President Donald Trump met with Benjamin Netanyahu for dinner at the White House on Monday evening.
Shortly before the dinner, when the press was gathered in the Blue Room, Netanyahu presented Trump with a Nobel Peace Prize nomination, saying, “He's forging peace, as we speak, in one country, in one region after the other.”
The dinner came as Israel and Hamas were set to hold indirect ceasefire talks in Qatar for a second day, Reuters reported early Monday morning.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Monday afternoon Trump would delay the deadline for tariff negotiations to August 1 as the U.S. attempts to cement trade deals with dozens of other nations.
The 90-day negotiating period on trade was set to expire on July 9, causing tariffs to increase from the baseline 10 percent rate to the higher levels set by Trump on April 2.
The administration previously claimed it would land “90 deals in 90 days.”
Japan and South Korea received letters Monday from the president informing them of a 25 percent import tax on all goods from their countries starting August 1. Leavitt said approximately 12 other countries will receive letters imminently.
Trump also has reignited the feud with Elon Musk, his former friend, ally and patron, over his threat to set up a third political party in the United States.
In a lengthy Truth Social tirade on Sunday, Trump said Musk has gone “off the rails” in recent weeks and become a “trainwreck.”
Key Points
- Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
- Where does a potential Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal stand?
- Trump to sign executive order delaying tariff deadline to August 1
Trump was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize...and it isn't the first time
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Rachel Dobkin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a Nobel Peace Prize nomination to Donald Trump Monday night — an honor the president is becoming familiar with.
Oleksandr Merezhko, the head of Ukraine's parliamentary foreign committee, nominated Trump for the prize last November, but this past June, the lawmaker told Newsweek he withdrew his nomination.
Merezhko said he had "lost any sort of faith and belief" in Trump and his ability to get a ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine.
Pakistan also nominated Trump for the prize last month after he helped broker its truce with India following the fatal shooting of at least 26 tourists in Kashmir.
Fewer than 24 hours after Pakistan praised Trump for the truce, it condemned him for the U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites.
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Trump says U.S. has agreed to diplomatic talks with Iran
05:00
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Rachel Dobkin
President Donald Trump told reporters Monday night his administration has agreed to diplomatic talks with Iran after the U.S. bombed three of its nuclear sites.
“We have scheduled Iran talks,” Trump said, adding, “They want to talk.”
Steve Witoff, special envoy to the Middle East who was sitting at the dinner table with Trump, said the talks may happen in the next week, the Associated Press reported.
ICYMI: Epstein ‘client list’ doesn’t exist, feds say, despite Musk’s claim that Trump is on it
04:30
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Rachel Dobkin
Jeffrey Epstein had no “client list”, according to a new memo from the Department of Justice and FBI, a month after Elon Musk accused President Donald Trump of being on it.
The convicted pedophile died by suicide in a New York City jail cell on August 10, 2019, the new two-page memo also confirmed, following years of conspiracy theories surrounding Epstein’s death.
“This systematic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list,’” the memo reads. “There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions. We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.”
Read more from Rhian Lubin:
Jim Jordan says Trump 'deserves' Nobel Peace Prize after being asked if the president will be the first felon to win it
04:00
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Rachel Dobkin
Representative Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, said Donald Trump “deserves” a Nobel Peace Prize after being asked on Fox News whether the president will be the first felon to be awarded it.
“Do you think we’ll see the first felon get a Nobel Peace Prize?” Fox News’ Charles Hurt asked Jordan Monday night.
“Well, he certainly deserves it, but knowing how the left is and how the left seems to control so many of these institutions, I’m not holding my breath,” Jordan responded. “But he certainly warrants it. He should get the Nobel Peace Prize, and God bless Prime Minister Netanyahu for that nomination.”
HURT: Do you think we'll see the first felon get a Nobel Peace Prize?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 8, 2025
JIM JORDAN: Well, he certainly deserves it pic.twitter.com/9oMmP0sM8M
Israel’s leader presented Trump, who was convicted in May 2024 of falsifying business records in a hush money payment scheme, with the nomination during a White House dinner earlier Monday.
“He forged the Abraham Accords. He's forging peace, as we speak, in one country, in one region after the other,” Netanyahu said at the dinner.
Analysis: The real reason Netanyahu nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize
03:30
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Rachel Dobkin
Richard Hall writes about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presenting a Nobel Peace Prize nomination to President Donald Trump during a White House dinner Monday night:
“Being nominated for a peace prize by Benjamin Netanyahu is akin to being nominated for a ‘not breaking the law’ prize by fictional mob boss Tony Soprano.
