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House Republican says Smith may have lied about Trump probe and refers him for possible prosecution

By ERIC TUCKER
Jul 23, 2026 5:22 pm - A key Republican lawmaker says he believes that special counsel Jack Smith may have made false statements to Congress while testifying about his investigation of President Donald Trump and that the Justice Department should consider prosecuting him. Lawyers for Smith deny the allegation and say he testified truthfully.
Fatal police shooting of man with knife roils Madison, Wisconsin

By SCOTT BAUER
Jul 23, 2026 5:12 pm - The shooting death of a man who police said injured an officer with a knife while resisting arrest has roiled Wisconsin's capital city, with Gov. Tony Evers calling for “transparency and accountability” and Madison community members gathering Thursday at a growing memorial.
FDA panel narrowly backs unapproved peptide drug touted by Joe Rogan and other influencers

By MATTHEW PERRONE
Jul 23, 2026 5:01 pm - Health advisers met Thursday to review more than a half-dozen peptides, unproven substances that have become a growing wellness trend despite little evidence they are safe or effective.
Illinois joins over 24 states suing Trump administration after it put conditions on receiving disaster funding

By MICHAEL CASEY
Jul 23, 2026 4:18 pm - More than two dozen states, including Illinois, on Thursday sued the Trump administration for requiring them to comply with election and immigration conditions to receive billions of dollars in federal funding for disasters.
Brent oil tops $100 per barrel, as Tesla and Alphabet drag Wall Street lower

By STAN CHOE
Jul 23, 2026 10:11 am - NEW YORK — Oil prices are jumping again Thursday as increased fighting in the Middle East threatens to slow the global flow of crude. Wall Street, meanwhile, is sinking f...
US military says it’s launching new strikes on Iran as clashes escalate over shipping routes

By ELENA BECATOROS, FATMA KHALED and COLLIN BINKLEY
Jul 23, 2026 9:51 am - The U.S. military announced Thursday that it is conducting the 13th night of strikes against Iran as clashes escalate over shipping routes. Earlier Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, potentially widening the Iran war as international oil topped $100 a barrel.
US signs nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia that gives it path to enriching fuel

By Evan Halper
Jul 22, 2026 6:49 pm - The Trump administration on Wednesday signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia that gives that country a pathway to enrich nuclear fuel and commits it to using U.S. firms to supply its reactors.
James Woolsey, CIA director under Bill Clinton, dies at 84

By Bob Drogin
Jul 22, 2026 6:31 pm - R. James Woolsey Jr., a Rhodes scholar and lawyer who led the CIA and the rest of America’s intelligence community for two troubled years during the Clinton administration, as the nation’s spy services struggled to adapt to the post-Cold War era, died Tuesday at his home in Washington. He was 84.
Oil prices rise another 3%, while Wall Street drifts in mixed trading

By STAN CHOE
Jul 22, 2026 4:46 pm - U.S. stock indexes barely budged on Wednesday after oil prices climbed another 3% as fighting continues in the war with Iran.
Independent autopsy of Nolan Wells finds ‘undetermined’ cause of death

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and LAURA BARGFELD
Jul 22, 2026 4:05 pm - An independent autopsy commissioned by the family of Nolan Xavier Wells found the 18-year-old’s cause and manner of death to be “undetermined” pending further investigation.

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