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![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the chamber of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol on July 24, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2163501120-4-400x300.jpg)
In US, Netanyahu Spoke of “Democracy” But Offers Indefinite Apartheid
Palestinian activist Issa Amro says that without American support, Israel couldn't sustain its occupation.
![Medical workers and IVF patients listen during a news conference on access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments outside of the U.S. Capitol Building on June 12, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2157341002-1-400x300.jpg)
Project 2025 Isn’t Just Anti-Abortion. It Attacks Surrogacy, IVF, Contraception.
The right’s 922-page policy agenda for a Trump presidency offers an extremist plan for rolling back reproductive rights.
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Sanders Rebukes Billionaire Effort to Get Harris to Dump Antitrust Champion Khan
Major Wall Street donors have mounted a push to oust the FTC chair over her crackdowns on corporate power.
![Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan participates in a discussion at the George Washington University Law School, September 13, 2016, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0726-elena-kagan-400x300.jpg)
Elena Kagan: Supreme Court Should Have Enforcement Mechanism for Ethics Rules
Kagan suggested a panel of respected judges with “experience and a reputation for fairness” could enforce the rules.
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visit Hebron, West Bank, on August 21, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0726-netanyahu-gallant-400x300.jpg)
UK Dropping Challenge to ICC Arrest Warrants for Israeli Leaders Under New PM
Pro-Palestine groups lauded the move, but said Labour leaders must go further to end the UK’s complicity in genocide.
![Fausto Limon looks at his bean plants, knowing they need more fertilizer, but lacking the money to buy it, in Veracruz, Mexico.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/fausto06b-1-400x300.jpg)
US Corporations Pump Aquifers Dry as Police Kill Water Defenders in Rural Mexico
Farmers are risking their lives to fight back against the US-owned factory farms that are destroying Mexico’s water.
![California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters in the spin room following the CNN Presidential Debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump at the McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus on June 27, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0726-gavin-newsom-400x300.jpg)
A Month After SCOTUS Decision, Newsom Issues Order Targeting Unhoused People
“From a public health perspective, this is ineffective and potentially deadly,” a public health researcher said.
![Baby triplets of Palestinian mother Nuzha Awad face the threat of dying from malnutrition and lack of medical care due to constant Israeli attacks and blockades as they take shelter in Nuseirat camp in Deir al Balah, Gaza, on March 25, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0725-gaza-hunger-400x300.jpg)
US Health Workers Back From Gaza Calculate Death Toll at 92,000 — at a Minimum
Epidemics and famine are raging across Gaza, they said, and at least 37,000 have already died of starvation.
![FBI Director Christopher Wray appears before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on July 24, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0725-christopher-wray-400x300.jpg)
FBI Director Tells Congress Agency Is Unsure If Bullet Actually Hit Trump
Trump has yet to release an official health assessment to the public since the attempt on his life nearly two weeks ago.
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the chamber of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol on July 24, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0725-netanyahu-400x300.jpg)
Netanyahu Vows to “Finish the Job Faster” in Gaza If US Gives Him More Weapons
It is one of the clearest statements from an official tying US military aid to Israel’s genocide yet.