TRUMP WARNS IRAN: “Very Powerful Military Action” If Talks Fail
Asked how much time he was prepared to give the diplomatic process, Trump replied: “Not much time. Either it moves quickly, or it will not happen at all.”

Trump Admin Targets “Equity”-Based Discrimination in Schools
A new ruling from the Department of Education (DOE) says that it will not accept “disparate impact analysis” alone as evidence of discrimination in school contexts. DOE isn’t the first department to make this change under the Trump administration. But it may be the most important one—for America’s children and for the nation. In other words, if statistics show that one group does much better or much worse than others under a given policy, that policy is assumed to be discriminatory without any other evidence that either the policy or the policymakers were intent on discriminating.

‘I spent the night coughing’: Wildfire smoke leaves Bordeaux residents struggling to breathe
A dense blanket of smoke has hung over Bordeaux since last Friday as a massive wildfire burns its way through southwestern France. As the flames creep closer to the city, FRANCE 24 met residents stunned by the scale of the disaster and fearful of what comes next.

Saudi Arabia says it intercepted drones from Iraq as Houthis target oil sites
Saudi Arabia said it intercepted drones launched by Iran-backed militias from Iraq targeting oil facilities and Riyadh on Monday, while Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed separate drone strikes on the kingdom’s oil infrastructure. The attacks mark a renewed escalation involving Saudi Arabia despite a recent lull in fighting between the United States and Iran.

Ukraine dismisses Iran’s threat after alleged Caspian Sea ship attack
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha rejects Iran’s threat of “unforeseen consequences” after an alleged Ukrainian attack on an Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea. “Iran has no basis to portray itself as a victim, let alone justify its threats with absurd references to the UN Charter. The regime in Tehran is directly complicit in Russia’s aggression,” Sybiha writes on X.

The Massive Jellyfish With 100-Foot Tentacles Has Returned to Cape Cod Beaches
Huge lion’s mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) are turning up in unusually large numbers along the coast of Massachusetts, especially around Cape Cod. The giant jellyfish, which can grow tentacles longer than 100 feet, are catching the attention of beach visitors because their stings can be very painful. The animals are among the biggest one on the planet and are usually found farther offshore, across parts of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans. Their recent appearance close to Massachusetts beaches has surprised many people and led local groups to remind swimmers to stay away.

Sam Altman Announces That the Singularity Has Arrived
The “singularity” is here — according to Sam Altman, who we’d wager has an ulterior motive behind promoting this claim. The OpenAI CEO harbingered this sea-changing paradigm shift on a podcast over the weekend. “We are now, like, in the singularity,” Altman said. … the singularity is generally defined as the moment that the capabilities of thinking machines might start to accelerate at a pace beyond humankind’s control, possibly leading to the creation of a powerful superintelligence.

Israeli Cabinet approves entry of International Stabilization Force into Gaza, security concerns remain 
Board of Peace welcomes move as a step toward Gaza reconstruction, implementation of the proposed ’20-point Plan’ The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday approved measures aimed at easing the entry of International Stabilization Force (ISF) troops into the Gaza Strip. Among the measures approved was the granting of immunity to members of the ISF and the Board of Peace to enter Gaza under Israel’s “Immunities of International Organizations Law.” According to an Israeli official, the entry of ISF troops will still be subject to specific approval by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar.

Syrian president: No interest in conflict with Israel, wants security arrangement 
Syria is not seeking confrontation with Israel and is working toward a security arrangement with the Jewish state, interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa said in an interview. In an interview with Qatar’s Al Jazeera, Sharaa, a former Islamist terrorist, spoke about Syria’s relations with two of its neighbors, Israel and Lebanon, and expressed hope that a security deal with Israel could pave the way for a comprehensive peace proposal.

Sign of life for Abraham Accords: King of Bahrain phones Israel’s President Herzog 
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and the King of Bahrain, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, spoke by phone on Sunday in the first publicly acknowledged conversation between the two leaders since the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, offering a rare public sign of continued engagement under the Abraham Accords.

