Bigger Broader War - July 23, 2026

Donald Trump is moving the United States closer to a wider war in the Middle East, surging additional military forces into the region while weighing new options to escalate the conflict with Iran. At the same time, Sama Safi, a 20-year-old American Palestinian university student, was abducted by the IDF during a middle-of-the-night raid in the occupied West Bank, raising urgent questions about the U.S. government's response to the treatment of its own citizens. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with fellow Republicans by blasting House members who backed the NDAA

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