But Netanyahu’s nomination has less to do with world peace and more to do with the softening up of Trump ahead of crunch talks this week.
This visit was supposed to be a victory lap for the Israeli prime minister after the realization of a decades-long-held wish to bomb Iran’s nuclear program. He achieved it with Trump’s help and he will likely need it again in the near future to ensure it does not rebuild.
The Israeli leader’s relationship with Trump is also a political crutch that he leans on when he needs to shore up support in his shaky ruling coalition at home. Trump has, in recent weeks, gone to the extraordinary lengths of calling for corruption charges against Netanyahu to be dropped, linking U.S. support for Israel to the fate of its prime minister.”
Read on...
ICYMI: Trump plans to delay tariff start to August 1 as he announces 25% levy for Japan and South Korea
03:10
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Rachel Dobkin
President Donald Trump has once again delayed the sweeping import tax hikes he has threatened to impose on imports from nearly every single country by extending a Wednesday deadline to August 1 while he continues to push for foreign nations to enter into trade negotiations with him and his administration.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday told reporters that Trump would sign an executive order delaying the new taxes by three and a half weeks along with letters to a dozen foreign leaders threatening specific import tax rates unless countries take as-yet unspecified actions to reduce trade deficits.
The announcement that Trump would once again delay implementing new import taxes on almost every American trading partner came just one hour after he told the Japanese and South Korean heads of government that he will force Americans to pay a 25 percent import tax on all goods imported from their countries starting August 1.
Read more from Andrew Feinberg:
In pictures: Trump-Netanyahu dinner
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Rachel Dobkin
President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a dinner in the Blue Room of the White House Monday night.
Here are some photos from the dinner:
Trump responds to question about admin's '90 deals in 90 days' promise
02:30
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Rachel Dobkin
President Donald Trump said, “It’s all done” when asked about his administration’s promise of “90 deals in 90 days,” relating to trade negotiations with other countries.
“It's all done. I told you we'll make some deals, but for the most part, we're gonna send a letter, we’re gonna say, ‘Welcome to the United States, if you’d like to participate in the greatest, most successful ever...,” Trump told a reporter during a White House dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday night.
REPORTER: What happened to 90 trade deals in 90 days?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 8, 2025
TRUMP: It's all done. I told you we'll make some deals, but for the most part we're gonna send a letter pic.twitter.com/4zpUEV3wJt
Trump said the White House has made deals with the United Kingdom and China and is “close to making a deal with India.”
Earlier Monday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Trump would push back the July 9 deadline for tariff negotiations to August 1, as the president sent letters to over a dozen countries, threatening tariffs of 25 to 40 percent if a trade deal wasn’t reached by then.
Trump says Iran is 'not the bully anymore,' hopes U.S. can lift sanctions so they could rebuild in 'peaceful manner'
02:10
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Rachel Dobkin
President Donald Trump said he hopes the United States can lift sanctions off Iran to rebuild in a “peaceful manner” now that they are “not the bully anymore.”
“I would love to be able to, at the right time, take those sanctions off [Iran], give them a chance at rebuilding, because I'd like to see Iran build itself back up in a peaceful manner,” Trump said at a White House dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday night.
.@POTUS: "We took the sanctions off [Syria] because we want to give them a chance ... and I would love to be able to — at the right time — take those sanctions off [Iran], give them a chance at rebuilding, because I'd like to see Iran build itself back up in a peaceful manner." pic.twitter.com/bDU8DLbLNH
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 8, 2025
Trump spoke of Iran as less aggressive following U.S. strikes that hit three of its nuclear sites.
“They were the bully of the Middle East, and now they’re not the bully anymore,” he said.
WATCH: Netanyahu presents Trump with Nobel Peace Prize nomination
01:50
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Rachel Dobkin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented President Donald Trump with a Nobel Peace Prize nomination during a White House dinner Monday night.
“He forged the Abraham Accords. He's forging peace, as we speak, in one country, in one region after the other,” Netanyahu said.
Read more: Trump says US will resume weapon shipments to Ukraine days after pause
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Rachel Dobkin
In this full article, Andrew Feinberg writes:
President Donald Trump on Monday said the United States would resume providing weapons to Ukrainian defense forces because the country was being slammed by ongoing Russian aerial attacks, just days after the Pentagon halted shipments to review whether current stockpiles were sufficient for American defense needs
Speaking during a dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of their respective staffs, Trump was asked if he planned to sent more weapons for use by Kyiv.
He replied affirmatively, telling reporters: “We're going to send some more weapons.”
“We have to, they have to be able to defend themselves. They're getting hit very hard. Now they're getting hit very hard. We're going to have to send more weapons, defensive weapons, primarily, but they're getting hit very, very hard,” he said before adding that “so many people” were “dying in that mess.”
