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![A Palestinian child cries after Israeli fighter jets hit a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) school, killing and injuring many in the Nuseirat refugee camp of Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on July 16, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0716-gaza-child-400x300.jpg)
Israel Ramps Up Massacres in Gaza as Media Focuses on Presidential Horse Race
Israeli forces have massacred nearly 60 people in the Gaza Strip over just the past 24 hours.
![Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks at the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 15, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0716-mtg-400x300.jpg)
GOP Speakers at First Night of RNC Attack Transgender Youth
“The language of hate has an emotional cost,” said Fair Wisconsin Executive Director Abigail Swetz.
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Hundreds March Against GOP in Milwaukee During First Day of RNC
“We want to stand with Palestine, and we want peace and justice,” one participant in the march said.
![Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey speaks at an Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry event in Scottsdale, Arizona, on December 1, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0716-doug-ducey-400x300.jpg)
Arizona’s “Model” School Voucher Program Is Causing Massive Budget Meltdown
The state is facing a $1.4 billion budget shortfall, much of it due to a tax-funded private school voucher program.
![Former President Donald Trump makes an appearance next to Sen. J.D. Vance at Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024, on the first day of the Republican National Convention in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0716-trump-vance-400x300.jpg)
Unions Slam “Billionaire” Trump-Vance Ticket as Working-Class “Nightmare”
J.D. Vance has opposed congressional efforts to strengthen organizing rights and has raked in donations from the elites.
![A man walks past the damaged Gaza City headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on February 15, 2024. The building has since been leveled.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0715-unrwa-400x300.jpg)
Israel Has “Flattened” UNRWA HQ in Gaza in “Blatant” War Crime, Agency Says
“Another episode in the blatant disregard of international humanitarian law,” said the head of UNRWA.
![A protester holds a sign reading "hate does not make America great" during an outdoor protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0715-trans-protest-400x300.jpg)
Transgender Floridians Are Being Denied Updated Birth Certificates
Without public notice or a new law, residents face an opaque process that seems designed to reject all applicants.
![Sen, J.D. Vance addresses the conservative Turning Point People's Convention on June 16, 2024, at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0715-jd-vance-400x300.jpg)
Trump Chooses J.D. Vance, Who Once Called Trump “America’s Hitler,” as His VP
The Ohio senator is known to many as a political opportunist who has cozied up to racists and the wealthy.
![Special Prosecutor Jack Smith addresses reporters after his grand jury had issued more indictments of former President Donald Trump on August 1, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0715-jack-smith-400x300.jpg)
Trump-Appointed Judge Dismisses Trump’s Classified Documents Case
The shock decision shows that Judge Aileen Cannon is “just making things up” to shield Trump, one expert said.
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Billionaires Rally to Endorse Trump After Assassination Attempt
Billionaires have seen their wealth soar by $2.2 trillion since the passage of the Trump-GOP tax cuts in 2017.