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![President Joe Biden speaks to the media at the White House on July 1, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0709-biden-400x300.jpg)
Confusing White House Statement on Trans Youth Care Leads to Backlash
The original statement by a White House spokesperson suggested that some types of care “should be limited to adults.”
![This picture taken from Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip shows Israeli bulldozers behind an armored vehicle rolling along the border with the Palestinian territory on April 17, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0708-idf-bulldozer-400x300.jpg)
Report: IDF Uses US-Made Bulldozers to Hide Bodies of Dead Palestinians in Gaza
Israeli soldiers said they use the Caterpillar equipment to hide bodies from view of aid convoys.
![President Joe Biden looks on as he speaks during a barbecue for active-duty military families in honor of the Fourth of July on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 4, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0708-joe-biden-white-house-400x300.jpg)
Biden Demands Lawmakers End Their Calls for Him to Drop Out
Polls show that a plurality of Democratic-leaning voters want a new candidate to be the party’s nominee.
![A man walks beneath the sun](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0708-tokyo-heat-400x300.jpg)
Scientists Sound the Alarm Amid 13 Consecutive Months of Record-Breaking Heat
Each month since June 2023 has been the hottest since records have been kept.
![Soldiers with the Israeli Defense Forces are pictured near the Gaza border on May 1, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0708-idf-400x300.jpg)
IDF Gave Orders to Kill Fellow IDF Soldiers on October 7, Israeli Outlet Reports
Soldiers were told to stop vehicles potentially carrying Israeli soldiers or civilians at all costs.
![Former President Donald Trump walks on stage to deliver the keynote address at the Faith & Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority Policy Conference at the Washington Hilton on June 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0708-trump-400x300.jpg)
RNC Plans to Strategically Conceal Trump’s, GOP’s Abortion Views
Polling shows nearly two-thirds of voters in swing states back abortion rights in all or most circumstances.
![People walk past rubble and damaged buildings in the Tuffah district east of Gaza City on July 8, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0708-gaza-400x300.jpg)
Researchers Estimate True Gaza Death Toll at 186,000 or More
The official death toll is currently just over 38,000, but it is impossible for officials to do a full accounting.
![President Joe Biden gestures while speaking at a rally in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 5. 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0708-biden-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s Weekend of Damage Control Fails to Stave Off Calls for Him to Drop Out
Nine Democratic lawmakers in Congress and an anonymous senior White House official say Biden should exit the race.
![A marcher wears a shirt reading "PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES HAS PRIDE" during a pride parade](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0708-planned-parenthood-400x300.jpg)
Planned Parenthood Targets GOP Seats Over Fears of Federal Abortion Restrictions
While Planned Parenthood is focused on California House races, it is also monitoring neighboring states.
![Palestinians children sitting in the rubble of a UN school in Gaza where they are taking shelter, on March 4, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2054150686-400x300.jpg)
Israel Bombs Yet Another UN School in Gaza as It Enters Month 10 of Genocide
The strike killed 16 and injured 75, including children. Israel has destroyed or damaged 80 percent of Gaza's schools.