Today · Jul 25
The war Trump said would last weeks is now in its fifth month, and the Pentagon just quietly erased four of its own dead.
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- 01U.S. Central Command carried out a 13th consecutive night of airstrikes on Iran, hitting IRGC command sites, drone facilities and maritime targets, with blasts reported in Khorramabad, Jask and Bandar Abbas (Democracy Now!)
- 02Brent crude crossed $100 a barrel for the first time since May 26, gaining about 7% to close near $100.69 (CNBC)
- 03Houthi forces struck two Saudi oil tankers, the Encelia and Layla, in the Red Sea, causing a fire aboard Encelia with no crew casualties reported (Yahoo Finance)
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- 04The Pentagon's public casualty tracker lowered its Iran-war death toll from 18 to 14; acting press secretary Joel Valdez attributed the change to "temporary data disruptions" (Military.com)
- 05The four service members removed from the toll were identified as 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, killed in Jordan, and Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, killed in Iraq (BNO News)
- 06The U.S. national average price for regular gasoline was $4.105 a gallon as of July 24, 2026 (AAA)
- 07President Trump told Axios in an interview published July 23 that he was considering "a massive attack. Bigger than ever before." (Irish Times)
- 08DISPUTED: Iran's Health Ministry figures vary by outlet and date, the World Socialist Web Site cites 59 dead and 666 wounded since late June (WSWS), while the Times of Israel and Press TV report 53-55 dead and 592-629 wounded over the same period (Times of Israel; Press TV)sources conflict
- 09The Senate rejected a war powers resolution to require congressional authorization for the Iran war by a vote of 47-49; Sen. John Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote no, and Sen. Susan Collins was the only Republican to vote yes (The Hill)
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Far LeftDocuments US war escalation and Pentagon hiding true casualty and cost figures2 sources
“Look, we’re locked and loaded,”Donald Trump, US President · signals readiness to order a further expansion of the bombing campaign against Iran
“a temporary data disruption”Sean Parnell, Pentagon spokesman · the administration's official explanation for the count of US war dead being quietly cut from 18 to 14
The socialist paper called the war a machine that is "strangling the world economy," cataloging hit railway bridges and civilian sites and casting the conflict as naked imperial plunder. It foregrounded the concealment of the true cost, noting the wounded count was cut "from 482 to 420, without explanation," and framed the Democrats as a
Read the original ›Democratic SocialistExposes Pentagon quietly erasing four US war deaths from official count3 sources
“They’re fudging numbers because they got us into this war and don’t know how to get us out,”Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Arizona) · accuses the administration of manipulating casualty figures to hide how the war is going
“These are the real facts. REPORT THEM!”Donald Trump, US President · downplaying the 18 troop deaths as low compared to other wars, disputing the cover-up narrative
The camp read the shrinking death toll as an admission of failure, quoting Sen. Ruben Gallego that "they're fudging numbers because they got us into this war and don't know how to get us out." Truthout also centered Fetterman as the Democrat who "cast the deciding vote" to keep the war going.
Read the original ›Liberal“his record fighting the scrappy militia is not impressive”5 sources
“his record fighting the scrappy militia is not impressive”MSNBC · argues Trump's threat to bomb the Houthis is unlikely to resolve the blockade given past failures
“everything, everywhere, all at once”Helima Croft, analyst at RBC Capital Markets · describes mounting pressure on oil markets that could push prices above the 2008 record of $146 a barrel
MSNBC treated the widening blockade as an economic emergency of Trump's making, calling the Bab al-Mandab move "a huge deal" and warning a regional war could push oil toward its 2008 record. It emphasized the human and dollar cost and Trump's "foolish war." [151][151]
Read the original ›Center“Trump threatens 'major military punishment'”2 sources
The center tier reported the arithmetic straight: the strait carries a fifth of the world's oil, "12 percent of all World Trade passes through the Bab al-Mandab," and Trump says he is "not in a hurry" despite the midterms. Brooks and Marcus named it "a 'forever war,'" a "Groundhog Day war" of threats and retrenchment.
