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July 8, 2026

4 entries on this date.

Trump declared Iran ceasefire over and ordered a third round of strikes defying the bicameral war-powers resolution

On July 8, 2026, President Trump declared the U.S.-Iran ceasefire "over" and U.S. Central Command conducted a new wave of strikes on Iran, after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked three merchant ships in the Strait of Hormuz and struck U.S. military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait. This is the third distinct round of U.S. strikes on Iran since Congress passed the first-ever bicameral War Powers Resolution in June 2026 directing the president to remove U.S. forces from hostilities absent a declaration of war or specific congressional authorization.

ICE deported 11 migrants to Eswatini on fourth third-country flight, including two with legal protections

On July 8, 2026, eleven migrants deported by the United States arrived in Eswatini, the fourth group the U.S. has sent to the southern African kingdom since its third-country removal arrangement began in July 2025. An immigration attorney familiar with some of the cases said the group includes at least two people with legal protections against removal to their home countries; of the 19 deportees sent before this flight, 17 remain held without charge in a high-security Eswatini prison.

ICE detained Fort Polk soldier's wife at Alabama green-card interview, enforcing a removal order she never received notice of

On July 8, 2026, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained Maisa Lopes Eliaser, the Brazilian-born wife of 11-year Army veteran Staff Sgt. Alexis Jaramillo, during what the family believed was a routine USCIS status interview in Montgomery, Alabama, separating her from her husband and their five-year-old son. Eliaser was taken into custody under an in-absentia removal order issued after she missed a biometrics appointment; her attorney says the notice was mailed to a prior address the family had already left when Jaramillo was transferred to Fort Polk, Louisiana, and was never received. She remains detained at a Louisiana correctional facility while her appeal is pending.

DEA agent fatally shot man during Memphis Safe Task Force warrant service at East Memphis hotel

On the morning of July 8, 2026, a DEA agent assigned to the Memphis Safe Task Force fatally shot a man while task force members forced entry to serve a Shelby County felony drug warrant at an Extended Stay hotel in East Memphis. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, which said only that the agent fired into the room after the situation escalated, is investigating; it is the second fatal task force shooting in four days and the fourth death linked to the unit since it began operating in Memphis in fall 2025.