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 toughest international inspections. He approved it on the 11th straight night of American bombs falling on Iran, five months into a war he says exists to stop them from enriching uranium.
The United States and Israel launched a regional war over one country’s centrifuges. Now Trump is selling them to another. We owe the world an explanation for the difference.
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Canada cancels Friday's joint ceremony with U.S. officials for the Gordie Howe Bridge opening one day after Trump announced 50% tariffs on Canadian goods.
Source: CTV News
July 21, 2026
Trump approves a 30-year nuclear deal that may let Saudi Arabia enrich uranium while waging war to stop Iran's enrichment program, AP sources say.
Source: The Associated Press
July 21, 2026
U.S. bombs Iran for an 11th straight night as the Pentagon says a missing soldier is believed dead, raising the American toll to 18.
Source: CBS News
July 21, 2026
HHS withholds another $1 billion in Medicaid payments from California and Minnesota over fraud claims, adding to $1.5 billion already frozen from both states.
Source: UPI
July 21, 2026
Kennedy declares the cyclosporiasis outbreak "under control" as Mexico disputes the FDA's link to Taylor Farms and no sample has tested positive.
Source: NBC News
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Source: The Washington Post [gift link]
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New Jersey Gov. Sherrill discloses a software glitch registered 6,600 noncitizens to vote, with about 400 casting ballots, as she disputes Trump's larger claims.
Source: The New Jersey Monitor
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Source: NOTUS
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Senate Intelligence panel advances Clayton for DNI on a 9-8 vote after he refused to say who won the 2020 election.
Source: The Hill
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Appeals court rules 2-1 that DOJ can release Biden's private ghostwriter recordings to the Heritage Foundation, pausing until Aug. 3 for appeal.
Source: UPI
July 21, 2026
Appeals court unanimously upholds Trump adviser Navarro's contempt of Congress conviction, ruling he invented an executive privilege claim Trump never actually made.
Source: CNN
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Fired U.S. Attorney Rogoff sues Trump, arguing his removal 54 minutes after judges unanimously appointed him to a Seattle vacancy was illegal.
Source: USA Today
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Judge orders Trump to open financial records of 400-plus family trust companies to the BBC in his own defamation suit over Jan. 6 editing.
Source: Politico
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Cornyn threatens to sink Kari Lake and Mastriano ambassador nominations unless the administration releases $1.3 billion in appropriated AIDS relief funding.
Source: Semafor
July 21, 2026
House passes a stopgap funding bill through Dec. 4 on a mostly party-line vote as Senate Republicans plan a rewrite and Thune threatens reconciliation as backup.
Source: Roll Call
July 21, 2026
The Merit Systems Protection Board stops calling itself independent, scrubbing the word from its website after the Supreme Court expanded presidential firing power.
Source: Federal News Network
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Michigan Gov. Whitmer signs her final education budget, funding her new Every Child Reads plan with $502 million as the state ranks 44th in literacy.
Source: WWMT Grand Rapids
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Federal judge blocks ICE from deporting a witness to agents' fatal shooting of a Houston man whose family disputes the government's account.
Source: KTRK Houston
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