BREAKING: Houthis Strike 2 Saudi Tankers, Trump Threatens Pickaxe Mountain | 1930s Radio

BREAKING: Houthis Strike 2 Saudi Tankers, Trump Threatens Pickaxe Mountain | 1930s Radio

📰 THE DAILY DISPATCH: Get this bulletin in your inbox every morning, free: https://winradradio.substack.com/ [https://winradradio.substack.com/] This is the Winrad Broadcasting Service daily news bulletin for Thursday, the twenty-third of July, 2026, the one hundred and forty-sixth day since the war with Iran began. Today's report: * HOUTHIS STRUCK 2 SAUDI TANKERS in Red Sea early Thu: LAYLA and ENCELIA. Saudi Press Agency: Encelia "sustained a fire on the vessel's bow." NASA satellite confirms active fire * Houthi Saree: will continue naval operations and enforce "a siege for a siege" equation. Naval blockade announced Monday * TRUMP WED: US will hit PICKAXE MOUNTAIN nuclear site "pretty soon and very heavily." Site south of Natanz, buried deeper than the 3 sites struck in Operation Midnight Hammer June 2025. Iran FM: US "using Pickaxe Mountain as pretext" for attacks on civilian infrastructure * TRUMP WED: for every commercial ship attacked in Hormuz by Iran, US will "bomb and destroy a bridge or a power plant" in Iran * US-SAUDI NUCLEAR AGREEMENT SIGNED Wed by Sec Wright and Saudi Prince Abdulaziz. Contemplates uranium enrichment on Saudi soil after study. Departure from 60 years of American practice requiring enrichment on US soil or under IAEA safeguards * HEGSETH Tue Senate: direct fiscal cost of war with Iran to US as of July 20 is $37.5 BILLION (excl. munitions reconstitution, medical care, or projected pensions) * US 12TH CONSECUTIVE NIGHT 5:30-10:30 PM ET Wed. CENTCOM: "further degrade Iran's ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial vessels" * IRGC via IRNA/Reuters: claimed responsibility for explosion aboard commercial vessel on "mined route" south of Hormuz. Identity not disclosed * KUWAIT, BAHRAIN, JORDAN all intercepted Iranian aerial vehicles overnight * Per Gulf News: American E-3 SENTRY AWACS declared in-flight emergency over Saudi airspace * TRUMP GEORGIA SCHOOL today honored one of the 4 fallen, said Wed transfer was "very tough to watch" * OIL: Brent $93.10 HIGHEST CLOSE IN 15-YR HISTORY. WTI $88.40. Stocks lower. Dow largest 1-day decline since March Followed by "From the Homefront" — Dorothy on mother's chicken salad sandwiches. The food that gets you through a long summer week. 3 cups cooked chicken chopped small (leftover Sunday chicken cooled completely — warm chicken makes runny salad). Fine celery, fine onion, fresh parsley or tarragon, halved red grapes. Mayo, Dijon, lemon, celery seed, salt, pepper. Chill 30 min (not optional). Serve on soft buttered bread with crisp lettuce and paper-thin cucumber slices. The butter keeps the bread from soaking up the mayo. Slice diagonal. This is a news presentation, not opinion or editorial. All facts sourced from verified journalism. The "Winrad Broadcasting Service" is fictional. All voices are AI-generated. SOURCES: CNN: Houthis struck Layla and Encelia in Red Sea, NASA satellite imagery, Trump Pickaxe Mountain remarks, US 12th consecutive nighthttps://www.cnn.com/2026/07/23/world/live-news/iran-war-trump [https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/23/world/live-news/iran-war-trump] CBS News: US-Saudi peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement signed by Wright and Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Wedhttps://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-hormuz-oil-prices-red-sea-houthis/ [https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-hormuz-oil-prices-red-sea-houthis/] Gulf News: Hegseth $37.5 billion war cost in Senate testimony, E-3 Sentry in-flight emergency over Saudi airspacehttps://gulfnews.com/world/mena/us-strikes-iran-for-11th-night-as-hegseth-reveals-375b-cost-rubio-warns-over-strait-of-hormuz-precedent-1.500615948 [https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/us-strikes-iran-for-11th-night-as-hegseth-reveals-375b-cost-rubio-warns-over-strait-of-hormuz-precedent-1.500615948] PBS News: Pickaxe Mountain background - south of Natanz, buried deeper than facilities struck in Operation Midnight Hammer June 2025https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/what-to-know-about-irans-pickaxe-mountain-home-to-an-underground-nuclear-site-threatened-by-trump [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/what-to-know-about-irans-pickaxe-mountain-home-to-an-underground-nuclear-site-threatened-by-trump] WISH-TV: US 12th consecutive night, IRGC mined route claim, Kuwait Bahrain Jordan interceptionshttps://www.wishtv.com/news/politics/us-carries-out-12th-night-of-strikes-against-iran-both-sides-threaten-infrastructure/ [https://www.wishtv.com/news/politics/us-carries-out-12th-night-of-strikes-against-iran-both-sides-threaten-infrastructure/]

BREAKING: 4 US Fallen Named, Dover Transfer, WSJ Saudi Nuclear Deal | 1930s Radio

📰 THE DAILY DISPATCH: Get this bulletin in your inbox every morning, free: https://winradradio.substack.com/ [https://winradradio.substack.com/] This is the Winrad Broadcasting Service daily news bulletin for Wednesday, the twenty-second of July, 2026, the one hundred and forty-fifth day since the war with Iran began. Today's report: * DOD NAMED SGT ANGEL S. RAMPERSAD, 28, of NY, 3rd Muwaffaq Salti KIA (was MIA, remains recovered Jul 19). Same unit as Pvt Gonzales * DOD NAMED SGT MICHAEL EMMANUEL SWINTON, 30, of NC, 4th KIA (Iraq detonation Jul 19). Posthumous promotion to Staff Sgt, Bronze Star, Purple Heart. Leaves wife and 2 young children * TOTAL US KIA now 18 per AP. Per CBS via Pentagon Sean Parnell: ~100 US personnel injured since Jul 7 (96% back to duty) * DOVER DIGNIFIED TRANSFER at 11 AM ET today. President, First Lady, VP, SecDef, JCS Chairman in attendance for all 4 fallen. Flags at Dover/WH/Capitol/State Dept at half-staff by presidential proclamation * US 11TH CONSECUTIVE NIGHT 7-8:15 PM ET Tue per CENTCOM: strikes on "operations centers, maritime capabilities, aircraft hangars, drone storage, and military logistics infrastructure." Per IRNA: Khuzestan, Sistan/Baluchestan, Hormozgan, NW East Azerbaijan * IRAN RETALIATED early Wed: struck AL-AZRAQ AIR BASE (Jordan) AND SHEIKH ISA AIR BASE (Bahrain). Jordan and Kuwait intercepted multiple drones/missiles. Bahrain casualties not disclosed * TRUMP at WH Tue: US "not finished" with Iran. Per CNN: US warned Iran it may strike underground Iranian nuclear-development sites. Iran military: any US strike on nuclear facility is "expansion of the war" * FRANCE SUMMONED IRANIAN CHARGÉ over "premeditated and deliberate attack" on 2 French embassy agents in Tehran, calling it "flagrant violation of international law and the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations" * WSJ TUE (NYT confirmed): Trump admin agreed to sign off on broad civilian nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia. Would permit Saudi to enrich uranium WITHOUT international safeguards. Awaits Trump signature. WH and Saudi have not confirmed * OIL: Brent $90.10 highest close of the war. WTI $85.70. US stocks lower Followed by "From the Homefront" — Dorothy on mother's homemade dinner rolls after a hard morning at Dover. Tonight we do what women in this country have done on days like this for 200 years — make bread. Warm the milk to ~110°F (too hot kills the yeast; too cold sleeps). Proof with sugar 5 min for foam. Knead 8-10 min until smooth and elastic. First rise 1 hr until doubled. Divide into 12 balls in a 9x13 dish. Second rise 45 min until puffed and touching. Bake 375°F 18-20 min until deep golden brown. Brush tops with melted butter. Wrap 6 in a covered