July 19, 2026Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeJuly 19, 2026UpdatesIran's IRGC: Two vessels collide in Strait of Hormuz, two others turn back‌Iran's Revolutionary Guards ‌said on Sunday that two ⁠ships were ⁠involved in an "accident" after attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz via ‌an "unsafe route", while two ‌other vessels abandoned that route, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.According to the report, four vessels had ⁠ignored Iranian warnings and acted with U.S. ‌backing."Vessels that ⁠are influenced ‌by the words of the Americans and enter ⁠unsafe routes will certainly face accidents," the IRGC ‌warned in a statement.Iran says missiles launched at Kuwait targeted U.S. Navy base The missiles Tehran fired toward Kuwait earlier Sunday were aimed at the U.S. Fifth Fleet headquarters in the country, Iran's ISNA news agency reported, after Kuwait's state news agency said the military had intercepted missiles and drones launched from Iran.RECAP: U.S. strikes Iran in response to IRGC attack on U.S. soldiers in JordanHere are Sunday's latest updates:■ U.S. Central Command said it struck "Iranian military coastal surveillance and air defense facilities, maritime capabilities, and missile and drone storage sites," completing its eighth consecutive day of strikes against Iran. CENTCOM said the campaign began in response to attacks by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on U.S. service members in Jordan that killed two American soldiers.■ Following U.S. strikes, Iran's army said it targeted U.S. military assets in two bases in Kuwait, Iran's state TV reported. Meanwhile, a local official told Iran's Tasnim that the U.S. military struck a location near Shadegan.■ An explosive-laden drone was shot down near the U.S. consulate in Iraq's Erbil, security sources told Reuters.■ The U.S. struck Iran's Sirik region near the city of Hajibad, Iranian media reported.■ Several explosions were heard in Iran's southern port city of Bandar Abbas and on nearby Qeshm Island, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported.■ Israeli settlers set fire to agricultural land in Sinjil and to a mosque in a-Tuwani in the southern West Bank, according to Palestinian reports.■ Israeli settlers attempted to block a water tanker supplying the West Bank community of al-Tawil, Palestinians reported, adding that the truck's water pipe was stolen and a protective presence activist was pepper-sprayed.AIPAC takes center stage at Abdul El-Sayed Michigan primary rally headlined by Bernie Sanders and AOCWith less than a month until Michigan's high-stakes Democratic Senate primary, Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez headed to a rally in Detroit on Saturday in support of candidate Abdul El-Sayed, in a race where Israel and AIPAC have taken center stage.From left foreground, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidate Abdul El-Sayed, and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT. join hands together following a campaign rally, Saturday, July 18, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez) Credit: Jose Juarez/אי־פי From left foreground, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidate Abdul El-Sayed, and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT. join hands together following a campaign rally, Saturday, July 18, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez) Credit: Jose Juarez/אי־פי El-Sayed, a former public health executive and a fierce critic of Israel and AIPAC, declared, "It's time to decide that we are no longer going to send unconditional foreign military aid to foreign governments: not Israel, not Egypt, not Jordan, not Saudi Arabia. I want my tax dollars in Michigan."El-Sayed told the crowd that "donors, billionaires, and AIPAC are spending $50 million on lies to buy this election." He said, "It shouldn't be this hard to pay your taxes and know that that money is going to be spent on you rather than to drop bombs on somebody else and their kids."In the NewsPressured by Azerbaijan, Netanyahu Blocks Vote on Armenian Genocide, Source SaysU.S. Embassy: Jordan Evacuates Aqaba Airport, Seaport Over 'Credible Threat'The Sound of Depression: Translating Brain Activity Into LanguageIsrael Deserves Harsh Criticism, Not Blind HatredHigh Court Freezes Implementation of Recently Passed Broadcasting BillRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIInside the Mossad Plot to Install Ahmadinejad as Iran's LeaderThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryNetanyahu's Biggest Challenger: Who Is Gadi Eisenkot and What Does He Stand For?103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic VoteI Joined Rep. Ro Khanna on His West Bank Visit. Here's What I SawDemocrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop Them