Saudi Arabia secretly participated in intercepting Iranian drones during the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, according to Gulf sources cited by Yisrael Hayom. The Saudi air force reportedly scrambled helicopters to shoot down unmanned aerial vehicles crossing regional airspace over Iraq and Jordan, halting their advance before they could reach Israel. While Riyadh has not publicly confirmed its involvement — and even condemned Israel’s strikes against Iran — the revelations point to a dramatic realignment in the Middle East, where Sunni powers increasingly see Iran as a shared threat worth countering, even if unofficially.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., defended her controversial remarks describing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as a “terrorist force,” following sharp criticism from the White House and others.
In a Wednesday interview on CNN’s News Central with Brianna Keilar, Jayapal was asked to explain an Instagram post she had shared a day earlier. In that post, Jayapal claimed, “ICE is acting like a terrorist force. People across the country of all legal statuses — including U.S. citizens — are being kidnapped and disappeared off the street by masked men. No oversight, no accountability. Completely lawless.”

An Israeli drone struck a vehicle in Khalde, south of Beirut, Lebanese media report. The IDF confirms it eliminated a terrorist operating on behalf of the IRGC’s Quds Force who was smuggling weapons and advancing terror attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday branded New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani a “Communist Lunatic” and pledged to “save” the city from his leadership, escalating a political brawl between the Republican president and socialist mayoral contender. Writing on Truth Social, Trump lashed out at Mamdani, who clinched the Democratic primary last week, vowing: “As President of the United States, I’m not going to let this Communist Lunatic destroy New York. Rest assured, I hold all the levers, and have all the cards. I’ll save New York City, and make it ‘Hot’ and ‘Great’ again, just like I did with the Good Ol’ USA!” The president’s broadside follows Mamdani’s own rhetorical shots, including labeling himself “Donald Trump’s worst nightmare” during a primary debate.

WILD FOOTAGE! Dramatic new video has emerged showing the moment an IDF airstrike slammed into a road in Tehran’s Quds Square during Operation Rising Lion. The footage captures vehicles being launched into the air from the force of the blast.

The U.S. economy added 147,000 jobs in June, “well above the estimates” — beating expectations for the fourth straight month.

Video shows an excavator demolishing the Mariam Farhat school in Rafah’s Tel Sultan neighborhood, previously utilized by Palestinian terrorists.

CNN’s Matt Egan Matt breaking down the June jobs report: “This jobs market is like the Energizer Bunny — every time we think it’s about to run out of steam, it just keeps going. The unemployment rate was expected to rise, but it didn’t. It actually dropped to 4.1%, which is a very healthy number. Things are holding up a lot better than feared.”