Erdogan’s neo-Ottoman dream: Why a Turkish bid to reclaim the empire should worry U.S. Christians more than Jews
Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen has issued a stark warning about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ambitions to revive the Ottoman Empire’s regional dominance, including a claim on Jerusalem itself. In an in-depth strategic analysis with the TOV Hebrew media network, Hacohen laid out a pattern of Turkish behavior, cross-border military expansion, sweeping maritime claims, and highly symbolic religious reversals, that he says amounts to a systematic project to project Turkish power far beyond its borders, reviving a 400-year Ottoman legacy (1516-1917) that once ruled almost the entire Middle East and stretched deep into Christian Europe. That history is exactly why the project should alarm Christians as much as it alarms Israel. Wherever Ottoman rule once expanded, Christian populations that had lived in those lands for centuries went into steep, often catastrophic decline,
Erdogan … was explicit that Hagia Sophia was only the first step, and that Jerusalem was the intended destination. Erdogan has repeatedly and directly challenged the legitimacy of Israeli sovereignty over its own capital,

Likud Central Committee approves all of Netanyahu’s requests ahead of elections
The Likud Central Committee approves Netanyahu’s request for eight reserved slate spots, as well as a clause allowing sitting ministers and MKs to run in regional districts.

Iran, Qatar rabbis meet Emir in rare palace visit
An unusual delegation arrived at the Lusail Palace in Doha on Monday to meet with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. The delegation from the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States, led by Rabbi Mendy Chitrik, Chairman of the alliance and Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Istanbul, conveyed condolences to the Emir on the passing of his father, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Rabbi Mendy Chitrik was accompanied by his son, Qatari Chief Rabbi Eliyahu Chitrik, and Iranian Chief Rabbi Yehuda Gerami, The Emir expressed his thanks and appreciation to Rabbi Chitrik for his sincere sentiments and condolences.

‘Jew Derangement Syndrome’ | Trump shares scathing post slamming Tucker Carlson
The New York Post editorial sharply criticized Carlson’s decision to leave the Republican Party, writing that the “only sensible response is, ‘Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.'” The editorial argued that Carlson had adopted what it described as an “eccentric, toxic agenda,” accusing him of being “mysteriously pro-Vladimir Putin,” “obsessively anti-Israel,” and “weirdly ashamed of America.”

Second Major Watchdog Removes Gaza Journalist Death-List Entries After Terror Groups Claim Them as Operatives
A second major watchdog tracking journalist deaths in Gaza has removed names from its list without public acknowledgment, the latest evidence that databases cited by international media to accuse Israel of targeting reporters in its war against Hamas included members of terrorist groups.

Franklin Graham: Progressive Christianity Is A Relentless Scheme To Undermine The Authority Of God’s Word
Since the fall of man in the Garden, Satan has relentlessly schemed to undermine the authority of God’s Word by parsing half-truths—which are nothing more than clever lies—into a counterfeit gospel. Today we call it Progressive Christianity,

With No Opposition, Canada Has Become The Most Radically Progressive Nation In The World
Many Western nations are careening down a path of radical progressivism, but no nation may be further down the track than America’s neighbor to the north. As liberal policies are taking over Western nations, what makes Canada strikingly more radical is the lack of voices in politics willing to stand in opposition.

ISRAEL’S RED LINES: Enriched Uranium Must Be Removed From Iran
The most critical demand, described by Israeli officials as nonnegotiable, is the complete removal of enriched uranium from Iran.

On August 12th We Will Witness a Total Solar Eclipse, a Rare Parade of 6 Planets, and The Peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower
Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, and Neptune will all be lined up across the predawn sky. The only planet we won’t see is Venus. Subsequently, a total solar eclipse will be visible in much of the northern hemisphere. At night, there will be shooting stars during the Perseid Meteor Shower peak.

