Weekend Briefing — July 26, 2026 | A Pause After Thirteen Nights, and a Week That Could Break Either Way
Published: July 26, 2026
Duration: 8:36
After thirteen consecutive nights of US strikes on Iran, operations moved onto what officials describe as a hold this weekend, with talks between American and Iranian negotiators resuming at multiple levels and Iran holding direct discussions with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz. We cover why that fragile calm sits alongside genuinely hard-line rhetoric from Tehran, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's pivotal visit to Washington this week, and Thursday's split votes in Congress over two competing war powers resolutions, including a sober look at the conflict's mounting toll on US service members. We also cover oil's pullback from a two-month...