US Troops Lost in Attack, Ortega Ends Elections, Widdecombe Tragedy Details - 7/22/26

Two more American troops are dead in the Iran war, and the head of the U.S. military archdiocese is pleading for peace. I'm Erika Ahern with your Morning LOOPcast. Archbishop Timothy Broglio is mourning two American troops killed in an Iranian strike in Jordan. First Lieutenant Tyler James Feehan, 25, and Private Isabella Gonzalez, 19, died in the attack. Broglio prayed for their families and called for no more innocent victims on either sides. side. Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega says his country will hold no more elections.

Ortega declared that opponents will no longer be allowed to seek power through the ballot box. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the move cowardly and urged other nations to isolate Ortega's anti-Catholic regime. British prosecutors say former government minister Anne Whitacombe was struck in the head 21 times with a gunshot wound. The 78-year-old Catholic convert and Reform UK spokeswoman was found dead in her London home. Joshua Carey, 28, has been charged with murder.

Dozens of Republican lawmakers want the DOJ to investigate the five late-term babies recovered from a Washington abortion facility. Senator Mike Lee and Representative Chris Smith are demanding autopsies. The Biden DOJ eagerly prosecuted the pro-life activists who recovered the babies' bodies. It is long past time to investigate what happened to the children themselves. Today is the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, the first witness to the risen Christ and the apostle to the apostles. Go to zeal.co for today's entire loop. While you're at it, subscribe to get the loop in your inbox every morning. Again, that's zeal.co.