{"id":1394,"date":"2026-07-20T12:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T12:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1394"},"modified":"2026-07-20T12:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T12:12:22","slug":"wars-mounting-toll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1394","title":{"rendered":"War&#8217;s Mounting Toll"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>Today\u2019s notice:<\/i><\/b><i> The U.S. death toll rises in the Iran war. Maine\u2019s Troy Jackson heads to the Democratic nomination. The U.S. Senate\u2019s focus isn\u2019t legislation. And: How Republicans are campaigning on the housing bill Trump called a \u201cbig yawn.\u201d<\/i><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1390\">Welcome to NOTUS Metro<\/a><\/p><h2><b>THE LATEST<\/b><\/h2><p><b>Three U.S. service members<\/b> engaged in the Iran war were <span><u>killed in action<\/u><\/span> in two separate incidents over the weekend, and U.S. Central Command is trying to verify whether remains discovered near the site of one attack, <span><u>in Jordan<\/u><\/span>, match a fourth service member who was considered missing.<\/p>\n<p><b>A total of 17 U.S. service members have died and dozens have been injured<\/b> since the start of the war. As the escalation continues \u2014 last night marked nine consecutive days of U.S. strikes on Iran \u2014 it remains unclear how the rise in the death toll may sway public sentiment and congressional support. Most Americans <span><u>already disapprove<\/u><\/span> of the war.<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rob Bresnahan\" class=\"wp-image-1393\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3dc4eeb179bcb4df34c2968d8795d720-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3dc4eeb179bcb4df34c2968d8795d720-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3dc4eeb179bcb4df34c2968d8795d720-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3dc4eeb179bcb4df34c2968d8795d720.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Trump Undercut Republicans\u2019 Campaign Message on Housing\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Josh Shapiro\" class=\"wp-image-1383\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8b8772f4fad65db206fa28fca5bdd435-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8b8772f4fad65db206fa28fca5bdd435-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8b8772f4fad65db206fa28fca5bdd435-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8b8772f4fad65db206fa28fca5bdd435.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Is <u>Josh Shapiro<\/u> Actually Good at Governing?\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Worker inspects clock face\" class=\"wp-image-1375\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e9a473c58975db76ffec725e4bbe2abe-768x471.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e9a473c58975db76ffec725e4bbe2abe-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e9a473c58975db76ffec725e4bbe2abe-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e9a473c58975db76ffec725e4bbe2abe.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Regional Fights Stall Daylight Saving Time Bill\u2019s Senate Chances\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"garden of heroes illustration\" class=\"wp-image-1389\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4df23cf0f6bbf9bc64a09eb4f94f2dbc-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4df23cf0f6bbf9bc64a09eb4f94f2dbc-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4df23cf0f6bbf9bc64a09eb4f94f2dbc-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4df23cf0f6bbf9bc64a09eb4f94f2dbc.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n<u>Trump\u2019s Garden of American Heroes<\/u> Is a Great Idea\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><b>Top congressional leaders offered their condolences<\/b>, but delivered mixed messages on what should happen with the ongoing war. Sen. <b>Tom Cotton<\/b> (R-Arkansas) said President <b>Donald Trump<\/b> \u201cis right to unleash hell on [the service members\u2019] killers\u201d while Sen. <b>Mark Warner<\/b> (D-Virginia) and House Minority Leader <b>Hakeem Jeffries<\/b> called for de\u2011escalation.