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White House Unveils Trump Peace Declaration for Gaza

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The White House on Monday night released a peace declaration aimed at ending more than two years of war between Israel and Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.

President Donald Trump signed the declaration earlier Monday in Egypt with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

It calls for commitments from all parties to Trump's 20-point peace plan, centered on an immediate ceasefire, the exchange of hostages and prisoners, and a road map for Gaza's administrative and economic reconstruction.

Here is the text of the declaration in full:




Hamas carries out public executions — just hours after signing peace treaty with Israel


Hamas carried out mass public executions in Gaza on Monday, just hours after signing a peace treaty with Israel — as part of a series of bloody reprisals following the withdrawal of Israeli troops, gruesome video shows.

The graphic footage shows eight badly beaten, blindfolded men kneeling in the street before each is shot dead by Hamas gunmen in front of a cheering crowd.

The terror group said, without providing evidence, that the killings targeted “criminals and collaborators with Israel,” the BBC reported.

Hamas won’t give up arms or Gaza control — despite agreeing to Trump deal, spokesman says



CNN’s Christiane Amanpour apologizes for saying freed Israeli hostages were ‘treated better’ than Gazans

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CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour apologized Monday after claiming that Israeli hostages freed from Hamas captivity were “treated better” than Gazans — remarks that provoked furious backlash from Israel supporters.

The longtime international correspondent retracted her statement on air just hours after Hamas released the final 20 living hostages under a cease-fire agreement brokered by the United States and Egypt.

“That was insensitive, and it was wrong,” Amanpour said during a broadcast on Monday.

“From speaking to many former hostages and their families, like everyone, I’ve been horrified at what Hamas has subjected them to over two long years,” the veteran anchor and correspondent said on Monday.



Federal Health Agencies Hit by Weekend Firings

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Hundreds of federal employees working on mental health services, disease outbreaks, and disaster preparedness were among those hit by the Trump administration's mass firings over the weekend, current and laid-off workers said Monday, as the administration aimed to pressure Democratic lawmakers to give in and end the nearly two-week-long government shutdown.

The government-wide reduction-in-force initiative that began Friday roiled the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services just six months after it went through an earlier round of cuts, and as many staffers already were disconnected from work because of the shutdown.

The situation turned even more chaotic over the weekend, when more than half of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees who'd gotten layoff notices learned they received them in error and were still employed with the agency.

HHS, through its agencies, is responsible for tracking health trends and disease outbreaks, conducting and funding medical research, and monitoring the safety of food and medicine, as well as for administering health insurance programs for nearly half the country.




OMB Preparing to 'Ride Out' Dems' Shutdown

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The Trump administration's Office of Management and Budget on Tuesday said it was preparing to "batten down the hatches" and "ride out" the government shutdown.

The declaration came in a post on X in which the OMB said it was "making every preparation to batten down the hatches and ride out the Democrats' intransigence."

The OMB added that it would "pay the troops, pay law enforcement, continue the RIFs, and wait," referring to "reductions in force."

The message underscored the administration's determination to maintain essential operations while pressing forward with a round of federal workforce reductions amid the ongoing budget impasse.




Kremlin Welcomes Trump's Push for Ukraine Peace Talks After Gaza Ceasefire

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The Kremlin said on Tuesday it welcomed President Donald Trump's desire to focus on the search for a peace deal to end the fighting in Ukraine after achieving a ceasefire in Gaza and hoped he'd be able to push Kyiv towards a settlement.

Addressing the Israeli Knesset a day earlier after brokering a deal between Israel and Hamas, Trump spoke of wanting to get a deal done with Iran over its nuclear program, but said he'd turn his attention to trying to end the war in Ukraine first.

"..first we have to get Russia done. We gotta get that one done. If you don't mind, Steve, let's focus on Russia first," Trump said, addressing Steve Witkoff, his special envoy who has held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the past.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia remained open to peace talks.




Donald Trump 'plans to send Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine' as NATO braces for WW3

US President Donald Trump is set to meet with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss air defense and long-range capabilities.
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Donald Trump reveled in international praise after brokering peace in the Middle East during a successful visit to Israel on Monday.

Global leaders rallied behind Mr. Trump at a subsequent summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, supporting his efforts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. The US president is scheduled to host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House this Friday.

This news comes as Russia's economy teeters on the brink of a 'once in 30 year crisis' in a key sector. It comes as a lip reader spills Trump's five-word threat to Macron during tense handshake power struggle.



Don Jr. eggs on ‘The View’ host who promised to wear MAGA hat if Trump got Israeli hostages freed


Donald Trump Jr. is urging “The View” host Alyssa Farah Griffin to stick to her promise to wear a MAGA hat on the show if President Trump arranged a deal to free the Israeli hostages.

The president’s eldest son on Monday posted a video of Griffin waging the bet on the ABC morning show earlier this year, writing: “Sending this to the top. Let’s go.”

His post quickly racked up 3.5 million views and over 172,000 likes – as well as several responses from other social media users who appeared to use artificial intelligence to superimpose red MAGA hats on Griffin and her lefty co-hosts.



Trump has done the impossible in Gaza, and the media still sneer


G-d bless President Trump.

The leader of the free world has achieved the seemingly impossible. He has freed from the clutches of terrorists in Gaza the last remaining Jewish hostages who’ve endured more than two years of extreme physical and psychological torture.

The president of the United States has brought to heel Hamas, a group of murderous madmen bent on destroying not only the captives’ beloved nation of Israel, but an entire people: innocent Jews.

They failed.

The 20 freed souls were nearly starved to death, held in tunnels underground, deprived even of sufficient water. Stripped of humanity. Devoid of hope.



How Trump worked a Mideast miracle with his two-sided ‘America First’ doctrine


President Trump has performed nothing short of a miracle by halting the war in Gaza and securing the release of 20 precious souls who had been languishing in Hamas captivity since Oct. 7, 2023.

Trump’s efforts were greeted with jubilation and relief in Israel — and amazingly, in Gaza as well.

The cease-fire is the first step in a larger peace deal that could reshape the Middle East and end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for good.