dish and take to somebody tomorrow. This is a news presentation, not opinion or editorial. All facts sourced from verified journalism. The "Winrad Broadcasting Service" is fictional. All voices are AI-generated. SOURCES: Washington Times / AP: Sgt Angel S. Rampersad and Sgt Michael Emmanuel Swinton named as 3rd and 4th US KIAhttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/21/angel-rampersad-identified-3rd-service-member-believed-killed-iranian/ [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/21/angel-rampersad-identified-3rd-service-member-believed-killed-iranian/] CNN: Dover dignified transfer at 11 AM ET, Trump attending, US warning Iran may strike underground nuclear siteshttps://www.cnn.com/2026/07/22/world/live-news/the-war-with-iran [https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/22/world/live-news/the-war-with-iran] UPI: US 11th consecutive night 7-8:15 PM ET Tue, Iranian retaliation at Al-Azraq (Jordan) and Sheikh Isa (Bahrain)https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/07/22/iran-US-11th-night-attacking/6571784704435/ [https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/07/22/iran-US-11th-night-attacking/6571784704435/] i24 News: Iran's "expansion of war" nuclear warning; French summoned Iranian chargé over Vienna Convention violationhttps://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/artc-us-military-says-it-has-ended-its-11th-consecutive-night-of-strikes-against-iran-live-blog [https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/artc-us-military-says-it-has-ended-its-11th-consecutive-night-of-strikes-against-iran-live-blog] CBS News: Pentagon Sean Parnell ~100 US personnel injured since July 7https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-war-us-soldier-killed-iraq-controlled-explosion-drone-michael-emmanuel-swinton/ [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-war-us-soldier-killed-iraq-controlled-explosion-drone-michael-emmanuel-swinton/]

BREAKING: Pentagon Names 2 Fallen at Muwaffaq Salti, 10th US Night, Isfahan Struck | 1930s Radio

📰 THE DAILY DISPATCH: Get this bulletin in your inbox every morning, free: https://winradradio.substack.com/ [https://winradradio.substack.com/] This is the Winrad Broadcasting Service daily news bulletin for Tuesday, the twenty-first of July, 2026, the one hundred and forty-fourth day since the war with Iran began. Today's report: * PENTAGON NAMED 2 MUWAFFAQ SALTI KIA Mon: 1st Lt Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach HI (US Army Space and Missile Defense Command), KIA Sat July 18; and Pvt Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton TX, KIA Fri July 17 * 3rd Muwaffaq Salti serviceman and 4th (northern Iraq) still unnamed pending family readiness * DOVER DIGNIFIED TRANSFER originally scheduled Tue evening, POSTPONED. Leavitt X: "The exact day and time are still being finalized." Reason not disclosed * TRUMP TRUTH SOCIAL Mon: "Every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over!" Directive passed to Hegseth and Chairman JCS Caine * STATE DEPT WORLDWIDE CAUTION issued early Tue to American citizens abroad citing "heightened tensions in the Middle East" * US 10TH CONSECUTIVE NIGHT at 4 PM ET Mon. CENTCOM: "designed to further degrade Iranian military capabilities used to attack commercial shipping" * Per Iranian state media: strikes on Sirik, Bandar Abbas, Qeshm, Shiraz, and — FIRST TIME IN THIS WAR — ISFAHAN (~2 million population) * Per IRNA: separate US strike on Tabriz killed at least one * WHITE HOUSE to Al Jazeera: strikes will continue until "the President decides otherwise" but "diplomatic talks between the US and Iran are ongoing" * Two governments' positions on talks remain incompatible. Baghaei Wed: "no plans for negotiations," strikes "closed the room." Mojtaba Khamenei Sun: US signature on MOU "without honour or