France Orders Largest Peacetime Evacuation Since WWII As Wildfires Rage Thousands of firefighters are battling fast-moving wildfires spreading across Spain and France as extreme heat and strong winds forced more than 300,000 people to evacuate or shelter in place near Madrid, Valencia and Bordeaux. Via @PCarterClimate Socialist Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said fires burned about 20,000 hectares over the past 24 hours, […]

Iran, Oman Hold Hormuz Talks As US Pauses Airstrikes For Second Day The US military paused its air campaign against Iran for a second consecutive night after nearly two weeks of tit-for-tat strikes. US strikes were aimed at degrading Tehran’s one-way attack drone and missile capabilities around the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran hit US bases in the region. The pause offers the clearest signal yet that a diplomatic off-ramp may be […]

Russia Blasts Ukrainian Drone Mass Casualty Attack On Holiday Camp In Zaporizhzhia Russia has blamed Ukraine for a mass casualty event at a ‘holiday camp’ in the partly Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia region on Saturday. Local Russian officials overseeing Zaporizhzhia have said twelve people were killed and at least 19 more wounded due to a major Ukrainian drone attack. Ukraine did not immediately issue any statements […]

UK Cities Roll Out More Diversity Barriers; Vehicle-Ramming Threat Now The Norm Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A family summer beach event in the UK city of Nottingham now sits behind portable anti-ram steel barrier, the latest admission that open borders have turned public spaces into soft targets. Local authorities across Britain are quietly installing more of what critics now call “diversity barriers” – heavy […]

The United Nations Has Run Out Of Alibis Authored by Pierre Rehov via The Epoch Times, Institutions built to prevent atrocities eventually face the question of what they actually protect. For the United Nations, voting patterns, internal investigations and its own decisions this year no longer support the fiction of neutrality. An UNRWA school in Gaza sat above a Hamas tunnel shaft and three anti-tank positions, and its own […]

Platner’s Replacement May Not Be Eligible For Nomination Maine Democrats gathered in Bangor on Saturday to select a replacement for Graham Platner, whose Senate campaign collapsed under allegations of sexual assault – which he denied – that surfaced after his June primary win. Former Senate President Troy Jackson formally won the nomination. He will face Republican Sen. Susan Collins in one of the nation’s most closely watched […]

Beijing Blacklists 14 EU Firms After Brussels Targets Chinese Companies In Latest Russia Sanctions Package Via The Cradle Beijing prohibited 14 EU companies from obtaining Chinese dual-use goods on Friday, targeting Europe’s defense industry shortly after the EU included 14 Chinese and Hong Kong firms in its 21st sanctions package against Russia. Announcing the measures with immediate effect, the Chinese Commerce Ministry called […]

19 Million Eggs Pulled As Salmonella Outbreak Sickens 98 Across 17 States The FDA and CDC have tied a growing Salmonella outbreak to eggs produced by Texas-based Midwest Poultry Services, which recalled roughly 1.5 million cartons – more than 19 million eggs – after the contamination surfaced. As of July 24, 98 people across 17 states had been sickened, according to the FDA, which said the recalled eggs are “a likely source of […]

Young Middle-Income Buyers Frustrated As US Home Costs Rise Faster Than Incomes Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times, Stealers Wheel’s 1973 hit “Stuck in the Middle with You” could well become the theme song for today’s middle-income, first-time home buyers who don’t qualify for affordable housing programs yet cannot afford market-rate homes. The current housing shortage suggests pent-up demand is building among young […]

India’s Education Minister Resigns, Delhi Protests End As Modi Caves To ‘Cockroach’ Youth Movement’s Demands India’s education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, resigned on Saturday and the government agreed to every demand raised by youth demonstrators, bringing weeks of protests – the gravest political crisis of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third term – to a jubilant close. Pradhan’s exit was the core demand of the self-styled […]

US To Resume Mexican Cattle Imports After Yearlong Screwworm Ban Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, The United States said on Friday it will end a ban on imports of Mexican cattle implemented more than a year ago to combat the New World screwworm (NWS), a flesh-eating livestock pest that has already made it into Texas and New Mexico. Cattle are herded in a stable in Hamilton, Texas, on June 5, 2026. Brandon Bell/Getty […]

War Zones Converging? Zelensky Says Ukraine Hit Ship “Transporting Military Cargo” From Iran Ukraine has rapidly expanded its one-way attack-drone campaign from the Sea of Azov into the Black Sea, claiming strikes against more than 180 vessels and maritime targets around the Crimean region over the past three weeks, according to Reuters. The widening maritime offensive follows a summer campaign in which Ukrainian drones struck […]

