Live: US military launches fresh strikes against Iran after Trump declares peace deal ‘over’
The US military is launching fresh air strikes against Iran, the ‌US Central Command said Wednesday, hours ‌after US President Donald Trump said that an interim agreement to end the war with Iran ‌was “over”. The military said the strikes were aimed at ‌degrading Iran’s ability to “threaten freedom of navigation” in the Strait of Hormuz. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.

When A Literal Interpretation Of The Bible Is Abandoned, The End Result Is Replacement Theology
Hermeneutics is the science of interpretation. When most readers open a newspaper or book, they assume the author intends for them to understand what he is saying. They also instinctively assume that, to understand what the author is saying, they must use a literal, or normal, hermeneutic: They must interpret the text literally or naturally, unless the context indicates otherwise. Interpreting the Bible is no different. The goal is to understand what the human author, as he was moved by the Holy Spirit, intended to say. We do so by using a literal hermeneutic (even with passages dealing with end-times prophecies), unless the context indicates otherwise.

Minnesota mayor spent Fourth of July weekend in Somalia: report
St. Louis Park Mayor Nadia Mohamed spent America’s 250th anniversary in Somalia rather than the United States, according to Somali news outlet Hiiraan Online. According to the news outlet, Mohamed arrived in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, on Friday, July 3 and was welcomed by Somali government officials. Photos of what appears to be the mayor’s arrival show a large welcoming party waving American and Somali flags. Hiiraan Online also reported that Mohamed visited with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday, July 4 at the presidential palace in Mogadishu.

Who Is Elaine Chao? What to Know After Mitch McConnell’s Wife Visited China
Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell’s wife returned to the United States from China on Tuesday after questions swirled about her whereabouts as her husband remained hospitalized. Staff for former Cabinet member Elaine Chao told Newsweek that she had returned after saying over the weekend that there had been no need for her to head home before, despite concerns over McConnell’s health.

Evangelicals should be glad President Trump is getting much tougher with Iran — his deal was way too generous and Tehran could never be trusted 
Well, that didn’t take long. President Donald J. Trump on Wednesday said the 14-point Memorandum of Understanding that he and Vice President JD Vance struck with Iran is now off the table. As ALL ISRAEL NEWS reported, Trump also accused the current Iranian leadership of being “sick, vicious, violent and evil people.” I couldn’t agree more.

‘Out of control’: Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office calls out Somali gang problem in Twin Cities
“It’s ongoing and frankly, it’s nonstop and it’s out of control,” said Deputy Ben Seidel, who explained that Minnesota has about 12 Somali gangs and they are linked up with Somali gangs in Ohio.
The video was surprising in the sense that the Somali gang problem has long been ignored and skirted around by local leaders and Twin Cities media who seem afraid to directly name the problem. Sheriff Bob Fletcher directly called out media for their lack of reporting on the issue …

God warned us long ago in the Bible: Do not believe that the church has replaced Israel! 
The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ), seeing the alarming rise of antisemitism and the dramatic increase in antisemitic attacks around the world, convened an emergency summit at the end of May called the Jerusalem Summit. Biblical scholars, pastors, priests, and even rabbis from the Jewish community gathered together to present the findings of their years of study on Replacement Theology and antisemitism.

In Calif., Your Vote Is Worth More Than $2 and a Cigarette 
Los Angeles’ Skid Row, a woman walks from person to person, sidestepping needles, empty bottles and human excrement. She approaches each individual carefully, offering them a few dollars or a cigarette. In exchange, she asks them to give her information for a voter registration form, adding them to the California voter roll. If they don’t have a residential address, she claims it’s fine to use hers. The woman’s name is Brenda Lee Armstrong, and she just pleaded guilty to a federal felony. In California, anyone can register to vote online, to any address,

Russia bans diesel exports amid fuel shortages after Ukrainian attacks
Russia is banning diesel exports to address a growing fuel shortage in the country caused by Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy facilities. Over 90 percent of Russian regions have experienced fuel rationing or fuel shortages since June, according to local media and official statements. To increase fuel supplies in the country, the Russian government on Wednesday imposed a ban on diesel exports.

Scientists Discover Space May Be Fast-Tracking Aging, and It Could Change Medicine Forever
The harsh environment of deep space may hold one of the biggest clues yet to slowing the aging process on Earth. A new study published in GeroScience shows that exposure to space radiation and microgravity triggers molecular changes that closely resemble accelerated aging, raising new concerns for future Mars missions while offering scientists promising biological targets for therapies against age-related diseases.