effect" * KUWAIT intercepted Iranian aerial vehicles overnight. BAHRAIN sirens in Manama; US Patriot destroyed incoming * IRAQ: Kurdish Iranian opposition group in Kurdistan reports at least 12 killed per NPR * CHINA-PAKISTAN-SAUDI joint statement today calling for cessation of hostilities. Saudi addition first alignment with Chinese position since February * OIL: Brent $89.40 highest close 1+ month. WTI $85 * KERR COUNTY search CONCLUDED 3 PM CST at 140 confirmed dead. 1 person, 17 days later, presumed lost Followed by "From the Homefront" — Dorothy on mother's blueberry muffins. Tuesday afternoon is a good time for small unhurried things. Blueberries at their peak. 3 fresh from the oven tonight, 6 in the tin for tomorrow, 3 wrapped in a tea towel for the porch of somebody you have not visited in a while. 1½ cups fresh blueberries tossed in 1 tsp flour first (keeps them from sinking to the bottom). Do not overmix — overmixing muffin batter is the reason muffins come out tough. Sprinkle of sugar on the tops for the sparkle. Bake 375°F 18-22 min. Eat one warm at the counter with a pat of butter melting on top. This is a news presentation, not opinion or editorial. All facts sourced from verified journalism. The "Winrad Broadcasting Service" is fictional. All voices are AI-generated. SOURCES: Washington Times: Pentagon names Feehan and Gonzaleshttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/20/donald-trump-attend-dignified-transfer-american-soldiers-killed-iran/ [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/20/donald-trump-attend-dignified-transfer-american-soldiers-killed-iran/] NBC News: Pentagon identifies Muwaffaq Salti KIA, Dover transfer postponementhttps://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/us-service-member-killed-in-iraq-rcna588275 [https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/us-service-member-killed-in-iraq-rcna588275] Al Jazeera: US 10th consecutive night, targets in Sirik/Bandar Abbas/Qeshm/Shiraz/Isfahan, White House statement strikes will continue but talks "ongoing"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/21/us-launches-tenth-consecutive-night-of-attacks-on-iran [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/21/us-launches-tenth-consecutive-night-of-attacks-on-iran] ABC News: US 4 PM ET Mon strikes, State Department worldwide cautionhttps://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/iran-live-updates-kuwait-attacked-bahrain-sounds-sirens/ [https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/iran-live-updates-kuwait-attacked-bahrain-sounds-sirens/] WISH-TV: US strikes killed at least one person in Tabriz per IRNAhttps://www.wishtv.com/news/politics/us-launches-10th-consecutive-night-of-strikes-on-iran/ [https://www.wishtv.com/news/politics/us-launches-10th-consecutive-night-of-strikes-on-iran/]

BREAKING: MIA Serviceman Confirmed KIA, 4th American Killed in Iraq | 1930s Radio

📰 THE DAILY DISPATCH: Get this bulletin in your inbox every morning, free: https://winradradio.substack.com/ [https://winradradio.substack.com/] This is the Winrad Broadcasting Service daily news bulletin for Monday, the twentieth of July, 2026, the one hundred and forty-third day since the war with Iran began. Today's report: * REMAINS AT MUWAFFAQ SALTI CONFIRMED. CENTCOM Sun: remains recovered are those of the MIA serviceman. Identity withheld until 24 hrs after next of kin notified * 4TH AMERICAN SERVICEMAN KILLED IN NORTHERN IRAQ SAT during controlled detonation of unexploded Iranian drone ordnance. 2nd serviceman wounded with minor injury * 3 US SERVICEMEN KILLED FRI-SAT: 2 at Muwaffaq Salti, 1 in northern Iraq * TOTAL US KIA since Feb 28 is 16 per Pentagon data via NPR. More than 427 wounded * HEGSETH X POST Sunday: "the sacrifice only stiffens our resolve" * US 9TH CONSECUTIVE NIGHT of strikes at 6 PM ET Sun. CENTCOM: "surveillance sites, military logistics, underground weapons storage, maritime capabilities." Iranian state TV: strikes on Gulf of Oman logistics hubs * IRAN FIRED BALLISTIC MISSILES AT AMMAN Sun. Sirens sounded across Jordanian capital. 