Jr. Torches Her on CNN: ‘It Was Just Beautiful’

• Trump Says He’s a ‘Consequential’ President After Latest Security Scare

• Anthropic’s Mythos Created Fake Identities to Fool Humans in New Cyber Incident

• We’re Headed Toward the First True AI Election

• SpaceX Rocket Booster Slams Into Moon, Expected to Leave Large Crater

• How a Grandfather’s Quick Thinking Led Fire Investigators to a Spokane Arson Suspect