July 22, 2026 - Gov Brief Today

What Happened Today – July 21, 2026

July 22, 2026 by George Bounacos

Man standing alone before the rubble of a collapsed building after Israeli airstrikes in the Bachoura neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon

Donald Trump cleared US airlines to fly direct to Lebanon Monday and told Americans to visit. His own State Department says do not travel there for any reason. This is Bachoura, in Beirut, after a March Israeli airstrike. (Megaphone photo, CC BY 4.0)

Donald Trump gave Saudi Arabia a path to enriched uranium while bombing Iran for already having one. American companies have long been legally barred from helping Saudi Arabia go nuclear. AP sources say Trump just approved a 30-year deal that allows US firms to help the Saudis enrich uranium on their own soil without the … Read more