Read the original ›Center-RightReports Pentagon erased four Iran war casualties from its official tally4 sources
The anti-populist right cast the toll revision as a stain: the Pentagon "tried to erase these four service members from its official list," an act it called "extraordinarily petty and a strikingly callous one." The WSJ noted Republicans "stick with Trump" even as a war-powers measure drew four GOP defectors. [324][324][342]
Read the original ›LibertarianArgues Pentagon undercounts Iran war dead to hide the war's true cost3 sources
Reason framed the war as an unconstitutional executive project built on "a game of semantics," noting Trump avoided the word "war" to dodge the War Powers Resolution and that "American soldiers are still dead as a direct result of the conflict he helped instigate." [374][380]
Read the original ›MAGA“Trump May Order 'Massive Attack' on Iran”4 sources
The populist right ran the president's resolve, quoting his threat of an attack "Bigger than ever before" and Iran that "hasn't received enough pain yet." Fox aired Sen. Tim Sheehy's line that "we didn't start this war, we did not.
Read the original ›Religious RightFrames the 13th night of strikes as prelude to a threatened massive attack2 sources
“When they start blowing away communities one by one, we cannot let them ever even think about having a nuclear weapon, and that's what's happening.”Donald Trump, U.S. President · justifying an even larger threatened strike by casting a nuclear Iran as an existential threat
“do not count on things remaining quiet if you attack us. Do not count on a repeat performance because it won't be a repeat. The last (attack) was powerful enough.”Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister · warning Iran that any retaliatory strike will draw a far larger Israeli response
CBN covered the war approvingly through the nuclear angle, quoting Trump that "we cannot let them ever even think about having a nuclear weapon." The American Conservative's paleo wing broke sharply, tracking the "forever war" and reporting Iran's warning that "seizing another nation's assets... is an incendiary precedent." [506][517] Une
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- Jul 24Iran war widens to the Red Sea as oil closes above $100
- Jul 23The Iran war reaches its 12th night as four soldiers come home
- Jul 22Hegseth puts the Iran war at $37.5 billion as strikes hit an 11th night
- Jul 21US strikes Iran a 10th night as the American death toll reaches 17
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Today · Jul 25
A settler hike turned deadly, a Palestinian grabbed a rifle, and now the army is preparing to treat whole villages like Gaza.
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- 01Four Palestinians and two Israelis were killed in and around the village of Tal (Tell), southwest of Nablus, on July 24, 2026 (CNN).
- 02Eyewitnesses said 40–50 settlers, including children, approached Tal around dawn, attacked several Palestinian homes, and clashes escalated when settlers and Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians (Inquirer).
- 03One of the Israelis killed was a civil security guard shot by a Palestinian, per Israeli officials (Times of Israel).
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- 04Israel announced preparations for a "major counterterrorism operation" across the West Bank following the incident (CNN).
- 05Israeli settlers subsequently attacked the nearby villages of Faraata and Jeet, in the Qalqiliyah governorate, setting fire to homes, cars and businesses (CNN).
- 06The Palestinian Red Crescent said 8 people were injured in the Faraata attack, six of them hospitalized with gunshot wounds (CNN).
- 07OCHA reported 68 Palestinians killed in the West Bank in 2026 as of July 19, at least 13 by settlers (HRW).
- 08Netanyahu called for expanding West Bank settlements following the clashes (CBS News).
- 09Human Rights Watch warned the surge in settler violence risks mass atrocities against Palestinian villages (HRW).
ContextOCHA reported an average of six settler attacks causing casualties or property damage per day across the West Bank in June 2026, the highest rate on record (HRW).
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LiberalDetails escalating settler violence while noting IDF's contested terror-attack framing1 source
“Israel must take immediate steps to prevent settler violence, protect Palestinian communities, and ensure that those responsible for attacks are held accountable”Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process · UN demanding Israel curb settler violence and hold attackers accountable amid the escalation
The mainstream camp reported the deaths as clashes with contested agency, noting the army "acknowledging that the killing of the Israelis was not planned" yet "treating the event as a terror attack," and quoting Smotrich's call to demolish villages "to restore deterrence." [120]
Read the original ›IdentityCasts killings as settler executions, warns of Gaza-style retaliation threats2 sources
“there was no planned attack on Israeli settlers. Rather, settlers were attacking the villagers when the incident occurred.”Munther Shtayeh, deputy mayor of Tell · disputing the Israeli media's portrayal of the incident as a premeditated Palestinian attack
“the cities and villages of [Palestinian] murderers in the West Bank must be treated like Beit Hanoun”Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's National Security Minister · threatening to raze Palestinian villages the way the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun was leveled
The Palestinian press centered the victims as defenders, reporting the four were "executed in the field while they were defending their lands against a settler attack" and cataloging Ben-Gvir's demand that the villages "be treated like Beit Hanoun." Al Jazeera covered the overnight funerals. [541][608] Unexpected alignment: even CNN's mai
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- Jul 24Iran war widens to the Red Sea as oil closes above $100
- Jul 23The Iran war reaches its 12th night as four soldiers come home
- Jul 22Hegseth puts the Iran war at $37.5 billion as strikes hit an 11th night
- Jul 21US strikes Iran a 10th night as the American death toll reaches 17
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Today · Jul 25
The state's most popular Democrat just picked a side in the party's biggest civil-war primary, ten days before the vote.