3 intercepted, 4th fell in remote area. No casualties. First such Iranian strike on Jordanian capital of the war * ISRAELI SHELTER ADVISORY FOR EILAT Mon afternoon (across Gulf of Aqaba from evacuated Jordanian port) * WSJ HYPERSONIC REPORT per US officials: Iran now firing missiles that travel far in excess of speed of sound and can maneuver on terminal trajectory. Extremely difficult for Patriot/THAAD to intercept reliably. Iran has adapted * KUWAIT: Sun/overnight strikes targeted additional desalination facility and power plant. Air defenses intercepted multiple Iranian aerial vehicles * MOJTABA KHAMENEI on X: US "committed repeated breaches" of Islamabad Memorandum. US signature now "without honour or effect" * OIL: Brent $88 highest close 1+ month. WTI $83.80. Stocks lower * KERR COUNTY: 140 dead, 1 missing Followed by "From the Homefront" — Dorothy on mother's old-fashioned sloppy joes. An easy Monday supper. The old brown-paper-bag classic her mother made in Iowa when Dorothy's father came home from the plant tired and her brothers came home from school hungry. 20 min from hat off to table. 1 lb 80/20 ground beef, yellow onion, green bell pepper, garlic, tomato sauce, tomato paste, brown sugar, Worcestershire, mustard, chili powder, and a splash of apple cider vinegar (the trick that keeps the sauce from being cloying). On toasted buttered hamburger buns — a toasted bun holds the sauce, an untoasted bun disintegrates. Dill pickles on the side. Lots of napkins. This is a news presentation, not opinion or editorial. All facts sourced from verified journalism. The "Winrad Broadcasting Service" is fictional. All voices are AI-generated. SOURCES: Stars and Stripes: Remains at Muwaffaq Salti confirmed as MIA serviceman, US serviceman killed in northern Iraq Sat during Iranian drone ordnance detonation, 427 total wounded per Pentagon data, Iranian hypersonic capability adaptationhttps://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2026-07-18/iran-attack-2-americans-kia-22299945.html [https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2026-07-18/iran-attack-2-americans-kia-22299945.html] Axios: CENTCOM confirms remains found match MIA serviceman, 2nd US service member wounded in Iraq detonationhttps://www.axios.com/2026/07/19/us-military-finds-service-member-remains-jordan [https://www.axios.com/2026/07/19/us-military-finds-service-member-remains-jordan] NJ Today: US 9th consecutive night of strikes on Iran, Pentagon announcement of Iraq death during Iranian drone disposalhttps://njtoday.news/2026/07/20/us-strikes-for-9th-night-in-a-row-as-iran-hits-back-and-conflict-escalates/ [https://njtoday.news/2026/07/20/us-strikes-for-9th-night-in-a-row-as-iran-hits-back-and-conflict-escalates/] NPR: 16 US KIA and more than 430 wounded, Iranian strikes at Amman (3 intercepted), Israeli shelter warning for Eilat, Kuwait struck, Mojtaba Khamenei on MOUhttps://www.npr.org/2026/07/18/nx-s1-5899039/us-troops-killed-missing-iran-jordan [https://www.npr.org/2026/07/18/nx-s1-5899039/us-troops-killed-missing-iran-jordan] Breitbart: Hegseth "the sacrifice only stiffens our resolve"https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2026/07/18/us-service-members-killed-iran-strike-jordan-centcom/ [https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2026/07/18/us-service-members-killed-iran-strike-jordan-centcom/]

BREAKING: US 8th Consecutive Night to "Swiftly Punish" IRGC, Aqaba Evacuated | 1930s Radio