Hurricane Genevieve briefly reaches Category 5; hazardous marine conditions continue along parts of Mexico’s Pacific coast
Genevieve became the first eastern Pacific hurricane to reach Category 5 strength since Hurricane Kristy in 2024 after rapidly intensifying on July 27. The hurricane weakened back to Category 4 later in the day as it entered an eyewall replacement cycle, with gradual weakening forecast over cooler waters during the coming days.

Trump Ready for ‘Strong Military Action’ If Talks Fail, with Saudi Aramco Under Houthi Fire
President Trump said he decided to pause American military attacks on Iran in order to give negotiations another chance, despite there currently being no evidence that Tehran has been urgently requesting them. Trump warned in the comments that war could immediately return with expanded strikes if diplomacy fails.

It Is Going to Be a Very Difficult Winter If the Global Energy Crisis Is Not Resolved Soon
The world could face a severe energy supply crunch in months ahead. When the Iran war began, we had huge inventory buffers. But they’re nearly gone; Iran has been attacking vessels in the Strait of Hormuz; Houthis are preventing Saudi tankers from getting through Bab el-Mandeb Strait; and Ukraine has been attacking Russian refineries.

NBA Star Kyle Kuzma Pummels Mamdani for ‘Cosplaying’ as ‘Mayor Playing President’ After Epic Netanyahu Arrest Fail
Forward for Milwaukee Bucks, Kyle Kuzma, spanked New York City Mayor Mamdani for pretending he was president, while admitting he had no authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Mamdani’s blustering is performative, and he obviously has delusions of grandeur, which the young conservative hammered him over.

Hypocritical Texas Democrat James Talarico Claims That ‘Islamic Mystics’ Shaped His Faith ‘As Much’ As Christians
Democratic Texan Senate hopeful James Talarico claimed in a podcast that “Islamic mystics” had shaped his faith just as much as biblical “Christianity” has. He has continually denigrated so-called “Christian nationalists” while praising Islam.

Crazed Jihadist Stabs Pregnant Woman and Two Others in Paris: ‘Allah Commanded Me’
Another jihadist attack in Europe… this time in Paris, France, as a Muslim man with two large kitchen knives attacked a pregnant woman and two others in broad daylight before an off-duty cop subdued him. Authorities and the media immediately cried that he’s insane and that Islam had nothing to do with it.

Queers for Palestine: Berlin’s Deadly Reminder That Islam Makes No Exceptions for Rainbow Flags
On the evening of July 25, 2026, as Berlin’s Christopher Street Day (CSD/Pride) celebrations continued near the Tiergarten, a van was driven into the crowd. One person is dead. At least 14–16 others were injured, several seriously.

House passes bill to halt foreign aid to Nigeria over anti-Christian violence
“Islamic terrorist groups have killed or abducted over 5,000 Christians in Nigeria so far this year & forced hundreds of women & children to ‘convert’ to Islam.” The bill states no financial assistance to Nigeria’s gov’t “until the Sec. of State certifies it’s “taking effective steps to prevent & respond to violence & hold perpetrators accountable.”

US and Iran pause attacks as Trump opens door to new talks
US President Donald Trump is said to have ordered a reduction in attacks on Iran to open the way for new talks. Iran is also said to have stopped its attacks. US Ambassador to the UN Mike Walz explained the move: Trump is giving talks some space, Walz said in an interview with the influential television programme Fox News Sunday.

Israel’s Katz seeks to expand anti-terror operations in the West Bank
Defense Minister Israel Katz wants to expand Israel’s “anti-terror operations” in the West Bank. The Israeli military carried out raids on 300 locations in the West Bank in the past 24 hours, on Saturday. Katz is now open to more raids. Similar measures are being considered, he said, according to The Times of Israel.