Trump says Iran ceasefire deal is ‘over’ after new round of strikes
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said recent U.S. strikes against Iran were carried out in response to Tehran’s attacks on commercial shipping, warning that additional Iranian aggression would trigger an even stronger military response. “This is in retribution for yesterday’s bombing of ships by Iran,” Trump wrote on Truth Social while sharing an image purporting to show a strike in Chabahar, Iran. “If it happens again, it will get much worse!”

Modular Reactors To Solve Data Center Hysteria?
Townsend is a committed nuclear energy bull and has invested in many nuclear energy startups, his largest allocation being Aalo, a company that hopes to pump out small modular reactors on a mass scale to solve the rising energy costs that AI is rapidly ushering in.

US Navy said to be preparing to relaunch full naval blockade of Iran
The United States Navy is expected to relaunch its naval blockade operation against Iran within hours, according to a report by Iran-focused analyst Babak Taghvaee, who cited unnamed U.S. government sources. The report has not been confirmed by the Pentagon or Central Command. According to the sources cited by Taghvaee, the renewed blockade would go further than earlier rounds, barring Iran not only from exporting petrochemical products and natural gas but also preventing commercial vessels from operating out of Iranian ports altogether.

Explosions heard in southern Iran as US military conducts airstrikes on Islamic Republic
The US military began a round of strikes in Iran on Wednesday evening, with explosions reported in the country’s southern regions. “At the direction of the Commander in Chief, US Central Command forces have started conducting additional strikes against Iran to further degrade their ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz,” US CENTCOM said in a statement on X/Twitter. The ongoing US strikes against Iran are slated to be greater in number than the ones carried out on Tuesday, a US official told Reuters. The strikes are taking place shortly after President Donald Trump declared that the Memorandum of Understanding with Tehran “is over.”

The Funeral the Cameras Missed: How Iranians Really Marked Khamenei’s Death
IRAN — The world watched Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral from above. Aerial shots of packed Tehran streets, interviews with weeping loyalists, breathless dispatches from Western social media influencers — this was the story beamed around the globe. But the real story of the late Iranian supreme leader’s send-off was unfolding just outside the frame, in the tens of millions of Iranians who simply weren’t there. Press outlets around the world reported this week that millions attended the funeral, a figure that has never been independently verified. The more revealing question, though, is not how many filled the streets — it is how many did not, and why. Tehran itself supplied the answer. As the mourning rituals got underway, the roads leading out of the capital clogged with traffic, not into it. “It is a holiday, and we are happy to leave Tehran and the funeral of a dictator behind and have fun for a while,”

Board of Peace preparing ‘humanitarian pilot areas’ in southern Gaza
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace is preparing pilot “humanitarian zones” in southern Gaza to shelter vetted Palestinian civilians outside Hamas control, a source familiar with the details told JNS on Wednesday. The pilot zones would be administered by the U.S.-backed National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) and secured by multinational troops from the International Stabilization Force (ISF), said the source, who is familiar with the planning.

Fuel crisis reaches Moscow as NATO sends Putin unity message: ‘Love is in the air’
Ukraine’s strikes on Russian refineries worsen fuel shortages, forcing Moscow to ban diesel exports as gas station lines reach even Moscow; at NATO’s Ankara summit, leaders project unity against Russia, while Trump says Ukrainian strikes could help end the war

‘Blessing What God Calls Sin’: American Denomination Endorses Sex-Change Procedures for Minors
In yet another significant move to the theological left, America’s largest Presbyterian denomination voted decisively to endorse sex-change operations for minors. Critics called the move just the latest evidence the Presbyterian Church (USA) has truly “lost its compass.” In a 441-30 vote, PCUSA delegates passed GEN-02, … “Gender-affirming care,” the rationale reads, “is age-appropriate care that is medically necessary and evidence based for the well-being of many transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive people who experience symptoms of gender dysphoria or distress that result from having one’s gender identity not match their sex assigned at birth.” It further argues that transgender-related procedures are “critical health services.”

Nearly 30,000 Christians killed in Nigeria in six years
Nearly 30,000 Christians have lost their lives to violence in Nigeria in the past six years.  Many of them were murdered at the hands of radicalized Fulani Muslim herdsmen, a new report has warned.

