President Donald Trump stated that progress is being made regarding the situation in Gaza, hinting that a breakthrough may be on the horizon. “We’re doing pretty well on Gaza,” he said, adding, “we could have something fairly soon to talk about.”
Back on June 27, Trump had forecast that a ceasefire might be reached “within the next week,” signaling optimism about a potential resolution.
While speaking from the Oval Office, Trump made critical remarks about Israel’s 2005 disengagement from Gaza, referring to the decision as “one of the worst real estate deals ever made.”
“They gave up the oceanfront property… [and] it was supposed to bring peace… [but] it brought the opposite,” Trump says.
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More than 20 states sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over billions of dollars in frozen education funding for after-school care, summer programs and more. Some of the withheld money funds after-school and summer programming at Boys & Girls Clubs, the YMCA or public schools, attended by 1.4 million children and teenagers nationwide. Congress set aside money for the programs to provide academic support, enrichment and child care to mostly low-income families. But Trump’s administration recently froze the funding, saying it wants to ensure recipients’ programs align with the Republican president’s priorities. Led by California, the lawsuit alleges withholding the money violates the Constitution and several federal laws.

Initial images show a destroyed AN/FSC-78 Satellite Communications Terminal, part of the U.S. Air Force’s Modernization Enterprise Terminal at Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, following last month’s Iranian ballistic missile attack.

Gardenia Blue has been approved by the FDA as the 4th natural food dye to replace replace synthetic dyes: “Today I am announcing the FDA is approving gardenia blue as a natural food dye with natural ingredients.”

A senior Egyptian official has voiced sharp opposition to Israel’s proposed military redeployment in Gaza, warning that the plan could jeopardize regional stability and even prompt a reassessment of the Camp David peace accords. In an interview with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, the official — a member of Egypt’s security delegation involved in ongoing ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas — condemned Israel’s plan to maintain a military presence throughout Rafah and establish a sprawling tent city for displaced Gazans near the Egyptian border. “This would create a human bomb at the Egyptian border, which would pose a clear threat to Egypt’s national security,” the official said.

U.S. Ambassador to NATO: “The days of the United States sending unlimited taxpayer dollars to defend Ukraine are over… President Trump has made a very smart decision and agreement with NATO, which says Europe and Canada will pay for the weapons — the United States will manufacture them.”

Andrew Cuomo is reportedly planning to remain in the race for New York City mayor, running as an independent candidate, despite his decisive loss to Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic primary last month.
Sources told NewsNation that Cuomo intends to make his plans public later this week.
A Cuomo representative confirmed to 1010 WINS that an official statement will be made shortly.
According to the report, Cuomo is urging all other non-Mamdani candidates to commit to withdrawing from the race by mid-September if they are not polling in first place. He is also pledging to follow that same condition himself.

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HY’D: The Efrat Municipality announces with great sorrow the tragic death of Staff Sergeant Shlomo Sharam HY”D, a tankist in the IDF’s 401st Armored Brigade and the beloved son of Shaul and Hindi Sharam, residents of the Rimon neighborhood. Sadly, another two soldiers lost their lives today as well. The IDF will be releasing that information shortly.