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Saturday, July 18, 2026
Saturday's News Links
[AP] The US and Iran have blown past red lines as they lurch back toward all-out war
[AP] Iran says it is suspending commitments to interim deal with US as they exchange attacks
[Reuters] Iran hits Gulf states and Jordan after seventh night of US strikes
[Axios] AI race splits in two as China wages open-weight insurgency
[Axios] Kimi K3 shocked the world. These other AI models could be next
[Reuters] US data center protests go national as backlash grows
[WP] How data centers became a symbol of Americans’ rage
[Reuters] US regional banks brush off war jitters with lending surge, fee boost
[Politico] Trump’s threats to revoke TV licenses get serious
[Reuters] Canada prepares to evacuate Ontario community as wildfire smoke chokes US
[Bloomberg] Iran Ramps Up Retaliatory Kuwait Attack After US Escalation
[NYT] Iran War Live Updates: Fighting Intensifies With Strikes on Critical Infrastructure
[WSJ] What to Know About the Chinese AI Models Rattling U.S. Stocks
[WSJ] See How Trump’s Truth Social Posts Move Stocks
[WSJ] Conflict in the Gulf Has Become Much More Deadly for Commercial Sailors
[WSJ] Why Canada’s Wildfires Are So Hard to Put Out
[FT] Iran strikes Saudi Arabia for first time in months
[FT] Donald Trump threatens Canada with tariffs over ‘invasion’ of wildfire smoke
[FT] Big Law braces for second fight with Donald Trump over capitulation deals