ALERT ARKANSAS: Muslim Brotherhood-Linked Islamic Center in Little Rock Building 10-Acre Campus as School Receives State Vouchers
In Little Rock, Arkansas, a small group of Muslim families has built a sophisticated, well-funded Islamic infrastructure with direct ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, property transfers to organizations named unindicted co-conspirators in America’s largest terrorism-financing trial, and a massive Sharia-compliant campus with taxpayer support.

Price of Oil Skyrockets; Stock Prices Crash After Trump Declares Ceasefire with Iran Over
It appears all-out war in the Middle East is the scenario we’re now facing, and that has all sorts of crazy implications. I cannot begin to describe how serious this is. Now that there is no longer any hope for peace, events could spiral out of control very quickly.

Iran War 3 Is Here, and This Sequel Is Going to Be The Most Dramatic of Them All
Massive explosions are reported all over Iran as the U.S. conducts airstrikes in Iran for a 2nd night in a row. President Trump openly warned, “we’re going to hit them hard again tonight.” Of course, Iran has no intention of backing down. They’re reportedly preparing a large response, and considering moves that would take this conflict to the next level.

British state is obsessed with distributing taxpayer-funded social housing to immigrants
Suicidal empathy is using your own people’s money to give a council flat in Barnet to a Hamas chief, a house in Shepherd’s Bush to a terrorist preacher, a flat in Slough to the family of an ISIS leader, and a flat in London to an al-Qaeda preacher who probably radicalized ‘Jihadi John.’

Operation Hexagon: The police operation that protected politicians
Pakistani Rape gangs worked the town; their leaders included powerful people linked to the Labour Party. Children sold from care homes; little girls dragged into cars outside school gates; rooms rented by the hour where girls were lured. Instead of investigating facilitators, Gold command hunted people campaigning to stop it.

New Strikes on Iran Significantly Stronger Than Earlier Attacks, As IRGC Targets US Navy Warships
US officials are vowing bigger, more sustained and prolonged strikes against Iran tonight: The U.S. has launched a significantly expanded wave of airstrikes on Iran that is four to five times larger than strikes carried out 10 days ago. The official said the operation is expected to continue for hours.

Covid was the largest fraud on UK public funds in modern history
The United Kingdom government admits that £10.9 billion was lost to fraud across COVID support schemes. However, research has shown that, plausibly, there was £37 billion lost to COVID fraud.

Trump: MoU with Iran is dead, they are crazy
President Trump says the military hit Iran hard in late-night strikes, and he called Iranian leadership ‘a bunch of scum.’ At the NATO summit, Trump was asked whether the MoU between the US and Iran had ended. He responded, “To me, I think it’s over. I don’t want to deal with them anymore.” He added, “They’re led by sick people…”

Pope Leo appoints German bishop who endorsed homosexual ‘blessings,’ claimed sodomy ‘not sinful’
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday named Monsignor Christian Würtz, an auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Freiburg, Germany, who has a history of supporting homosexual “blessings” and contradicting the Church’s teaching on homosexuality, as the next bishop of Eichstätt. Würtz, 55, was among the 38 German bishops in 2023 who voted in favor of a document endorsing “blessings” for homosexual “couples” as well as for the divorced and “remarried.” Six months earlier, Würtz supported the German Synodal Way’s heterodox “Doctrinal Reassessment of Homosexuality” document that falsely called homosexual acts “not sinful” and “not intrinsically evil.”

The search for the lost Temple incense: new sourcebook opens the next chapter of a 33-year investigation
In May 1992, a team of volunteers led by Texas Pastor Vendyl Jones was digging at the base of a limestone cliff near Qumran when they uncovered what may be one of the most significant archaeological discoveries in modern history. Beneath it lay a hollowed recess packed with a reddish-brown organic powder, sealed away for two thousand years. Jones believed the aromatic dust was Ketoret, the sacred incense burned twice daily on the golden altar inside the Jerusalem Temple.

BIG SOLAR ACTIVITY: 
On July 7th, two sides of the sun exploded almost simultaneously. This movie from NOAA’s GOES-19 satellite shows what happened. Plumes of hot plasma flew away from opposing hemispheres within the same 2 hours. Coincidence? Maybe not. NASA has seen this happen before. Magnetic instabilities can quickly ripple across the entire sun, destablizing widely-separated regions. In 2010, an entire hemisphere erupted. This event, in combination with recent flares from sunspot 4482, suggest that the sun is in a heightened state of activity.