US State Department Issues Travel Advisory For Belgium
The U.S. Department of State has updated the travel advisory for Belgium, warning about risks to American travelers due to terrorism, crime, and unrest. Outfits inspired by terrorist organizations “are intent on attacking U.S. citizens abroad,” including in Europe, the department said in a July 23 update. Belgium had been designated with the “Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution” classification earlier, with the latest update retaining the classification, while adding in risks of crime and unrest.

Kazakhstan’s Tokayev tells Putin to stop the war in Ukraine
The president of the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, addressed Russian President Vladimir Putin directly at a summit in Siberia, saying Russia’s attacks on Ukraine must stop. The leaders of the two countries sat next to each other at a bilateral meeting held in Omsk on Saturday. “How to get out of this situation? No one knows, because both sides have established their positions. But on the other hand, there is a moment and an opportunity to freeze (the conflict),” Tokayev said during the meeting.

Climate alarmism is key to the Globalists’ plan to install the agentic state
Climate change catastrophe is a manufactured crisis used by powerful families, especially the Rockefellers, to push a global surveillance and digital‑control agenda, Jacob Nordangård says “Elites” are funding and controlling environmental groups, think‑tanks and media which shape environmental narratives and drive policies to bring about an agentic state or “digital world brain,”Why Are They Lying To Us About Global Warming?

Machete-Wielding Islamic Terrorist Killed By Cops After Deadly Berlin Pride Attack
Abdul Ballout, 21, crashed into partygoers near the Christopher Street Day Parade on Saturday night, killing one person and wounding 29 others. As The Telegraph reports, the German citizen, who had Lebanese roots and a previous conviction for terror offences, was the subject of a manhunt for more than 20 hours until officers tracked him down to a garden shed in Berlin-Spandau. Special forces surrounded the plot and carried out an operation on Sunday evening. Ballout was shot dead after advancing towards officers with a bladed weapon, Berlin police said.

Money Issues, Paranoia, And A Hurled Phone: Blistering Reports Detail Ken Martin’s Collapsing DNC
The Democratic National Committee is running on fumes, and chairman Ken Martin is headed for a full-blown mental breakdown, according to a pair of blistering reports. A New York Times report published Sunday revealed that the committee is $2 million in the hole and begging vendors to sit on their invoices until after the midterms. Meanwhile the Republican National Committee is sitting on $128.5 million, and President Trump’s main super PAC, MAGA Inc., closed out June with roughly $400 million in the bank.

ASU Just Made ‘Influencing’ A College Major
Arizona State University has decided the path to success runs straight through TikTok dances, personal branding, and “strategic storytelling.” The school’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication is now offering a full Bachelor of Arts in Content Creation, explicitly designed to turn students into influencers who can “thrive in the rapidly evolving creator economy.” By graduation they are supposed to walk away with a real online following and “proof they’ve successfully built a digital brand.”

“Now Taking Reservations For 2031 Delivery”: GE Vernova Gas Turbine Backlog Climbs To 116 GW
GE Vernova posted double-digit revenue and order growth in the second quarter, driven once again by continued strong performance in its Power and Electrification business segments. Those segments, respectively, produce and service gas, hydro and nuclear power generation equipment; and commercial electrical equipment such as transformers and switchgears.

Hawaii’s Lieutenant Governor Indicted In “Biggest Bribery Scandal In State History”
Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, a Democrat, was indicted by an Oahu grand jury on Friday on charges of criminal conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, and falsifying candidate committee reports. The charges stem from an alleged 2022 scheme, dating to her time as a powerful state lawmaker, to steer state money toward COVID-19 testing contracts during the pandemic. Hawaii News Now reported that legal experts are calling it the biggest bribery scandal in state history.

