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![A youth walks along a road between the rubble of buildings destroyed during Israeli bombardment in Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip, on June 24, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0712-gaza-400x300.jpg)
Biden Said He’s Not Sending Israel 2,000-Pound Bombs. He’s Sent 14,000 of Them.
“They cannot be used in Gaza … without causing great human tragedy and damage,” Biden said of the bombs he sent Israel.
![Thousands of New Yorkers take to the streets to protest a ban on transgender people serving in the military on July 26, 2017, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0712-trans-rights-400x300.jpg)
Anti-Trans Policy Pushed by Project 2025 Passes Dem-Controlled Senate Committee
Transgender care for members of the military and their dependents is under threat more than ever before.
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Idaho Law Criminalizes Librarians Who Allow LGBTQ Books to Stay on Their Shelves
An informal survey suggests that more than half of the librarians in Idaho are considering leaving their jobs.
![President Joe Biden holds a news conference at the 2024 NATO Summit on July 11, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0712-biden-400x300.jpg)
Biden Aims to Stay in Race Until Polls Say He Can’t Win, He Says During Presser
Dozens of Democrats are planning to announce their calls for Biden to drop out this weekend.
![President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference at the close of the 75th NATO Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on July 11, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0712-biden-2-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s Refusal to Step Down Could Spell Disaster for Down-Ballot Democrats
Polls suggest Biden’s candidacy could shred Democrats’ hopes of retaining the Senate and winning control of the House.
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Nevada GOP Officials’ Refusal to Certify Election Results Is “Unlawful,” Says AG
Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar warned the move has the potential to set a dangerous precedent for elections.
![The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building is pictured on August 18, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0711-irs-400x300.jpg)
IRS Has Collected Over $1B From Wealthy Tax Cheats, Thanks to New Funding
Republicans have clawed back part of the funding allowing the agency to chase after millionaires for unpaid taxes.
![The vice president of the Heritage Foundation, Roger Severino, speaks during the "Europa Viva 24" conference organized by far right wing party Vox at Palacio de Vistalegre on May 19, 2024, in Madrid, Spain.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0711-roger--400x300.jpg)
Project 2025 Aims to Turn HHS Into Far Right Anti-Abortion “Department of Life”
The author of the Project 2025 section on HHS also wants the department to reverse the FDA’s approval of mifepristone.
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attends an event in New York on March 23, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0711-ocasio-cortez-400x300.jpg)
Congress Has “Moral Obligation” to Impeach Alito, Thomas, AOC Says in Speech
“Corruption, without consequence, infects all it touches,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
![Eklas Omar Kafi, 24, has her arm measured for a malnutrition checkup at the medical center in the Tiamushro camp for internally displaced persons in Kadugli, South Kordofan State, on June 17, 2024. More than 10 million people have been displaced within Sudan, according to figures released on June 11, 2024, by the International Organization for Migration.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0711-sudan-400x300.jpg)
From Regional Uprisings to Reactionary Regimes: How Sudan Relates to Palestine
Leaders of Sudan’s counterrevolutionary forces have expressed affinity with Israel and have used Israeli-made weapons.