Read on...
U.S. to send more weapons to Ukraine, Trump says
01:11
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Rachel Dobkin
President Donald Trump said Monday night the United States will send more weapons to Ukraine amid its war with Russia.
"We're going to send some more weapons. They have to be able to defend themselves,” Trump told reporters at the White House before his dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began. “They're getting hit very hard now. They're getting hit very hard.”
Trump is asked what's on the menu for Netanyahu dinner
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Rachel Dobkin
President Donald Trump was asked by a reporter what was on the menu for his dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday night.
“I don’t know, but it looks good to me,” Trump responded.
Read more: Israel’s Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize amid hopes for Gaza ceasefire
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Rachel Dobkin
Andrew Feinberg writes about the moment Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he nominated President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize:
The Prime Minister handed Trump a copy of the letter he sent placing his name in nomination with the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citing what he described as Trump’s “leadership of a just cause” by allowing American warplanes to strike Iranian nuclear sites last month, as well as what he called “the pursuit of peace and security” in “many lands.”
“I want to express the appreciation and admiration, not only of all Israelis, but of the Jewish people and many, many admirers around the world for your leadership,” said Netanyahu, who also praised Trump’s “extraordinary team.”
“I think our teams together make an extraordinary combination to meet challenges and seize opportunities. But the President has already realized great opportunities. He forged the Abraham accords. He's forging peace, as we speak, in one country, in one region after the other.”
Read on...
Netanyahu hands Trump his Nobel Peace Prize nomination
Tuesday 8 July 2025 00:52
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Rachel Dobkin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu handed President Donald Trump a letter in which he nominated him for a Nobel Peace Prize during a White House dinner Monday night.
Trump says there is no 'holdup' to Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal
Tuesday 8 July 2025 00:45
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Rachel Dobkin
President Donald Trump said there is no “holdup” to a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas during a White House dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday night.
When a reporter asked Trump what the holdup was for a ceasefire agreement, he said, “I don’t think there is a holdup.”
“I think things are going along very well,” the president said.
The reporter then asked whether there could be a two-state solution between the Israelis and Palestinians. Trump responded, “I don’t know,” and then directed the question to Netanyahu.
“I think the Palestinians should have all the powers to govern themselves, but none of the powers should threaten us,” Netanyahu told the reporter. “That means certain powers like overall security will always remain in our hands.”
He added: “I think we can work out a peace between us and the entire Middle East with President Trump’s leadership.”
Netanyahu nominates Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize
Tuesday 8 July 2025 00:32
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Rachel Dobkin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave President Donald Trump a letter in which he nominated him for a Nobel Peace Prize during a White House dinner.
“He forged the Abraham Accords, he’s forging peace as we speak in one county and one region after the other,” Netanyahu said Monday night.
The prime minister said the prize is “well-deserved,” adding Trump “should get it.”
Trump thanked Netanyahu and shared how unexpected it was, saying, “This I didn’t know.”
Where does a potential Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal stand as Netanyahu meets Trump for dinner?
Tuesday 8 July 2025 00:22
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Rachel Dobkin
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the White House for dinner with Donald Trump shortly before 7 p.m. ET Monday as the president works to get a ceasefire in Gaza.
Israeli troops have been in Gaza since Hamas launched a deadly attack on its Middle Eastern neighbor on October 7, 2023.
A temporary ceasefire deal was agreed to in January but broken nearly two months later. Trump has been trying to get Israel and Hamas to agree to a ceasefire.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Monday afternoon: "The utmost priority for the president right now in the Middle East is to end the war in Gaza and to return all of the hostages.”
“There was a ceasefire proposal that Israel supports, that was sent to Hamas. We hope that they will agree to this proposal,” Leavitt said.
Israel and Hamas were set to hold indirect peace talks in Qatar for a second day on Monday, Reuters reported early Monday morning.
Trump announced last Tuesday Israel agreed to “the necessary conditions to finalize” a 60-day truce. And Hamas said last Friday it “submitted a positive response” to a 60-day ceasefire proposal, CNN reported.
Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Marco Rubio at the White House
Tuesday 8 July 2025 00:10
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Rachel Dobkin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House on Monday.
The two held an “expanded meeting and then met privately,” Netanyahu’s office wrote on X.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met today at Blair House in Washington, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. They first held an expanded meeting and then met privately. pic.twitter.com/BhMUfkgDji
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) July 7, 2025
Netanyahu also met with Steve Witkoff, special envoy to the Middle East.