Catherine Herridge Uncovers Shocking Revelations About The Biden Family
Investigative journalist Catherine Herridge has uncovered records pointing to Chinese blackmail efforts targeting the Biden family – documents that sat in plain sight for the legacy media, the FBI, and the CIA, only to be met with willful blindness. “I found these records which are talking about blackmail by China,” Herridge explained, adding “It was for President Biden’s daily brief. I can conclude, I think, that it was probably about targeting his family.” She noted that the findings, along with broader evidence of suppressed intelligence on Chinese influence, were ignored and buried in order to protect Democratic power,

Trump ties US-Saudi nuclear pact to Abraham Accords, raising new questions 
Details are emerging about the launch of a civilian nuclear energy agreement between the United States and Saudi Arabia after President Trump publicly appeared to contradict reports about one of its most contentious provisions, raising new questions about uranium enrichment and the future of Saudi-Israel normalization. The agreement was announced last week by U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, reportedly to the surprise of President Trump, who had planned to unveil it himself and was said to be furious that Wright announced it first.

After a terror attack kills two, Rabbi Eliyahu declares, “The gates of hell must be opened upon them”
Safed Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, speaking Friday on Galei Zahal (IDF Radio), delivered the sharpest response to the attack, framing it as a matter that should define the country’s political priorities. “There is a need here for great revenge,” Eliyahu said. “The gates of hell must be opened upon them — upon that despicable village of murderers.” He said Melet had died as he had lived. “I met Benayahu, of blessed memory, on the night of Tisha B’Av. He was one of those people who sacrificed himself to save other Jews. He literally risked his life. It is a great merit for the Jewish people that there are such righteous individuals.

The Media Line: Netanyahu To Meet President Trump as US Pauses Iran Strikes, Expands Military Buildup in Israel. 
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Washington on Monday for meetings with President Donald Trump after the United States paused strikes on Iran while maintaining an expanded military deployment in Israel and signaling it remains prepared for possible military action.

Iranian mine strikes tanker in Hormuz as world awaits Trump’s response
The incident directly tests recent ultimatums issued by U.S. President Donald Trump regarding the security of international shipping lanes. Iranian social media channels and state news agency Tasnim reported that an oil tanker was struck and severely damaged, or outright disabled, by an Iranian sea mine while attempting to exit the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian officials claimed the vessel deviated onto an “unapproved route” that was not coordinated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Why Tisha B’Av — and the Current Moment — Are Not the End of the Story
The Tisha B’Av experience is utterly unique. You sit on the floor in the half-dark, your shoes off, your voice cracking through the dirge-like cadences of Eichah, and then you recite — line by line, calamity by calamity And yet, as I went through the Tisha B’Av motions this year, sitting on the floor and reciting the Kinnot, something struck me with unexpected force. This day of mourning — this concentrated distillation of every Jewish tragedy into twenty-five hours of grief and lamentation — carries within it the very antidote to the sorrows it commemorates. Because here is the astonishing thing: we are still here to mourn them, but every enemy catalogued in those Kinnot is gone. Just consider that for a moment. The very fact that there is a Jew in 2026 who can sit on the floor and cry over Jerusalem destroyed by Roman legionaries is itself the punchline to a two-thousand-year-old joke that Rome did not live to hear. Titus is dust. We are not.

CENTCOM: US naval blockade of Iran remains in full effect
The naval blockade of Iran remains in effect, with American forces redirecting, boarding and disabling vessels attempting to breach it, U.S. Central Command said. As of Saturday, CENTCOM said it had redirected 12 commercial vessels, disabled two that failed to comply and boarded two others to enforce the blockade.

US officers caught courier smuggling virus from China: DHS documents
American officers caught a person who landed in the United States carrying vials of a coronavirus from China, according to documents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other agencies made public on July 24. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers found the vials of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus and antibody genetic material on a courier, whose name was redacted, during an inspection at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Nov. 28, 2018, according to the documents.  The courier said … that the vials were intended for Fang Li, a researcher at the University of Minnesota who has co-written papers with Zhou. Li had received funding from the National Institutes of Health. They said that some of his research fellows and collaborators have connections to the Chinese military and may pose a risk to U.S. national security.

