By Tyler Durden

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Posted by Tyler Durden, Authored by Andrew Korybko,

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Negotiations between the US and Iran have reached an impasse. Trump keeps insisting that a deal is coming, which has kept oil markets sanguine. Unfortunately, a diplomatic off-ramp is becoming less likely.

The strike came a day after Kushner met with Netanyahu and agreed Israel could continue bombing Gaza despite the Hamas disarmament deal

By Dave De Camp, antiwar.com

By LAUREN ACTON-TAYLOR, US NEWS REPORTER,  dailymail.co.uk

The president's son-in-law and political advisor Jared Kushner admitted that a peace deal with Iran is 'not there yet' and warned Trump not to rush amid 'good dialogue.'

By Tyler Durden

Despite a June ceasefire technically being in effect, new weekend Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon mark the deadliest escalation since fighting largely came to a halt earlier this year.

The Saturday attack saw eleven Lebanese killed - among them three children - and 19 injured after Israeli warplanes bombed several areas. It's by far the biggest mass casualty event since the ceasefire took effect, also in terms of extent of destruction.

by Tyler Durden

The Democratic Party has so much going for it in the 2026 midterm election season, yet it looks like one man in particular might blow it for them. Hasan Piker, the 35-year-old left-wing influencer, is becoming a genuine electoral liability that could extend well beyond the races he's personally gotten involved in, and according to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Democrats are trying to do something about it.

By Chuck Baldwin, chuckbaldwinlive.com

The entire Republican Party knows that the GOP is in for a shellacking in the mid-term elections this November. One must go back to the presidency of Herbert Hoover (and that was during the Depression years) to find a president who had a worse approval rating than Trump does today.

Vladimir Lytkin, topwar.com

By  MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO, apnews.com