OPINION_ Trump Has Just Weeks Left to Finish the Iran Conflict ( Victor Davis Hanson - THE EPOCH TIMES )

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Trump Has Just Weeks Left to Finish the Iran Conflict

A munition is launched from a U.S. warship at an unknown location, during what U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says are strikes on Iran, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on July 18, 2026. U.S. Central Command/Handout via Reuters

Victor Davis Hanson
7/19/2026|Updated: 7/19/2026

This is a lightly edited transcript of a July 17 segment of the Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words podcast.


We’re approaching 140 days since we first attacked Iran on Feb. 28 of this year. And we only really had … people call this a war, but it’s basically 40 days of actual bombing, tit for tat, followed by 100 days of negotiations interspliced with some tit-for-tat exchanges of missiles and drones. But for the most part, we have negotiated.

Now, we know the strategy of both sides. The strategy of our president was he wanted to stay in power, meaning he wanted to have control of Congress. Otherwise, his initiatives and agenda will be ossified if the Democrats take over the House. They will impeach him if they take over the House, and he’s protected against conviction by running the Senate.

But if he should lose the House or Senate, in other words, if things would blow up, he would be in deep trouble. So, his point was always to make sure that Iran did not have the ability to produce a nuclear weapon and did not have the ability to launch missiles all over the Gulf and did not have the ability to close the Strait of...

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US_ US Strikes Iran's Revolutionary Guard over an Attack That Killed Troops in Jordan

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U.S. sea drones strike a submarine and a ship maintenance facility in an undisclosed area of Iran. (Photo by U.S. Department of War via Getty Images) 
The U.S. military launched airstrikes Sunday targeting Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard to retaliate for the killing of American troops in Jordan, further widening crossfire between the nations as an interim deal seeking an end to their war has collapsed. [Full Story]
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US Strikes Iran's Revolutionary Guard over an Attack That Killed Troops in Jordan

Sunday, 19 July 2026 04:44 AM EDT


The U.S. military launched airstrikes Sunday targeting Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard to retaliate for the killing of American troops in Jordan, further widening crossfire between the nations as an interim deal seeking an end to their war has collapsed.

The strikes are part of a weeklong campaign that began with a struggle over control of the Strait of Hormuz and has seen Iran strike U.S.-allied countries across the Middle East.

The U.S. has targeted bridges, electrical facilities and other targets in Iran, and Tehran has retaliated by hitting power and desalination plants in Kuwait, threatening daily life in that small, oil-rich desert nation. Iran also has stepped up its threats to further expand the strikes, drawing a warning overnight from the United Arab Emirates.

Kuwait and Bahrain again activated air defenses Sunday morning as they warned of incoming Iranian drones and missiles.

The U.S. military’s Central Command in its statement also said it hit “Iranian military coastal surveillance and air defense facilities, maritime capabilities and missile and drone storage sites.” It also said for the first time it specifically targeting the Guard, a key power base in Iran's theocracy that controls its ballistic missile arsenal.

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OPINION_ Michael Goodwin: Vance’s baffling statements on Israel & Epstein should disqualify him from 2028 GOP ticket ( Michael Goodwin - NEW YORK POST )

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OPINION

Michael Goodwin: Vance’s baffling statements on Israel & Epstein should disqualify him from 2028 GOP ticket

By Michael Goodwin
Published July 18, 2026, 10:33 p.m. ET

Vice President JD Vance attends a meeting between President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2026. AFP via Getty Images


From the moment in 2024 when Donald Trump picked JD Vance to be his running mate, I believed it was a good move.

Vance, a first-term Ohio senator, was popular among Trump’s base, which is why he was given the task of concentrating on Midwest swing states during the campaign.

His surgical dismantling of blowhard Tim Walz during the veep debate was a thing of beauty, and it bears remembering that Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin all flipped for Trump.

While the president clearly deserves most of the credit, Vance certainly did his part.

I’ve also viewed Vance as a solid vice-president.

He’s been loyal, smart, calm and persistent, making him an effective opponent for the leftist media cabal during interviews.

For those and other reasons, it’s not a surprise that most early polling has him leading the GOP field to be Trump’s successor and win the 2028 nomination. The very capable and savvy Secretary of State Marco Rubio is running a close second.

‘Who is this guy?’

