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July 17, 2026
In Address to Nation President Trump Presents Evidence of Significant Foreign Interference in US Elections
WORLD
World at Large:
Iran Launches Heavy Overnight Attack On Bahrain, Gulf Allies, After US Launched 6th Straight Night Of Strikes
More than 500 missing after two refugee boats vanish off Myanmar coast
Ukrainians take to the streets after Zelenskyy ousts defense minister in surprise shake-up
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
United States:
Canadian wildfire smoke blankets parts of US Midwest, Northeast
Puerto Ricans face water rationing as drought worsens
Former FED advisor sentenced to three years for lying about sharing economic information with China
China:
Western Media Gushes as Chairman Xi Jinping outlines China’s global vision for AI
Huge landslide in southwest China buries homes and force more than 1,000 to evacuate
Chairman Xi offers China as AI partner to developing world, warns against risks and security overreach
Russia:
Russian and Ukrainian Attacks Kill at Least 13, Officials Say
United Kingdom:
Andy Burnham, a mayor from England's north, poised to become Britain's next prime minister
UK invesigation charges 28 y.o. in targeted attack killing MP Ann Widdecombe
British Steel taken into public ownership to protect 'vital' UK supply
India:
Files relating to India’s largest nuclear power plant exposed in data breach
CBI arrests MD of Bengaluru-based Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Limited for taking bribe of ₹5 lakh
Germany:
Germany's Merz receives death threat from Iranian newspaper
Canada:
Canada joins summit targeting left-wing terrorism
U.S. lawmakers press Canada on wildfires as Carney defends environmental record
Canada will not share bridge tolls with US until Canada's Investment repaid, Carney says
Australia:
Fears for New Zealand’s native species as first bird flu case emerges
South and Central America:
A Japanese Study Warned Chávez About the Earthquake Risks
El Salvador puts nearly 500 alleged MS-13 gangsters on mass trial
Trump Administration to Impose New Tariffs on Brazil
Saudi Arabia
Iran: Bridge connecting Bandar Abbas to Shiraz attacked
Israel:
Ben-Gurion Airport parking crises continues as US unable to move tanker aircraft
Continental Africa:
U.S. Withdrawal Of Support Puts Somalia Peacekeeping Mission At Risk – The Organization for World Peace
WHO: Ebola spreading faster than ever recorded in DR Congo | Ebola | Al Jazeera
UNITED STATES — GOVERNMENT
White House:
Trump says documents show voting vulnerabilities, China meddling and fraud
State Department:
Trump Administration Unleashes Global Campaign to Crush Radical Left Terrorism
Secy. Marco Rubio Hosts Summit on Political Terrorism
Schedule - The Summit for Democracy - United States Department of State
Dept of War (DoW):
US Launches 6th Consecutive Night Of Strikes On Iran Amid Threats Of "Infrastructure For Infrastructure" War
U.S. Forces Continue Providing Disaster Relief Assistance in Venezuela
US strikes hit northern Iran as it disables ship
HHS:
US cyclospora outbreak tied to Taco Bell lettuce from Mexico
Senate:
Apparently having a problem with the popular idea of Voter ID, or just President Trump, US Senator Tillis (R-NC) vows to stall SAVE America Act in Senate
House:
House revisits popular Save America (Voter ID) Act by adding it to spending bill.
House passes State Department funding bill for fiscal year 2027
Almost Half of House Democrats Vote to End Aid to Israel
Supreme Court:
Abortion rights are on the ballot in 4 US states
Trump administration asks justices to have lower court reconsider protected status for Venezuelan and Haitian nationals
ECONOMY & MARKETS
SpaceX falls further in premarket after Starship test flight aborted
Cameco And Brookfield Positioned To Lead New Jersey's $24 Billion Nuclear Build Out
US wireless carrier Verizon to sell 274 stores, lay off another 500 corporate employees
SCIENCE
First atmosphere detected on a habitable-zone rocky world | Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
SpaceX scrubs Starship launch after some of its engines didn't start
NASA Uses Subscale Aircraft to Accelerate Flight Innovation
SpaceX Starship Flight 13 Launch Scrubbed At The Last Second
Europe’s coal mines say they slashed emissions. Experts don’t believe them.
TECH & SECURITY
Astronomers Have Found a Sugar Molecule in Deep Space for the First Time Ever
ODDS & ENDS
Scientists Ranked Hundreds of Spider Species by Running Speed. Australia's Huge, Hairy Brown Huntsman Came Out on Top
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