US Strikes Iran, Fauci Pleads The Fifth, SCOTUS Mail In Voting Fight | Your News Talk America
Your News Talk America · Show Notes
Thursday, July 30, 2026
Today's Guests
Paul Davis, Vice President at the Institute of World Politics, joins Jake for two segments today. Mr. Davis was the lead analyst for MNA 3 Syria/Lebanon and coordinated with the intelligence community on military and political issues affecting the region. From 2003 to 2005, he served as lead intelligence analyst with the DIA's Iraq Division, responsible for military and political intelligence production in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Read Paul Davis's full bio
9:00 ET · Show Open: US Strikes Iran
The US completed a night of strikes on southern Iran, with explosions heard across the region. The latest strikes are roughly twice the size of the previous bombardment, a source tells the Jerusalem Post.
- Explosions were reported in Bushehr, Abu Musa, Kish Island, Ahwaz, and Qeshm Island, according to Iranian state media Press TV.
- The New York Times reports the tanker explosion at Egypt's Mediterranean port of Damietta on Wednesday was the result of an Iranian drone attack, citing two Iranian sources who requested anonymity.
Read more at The Jerusalem Post
Panelist: Paul Davis, Vice President, Institute of World Politics · bio
9:20 ET · Iran, the Houthis, and Turkey
Iran is set to receive hundreds of Chinese shoulder fired missiles as the Middle East divides further over the Iran war, with Houthi Saudi tensions continuing to ramp up.
- The recent joint US Saudi strikes marked the first time Riyadh has publicly joined Washington in action, the Jerusalem Post reports.
- Analysis: Israeli rhetoric toward Turkey is increasingly shaping Ankara's view of the tensions over Syria. Turkey was the first Muslim majority country to recognize Israel after its founding, and relations stayed warm until the AKP party's rise in the early 2000s, per The Jerusalem Post.
Panelist: Paul Davis, Vice President, Institute of World Politics · bio
9:35 ET · Election Integrity
A look at citizenship verification measures, voter ID ballot questions, and the fight over the Trump administration's mail in voting order.
- Citizenship verification measures are moving in Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Kansas, South Dakota, and West Virginia.
- Voter ID ballot measures are on the table in Arizona, California, Colorado, North Carolina, Nevada, Ohio, and Oklahoma.
- Alaska is weighing ranked choice voting, Virginia is working on restoration of voting rights, and New Jersey has fresh election news.
- New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill says she will block release to the Trump administration of more than 6,000 noncitizens illegally registered to vote in the state, as a software vendor undercuts her "glitch" explanation and instead blames New Jersey. Could millions of noncitizens be on voter rolls nationwide?
- The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to fully implement an executive order imposing additional restrictions on mail in voting. Solicitor General D. John Sauer called a Massachusetts federal judge's order pausing the policy in 23 states and DC "extraordinary" and asked for an immediate administrative stay while the justices consider the request.
- Trump signed the executive order, "Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections," on March 31. It directs the US Postal Service to propose mail in and absentee ballot rules and the Department of Homeland Security to compile state citizenship lists, and it would limit USPS mail in ballots to voters on those lists. Read the order.
- A coalition of 23 states and DC, led by California, argues the order conflicts with the Constitution's grant of authority to states over voter eligibility and the "Times, Places, and Manner" of congressional elections. More at SCOTUSblog.
Panelist: Don Palmer, Senior Legal Fellow, Election Integrity, The Heritage Foundation · bio
10:00 ET · Fauci and the Courts
Dr. Fauci pleaded the Fifth Amendment 111 times yesterday, plus a full docket of Supreme Court news.
- Can Fauci still plead the Fifth after being granted and accepting a presidential pardon? What if that pardon was signed with an autopen?
- Could Eric Holder face contempt of Congress charges?
- New York City is releasing the names and addresses of property owners. Mayor Mamdani published the names of all NYC property owners who could be hit with a new pied à terre tax. Read more at the New York Post.
- The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to fully implement its mail in voting restrictions executive order. More at SCOTUSblog.
- Lawyers for President Trump and the federal government asked the Supreme Court to take up his appeal of the defamation case brought by journalist E. Jean Carroll. A jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million, and a federal appeals court in New York upheld the verdict. Trump's lawyers argue the ruling "wrongly eviscerates Presidential immunity," calling it the first case in the nation's history to impose damages liability on a president for conduct in office. Read the petition · More at SCOTUSblog.
- Why the Blanche nomination should be rejected: Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is not qualified to be attorney general because of a conflict between his oath to the rule of law and his personal loyalty to President Trump, whom he represented for years in a criminal case in New York. Wasn't Merrick Garland confirmed by the Senate, and didn't he blur the same lines? Read Judge Napolitano's column.
Panelist: Judge Andrew Napolitano, Senior Judicial Analyst, Newsmax, host of the Judging Freedom podcast. Latest opinion piece: "The American Presidency and Perpetual War" · judgenap.com
10:30 ET · Fauci's Fingerprints on Fetal Tissue Research
Dr. Fauci's record goes far beyond the killing of beagles in his testing labs.
- NIH funded researchers implanted organs from aborted babies into mice and nicknamed the experiment a "BLT sandwich."
- Are these experiments truly "pro choice?" Is this how taxpayer dollars should be spent?
Panelist: Shawn Carney, President and CEO, 40 Days for Life · bio
11:00 ET · Markets and Economy
The Fed holds rates steady, Treasury yields hit their highest level since 2007, and maritime flashpoints from Hormuz to the Black Sea reshape global trade.
- Fed policymakers left rates unchanged amid elevated uncertainty, per Fox Business.
- Why does the Treasury bond selloff continue? The 30 year Treasury yield hit its highest level since 2007 after the Fed kept rates unchanged. More at CNBC.
- Visa announced plans to cut 7% of its workforce, about 2,600 jobs, as the payment processor pushes for greater efficiency. Is AI the new efficiency expert in corporate America?
- From Hormuz to the Black Sea, maritime battlefields are shaping a new world order. More at CNBC.
Panelist: Dr. Julia R. Cartwright, Senior Research Fellow in Law and Economics, American Institute for Economic Research · bio
11:30 ET · US Iran Tensions Continue
US Iran tensions grow with continued strikes across the Gulf as Pakistan pushes for a return to talks.
- The president has reportedly been presented a plan to eliminate all of Iran's missile capability in 14 days. Is that realistic?
- Reuters reports China is shipping shoulder fired missiles to Iran. Can the United States seize that shipment in transit? Will China risk landing an aircraft in Iran to deliver the weapons, weapons that could end up shooting down civilian aircraft in other parts of the world, including the United States?
- For the first time, the US participated in joint military strikes with Saudi Arabia. What does this mean for the future?
Panelist: Dr. James Robbins, Dean, Institute of World Politics, former Senior Advisor to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld · bio
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