Japan unprecedented 5-day streak of temps reaching 40°C (104°F), longest on record
…as an exceptionally persistent heatwave continued under a dominant Pacific high-pressure system. Heatstroke alerts remained in effect across much of the country, while additional climatological analysis suggests this summer is already approaching last year’s record number of locations reaching the 40°C (104°F) threshold.

They’re Making Flock Cameras That Can Fly & Read License Plates 2,000 Feet Away
The company that put automated license plate readers in communities all over America is now putting them in the sky. Flock Alpha drones can travel at speeds of up to 60 miles per hour. These drones, marketed as “first responders,” have potential to be far more intrusive than automated license plate readers mounted on the side of the road.

This Super El Niño May Be the Strongest by a Mind-Blowing Margin and Could Cause the Most Economic Damage Ever
We’re watching an apocalyptic event play out, but most of the population doesn’t seem too concerned. Large numbers of fish are being cooked to death, unprecedented wildfires rip across US & Europe, severe drought is harming agricultural production in many areas, and the northern hemisphere is slammed by one heatwave after another.

DS Co-Chair Goes All in on Communism… Calling for Abolishing the Senate, ICE, Borders, and Defunding the Pentagon as Dem Party Fight Rages from Within
The co-chair of the DSA, Megan Romer, appeared on Fox News to defend the organization’s platform that calls for abolishing the presidency, the Supreme Court, the Senate, ICE, borders, prison, and defunding the Pentagon. The mask is fully off the communists.

Peer-Reviewed Study Confirms Abortion Drug Mifepristone Found in American Drinking Water
A newly published peer-reviewed study found measurable levels of abortion drug mifepristone in municipal tap water samples collected from three American cities. Researchers collected water samples upstream & downstream of treatment facilities as well as from municipal taps in Austin, Texas; Blacksburg, VA; and Carbondale, Illinois.

A National Crisis of Antisemitism: Canada Receives an Alarming Report Card on Its Treatment of Jews
The results were dark and disturbing. Canada has been getting bad report cards for a number of years now, with 2025 the worst yet. 6,800 antisemitic incidents were documented across Canada in 2025—highest number recorded since the organization began tracking incidents. That’s an average of over 18 antisemitic incidents per day.

Islamic Maghrebi in Spain Steals Car, Drives Drunk, Runs Over Citizens, Resists Arrest, Released Next Day
A Maghrebi with priors stole a van in Pamplona, drove intoxicated without a license, reversed into and seriously injured two women plus an off-duty officer, then walked free in 24 hours despite five charges—unlike the detention Spanish nationals face in such cases—highlighting enforcement double standards fueling European vigilantism.

Tracking Hurricane Fausto in the Central Pacific
FOX Weather Meteorologist Bayne Froney breaks down Hurricane Fausto as it tracks toward Hawaii. Although the storm has weakened to a Category 1 hurricane, it is still expected to bring impacts to the Hawaiian Islands, including dangerous surf and rough marine conditions as it approaches.

DEVELOPING: Multiple People Shot at Bite of Seattle Food Festival – Shooter at Large
Multiple people were injured in a shooting at the Bite of Seattle food festival at the Seattle Center in Washington state on Sunday evening. The number of people wounded is unclear, and their conditions are not known at this time. The shooter is at large.

As Trump pauses Iran strikes, Israel said to believe he’ll soon be forced to escalate
After the US refrained from striking Iran overnight Fri-Sat for the first day in two weeks, Hebrew media reported that Jerusalem had been prepared for a major escalation over the weekend. Despite the pause, Israeli leaders still estimate that President Trump would soon be compelled to step up military action.

Iran threatens to expand war if US resumes strikes, which it says Israel is pushing for
Iran’s army warned Sunday that the Middle East war would widen if the US chose to press ahead with attacks on Iran. The stark caution came after the 2nd night in succession without US strikes, following nearly two weeks of nightly attacks and responses by Iran that targeted US allies across the Middle East.