NYTIMES (Qasim Nauman) - Iran Says It Targeted U.S. Military in Kuwait With Drones
The Iranian army said it had targeted U.S. assets at a Kuwaiti air base. There were no immediate reports of any attacks from Kuwait or from the U.S. military.
NYTIMES (Adam Rasgon) - Trump’s Announcement of Gaza Deal Raises Many Unanswered Questions
Neither Hamas nor the Israeli government has issued an official statement acknowledging the deal, raising concerns about their eagerness to implement its clauses.
NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - Iran Claims Attack Killed U.S. Troops to ‘Liberate the Islamic Land of Jordan’ as Regional Conflict Escalates
Published July 31 , 2026 TEHRAN / AMMAN — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed responsibility for an attack that it says killed U.S. troops in Jordan, describing the operation as part of [...]
NYTIMES (Catherine Porter, Ségolène Le Stradic and Samuel Granados) - In Area Hit by Blaze, French Officials Failed to Enforce Wildfire Rules
Under French rules, homeowners must clear vegetation within roughly 50 yards of their houses. In the forests affected by France’s worst fire in decades, that didn’t happen.
NEWSCATS - Laura Ingraham: They’ve been IGNORING the ‘obvious warning signs’
Image: Corrupt media dismisses the Biden tapes and Fauci diaries: Where’s the outrage? Related: On the nature of real and perceived bias in the mainstream media Media Bias and Its Risks to Humanity, Economics, and [...]
NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - DSA Members Sign Pro-China Pledge After Delegation Trips, Renewing Scrutiny of Group’s China Ties
Several signatories on the Friends of Socialist China pledge are self-described DSA members.Bloomberg via Getty Images Published July 31 , 2026 NEW YORK — A group of members affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America [...]
NYTIMES (Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas, Ian Stewart and Selam Gebrekidan) - A Cyberattack on U.S. Water Systems, and the Growing Threat of Falling Space Junk
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WASHINGTONPOST (Patrick Marley) - The next abortion battle is over Kansas’s highest court
Voters will decide whether to replace a nearly 70-year-old appointment system with direct elections that could reshape the state Supreme Court for decades.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Lauren Wright) - Bryan Kohberger guilty plea appeal tied to unmatched hair, producer says
Investigators ruled out Kohberger as a match for the hair, but they never identified whose hair it was.