Earlier, Prime Minister Netanyahu met with US Special Presidential Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff. pic.twitter.com/B7l2v9qgSI
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) July 7, 2025
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says he stands with Texas after flood disaster
Tuesday 8 July 2025 00:00
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Rachel Dobkin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent his support to Texas after its flood disaster.
Ahead of his visit with President Donald Trump at the White House Monday evening, Netanyahu wrote on X: “My wife Sara and I and all of Israel are praying for the Great State of Texas.
Israel knows disaster—we’ve lived through war, fire, and flood. Dear friends, we stand with you!”
My wife Sara and I and all of Israel are praying for the Great State of Texas. Israel knows disaster—we’ve lived through war, fire, and flood. Dear friends, we stand with you!
— Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) July 7, 2025
At least 104 people have died as authorities continue to search for victims after catastrophic flash flooding along the Guadalupe River in central Texas last week.
Follow The Independent’s live blog for the latest updates:
In headlines: Trump's tariff threats
Monday 7 July 2025 23:40
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Rachel Dobkin
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Donald Trump would push back the July 9 deadline for tariff negotiations to August 1, as the president threatened over a dozen countries with tariffs of 25 to 40 percent if a trade deal wasn’t reached by then.
Here are some headlines from today explaining Trump’s latest moves:
Trader adviser Peter Navarro says countries have it 'so good they’re dragging their heels' on trade deals
Monday 7 July 2025 23:24
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Rachel Dobkin
Peter Navarro, White House senior counselor for trade, had promised “90 deals in 90 days” as the Trump administration sought better trade agreements with its global partners.
But on Monday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Trump would push back the July 9 deadline for trade negotiations to August 1.
NBC’s Vaughn Hillyard asked Navarro on Monday: “Why were there not 90 deals in 90 days?”
“Because the rest of the world has it so good that they’re dragging their heels. But the president will not allow that, that’s why the letters went out,” Navarro said.
NBC: “Why were there not 90 deals in 90 days?”
— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) July 7, 2025
Peter Navarro: “Because the rest of the world has it so good they’re dragging their heels. But the president will not allow that, and that’s why the letters went out.” pic.twitter.com/TeIJDSh4UY
Hillyard then probed: “Why should countries take the administration seriously that you guys are not gonna push the August 1 deadline back even further and that those tariffs will actually go into effect?”
The trade advisor replied: “It doesn't matter in the sense that we're collecting billions of dollars on behalf of the American people and the negotiations are going well.”
Soon: Netanyahu to meet with Trump at White House
Monday 7 July 2025 23:14
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Rachel Dobkin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon arrive at the White House for a dinner with President Donald Trump.
Fox News’ Peter Doocy said there is “some of the most serious security” in the area that has been seen for any of Netanyahu’s visits during Trump’s second term.
Doocy said the two leaders will have dinner in the Blue Room.
Benjamin Netanyahu to meet with senators Tuesday
Monday 7 July 2025 23:03
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Rachel Dobkin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet with a bipartisan group of senators Tuesday afternoon, News Nation’s Kellie Meyer reports.
Israel's Prime Minister will meet with a bipartisan group of senators tomorrow on Capitol Hill at 4pm ET.
— Kellie Meyer (@KellieMeyerNews) July 7, 2025
Republican Majority Leader John Thune will be there, along with Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
w/ @KristenEskow @NewsNation
White House's Peter Navarro teases countries who may make deals with US over tariffs
Monday 7 July 2025 22:50
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Rachel Dobkin
Peter Navarro, White House senior counselor for trade, told Scripps News, “We have some deals that can be signed” over President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.
Navarro teased Vietnam and India.
White House Senior Counselor @RealPNavarro on trade: "We're collecting tens of billions of dollars on behalf of the American people and what that's able to do is protect our workers, our factories... the process is going quite well for America." pic.twitter.com/kWwjk3bB9V
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 7, 2025
Trump threatens more countries with tariffs
Monday 7 July 2025 22:32
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Rachel Dobkin
President Donald Trump threatened a slew of countries with more tariffs on Monday.
Trump sent letters to the following countries, notifying them of tariff increases that would start August 1:
- Thailand - 36 percent
- Cambodia - 36 percent
- Serbia - 35 percent
- Bangladesh - 35 percent
- Indonesia - 32 percent
- Bosnia and Herzegovina - 30 percent
- Tunisia - 25 percent
The president had sent letters to several other countries earlier Monday with the following tariff threats:
- South Korea - 25 percent
- Japan - 25 percent
- Malaysia – 25 percent
- Kazakhstan – 25 percent
- South Africa – 30 percent
- Laos – 40 percent
- Myanmar – 40 percent
Israeli demonstrators demand end to the Gaza war ahead of Trump-Netanyahu dinner
Monday 7 July 2025 22:17
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Rachel Dobkin
Israeli demonstrators demanded an end to the war in Gaza on Monday ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s dinner with President Donald Trump.