NATO must focus on Ukraine despite rising Arctic security concerns, Iceland says 
Iceland welcomes NATO’s growing focus on the High North but Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir warned that the alliance must not lose sight of the war in Ukraine, arguing that continued support for Kyiv remains essential to the security of Europe and Iceland. Speaking to Euractiv, Gunnarsdóttir said Operation Arctic Sentry is an important step in strengthening security in the High North. However, she stressed that the alliance’s focus must remain on NATO’s eastern flank.

US hits Iran with ‘powerful strikes’ after attacks on commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz
U.S. Central Command on Tuesday said American forces had begun launching “powerful strikes” against Iran in response to attacks on three commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. A U.S. official said targets include air defense systems, coastal surveillance systems, surface-to-air missile sites, anti-ship cruise missile sites, drone launch sites and port facilities.

While Minneapolis bans data centers, it greenlights commercial sex venues — and homeowners pay the price
The Minneapolis City Council, by a vote of 9-2, repealed a 38-year-old ban on commercially operated sex venues and bathhouses, while the council’s next agenda item banned data center development. At a time when Minneapolis is shifting its tax burden from fleeing businesses to homeowners, you would think the city council would avoid the obvious contrast. But sadly, there is no such thing as embarrassment in the City of Lakes.

France and Syria to exchange ambassadors, says President Ahmed al-Sharaa
France and Syria are reestablishing ambassadors in each other’s countries, says Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa. The announcement came during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Syria on Tuesday. Ambassadors from France and Syria will be on site shortly. The French embassy in Damascus closed in 2012 when the civil war in the country broke out.

Trump renews demand for control of Greenland, citing Denmark’s investment failure
Donald Trump is once again threatening to take over Greenland. According to the U.S. president, Denmark has failed to invest enough in the self-governing territory. Greenland is not helping Denmark. Denmark is not investing enough money to really help Greenland, but it is an important part for the United States, Trump said at a press conference at the NATO summit in Ankara, repeating his claim that Greenland is “surrounded by Chinese and Russian ships.”

US raises alarm over China’s rapid nuclear buildup after missile test
The United States says China’s “rapid” build-up of nuclear weapons is a cause for “great concern.” The statement comes after China fired an intercontinental ballistic missile from a nuclear-powered submarine. “As the United States works harder than ever to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, China is doing just the opposite,” said Tommy Pigott, a spokesman for the US State Department.

Anthropic Caught Secretly Spying on Users
Anthropic, the self-avowed moral center of the AI industry, has been caught spying on its users. As Ars Technica reports, a security researcher last week uncovered spyware-like code in the company’s Claude Code AI model designed to collect data on Chinese users without detection. The researcher, known by the pseudonym “Thereallo,” found that the code was hidden in the AI’s system prompt, allowing it track a user’s system timezone and usage of a proxy server in order to suss out if they were connected to specific Chinese AI labs.

NATO agrees to $50 billion in defense deals to placate Trump
NATO allies have agreed to at least $50 billion in defense industry deals, according to an alliance official, to show to U.S. President Donald Trump that Europe is heeding his spending demands. Secretary-General Mark Rutte revealed some of the contracts on Tuesday during a defense industry forum in Ankara, where the military alliance’s leaders are meeting for their annual summit this week. Those included $12 billion in deals to buy next-generation drones, surveillance planes and military aircraft.

The disturbing numbers behind America’s growing shift away from Israel 
Polls showing overall disapproval of Israel are nothing new, but the latest AP-NORC survey is different. It paints an even more alarming picture of where Americans now stand on Israel. Perhaps the most striking finding is this: 31% of Americans now believe Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Only 20% reject that accusation, while an astonishing 49% say they don’t know enough to have an opinion. That means only one in five Americans is willing to definitively say Israel has not committed genocide.

Amb. Leiter says Israel-Lebanon deal supersedes US-Iran MOU, military option remains 
Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter said on Monday that Israel views its newly signed agreement with Lebanon – not the recent U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding – as the framework for future relations with Beirut. He also signaled that military action against Iran remains an option if diplomacy fails.

Rahm Emanuel will assail Netanyahu in Tel Aviv speech as American politics shift against Israel
Rahm Emanuel, a potential Democratic presidential candidate and longtime defender of Israel, will denounce Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv this week and deliver a bracing message that the country’s relationship with the United States is “at a crossroads.” “It cannot stand or survive as it has been,” Emanuel will say at Tel Aviv University on Wednesday, according to remarks obtained by The Associated Press. “To maintain the strength of our ties, we need significant changes and a new direction.”

