July 23, 2026 - Gov Brief Today

What Happened Today – July 22, 2026

July 23, 2026 by George Bounacos

Locator map highlighting Mali in West Africa

Mali, highlighted in West Africa, emerged as the Trump administration's next potential target as officials weighed strikes that would make it the eighth country attacked this term. (Alvaro1984 18 via Wikimedia Commons, public domain)

ICE arrested more people in June than in any month in its history, and July is on pace to break that record. The agency is averaging nearly 1,600 arrests a day this month and has held as many as 70,000 people in custody on a single day this year. ICE officials privately called the crowding … Read more