<\/p><p>\u201cNo more American heroes need to die because of this reckless war of choice,\u201d Jeffries <span><u>said on X<\/u><\/span>.<\/p><p>Trump, on his way back to the White House from attending the World Cup final in New Jersey, said the U.S. strikes against Iran on Sunday night would be in honor of those fallen service members.<\/p><p><b>\u201cWe feel very badly but you know those great people, those great patriots<\/b> were out there fighting that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon,\u201d Trump told reporters on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews. \u201cWe hit them very hard again tonight.\u201d<\/p><p><b>Open tabs:<\/b> <span><u>Federal Agents Were Told F.B.I. Will No Longer Investigate ICE Confrontations<\/u><\/span> (NYT); <span><u>Trump immigration officials seek to mend frayed ties with business as arrests spike<\/u><\/span> (WaPo); <span><u>Trump praises Burnham over plans to fast-track North Sea oil<\/u><\/span> (Telegraph); <span><u>Russia pounds Kyiv in major ballistic missile attack<\/u><\/span> (Reuters); <span><u>\u2018Happy and healthy&#8217;: JD and Usha Vance welcome fourth child<\/u><\/span> (USA Today)<\/p><h2><b>From the campaign trail<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>The Democratic field in Maine dramatically thinned out<\/b> over the weekend, as <b>Troy Jackson <\/b>effectively clinched the nomination for U.S. Senate. As counties chose their delegates for this Saturday\u2019s official nominating convention, more than half of those selected said they backed Jackson, <span><u>Jenna reports<\/u><\/span>.<\/p><p><b>Before Jackson became the presumptive nominee, <\/b>Maine Secretary of State <b>Shenna Bellows<\/b> said she was <span><u>exiting the race<\/u><\/span> to focus on her role as the state\u2019s chief election officer amid Trump\u2019s attacks on ballot integrity. Later Sunday, former state CDC Director <b>Nirav Shah<\/b> and former Capitol Hill staffer <b>Jordan Wood<\/b> also dropped out and immediately endorsed Jackson. Shah said he stepped aside because \u201cthe Democratic Party must be unified\u201d to beat Sen. <b>Susan Collins<\/b> (R-Maine).<\/p><p><b>Advice for Republicans campaigning on the big housing bill: <\/b>\u201cYou could talk about the policy. You don\u2019t have to talk about how it became law,\u201d a GOP strategist <span><u>told NOTUS\u2019 Raymond Fern\u00e1ndez<\/u><\/span>. Raymond dives into the emerging awkward situation for purple-district Republicans: They have a big, bipartisan bill on a topic Americans care about, but the head of their party called it a \u201cbig yawn\u201d and refused to sign it.<\/p><p>\u201cI don\u2019t speak for the president,\u201d Rep. <b>Rob Bresnahan<\/b> (R- Pennsylvania) told Raymond. \u201cI know my voters, my constituents. My electors are super excited about the package.\u201d<\/p><h2><b>From the Hill<\/b><\/h2><p><b>How the Senate stopped being the Senate, in charts. <\/b>The numbers don\u2019t lie: Nomination confirmations made up less than 20% of total roll-call votes prior to 2013 \u2014 the year then-Majority Leader Harry Reid nuked the filibuster for most nominations. By the end of 2024, nominations topped 60% of roll-call votes. <span><u>NOTUS\u2019 Avani Kalra crunched the numbers<\/u><\/span> on how the World\u2019s Greatest Deliberative Body has morphed into the world\u2019s additional arena for partisan squabbles. The bottom line: More and more legislation is done through party-line reconciliation votes, and more and more floor time is devoted to confirmations.<\/p><h2><b>NOTUS METRO<\/b><\/h2><p><b>Sign up for our local newsletter.<\/b> NOTUS has some of the best reporters covering D.C.-area news, sports and culture. <span><u>Sign up for all the latest<\/u><\/span>, launching today!<\/p>\n<p><b>Local news.<\/b> <span><u>Will Free Buses Ever Arrive in D.C.?<\/u><\/span> By Zara Norman<\/p><p><b>Sports desk.<\/b> <span><u>Josiah Gray Still Wants to Help the Nats. Maybe Even This Year.<\/u><\/span> By Jesse Dougherty<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1386\">Will Free Buses Ever Arrive in D.C.?