Alas, the appearance of smooth sailing in all things Vance came to a crashing end with his shocking interview with Joe Rogan last week.

His comments on Israel alone have me asking, “Who is this guy?” And not in a nice way.

He was so bad that I entertained the wild possibility he was floating the idea of switching to the Democratic Party.

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WORLD_ State Department issues worldwide caution alert as Iran conflict escalates ( Carter Schroppe - WASHINGTON EXAMINER )

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State Department issues worldwide caution alert as Iran conflict escalates

By Carter Schroppe
Published July 18, 2026 6:01pm ET | Updated July 18, 2026 6:03pm ET

VIDEO

The State Department issued a Worldwide Caution security alert on Saturday afternoon “due to heightened tensions” in the Middle East after the United States and Iran exchanged increasingly heavy fire throughout the week over control of the Strait of Hormuz.

“The security environment remains complex with the potential for unforeseen escalation,” the announcement said. “We remind Americans in the region of the continued need for caution and encourage them to monitor the news for breaking developments. The Department of State advises Americans worldwide, especially in the Middle East, to exercise increased caution.”

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UK_ UK Town Wants 'Independence,' Asks Trump for Help ( NEWSMAX )

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UK Town Wants 'Independence,' Asks Trump for Help

(Piddington Village)

By Newsmax Wires | Saturday, 18 July 2026 05:08 PM EDT

An Oxfordshire village of just 350 residents in England has had enough.

The village of Piddington voted overwhelmingly this month to pursue a symbolic referendum on declaring independence from the United Kingdom after the British government announced plans to house 1,250 single adult male asylum seekers there.

The unusual protest, reported by Daily Mail columnist Robert Hardman, has drawn international attention after residents suggested they may seek support from President Donald Trump and even joked about becoming "the world's smallest 51st state" of the United States.

Piddington Parish Council Chairman Tim McNally said villagers decided that conventional petitions and protests were unlikely to change the government's decision. 

"We want President Trump to know about this," McNally told the Daily Mail, arguing that residents felt they had exhausted traditional avenues of opposition.

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US_ Furious Trump defends war, launches revenge attacks on Iran after Islamic Republic kills 2 American service members ( Caitlin Doornbos - NEW YORK POST )

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Furious Trump defends war, launches revenge attacks on Iran after Islamic Republic kills 2 American service members

By Caitlin Doornbos
Published July 18, 2026 Updated July 18, 2026, 7:52 p.m. ET


President Trump defended the war with Iran as the US launched retaliatory strikes on Tehran for the deaths of two American service members in a call with The Post on Saturday, saying the troops made the ultimate sacrifice to prevent the regime from obtaining a nuclear weapon — and warned the region could descend into wider conflict if Tehran isn’t stopped.

Speaking about an hour into the latest US bombing campaign, Trump called the deaths “a shame” but argued the mission remains critical.

“They did it because they don’t want to see Iran have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said of the troops. “...And it just shows you how bad [the Iranians] are.”

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EDITORIALS_ Justice special counsel should probe Fauci ( Editorial Board - THE WASHINGTON TIMES )

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Justice special counsel should probe Fauci

He's 85 -- time is a-wasting

Dr. Anthony Fauci and COVID-19 illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times more >

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times - Friday, July 17, 2026

OPINION:

No bureaucrat has caused more harm to the American people than Dr. Anthony Fauci, formerly director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), who led the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic during the Biden administration.

Sen. Roger Marshall, Kansas Republican and one of four physicians in Congress, has urged the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to investigate Dr. Fauci’s role in the alleged COVID-19 coverup. One of the other physicians in Congress, Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, spent the Biden years demanding Dr. Fauci’s firing.

Mr. Marshall’s move is based in part on documents released on June 19 by outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. They show that former intelligence officials shielded Dr. Fauci from whistleblower complaints that he had repeatedly lied to Congress about the origins of COVID-19 and his department’s support for China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, likely source of the virus.

Over the course of a decade, the National Institutes of Health (the NIAID parent body) provided millions of dollars to the Wuhan Institute, through grants to a company called EcoHealth.

To this day, Dr. Fauci insists that COVID-19 originated in bats sold at a wet market in Wuhan, not at the Wuhan Institute, which was doing gain-of-function research to develop super-viruses.

