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Trump Takes Cabinet Meeting to Camp David
President Donald Trump is taking his Friday Cabinet meeting on the road, to the Camp David retreat in Maryland.
The gathering marks the 13th Cabinet meeting of Trump's second term and
comes as the administration works through a packed agenda that includes
foreign policy, military operations, government funding, and economic
issues ahead of the November midterm elections.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the meeting at the
presidential retreat "will be a lot of fun and something different for
the Cabinet to experience together," ABC News reported.
Read full text of ‘Road Map’ to implement Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan
President Trump’s recently constituted Board of Peace laid out 15 steps
Friday to complete the implementation of a plan to secure an end to
fighting in Gaza, one day after Trump announced that the Palestinian
terror group Hamas had agreed to lay down its weapons.
The “road map” is reproduced in full below:
1. All parties reaffirm their commitment to President Trump’s
Comprehensive Plan to achieve peace in Gaza, which constitutes,
together with the UN Security Council Resolution no. 2803 (2025), the
agreed upon international framework guiding the implementation of this
process. Through this process, the parties aim at ending the cycle of
destruction, securing the complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza Strip,
restoring normal life, enabling Palestinian governance, reconstruction,
security, recovery and economic development, rehabilitating damaged
sectors and facilitate launching a credible political path that
achieves self-determination and Statehood.
Kuwait reports Iranian drones detected, destroyed over its airspace, military facilities damaged
Kuwait's Defense Ministry announced Thursday that Kuwait destroyed
multiple Iranian drones over Kuwait airspace, adding that the Iranian
attack damaged "vital and military" facilities.
The attacks caused material damage from the fall of shrapnel, but no
human casualites were reported, Kuwait's Army wrote in a post on X.
The post also added that the army was "taking all necessary measures to
protect the sovereignty of the homeland, preserve its security and
stability, in coordination with the competent authorities, in a manner
that preserves the safety of citizens and residents.
Hamas Says a Deal Has Been Reached in Gaza, and Other Developments in the Middle East
Hamas confirmed Friday that it will disarm in a potential breakthrough
for ending the war in Gaza, but major obstacles remain. There were no
U.S. strikes on Iran overnight, but the Iran's paramilitary
Revolutionary Guard said it had struck another two tankers in the
Strait of Hormuz, and Kuwait said it intercepted drones.
Here are the most important developments across the Middle East today:
Hamas said it will begin disarming as part of a deal announced by U.S.
President Donald Trump that also requires Israel to end its strikes and
withdraw from Gaza.
Why Iran cannot fight a forever war
The United States and Iran are again at war. The renewed conflict is
not about Iran's nuclear program or regime change, but over the Strait
of Hormuz through which a fifth of the world's oil must pass.
For two weeks, American missiles have struck Iran. In turn, Iran has
retaliated against American allies: Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan. Four
U.S. soldiers have been killed and 142 wounded; at least 53 Iranians
have been killed and 592 injured since July 6. Iran’s Islamic
Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) claimed to have destroyed an oil
tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. Traffic in the strait has slowed to a
trickle and oil prices have jumped again.
The ceasefire and the initial agreement signed on Jun. 17 lasted barely
three weeks, undone by rival readings of a deliberately vague text.
Washington wanted free navigation in Hormuz restored; Tehran insisted
that it was the master of the strait. When traffic resumed, ships and
tankers avoided the mined central route of the strait and hugged its
southern coast close to Oman under American protection or sailed along
the northern coast of Hormuz close to Iran, where it levied a “toll”
for safe passage.
Trump Rips Cornyn Over Blanche Blockade
President Donald Trump on Friday morning criticized John Cornyn for
blocking Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general after the Texas
senator changed his stance on a fund to compensate victims of alleged
government weaponization.
In a Truth Social post, Trump accused the outgoing senator of reversing
his position only after losing the GOP primary to Texas Attorney
General Ken Paxton, whom Trump endorsed.
"John Cornyn never had a problem with the so called 'Fund,' which will
not benefit me, but rather the great American Patriots who were hunted
down like dogs and whose lives were unfairly and illegally destroyed by
the Crooked Joe Biden Administration, until after I decided to Endorse
and Support his Republican Primary opponent in Texas," Trump wrote.
SEE IT: Fauci confronted outside his home over Senate hearing and COVID decisions
Thousands
of illegal African migrants overrun Spanish enclave, turn streets into
open toilets and bathe in fountains: ‘An apocalypse’
An unprecedented wave of nearly 50,000 illegal migrants from Africa has
flooded the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, prompting Spain to deploy its
military – as locals liken the invasion to an “apocalypse.”
Harrowing local media reports reveal residents and business owners in
Ceuta – a Spanish territory located on the north African coast – are
terrified to open their doors amid the rush of migrants, many of whom
arrived wearing nothing but swimwear without a penny or possession to
their name.