$139 Million Drug Bust Exposes Broker-Style Cross-Border Trucking Operation By Phil Brink of FreightWaves Canadian and U.S. agencies uncovered a broker-style operation using commercial transportation connections to move illegal drugs. Authorities display evidence seized during Project Bay, including suspected cocaine, methamphetamine and opium. The operation recovered nearly 1.7 metric tons of drugs and 17 firearms. (Photo: Ontario […]

Rand Paul Should Make Fauci Answer For Wuhan And BeagleGate Lies Authored by Anthony Bellotti via American Greatness, Fauci no longer faces any realistic risk of criminal exposure for perjury or other past federal offenses covered by the pardon. Next week, Dr. Anthony Fauci is scheduled to testify before Sen. Rand Paul’s Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. After years of stonewalling, evasions, […]

Democrats Are Worried The GOP’s Cash Advantage Could Hurt Their Chances In The Midterms The Democratic Party heads into the midterms with generic congressional ballot polling and historical precedent on its side. It is nevertheless worried that the majorities it so desperately wants could still slip away. Politico reported this week that Democratic strategists increasingly fear their favorable political environment could be […]

Trump Orders Signs Outside Smithsonian Museum To Warn Of Inaccurate Exhibits Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump issued an executive order on July 24 directing signs to be placed outside one of the Smithsonian Institution’s history museums warning visitors that some exhibits contain inaccurate information. The order references a July report by the White House Domestic Policy Council, which […]

Private Forecasters Warn “New Heat Event” Will Target US East Coast Folks across the Mid-Atlantic are enjoying a welcome stretch of mild weather today, with temperatures in the 70s following several rounds of extreme heat earlier this month that sent temperatures into the 90s and even into the triple digits. Enjoy the comfortable nights in the 60s and low 70s over the next few days, because another heat wave is already on the […]

Do DSA Elites Rank America Worse Than Mao’s 70-Million Body Count? This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. We’re hearing more and more from the Democratic Socialists of America about all of the sins of America and very little of the good things we’ve done to ourselves and to the world at large on our 250th birthday.  What is it, the nature of this […]

BLM Is Back And Protesting The Police Shooting Of Another Violent Career Criminal They are far less active across the US in 2026, but not truly gone.  Is it exasperating, or, is it entertaining?  It depends on how you look at it.  Yes, the Black Lives Matter movement is back, and big surprise, they’re angry over the police shooting of another violent minority criminal.  But, is he black? Not according to his extensive […]

Homebuyer Demand Remains Strong In High-Risk Areas: Report Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times, While nearly one in four homes across the United States are located in areas susceptible to severe weather conditions, many homebuyers are still seeking out properties in these high-risk regions, a July Realtor.com report found. An aerial view shows empty lots and new homes under construction in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood […]

Trump Pursues Diplomatic Off-Ramp As Omani Delegation Arrives In Tehran: Report Summary Why Trump Reportedly Ordered Military Not To Strike In Overnight US Pauses Iran Bombing Campaign As Saudi-Houthi Red Sea Front Erupts Why Trump Reportedly Ordered Military Not To Strike In Overnight Axios reports that President Trump called off new U.S. military strikes on Iran Friday night, signaling a potential diplomatic offramp after […]

Meltdown? The Real Reason Why The Media Hates Elon Musk Some would say that Elon Musk is an enigma; a billionaire entrepreneur with a focus on green tech and environmental impact who used to support Democrat fixtures like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, only to become one of the progressive establishment’s biggest opponents.  What happened? As Musk readily admits, the progressive movement changed and he did not.  One could […]

Top NIH Official Wanted To Shut Down Research Into COVID-19 Vaccine Injuries: Emails Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Top officials with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) expressed misgivings about researchers with the agency studying people with neurological issues after they received COVID-19 vaccines, according to newly released emails. Principal deputy director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), […]

‘Largest Group Of TDS Sufferers Ever Put Together’: Trump Delivers Remarks At Correspondents’ Dinner Authored by Emel Akan via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump attended the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington on July 24. The event that was originally held on April 25 was abruptly canceled due to an assassination attempt against him. “I am delighted to be here,” Trump said as he began his […]

“Hell Of A Great Day For Starship”: SpaceX Tests Megarocket In First Time Since IPO SpaceX launched Starship on its 13th test flight on Friday evening, the first since the company’s massive IPO, successfully deploying 20 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites while demonstrating further progress with its largest rocket. “Deployment of 20 @Starlink V3 satellites complete. Today’s test will provide critical data as we prepare to […]