Daily News – Friday 7/17/26

July 18, 2026

Top Treasury Tax Official Ousted After Clashes With White House Over IRS Audits

Democratic socialists top MAGA candidates among voters in CNBC’s All-America poll

How Trump’s address was bluntly aimed at destabilizing the US electoral system

Strong quake off Mexican coast rattles Guatemala and El Salvador, but leaves no damage

The San Andreas fault has gone ominously silent. Scientists fear when it finally snaps

Lettuce at Taco Bell in 5 states confirmed as a source of diarrhea-causing parasite

US Forest Service employees zip-tied, held at gunpoint in California

Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea Spreading Inside Europe, Health Officials Warn

Donald Trump gives himself starting role in the bigliest occasion of all

Trump says he doesn’t want anything to do with Spain: ‘Cut off all trade’

HOLY SMOKES Will the World Cup final be canceled over wildfire smoke? We test air pollution at MetLife with game just hours away

Fi-farce Fifa set to break OWN LAWS for second time at 2026 World Cup with glitzy half-time show chaos during final

ChatGPT Spain vs Argentina Score Prediction After 20,000 AI Simulations

Sinister banner shows Trump family in coffins as Iran demands ‘blood for blood’

Iran War Updates: U.S. launches 7th straight day of strikes as traffic freezes up in Strait of Hormuz

GULF WAR US blitzes Iran for a week straight as Trump’s latest strikes blow up spy tower & bridges cutting off key port city

US sends dozens of refueling planes to Israel ahead of possible escalation with Iran

Somali pirates hijack oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden

James Carville Explains Why John Fetterman Will Likely Switch Parties: ‘I Don’t Think There’s Any Doubt’

US debt surpasses 100% of GDP for the first time since World War II — is the fiscal squeeze actually deflationary?

US companies have finally gotten $71 billion in tariff refunds, but they’re using it to offset inflation caused by the Iran war

Economic outlook is worsening and Trump is getting blamed, CNBC survey finds

The Inside Story of IBM’s Shocking Profit Warning

US Corporate Insiders Are Selling Stocks at a Near Record Pace

Wall Street plunges in AI ‘bloodbath’

China just erased America’s AI lead

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