The Rest of the World Report | July 17, 2026 — Morning Edition

Iran just told the UN Security Council the US is committing war crimes. Half the House just voted to cut Israel's aid. And the men who watched ICE kill someone are the ones getting deported.Iran formally accused the US of war crimes overnight, and we found the real number behind a strike your government still won't explain. Over 100 House Democrats just voted to cut billions in aid to Israel, and a Republican wrote the bill. The witnesses to an ICE killing just got certified as protected crime victims. ICE is deporting them anyway. We checked what Trump said in his primetime speech last night. Only the parts that actually held up made it in."Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government." — Thomas Jefferson, 1789 Get full access to The Rest of the World Report at www.restoftheworldreport.com/subscribe