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Friday, July 17, 2026
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Good Morning! On this day in 1955, Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California. Built on 160 acres of former orange groves, the $17 million theme park quickly became profitable. Today, it attracts over 18 million visitors annually, who spend nearly $3 billion. You can watch the televised opening here.
Many readers responded to our Poll question yesterday about which type of extreme weather they’d like to eliminate, pointing out a few options that we didn’t include. The wind turned out to be the thing our readers really disliked, but others pointed to fog, dust storms, and hurricanes. At least one weather-hating reader wanted this option for elimination: “All of the Above.” You can see the Poll results below.
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 Trump Declassifies Election Intel Files
President Donald Trump used a primetime White House address on Thursday to announce the declassification of intelligence on foreign threats to U.S. elections, four months before the midterms.
Trump said the documents, posted to the White House website during the speech, reveal “shocking vulnerabilities” tied to hacking, exploitation, and foreign interference.
He charged that China illegally obtained 220 million voter files beginning in 2020, including names, addresses, voting history, and party affiliation. A White House official said the materials do not allege votes were changed or machines hacked in 2020, and Beijing denied any interference.
Trump called on the director of national intelligence, the Department of Justice, the FBI and the CIA to launch an investigation and press criminal charges against those involved.
ABC and NBC declined to carry the address live on their broadcast networks, opting to stream it instead, while CNN said it would monitor the speech and run a live feed online.
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Iran Warns of ‘Red Line’ as US Ramps Up Attacks
Iran declared that the Strait of Hormuz was an inviolable “red line” on Thursday, warning it will “resist until the end” and strike infrastructure across the Gulf region if President Trump attacks Iranian power plants and bridges.
The exchange follows a fifth consecutive night of U.S. strikes targeting Iranian missile sites, coastal defenses, and command centers as U.S. Central Command ramped up its air campaign to the heaviest rate since the start of the war.
Iran has also lashed out at U.S. allies, with Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan reporting incoming Iranian missile and drone attacks. Tehran’s top negotiator, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, called it “an essential and existential war with America.”
Trump told Fox News he’s weighing even heavier strikes and hasn’t ruled out a ground campaign.
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House Sets Cash-Rounding Rules for Stores
The House passed what it called “the Common Cents Act” by voice vote, setting national rules for rounding cash transactions to the nearest nickel and legally ending penny production in the U.S.
Under the new bill, if an amount has 1, 2, 6, or 7 as the last cent digit, it can generally be rounded down to the nearest nickel. On the other hand, if an amount ends with 3, 4, 8, or 9 as the last cent digit, it can be rounded up.
The legislation also authorizes the Treasury to test a redesigned, lower-cost nickel made with zinc instead of the current copper-heavy alloy. Currently, every 5-cent nickel cost nearly 14 cents to produce last year, and the U.S. Mint lost roughly $18 million on nickel production alone.
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The following stories are featured exclusively on The Flyover Podcast—a daily show that gives you the most important headlines in under 15 minutes. Clicking the links will take you directly to these stories:
➤ President Trump’s longtime teleprompter operator is accused of using inside knowledge of the president’s speeches to win $100,000 in bets. (Hear Details)
➤ Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth is now mandating annual testosterone screening for service members over 30 years old across the entire military. (Hear Episode)
➤ The Trump administration is moving to fence off a historic public square beside the White House, escalating a broader security overhaul. (Listen Now)
  
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➤ President Trump ordered ICE to resume vehicle stops one day after DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin paused them following two fatal officer-involved shootings in Maine and Texas. (More)
➤ Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., warned he would leave the Democratic Party if it officially became “the anti-Israel party,” though he signaled no plans to depart the caucus imminently. (More)
➤ The federal Department of Labor deployed a fraud strike force to New York, citing $507 million in improper unemployment insurance payments in 2025 and the nation’s highest fraud rate at 15%. (More)
➤ President Trump fired newly appointed U.S. Attorney Roger Rogoff less than an hour after federal judges in Seattle’s Western District of Washington unanimously selected him for the post. (More)
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➤ Jalen Brunson was named Best Athlete in men’s sports at Wednesday’s 2026 ESPYS, while his NBA champion New York Knicks earned Best Team honors. Las Vegas Aces forward A’ja Wilson was named Best Athlete in women’s sports. (See Winners)
➤ The NCAA Rules Subcommittee approved an automated ball-strike challenge system for college baseball, with the change expected to take effect in 2027 following a trial at this year’s SEC Tournament. (More)
➤ The Houston Astros traded longtime right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. and left-hander Colton Gordon to the National League Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers for minor league outfielder Jadyn Fielder. (More)