Of course, it is just a coincidence that among the first COVID-19 victims were workers at the institute, which was supported by Dr. Fauci.

No wonder he’s gone bats on the theory of the virus’ origins.

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THE ARCTIC_ Arctic Showdown: US Coast Guard vs. Chinese 'Research' Ships ( Ward Clark - REDSTATE )

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Arctic Showdown: US Coast Guard vs. Chinese 'Research' Ships

By Ward Clark | 3:57 PM on July 18, 2026

The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com.

AP Photo/David Goldman


There's an old Cold War game called a freedom of navigation exercise, in which one party steams or flies within sight of another party's coast, within eyesight but outside of territorial waters, perhaps within the Economic Exclusion Zone (EEZ) of the other party, which is legal but provocative. This has traditionally been done with military aircraft and warships, but sometimes "commercial" vessels are roped into such duty. These exercises can be a good opportunity for intelligence-gathering, too; back in the Cold War, U.S. Navy task groups at sea were often shadowed by Soviet "fishing trawlers" that were oddly festooned with antennae.

China, in a new version of this old game, is using what it is calling "research vessels" to probe around the approaches to the Arctic, including passing into the Alaska EEZ and poking around in the Barents Sea. The United States Coast Guard has been keeping an eye on them.

The U.S. Coast Guard is actively engaged in Arctic defense, monitoring and dealing with potential national security threats posed by Chinese ships. Last summer, the Coast Guard chased away Chinese vessels.

This week, a USCG Arctic cutter crew monitored two Chinese research ships that entered U.S. waters. The Chinese-flagged Xue Long transited north through the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and over the U.S. extended continental shelf in the Bering Sea with a declared destination of the Arctic. The Xue Long 2, another China-flagged vessel, also transited to the Arctic, the USCG announced late Friday.

“For the first time this year, Chinese vessels were tracked transiting through the U.S. EEZ and over the U.S. extended continental shelf (continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles of shore) in the Bering Sea,” the USCG said. In response, the USCG Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) executed Operation Frontier Sentinel to actively monitor the vessels as they transited north. The cutter’s operation was “designed to protect American sovereign rights, ensure consistency with international law, and position the Coast Guard to rapidly respond to any detected malign activity,” the USCG said.

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US_ Top Forecaster Still Favors Democrats to Win House, but GOP Retains a Path to Hold Majority ( Chase Smith - THE EPOCH TIMES )

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Top Forecaster Still Favors Democrats to Win House, but GOP Retains a Path to Hold Majority

Cook credits the potential GOP advantage to the redrawn district maps that favored the party nationally in 2025 and earlier this year.

President Donald Trump delivers his first State of the Union address during his second presidential term in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 24, 2026.Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Chase Smith
7/18/2026|Updated: 7/18/2026

The Cook Political Report said on July 16 that Democrats are favored to win control of the House this November, but that Republicans still have a way to keep it. 

The report is an independent, non-partisan analysis of elections and campaigns for the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, governors, and president, as well as American political trends.

“Democrats remain in a strong position to take control of the House,” Cook Political Report’s analyst Erin Covey wrote, adding that it is not a foregone conclusion. Even a good night for Democrats would likely leave them with a slim majority, she wrote.

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US_ Trump’s CCP Election Interference Claims May Signal Shift in China Policy: Analysts ( Michael Zhuang - THE EPOCH TIMES )

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Trump’s CCP Election Interference Claims May Signal Shift in China Policy: Analysts

Analysts say Trump’s speech reflects renewed focus on strategic competition with Beijing and could affect Xi Jinping’s standing at home.

People process ballots at a Los Angeles Registrar site at the Los Angeles Fair Grounds in Pomona, Calif., on Aug. 31, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Michael Zhuang
7/17/2026|Updated: 7/18/2026

President Donald Trump on July 16 said in a primetime address that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been meddling in American elections, revealing that Beijing obtained hundreds of millions of American voter records and used domestic and international networks in an effort to prevent his reelection.

He said the CCP had acquired the personal information of approximately 220 million American voters during the 2020 election cycle and suggested the data could have been used for voter registration-related activities or other unlawful purposes.

Trump also said that Beijing had conducted influence operations targeting his presidency since 2018, including efforts to weaken his electoral support, pressure him to step down, and prevent him from winning another term.

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