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- 01Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorsed Rep. Haley Stevens over Abdul El-Sayed in the Aug. 4, 2026 Democratic Senate primary, appearing with her at a Detroit Teamsters hall alongside Rep. Jim Clyburn (Bloomberg).
- 02The seat is open after Sen. Gary Peters chose not to seek re-election (Washington Post).
- 03Statewide early in-person voting for the primary began Saturday, July 25 (Michigan Dept. of State).
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- 04AIPAC's affiliated United Democracy Project has spent nearly $15 million in the race, including $9.3 million supporting Stevens and $5.7 million opposing El-Sayed, the group's largest single-race investment to date (CBS News).
- 05Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have endorsed El-Sayed; Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez appeared with him at a Detroit rally that drew about 2,000 people (HNGN).
- 06Stevens has also been endorsed by former Sen. Debbie Stabenow, in addition to Peters (Bloomberg).
- 07Stevens led El-Sayed by 7 points in polling reported ahead of the primary (HNGN).
- 08Mallory McMorrow, previously a candidate in the Democratic primary and endorsed by Warren and Sen. Chris Murphy, has exited the race (WLNS).
ContextAIPAC-aligned United Democracy Project has already put nearly $15 million into the race, $9.3 million boosting Stevens and $5.7 million opposing El-Sayed, making this the group's largest single-race investment yet, according to CBS Detroit (CBS News).
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Democratic SocialistReports Stevens's campaign secretly shared a consultant with Palantir, reviving her ICE-record criticism5 sources
The left cast Stevens as the corporate-establishment candidate compromised on ICE, quoting El-Sayed's camp that "the corporate establishment has closed ranks and made their pick." r/DemocraticSocialism grassroots derided Whitmer as "an establishment, corporatist tool." [89][89][157]
Read the original ›LiberalExposes a covert, undisclosed influencer network paid to promote Stevens on social media6 sources
The mainstream-left camp scrutinized the pro-Stevens machinery, reporting a covert influencer operation and dark-money spending, while NBC framed the endorsement as Whitmer seeing Stevens as "another leader who's focused on getting things done." [126][157]
Read the original ›CenterReports Whitmer's endorsement as a boost for Stevens in the establishment-progressive primary fight4 sources
“Michiganders need a fighter in Washington and there are few leaders with more fight in ’em than Haley Stevens”Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan governor · her rationale for endorsing Stevens the day before early voting begins
“The corporate establishment has closed ranks and made their pick – now, Michigan voters will get to make theirs”Roxie Richner, El-Sayed campaign spokesperson · casting Whitmer's endorsement as establishment consolidation against the progressive challenger
The wire and center tier framed it as a proxy fight for the party's future, quoting Whitmer that Stevens "has what it takes to win" and noting the contest "has touched almost every nerve on the political left," from 2024 blame to Israel and Gaza. [257][257]
Read the original ›Center-RightReports establishment vs. far-left primary fight, giving both campaigns' sharpest attack lines4 sources
The populist right read the endorsement as establishment panic, quoting the Michigan GOP that Stevens is "every bit as extreme as Abdul El-Sayed" and framing both Democrats as interchangeable. Fox led with the "moderate" label.
Read the original ›MAGA“Gretchen Whitmer endorses moderate Haley Stevens in tight upcoming Senate primary”3 sources
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- Jul 21Troy Jackson locks up the Maine Democratic Senate nomination
- Jul 20Troy Jackson locks up the Maine Democratic nomination to face Susan Collins
- Jul 18Maine Democrats scramble to replace Platner
- Jul 16Maine Democrats race to replace Platner as an ICE killing reshapes the Senate primary
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Today · Jul 25
Iowa is out, the Deep South is in, and the fight was really about whether Black or Latino voters go first.
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- 01The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee voted on July 24, 2026 to recommend South Carolina hold the first 2028 Democratic presidential primary, on Jan. 22, 2028 (Democrats.org).
