July 25, 2026

President Donald Trump at the NATO summit on Wednesday said he wants to “cut off all trade” with Spain, the latest in a series of escalating threats against the European nation over its treaty obligations to the alliance. Make Your Inbox Smarter Sign up for these free email newsletters from U.S. News:Pick Newsletters “Spain is a terrible partner in NATO. They don’t participate. They don’t pay,” Trump said. “I don’t want anything to do with Spain. Cut off all trade with Spain, please, including visits.” Trump has long criticized other NATO members for not spending enough on defense. Spain is … Read more

July 25, 2026

Trump says US–Iran ceasefire over, warning ‘we’re going to hit them hard’

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US President Donald Trump says he believes his country’s ceasefire with Iran is over, warning that the US would likely engage in additional strikes in the coming hours.  Whether it means a return to all-out war remains to be seen, given Mr Trump said he would continue speaking with his negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner about the next steps. But he labelled the Iranians as “liars”, “scum” and “sick people”. “They’re cuckoo. As far as I’m concerned, it’s over,” he said at a NATO summit in Türkiye. “It’s just a waste of time dealing with them.” In a press … Read more

July 25, 2026

US measles cases reach 35-year high, for second record-breaking year in a row

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Measles has continued its historic resurgence in the United States this year, with a second record-breaking year in a row. Just over halfway through 2026, the country has recorded more cases than in any other year since 1991 – surpassing a grim milestone that was just topped last year. The disease was declared eliminated in the US in 2000, but more cases have been recorded in the past 18 months than there have been in the previous 25 years combined. Dozens of new cases are reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention each week, with new large … Read more

July 23, 2026

5.0-magnitude earthquake strikes Texas panhandle | Texas

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A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Texas panhandle, the state’s northernmost region, on Thursday, marking the strongest quake to hit the area since 1900. The earthquake struck at around 5.21am at a depth of 3.5 miles (5.7km), according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). Its epicenter was about 27.8 miles south-east of the city of Spearman and approximately 68 miles from Amarillo. No injuries or deaths were reported, with the USGS saying: “Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are resistant to earthquake shaking, though vulnerable structures exist. The predominant vulnerable building types are unreinforced brick masonry and … Read more

July 23, 2026

U.S., Iran trade more strikes after Trump says ceasefire is “over”

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Iran won’t give up the Strait of Hormuz, its “new nuclear weapon,” an analyst told CBS News on Wednesday.  Speaking soon after President Trump said the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran was, in his view, “over,” Aaron David Miller, a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment and a former State Department adviser on Arab-Israeli negotiations, said: “Iran is not going to give up what is now their new nuclear weapon,” the Strait of Hormuz, “which is leverage and control over a choke point through which 20% of the world’s daily global oil supply transits.” The two countries’ dramatic flare-up … Read more

July 23, 2026

US and Iran trade escalating strikes as supreme leader is buried after days-long funeral | US-Israel war on Iran

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The US and Iran traded retaliatory strikes on Thursday as US president Donald Trump threatened to escalate the conflict unless Iran stopped attacking ships in the strait of Hormuz. Iran responded to the latest round of attacks by targeting US-allied Kuwait and Qatar and accused the US of striking near its sole nuclear power plant. The second consecutive day of tit-for-tat strikes came hours before Iran buried former supreme leader Ali Khamenei in his home city of Mashhad. Khamenei was killed in US and Israeli airstrikes this February at the outbreak of the war. The “body of the martyred leader … Read more