July 12, 2026 - Gov Brief Today

What Happened Today – July 11, 2026

July 12, 2026 by George Bounacos

Two Israeli settlers, one carrying a rifle, stand among vehicles on a dirt road in the West Bank where Rep. Ro Khanna's congressional delegation was detained.

Rep. Ro Khanna photographed armed Israeli settlers who detained his congressional delegation for 90 minutes in the West Bank as IDF soldiers refused to intervene. (Photo: Rep. Ro Khanna via Instagram)

Kash Patel spent Friday inside the White House running a criminal investigation of The New York Times. The Times reported that Trump’s $400 million Qatari gift plane still hasn’t been fitted with missile defenses, so the Secret Service flew him home from the NATO summit in Turkey on the old Air Force One. The White … Read more