Israeli strikes in Gaza on Saturday killed at least two people and damaged warehouses for medical supplies, Palestinian officials said, despite a recent deal between President Trump’s Board of Peace and Hamas to advance the Gaza cease-fire... www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/w...
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John Lewis-Dickerson
Профиль VivelyBS Ga. Tech, JD Mercer U. ■ ''Here is a place of disaffection... Not here the darkness, in this twittering world. Descend lower...'' ~ Burnt Norton, by T. S. Eliot
Democrats are reacting to the Justice Department’s move to drop its Reflecting Pool vandalism case against a former Olympian David Hearn, saying the move validated their longstanding criticism that the administration is weaponizing the Justice Department... thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke to President Trump on Saturday and expressed concern over his plans for massive new strikes against Iran, according to two U.S. officials and a third source with knowledge of the call... www.axios.com/2026/08/01/s...
Capital One Financial hit back on Friday against a lawsuit over its decision to close the Trump Organization's bank accounts years ago, stating that it did so after a review by anti-money laundering experts... www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
As reports say that some within the U.S. government believe that they are facing “strategic defeat” in the war on Iran, new reporting says that the U.S. and Israel are considering a land blockade of Iran... truthout.org/articles/isr...
Israel's ambassador to the UN posted on Friday: "Spain...has declared a state of emergency in Ceuta following the crisis over its immigration policy." Sharing the post, Spanish Transport Minister Puente remarked: "Well, it all seems to be becoming quite clear." www.middleeasteye.net/news/spanish...
JUAN COLE: The Telegraph reports in the wake of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s almost furtive visit to the White House on Tuesday that he pressed on Donald Trump the idea of a land blockade on Iran... www.juancole.com/2026/08/gasl...
President Trump publicly broke with a U.S. attorney, claiming again the damage to the Reflecting Pool was caused by vandalism. MS NOW White House Reporter Akayla Gardner has the latest from Washington, DC... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfus...
On Saturday, President Trump took to Truth Social to criticized Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, after her office dropped its case against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ1M...
Despite Trump's endless talking about the vandalism he said was done to the Reflecting Pool, Jeanine Pirro was forced to drop the Justice Department's case against David Hearn and admit that the problem with the liner was the fault of the contactor Trump selected. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs8t...
Ms. Pirro’s 20-page filing did not refer to, much less rebuke, Mr. Trump for claiming the damage was caused by left-wing vandals rather than his administration’s missteps. But it raised innate doubts about his assertion that criminals had slashed the pool’s lining... www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
Veteran U.S. diplomat Robert Malley joins Mehdi Hasan in this episode of ‘Mehdi Unfiltered’ to discuss the state of Trump’s Iran War and the U.S. relationship with Israel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GclW...
Donald Trump is disputing his own Dept. of Justice's finding that damage to the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool resulted from a rushed installation process ahead of America's 250th birthday. "I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro," Trump said in a Truth Social post... www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump on Saturday expressed displeasure with the Justice Department’s decision to drop a felony charge against a former Olympian accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool, excoriating his hand-picked U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, on social media. www.ms.now/news/trump-j...
Trump on Saturday criticized Jeanine Pirro’s assessment that damage to the Reflecting Pool was the result of shoddy construction and not the work of vandals, as he claims... Trump, in a posting on social media, continues to insist “the major damage was caused by VANDALS!” apnews.com/article/pirr...
Trump called out Jeanine Pirro on Saturday for agreeing to dismiss the Reflecting Pool vandalism case against David Hearn. The Justice Dept. moved to drop the case on Friday, finding that the damage resulted from a “rushed and botched installation,” not alleged vandalism. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Trump blasted Jeanine Pirro on Saturday for moving to drop a criminal charge filed against a former Olympian who had been accused of vandalizing the lining of the Reflecting Pool. Trump doubled down on claims that the renovated pool had been vandalized . . . www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Managers had informed Klima in January that Conn Selmer was closing its Eastlake plant. Some production would move to a nonunion factory in Elkhart, IN. The rest was going to China, where the company began building a $21 million manufacturing facility in 2024. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump’s reflecting pool saga appears to be winding down after prosecutors dropped vandalism charges against former Olympian Hearn – but not entirely. “I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro...To me, it was a pure case of VANDALISM,” the president posted... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump posted on Saturday that he disagrees with his own Justice Department's findings that a flawed installation, not vandalism, caused the lining of the Reflecting Pool to peel. "I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro...To me, it was a pure case of VANDALISM." www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...