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![A view of a damaged floating pier, set up by the U.S. to facilitate quicker delivery of humanitarian aid to Palestinians, after it has been suspended due to adverse weather conditions and rising sea levels in Gaza City, Gaza on May 27, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0712-gaza-pier-400x300.jpg)
US Planned to Reanchor Gaza Pier One Last Time — and Even That Failed
Officials announced this week that the pier will soon be permanently disconnected, months earlier than planned.
![Former President Donald Trump leaves after speaking at a campaign rally at the Trump National Doral Golf Club on July 9, 2024, in Doral, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0712-trump-400x300.jpg)
Video Shows Trump Endorsing Plan for Project 2025 in April 2022
In 2022, Trump applauded Heritage for planning to produce a set of policies that would eventually become Project 2025.
![A Palestinian man inspects the destruction in the Tal Al-Hawa neighbourhood in southern Gaza City on June 5, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0712-gazad-400x300.jpg)
Entire Families Were Killed During Israel’s Attack on Gaza City
The Civil Defense in Gaza says many of those killed had left shelters in areas that were under evacuation orders.
![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.
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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.