This Weekend with Gordon Deal July 18, 2026

This Weekend with Gordon Deal July 18, 2026

How the World Cup could influence youth soccer in the U.S., tips on paying down credit-card debt, and taxidermied raccoons are seeing unprecedented demand thanks to Norwegian soccer star Erling Haaland.

The hardest question for Trump nominees on Capitol Hill

Why do President Trump's nominees have trouble answering one certain question? Yoko Kubota from the Wall Street Journal has the story.

How does an outbreak like this happen?

How does an outbreak like cyclosporiasis happen? Rutgers University Professor Dr. Don Schaffner gives us a look.

How the U.S. was enveloped (again) by Canadian wildfire smoke

Meteorologist Jeff Masters joined Gordon Deal with a look at why the U.S. is being blanketed, again, in Canadian wildfire smoke.

This Morning with Gordon Deal July 17, 2026

President Trump's election address stops short of offering evidence of vote tampering, wildfire smoke will worsen in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic through Friday, and paper checks refuse to die.