Protesters stood outside the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv on Monday, calling for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel and the release of the remaining hostages held in Gaza, according to the Associated Press.
A banner read: “Hostages are waiting.”
Netanyahu will meet with Trump at the White House Monday evening.
Where does the Israel-Hamas war stand ahead of Trump-Netanyahu dinner?
Monday 7 July 2025 22:00
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Rachel Dobkin
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are set to have dinner at the White House Monday evening.
Israeli troops have been in Gaza since Hamas launched a deadly attack on its Middle Eastern neighbor on October 7, 2023.
Hamas killed about 1,200 people and took 251 more hostage in its surprise attack. More than half of the hostages have been returned, eight have been rescued and dozens have been recovered dead, the Associated Press reported.
More than 55,000 Palestinians have been killed in the conflict, the AP reported, citing Gaza’s Health Ministry. Gazans are facing prolonged food shortages with nearly half a million in a “catastrophic situation of hunger, acute malnutrition, starvation, illness and death,” the World Health Organization reported in May.
A temporary ceasefire deal was agreed to in January but broken nearly two months later. Trump has been trying to get Israel and Hamas to agree to a ceasefire.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Monday afternoon: "The utmost priority for the president right now in the Middle East is to end the war in Gaza and to return all of the hostages.”
“There was a ceasefire proposal that Israel supports, that was sent to Hamas. We hope that they will agree to this proposal,” Leavitt said.
.@PressSec: "The utmost priority for @POTUS right now in the Middle East is to end the war in Gaza and to return all of the hostages... there was a ceasefire proposal that Israel supports, that was sent to Hamas. We hope that they will agree to this proposal." pic.twitter.com/KiGLvdyBCf
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 7, 2025
Israel and Hamas were set to hold indirect peace talks in Qatar for a second day on Monday, Reuters reported early Monday morning.
Bernie Sanders rips into Trump-Netanyahu dinner, calls Israeli PM 'war criminal'
Monday 7 July 2025 21:45
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Rachel Dobkin
Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, criticized a scheduled dinner between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday evening.
“Today, a war criminal under indictment from the ICC [International Criminal Court] will be welcomed to the White House,” Sanders wrote on X Monday afternoon. “Trump, like [former President Joe] Biden before him, has aided and abetted the extremist Netanyahu government as it has systematically killed and starved civilians in Gaza.”
The senator called Monday “a shameful day in America.”
Netanyahu has vehemently denied committing war crimes in Gaza.
Today, a war criminal under indictment from the ICC will be welcomed to the White House.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) July 7, 2025
Trump, like Biden before him, has aided and abetted the extremist Netanyahu government as it has systematically killed and starved civilians in Gaza.
It is a shameful day in America.
Democratic voters are demanding reps fight dirty against Trump and MAGA: ‘There needs to be blood’
Monday 7 July 2025 21:30
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Rachel Dobkin
Democratic voters are fed up with their representatives taking the moral high ground against President Donald Trump and the GOP, with some reportedly suggesting they should be willing to “get shot” in order to oppose the administration.
"Our own base is telling us that what we're doing is not good enough ... [that] there needs to be blood to grab the attention of the press and the public," one anonymous Democrat told Axios.
The outlet spoke to more than two dozen House Democrats, many of whom said their constituents had demanded extreme measures and even violence in order to exact change.
"Some of them have suggested ... what we really need to do is be willing to get shot" when visiting ICE facilities or other federal agencies, another lawmaker told Axios.
Read more from Mike Bedigan:
U.S. stocks fall after new Trump tariff threats
Monday 7 July 2025 21:15
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Rachel Dobkin
U.S. stocks fell after President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs ranging from 25 to 40 percent on countries on Monday.
Here’s where the major stock indexes were at the closing bell, according to MarketWatch:
- The S&P 500 was down 0.87 percent
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped roughly 422 points
- The Nasdaq Composite dipped 0.92 percent
In a batch of letters sent Monday, Trump threatened the following countries with steep tariffs starting August 1:
- South Korea - 25 percent
- Japan - 25 percent
- Malaysia – 25 percent
- Kazakhstan – 25 percent
- South Africa – 30 percent
- Laos – 40 percent
- Myanmar – 40 percent
Watch: Leavitt address MAGA anger over Epstein files
Monday 7 July 2025 21:00
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Rhian Lubin
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed the anger from MAGA over the Epstein files at today’s press briefing. Watch the clip below.