“Businesses closed. Shops shut because if you open a business, it gets
overrun … We’re scared. The streets are packed. There are no measures
in place. It’s every man for himself. They’re not giving us any help,”
a terrified downtown restaurant owner who didn’t want to give their
name told state-owned Spanish media outlet RTVE.
Saudi Arabia just got handed a new problem: The Mediterranean end of its only escape route is now being hit as well
A drone strike on ships at Damietta, an Egyptian port on the
Mediterranean Sea, may signal a new opening front in the ongoing war in
Iran — but the attack also threatens one of the last safe passageways
for oil from Saudi Arabia out to the outside world.
Reporting indicates that the explosive-laden drones set off at least
two fires in the vicinity of the Suez Canal, a key waterway linking the
Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. The drones caused a fire on Energos
Winter, an American-flagged gas tanker.
Liberal court stuns with ruling that hands Trump major immigration win
The panel of two Biden appointees and one Trump appointee ruled on TPS for migrants from South Sudan and Ethiopia
A liberal-led federal appeals court handed President Donald Trump two
immigration victories Wednesday, reversing separate district court
orders that had delayed the termination of Temporary Protected Status
(TPS) for migrants from South Sudan and Ethiopia.
The judgments from the First Circuit Court of Appeals come after U.S.
District Judges Brian Murphy and Patti Saris issued back-to-back orders
temporarily blocking the Trump administration's termination of TPS for
Ethiopia and South Sudan, respectively, late last week. The rulings
drew sharp criticism from legal experts and Trump administration
officials, who called the judges "rogue" and argued their decisions
defied the Supreme Court.
The three-judge First Circuit panel consisted of Judges Julie Rikelman
and Seth Aframe, both appointed by President Joe Biden, and Judge
Joshua Dunlap, who was appointed by President Donald Trump.
Investigators believe Iranian hackers are likely behind cyberattack on Minnesota water systems: report
FBI tells Fox News Digital 'we remain well-equipped to protect against cyber threats of all varieties'
U.S. investigators believe a cyberattack that targeted dozens of water
systems in Minnesota this week likely was orchestrated by Iranian
hackers, a report said.
Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) said the "coordinated cyberattack targeted
operational technology at more than 30 Minnesota community water
systems" on Sunday and Monday, but the Minnesota Department of Health
is "not aware of any active requests from Minnesota cities to have
their residents modify their drinking water usage."
U.S. and state officials and others familiar with the incident told The
New York Times that Iranian hackers were likely behind the cyberattack.
America needs a museum for COVID madness
From nursing homes to remote learning to vaccine mandates, a proposed memorial would ensure future generations never forget
By David Marcus
Not long after 9/11, I was on St. Mark’s Place in Lower Manhattan when
a bartender told me about a makeshift memorial and museum that had been
set up nearby. That night, my wife and I walked into a strange,
candle-lit, abandoned school filled with newly made paintings,
sculptures and even debris. The whole thing was staggeringly beautiful
and deeply human.
Watching the entire COVID narrative of 2020 blowing up with the
disgrace of Dr. Anthony "Take the Fifth," Fauci, this week, I could not
help but think that the COVID lockdowns require their own museum,
preferably in Washington, D.C., so that we can finally, truly
understand what happened to us.
Despite the bluster of some Republican politicians, it seems clear that
there will be little to no legal reckoning for the lies about
everything from COVID’s origin, to the efficacy of masking or
distancing, to the constant shifting stories about the vaccines. But
that doesn't mean we can’t have a physical reckoning.
Dems’ hatred of Trump created this socialist monster — and now it’s turning on them
By Victor Davis Hanson
Voters’ “affordability” fears are supposedly fueling the Democratic Party’s new, strident socialism.
Yet annual inflation during former President Joe Biden’s four years
peaked at over 9%, while prices for some key staples rose by 30% over
his tenure — all to silence from the left.
The socialists weren’t just quiet during Biden’s term; they were themselves responsible for his rampant inflation.
They had implemented an inflationary de facto third Obama term, ramming
through the most radical and costly agenda in decades under the veneer
of Biden’s cognitively challenged waxen effigy.
Fetterman unloads on reporter from 'trash' anti-Israel outlet, asks why it loves 'Hamas and Iran'
by Joseph A. Wulfsohn
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., had a fiery exchange Wednesday with a
reporter from the anti-Israel outlet Drop Site News, accusing the
outlet of loving Iran and terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.
In a video shared by Drop Site's Capitol Hill reporter Julian Andreone,
Fetterman appeared amused when the reporter told him which outlet he
represented.
"Oh, you're Drop Site," Fetterman reacted as he kept walking.
"It's like a race between who's the more pro-Hamas — Drop Site or
Zeteo," he quipped, referring to the far-left outlet founded by former
MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan.