- 02South Carolina won the committee vote with 26 votes to Nevada's 19 and New Hampshire's 4, out of 49 committee members, with 25 votes needed for a majority (Washington Examiner).
- 03The recommended early-window order after South Carolina is Nevada (Feb. 1, 2028), New Hampshire (Feb. 8), New Mexico (Feb. 15), Michigan (Feb. 22) and Virginia (Feb. 29) (Democrats.org).
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- 04Iowa is not included among the six early-window states in the RBC's 2028 recommendation (Iowa Capital Dispatch).
- 05The full DNC membership is scheduled to vote on final approval of the calendar at its summer meeting in Austin, Texas, Aug. 13-15, 2026 (Democrats.org).
- 06New Hampshire Democratic Party Chairman Ray Buckley said the DNC vote does not change that New Hampshire law requires the state to hold its primary at least seven days before any similar election held elsewhere (NHPR).
- 07New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan said the state will follow that law and schedule its primary ahead of the others regardless of the DNC's order (Washington Examiner).
- 08The DNC first placed South Carolina at the top of its primary calendar in 2024, citing the state's racial diversity as more representative of the party's electorate (NHPR).
ContextSouth Carolina previously replaced Iowa atop the calendar in 2024 after Iowa's 2020 caucuses were marred by a reporting-app failure that delayed results for days; Iowa remains excluded from the early window in the 2028 plan (NHPR).
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LiberalFrames repeat SC lead-off as earned, flags VRA ruling risk to Black voters6 sources
The wire and center tier reported the calendar as a values contest between core constituencies, quoting South Carolina chair Christale Spain that "when South Carolina goes first... Black voters go first" and Nevada backers arguing "we are the battleground state." NBC and CBS stressed Iowa's fall and the delegate math.
Read the original ›“We have demonstrated that South Carolina picks presidents”Carol Fowler, South Carolina DNC member · arguing SC's track record of picking the eventual nominee justifies keeping it first
“Today’s vote shows that many party insiders have learned nothing from 2024. New Hampshire has a proven track record of testing our candidates with a rigorous, fair, and efficient process, yet those qualities did not prevail.”Ray Buckley, New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair · accusing the DNC of repeating a 2024 mistake by again passing over New Hampshire
The mainstream-left camp tied the decision to the Supreme Court's Voting Rights Act ruling and Republican redistricting, quoting Debbie Dingell that the party must "not [be] abandoning people that... are being screwed by the Supreme Court." NPR emphasized the elevation of "racially diverse states." [139][164]
Read the original ›Center“Democrats select South Carolina for their first 2028 presidential nominating contest”1 source
MAGACasts pick as a Black-vs-Latino base fight amid Trump's 2024 Latino gains1 source
“outreach to Latino voters, with whom President Donald Trump and Republicans made major gains in the 2024 election, handing Democrats major setbacks”Fox News · framing the SC-Nevada contest as a proxy fight over which base Democrats must shore up after Latino losses to Trump
“Today's vote shows that many party insiders have learned nothing from 2024. New Hampshire has a proven track record of testing our candidates with a rigorous, fair, and efficient process, yet those qualities did not prevail.”Ray Buckley, New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair · accusing the DNC of repeating a 2024 mistake by again passing over New Hampshire
The populist right framed it as a Democratic "struggle" over identity, describing the choice as "a proxy battle" between "rewarding Black voters" and "outreach to Latino voters, with whom President Donald Trump and Republicans made major gains." [434] Unexpected alignment: liberal and center outlets and the r/askaliberal grassroots largel
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Today · Jul 25
The Supreme Court threw out his tariffs. So he found a 1974 law, called it a human-rights measure, and taxed 99 percent of US imports anyway.
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- 01New tariffs of 10% or 12.5% took effect at 12:01 a.m. EDT on July 24, 2026, on imports from 60 economies covering 99.4% of US imports (USTR).
- 02The duties were imposed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 following investigations USTR opened March 12, 2026, citing partner countries' failure to adopt or enforce bans on imports of forced-labor-made goods (USTR).
- 03The 10% rate applies to 17 economies USTR says have committed to adopt and enforce forced-labor import prohibitions, including Canada, Mexico, India and the UK; the 12.5% rate applies to economies USTR says have failed to adopt such a prohibition, including China and Japan (USTR fact sheet).
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- 04USTR's exemptions cover informational materials, donations, accompanied baggage, goods already subject to Section 232 tariffs, and certain products such as unavailable-domestically raw materials; a Federal Register notice lists the full exemption set (USTR fact sheet).