📰 THE DAILY DISPATCH: Get this bulletin in your inbox every morning, free: https://winradradio.substack.com/This is the Winrad Broadcasting Service daily news bulletin for Sunday, the nineteenth of July, 2026, the one hundred and forty-second day since the war with Iran began.Today's report:KIA UPDATE: identities of 2 fallen + 1 missing serviceman remain withheld per CENTCOM until 24 hours after next of kin notified. 4 wounded dischargedUS 8TH CONSECUTIVE NIGHT of strikes launched 6 PM ET Sat. CENTCOM: strikes "to further degrade Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping" and "to swiftly punish IRGC forces who launched attacks against American service members in Jordan"Targets per CNN/Iranian state media: Sirik (Hormozgan), Qeshm Island, Bandar Abbas, Shadegan (Khuzestan). Iranian casualties not reportedTRUMP NY POST Sat: campaign "to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons." On the KIA: "It is a very sad thing"SPEAKER JOHNSON (R-LA): "Praying for the loved ones of these brave fallen American heroes, for the swift recovery of those injured, and for the safe return of the missing service member"IRAN SUPREME LEADER MOJTABA KHAMENEI at Imam Reza Shrine Mashhad Sun (MEMRI translation): "the axis of resistance will deliver unforgettable lessons"IRAN MP ZAREI on X Sun (Persian and Arabic): called on Jordanians to "seize the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base and take American soldiers captive"AQABA EVACUATED: US Embassy Amman advisory Sun: Jordanian Red Sea city Aqaba - airport AND seaport evacuated over "specific and credible threat." Aqaba is Jordan's ONLY maritime portKUWAIT: 3rd Iranian strike on Kuwaiti desalination in 3 days. Kuwaiti air defenses intercepted multiple Iranian aerial vehicles Sunday. Copernicus satellite via Reuters: smoke over oil facility in Kuwait's Ahmadi governorateBAHRAIN air defenses intercepted multiple Iranian aerial attacks Sun. No reported casualtiesIRAQ: per NPR, Kurdish Iranian opposition group reports at least 8 members killed in Iranian strikes on Kurdistan overnightOIL: Brent Fri above $86 near month high. US markets closed SundayKERR COUNTY 139 dead, 2 missingFollowed by "From the Homefront" — Dorothy on mother's old-fashioned banana pudding. The dessert her mother made for her grandfather when her grandmother died, for Dorothy when she lost her first job, and every Sunday in the summer of 1943 when the family didn't know from one day to the next whether her brother in the Pacific was alive. Custard from scratch (sugar, flour, milk, egg yolks tempered in, vanilla, butter). Layered with vanilla wafers and ripe bananas. Meringue on top beaten to glossy stiff peaks. Bake 325°F 15-20 min. Cool 1 hr, then icebox 3 hours or overnight.This is a news presentation, not opinion or editorial. All facts sourced from verified journalism. The "Winrad Broadcasting Service" is fictional. All voices are AI-generated.SOURCES:CNN: US 8th consecutive night, "swiftly punish" IRGC, targets at Sirik/Qeshm/Bandar Abbas/Shadegan, Trump "very sad thing," Aqaba evacuation, Kuwait 3rd desalination strikehttps://www.cnn.com/2026/07/19/world/live-news/iran-war-trumpAl Jazeera: 8th consecutive night of attacks on Iran, "swiftly punish" IRGC, Kuwait Ahmadi satellite imageryhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/19/us-launches-eighth-consecutive-night-of-attacks-on-iranNPR: CENTCOM "swiftly punish" statement, 8 opposition fighters killed in Iranian strikes on Kurdistan regionhttps://www.npr.org/2026/07/18/nx-s1-5899039/us-troops-killed-missing-iran-jordanTribune India: US strikes on Qeshm and Sirik per Tasnim, Trump NY Post interview, Mojtaba Khamenei "unforgettable lessons"https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/usa-news/fresh-us-strikes-reported-on-irans-qeshm-island/Yahoo News: Iranian MP Mojtaba Zarei X posts calling on Jordanians to seize Muwaffaq Saltihttps://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/iranian-mp-threatens-us-bases-205423519.html