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World & Nation
White House Unveils Trump Peace Declaration for Gaza
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.
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour apologizes for saying freed Israeli hostages were ‘treated better’ than Gazans
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
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
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
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.
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.