- 05The new duties took effect the same moment a temporary 10% global tariff expired, and follow the Supreme Court's February 20, 2026 ruling, in a 6-3 opinion by Chief Justice Roberts, that IEEPA does not authorize the president to impose tariffs (WilmerHale).
- 06The action followed two rounds of public hearings and more than 2,100 public comments as part of the Section 301 investigations (USTR).
- 07Sen. Ron Wyden criticized the action as an attempt to revive the invalidated global tariffs under different legal authority (Detroit News).
ContextThe Supreme Court struck down Trump's IEEPA tariffs 6-3 on February 20, 2026, ruling the 1977 emergency-powers law does not authorize tariffs; the new Section 301 duties are the administration's replacement roughly five months later (WilmerHale).
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Far LeftCovers separate Brazil-specific tariffs as political pressure over Bolsonaro's conviction, not the forced-labor story1 source
The socialist read cast tariffs as "imperialist intimidation," arguing the Brazil levies were "nakedly political" tools to pressure a foreign court and install a Trump-aligned government, part of a "corollary to the Monroe Doctrine." [40]
Read the original ›Democratic Socialist“r/labor "If Trump really cares about forced labor, he should look at the US"”1 source
Liberal“The shifting justifications alone underscore how Trump’s arguments are bullshit.”5 sources
“The shifting justifications alone underscore how Trump’s arguments are bullshit.”The Guardian · arguing the stated forced-labor justification is a pretext masking the real goal of reviving struck-down tariffs
In Alabama prisons, they call the forced labor “mandatory chores”.The Guardian · citing a specific euphemism to argue the US itself relies on and disguises forced prison labor
The mainstream-left camp treated the forced-labor rationale with open contempt, noting US prisons legally compel labor and that the pretext "truly takes the cake." NPR called it "a defiant Trump," and USA Today told readers to expect higher prices on clothing and shoes. [167][215][233]
Read the original ›CenterNeutral explainer: new levies replace court-struck tariffs under a forced-labor legal rationale4 sources
“This is a blatant attempt to revive Trump’s illegal global tariffs under a different name”Sen. Ron Wyden, top Democrat on Senate Finance Committee · arguing the forced-labor rationale is a legal workaround to keep tariffs alive after the Supreme Court struck them down
“We don’t see anything in the market right now that’s pushing prices downward, and that’s a concern”Matt Priest, president and CEO of the Footwear Distributors and Retailers Association · warning that footwear prices will keep rising as retailers pass tariff costs to consumers
The wire tier explained the mechanics flatly, noting the breadth "suggests another motivation" of replacing the tariffs the Supreme Court struck down, and quoting importers who front-loaded shipments. The BBC asked simply whether tariffs "are working." [253][285][292]
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(One America News: OAN framed the trade fight through Trump's grievance that "the United States of America is not a 'PIGGYBANK' for Europe," casting the EU tech fines and tariffs as a defense of American companies against foreign "robbing." [263][446] Unexpected alignment: the socialist WSWS and the libertarian Reason both treated the for
Read the original ›Center-RightTraces an obscure 1930 Smoot-Hawley provision trade lawyers rediscovered3 sources
The free-market right framed it as legal improvisation, tracing how officials revived "Section 338 of the infamous Smoot-Hawley tariff law of 1930" and other dormant statutes to rebuild the tariff wall after the court struck it down. [339]
Read the original ›LibertarianArgues the new tariffs are illegal executive overreach disguised as forced-labor policy2 sources
“The action gives targeted countries no way to get the tariffs lifted by eliminating their supposedly bad behavior. And the whole thing establishes precedent for an 'automatic tariff generator' that Trump or a future president can deploy at will.”Scott Lincicome, vice president of general economics at the Cato Institute · warns the tariff process gives no path to relief and sets a precedent for unchecked future executive tariff power
“The Constitution lodges the Nation's lawmaking powers in Congress alone, and the major questions doctrine safeguards that assignment against executive encroachment.”Justice Neil Gorsuch, concurring in the Supreme Court's February ruling striking down the earlier tariffs · cited as the constitutional principle the new Section 301 tariffs are accused of violating
Reason called the tariffs "likely illegal," built on "sham investigations" whose "findings were clearly predetermined," and argued they violate the major-questions and nondelegation doctrines. It reported the first lawsuits already filed.
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- Jul 24Trump hits 60 trading partners with new tariffs before the deadline
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