Rebuilt for Thursday, July 16, 2026. Each fact linked to its source. Each quote string-matched before it ships.
JUL 16
Flooding hits Texas Hill Country
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About 100 buoys intended as anti-immigration deterrents near Eagle Pass drifted into the Rio Grande, prompting closure of two key border bridges for about three hours.
National forecasters warned the Rio Grande at Laredo would enter flood stage Saturday night with highest levels of nearly 21 feet expected by Sunday evening.
“I think Robert Caro had it right when he said that power doesn't corrupt as much as it reveals. I suspect it has just revealed who you are and who you are as someone willing to sacrifice everything you once believed in for that title, for that position of attorney general,”
Adam SchiffSaid JUL 15Reported JUL 16verbatim · 1 source
Schiff claimed power has revealed who Blanche truly is, citing author Robert Caro.
OnePlus has been laying off staff across various regions over the past few months, with many European employees transitioning to roles at Oppo or Realme.
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency directed airlines to avoid airspace over Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and a swath of water over the Gulf of Oman.
“We’re going to hit them very hard tomorrow night. We’re going to hit them very hard the night after, and then next week it gets really bad for them, because next week comes the power plants. Next week comes the bridges. We’re going to knock out all their power plants. We’re going to knock out all their bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate,”
Donald TrumpSaid JUL 15Reported JUL 15verbatim · 1 source
Trump told Fox News the US would hit Iran hard and next week would target power plants and bridges unless they negotiate.
“A search warrant does not equate to guilt. An unidentified substance is not a confirmed narcotic. We are requesting that the substance testing be expedited so that their names can be cleared. But no test result, whatever it ultimately shows, will change the fact that deadly force was used against Lorenzo. You cannot shoot first and ask questions later,”
Ruby PowersSaid DATE NOT STATEDReported JUL 15verbatim · 1 source
Powers said a search warrant does not equate to guilt and called for substance testing to be expedited so the men's names could be cleared.
U.S. expands attacks on Iran amid Strait of Hormuz tensions
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The United States expanded its airstrike campaign against Iran by hitting bridges in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, killing at least seven people.
WTO Chief Economist Robert Staiger said the U.S. keeps changing the legal mechanism by which it can impose tariffs but overall tariffs have stayed broadly similar to when first imposed in 2025.
“That doesn't mean that different countries aren't being hit in different ways, but at a broad level for world trade, we don't see the tariffs in the U.S. — the tariff actions — as creating a large shock the way they did in 2025,”
Robert StaigerSaid JUL 16Reported JUL 16verbatim · 1 source
Staiger told CNBC that while different countries are affected differently, U.S. tariff actions are not creating a large shock to world trade.
“Our study suggests that artificial sweeteners don't just pass through the body passively, they can interact with gut microbes, and these effects can be amplified or altered by other substances like medications. These findings can help guide new studies towards understanding how sweeteners might influence health in unexpected ways.”
Professor Kiran PatilSaid DATE NOT STATEDReported JUL 16verbatim · 1 source
Professor Patil explained that artificial sweeteners can interact with gut microbes and that these effects may be altered by other substances.