➤ The ACC overhauled its football tiebreaker rules this week, adding a new “team quality” ranking after last season’s five-way tie sent 7-5 Duke to the conference championship game, where the Blue Devils won the title. (More)
➤ Yesterday’s Results: The Open | MLB | WNBA
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➤ The British government urged FIFA to investigate Argentina after the team’s players posed with a banner asserting sovereignty over the disputed Falkland Islands following their 2-1 semifinal victory over England. (More)
➤ Lionel Messi, 39, and Lamine Yamal, 19, will meet on the field for the first time in Sunday’s World Cup final—nearly two decades after Messi was photographed cradling Yamal as a baby in Barcelona. (More)
➤ FIFA was ordered by a German court to change ticketing practices that a resale platform called “manipulative,” although the injunction applies only in Germany and came too late to affect Sunday’s Argentina-Spain final. (More)
➤ Post Malone will headline the World Cup closing ceremony before Sunday’s final at MetLife Stadium, alongside a “special appearance” by Tom Cruise and a performance by streamer IShowSpeed. (More)
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 Daily Market Report 07/16/2026
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NASDAQ
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations |
25,881.95 |
-1.47%
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SPX
S&P 500 |
7,533.87 |
-0.51%
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DJI
Dow Jones Industrial Average |
52,553.62 |
-0.20%
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BTC
Bitcoin |
$64,182.07 |
-0.82%
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GOLD
Per Ounce |
$3,983.80 |
-1.49%
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SILVER
Per Ounce |
$55.88 |
-2.15%
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OIL
West Texas Intermediate Crude |
$78.47 |
-1.42%
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ASTS
AST Space Mobile |
$54.60 |
-17.67%
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Bitcoin, gold, silver, and oil are traded 24 hours a day.
➤ Big Stock Move: AST Space Mobile stock fell nearly 18% on Thursday after the company announced a $1 billion debt offering that could dilute the stock. (More)
➤ The Trump administration announced new 25% tariffs on Brazil under Section 301, effective July 22, in the first of a broader global tariff rollout expected to cover 80-plus countries within weeks. (More)
➤ FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says the commission will vote Aug. 6 to eliminate its 39% cap on local TV station ownership, replacing the decades-old rule with a case-by-case review of broadcast deals. (More)
➤ Forty-two percent of American adults still rely on their parents for financial support, including 72% of Gen Zers and 53% of millennials, according to a new study. (More)
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➤ A meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home in 2024 contained an “alien world chemistry” of prebiotic molecules and ancient brine fluids, offering clues about how organic compounds may have reached early Earth. (More)
➤ Scientists identified a new monkey species in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with orange lips and a deep roar. It’s only the fifth new African monkey species described in 75 years. (More)
➤ Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope confirmed four hidden white dwarf stars near Earth, including the ninth closest known white dwarf to our sun, just 25 light-years away. (More)
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➤ Former Rep. George Santos, expelled from Congress for fraud, will participate in the new Fox reality show Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test in September, months after President Trump commuted his prison sentence. (More)
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➤ Luke Skywalker’s screen-used lightsaber from the climactic Darth Vader duel in The Empire Strikes Back sold Wednesday for $3.75 million, setting a world auction record for a Star Wars prop. (See Lightsaber)
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➤ The Navy opened a safety review after an extremely low Blue Angels flyover sent sand, hats, tents, and chairs flying on Wednesday during Breakfast with the Blues at Pensacola Beach. (See Flyover)
➤ A 28-year-old Florida woman may lose the home she inherited from her father after an age 55-and-over community’s HOA in Jacksonville approved charging residents $1,000 to fund a lawsuit seeking her removal. (More)
➤ A water main dating to 1916 ruptured Thursday near the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, flooding West Hollywood streets, opening a sinkhole, damaging property, and disrupting bus service, with no injuries reported. (See Flooding)
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If you could add a month to one season, which season would it be?
- Spring
- Summer
- Fall
- Winter
Yesterday’s Results:
If you could eliminate one type of weather, what would it be?
- Violent storms: 31%
- High heat, humidity: 24%
- Nothing, bring it all on: 12%
- Snow and ice: 10%
- Freezing cold: 10%
- Endless gray and rain: 8%
- Other: 5%
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 Daily Quote
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“The flyovers will continue until morale improves.”
— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth responding on X to the debate over a very low Blue Angel flyover that sent beach gear flying in Pensacola
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 Today’s Trivia
Which U.S. president was the first to visit all 50 states while in office?
Show me the answer
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