<\/a><\/p><h2><b>NOTUS PERSPECTIVES<\/b><\/h2><p>Is Pennsylvania governor (and likely 2028 Democratic presidential candidate) <b>Josh Shapiro<\/b> actually good at governing? At NOTUS Perspectives, two local reporters chronicle <span><u>his setbacks in Pennsylvania<\/u><\/span>. Plus: The Reflecting Pool may have turned green, and the state fair may have been a dud, but <span><u>Trump\u2019s Garden of American Heroes is a great idea<\/u><\/span>, argues Ben Jacobs.<\/p><h2><b>NEW ON NOTUS<\/b><\/h2><p><b>Clocking the daylight saving time effort in the Senate.<\/b> \u201cIt\u2019s got a lot of opposition,\u201d Majority Leader <b>John Thune <\/b><span><u>told NOTUS\u2019 Al Weaver<\/u><\/span>. Sen. <b>Tom Cotton<\/b> (R-Arkansas) has pledged to stand in the way of this idea for as long as time itself.<\/p><p><b>That\u2019s a stark outlook compared to the House. <\/b>Rep. <b>Scott DesJarlais <\/b>(R-Tennessee) played the Beatles\u2019 \u201cHere Comes the Sun\u201d as he presided over the floor during the chamber\u2019s vote to make daylight saving time permanent last week. The bill passed 308-117.<\/p><p><b>But the cynicism in the House is palpable when it comes to the Senate. <\/b>Members have seen their colleagues on the other side of the Capitol squash too many of their legislative dreams to predict when Americans won\u2019t have to change their clocks twice a year. \u201cThey\u2019ve all gone to the Sizzler for the early-bird special. They wanted to get to the fondue bar. So I don\u2019t know,\u201dRep. <b>Tim Burchett <\/b>(R-Tennessee) told Manuela of when a bill could pass.<\/p>\n<p><b>More:<\/b> <span><u>Trump\u2019s Election-Tampering Claims Fall Flat, Including With Republicans<\/u><\/span>, by Angie Orellana Hernandez<\/p><p><span><u>Ralph Norman Announces Campaign to Fill Lindsey Graham\u2019s Vacant Seat<\/u><\/span>, by Angie Orellana Hernandez<\/p><h2><b>NOT US<\/b><\/h2><ul><li><span><u>Inside Trump\u2019s Rush Job to Build His Arch<\/u><\/span>, by Janay Kingsberry for The Atlantic<\/li><li><span><u>The U.S. Saw an Investment Boom in Venezuela. Now It\u2019s a $37 Billion Problem.<\/u><\/span> By Kejal Vyas and Ryan Dub\u00e9 for The Wall Street Journal<\/li><li><span><u>Judges Ask Congress for Power to Fix Crumbling Courthouses<\/u><\/span>, by Mattathias Schwartz for The New York Times<\/li><\/ul><h2><b>WEEK AHEAD<\/b><\/h2><p><b>Today<\/b><\/p><p><b>Andy Burnham<\/b> is expected to take over as U.K. prime minister.<\/p><p><b>Tuesday<\/b><\/p><p>Defense Secretary <b>Pete Hegseth<\/b>, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair <b>John Caine <\/b>and Agriculture Secretary <b>Brooke Rollins <\/b>appear at a Senate Appropriations Committee <span><u>hearing<\/u><\/span> on the reconciliation budget plan.<\/p>\n<p>House Oversight subcommittee <span><u>hearing<\/u><\/span> on the Smithsonian\u2019s presentation of American history.<\/p><p>Filing opens for the South Carolina <span><u>special<\/u><\/span> Republican primary.<\/p><p><b>Wednesday<\/b><\/p><p>House Judiciary subcommittee <span><u>hearing<\/u><\/span> on Delaney Hall ICE detention facility.<\/p><p>U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz <span><u>testifies<\/u><\/span> before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.<\/p><p><b>Thursday<\/b><\/p>\n<p>House\u2019s scheduled final day in session before August recess.<\/p><p>Trump hosts the LA Dodgers, last year\u2019s World Series champions.<\/p><p><b>Brian Johnson<\/b>\u2019s confirmation <span><u>hearing<\/u><\/span> to be chair of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau before the Senate Banking Committee.<\/p><p>Candidates vying to replace <b>Graham Platner <\/b>in Maine participate in a <span><u>televised debate<\/u><\/span>.<\/p><p><b>Friday<\/b><\/p><p>Trump\u2019s 10% global tariffs are due to expire.<\/p>\n<p><span><u>Rescheduled<\/u><\/span> White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner.<\/p><p><b>Saturday <\/b><\/p><p>Maine Democratic Party hosts a <span><u>nominating convention<\/u><\/span> to replace Platner on the ballot.<\/p><p><b>Thank you for reading!<\/b> If you liked this edition of the NOTUS Newsletter, please forward it to a friend. 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