Israel prepares post-Hezbollah Lebanon peace pact
Ambassador Leiter said Israeli and Lebanese teams are expected to meet in Rome on July 14–15 to begin discussions through working groups on key issues, including border disputes. Israel is working to draft a comprehensive peace agreement framework with Lebanon that could be implemented once Hezbollah is no longer a factor, Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter said on Monday.

Iran regime advisor: The US will sabotage the talks
“The US is seeking to pass its warships through the Strait of Hormuz. In practice, the US is acting in a way that undermines agreements,” Rezaee charged. He further claimed, “Those within Iran who oppose negotiations must be patient – the US will sabotage the talks themselves; it is clear they will cause the negotiations to fail.”

UAE unveils bold plan to bypass Strait of Hormuz
The United Arab Emirates is preparing a sweeping infrastructure program aimed at eliminating its dependence on the Strait of Hormuz, despite expectations that the strategic waterway will fully reopen following the signing of a peace agreement between Iran and the US. “We’re moving toward having zero Hormuz dependency, and that’s regardless of whether it’s open or not,” UAE Minister of Foreign Trade Thani Al Zeyoudi said

‘Historically rare’ tornado strikes Huanggang, causing extensive urban damage in Hubei Province, China
A rare tornado struck on July 6, 2026, causing widespread destruction across residential neighborhoods, industrial facilities, and logistics parks. The tornado produced winds exceeding Force 15 on China’s wind scale during a historically rare event for the city. Preliminary numbers mention up to 12 fatalities and hundreds injured.

Over 500 dead in DR Congo Ebola outbreak
Over 500 people have now died in the Ebola outbreak gripping the Democratic Republic of Congo, WHO figures showed Monday. A newly updated count issued by the UN health agency showed there have been 1,561 confirmed cases in the DR Congo since the outbreak was declared in mid-May, including 506 confirmed deaths.

Running On Empty: Iran Attacks Multiple Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz as Oil Inventories Get Even Tighter
Those that proclaimed the global energy crisis was over are wrong. Within the past 24 hours, Iran has attacked numerous commercial vessels attempting to travel through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has told the world over and over that traffic through the Strait will never go back to how it was before the war, and they mean it.

“This Is Punishment” – Does the Massive Wave of U.S. Airstrikes in Iran Mean the Next Chapter of World War III Has Begun?
Iran made a foolish move in attacking vessels in the Strait again. It was inevitable the U.S. would respond militarily, and this wave of airstrikes is far larger than those near the end of last month. Of course, Iran will strike back. When fighting has flared in the past, a way has been found to settle things back down. Will that be true this time?

It’s been 5 years of suffering for covid vaccine-injured; Sen. Ron Johnson hasn’t given up
Senator Johnson released a report documenting federal health agencies’ failure to acknowledge vaccine safety concerns and is pushing for accountability. This comes as the COVID vaccine-injured community reaches a 5-year milestone. Many have experienced chronic illness, financial hardship, & emotional suffering these past 5 years.

JUST IN: Iran Hits Another Ship in the Strait of Hormuz – Audio Shows Iranian Navy Threatening Ships: “This is Last Warning. You Are All in Danger”
Per CBS, at least three ships in the Strait appeared to come under attack. One of the ships was a Qatari liquefied natural gas tanker that caught fire, risking an explosion. A second Saudi-flagged crude oil tanker was also targeted by a missile, and a third unidentified ship was hit by a drone.

‘Death to Israel’ banner displayed at running of the bulls festival in Spain
The opening of Spain’s annual running of the bulls festival in Pamplona featured anti-Israel demonstrations, continuing a pattern that has become increasingly visible at the event in recent years.

Sa’ar: Hamas using civilian government to avoid disarmament
The Israeli foreign minister said the terror group aims to mimic the Hezbollah-Lebanon model in Gaza. Hamas is attempting to avoid disarmament by signaling openness to a technocratic government in Gaza, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said on Monday, warning the move is aimed at preserving the terrorist group’s military power.

Robert Spencer Destroys Tucker Carlson’s Attempt to Whitewash Islam’s Treatment of Christians
Robert Spencer dismantles J.D. Hall’s misleading claims on Tucker Carlson that the Ottomans were ‘very kind’ to Christians, exposing instead the historical reality of institutionalized Islamic subjugation, humiliating dhimmitude, and the complete absence of equality for Christians under Sharia.