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Right now’s high tales
Israel’s Safety Cupboard voted early at the moment to authorize the army to develop the warfare in Gaza and take management of Gaza Metropolis. This space is among the final remaining territories not but absolutely underneath army occupation. In response to the United Nations, 90% of Gaza is already underneath army management or off-limits to Palestinians. The goal of the plan is to disarm Hamas, get hostages again and set up Israeli safety management of Gaza earlier than ending the battle, based on Israeli officers. Earlier than the cupboard assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed Fox Information that Israel intends to take over Gaza, however not hold it.
Palestinians rush to gather humanitarian help airdropped by parachutes into Gaza Metropolis on Aug. 7, 2025.
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🎧 Public opinion on the choice is cut up. Many Israelis need the warfare to finish, NPR’s Emily Feng tells Up First. Among the most forceful opposition comes from the army. However right-wing Israelis help the enlargement. Former peace negotiator Menachem Klein says the Israeli military can’t defeat a guerrilla drive in its personal territory. Mahmoud Abdel Salam Ahmed, who’s making ready to flee Gaza Metropolis, says this plan is the worst information he has heard for the reason that starting of the warfare.
Vice President Vance traveled to Indiana yesterday to debate redistricting with Republican state leaders. The battle to redraw new districts to make sure that Republicans win extra Congressional seats subsequent yr began in Texas. The struggle continues to escalate as Texas Democrats stay out of the state to attempt to block the GOP-led redrawing of the congressional map. GOP leaders, in response, have issued civil arrest warrants for the fleeing Democrats.
🎧 Vance’s dialogue about redistricting alerts that the White Home doesn’t intend to lose the political arms race and desires to stack the deck of their favor, says NPR’s Ashley Lopez. Amongst Republican managed states, Ohio wants a brand new map due to state regulation. Florida’s Home speaker introduced yesterday a brand new redistricting committee, and the White Home has reached out to Missouri about redistricting. Democratic states have responded by wanting into methods to attract extra favorable seats for themselves in case GOP-led states are in a position to redraw their maps.
President Trump instructed his administration yesterday to develop a “new” census plan that will exclude thousands and thousands of individuals dwelling within the U.S. with out authorized standing. This could be an unprecedented change to how the nation has collected inhabitants knowledge since its first census in 1790. The census numbers play a big function in figuring out how the president and congressional members are elected.
🎧 The president tried to exclude U.S. residents with out authorized standing in the course of the 2020 census, however failed, NPR’s Hansi Lo Wang notes. Preparations for the 2030 census are underway and no president can simply order a brand new one. Congress has closing authority over the census. Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has proposed a brand new invoice that requires a brand new census, a redistribution of Home seats and a spherical of congressional redistricting earlier than subsequent yr’s midterm elections. The invoice would try to exclude folks dwelling within the states with out U.S. citizenship, together with inexperienced card holders, and U.S. residents with out authorized standing. Lo Wang says that if the invoice or any comparable payments grew to become regulation, they might possible face lawsuits.
Former Jan. 6 defendant Jared Clever is working as a senior adviser for the Division of Justice lower than 5 years after urging rioters to “kill” police on the Capitol. NPR obtained police bodycam footage of Clever berating officers and the transcript of his testimony, wherein he tried to elucidate his actions. Clever was not convicted of any crimes associated to Jan. 6, as a result of Trump’s order to finish all Capitol riot prosecutions.
Right now’s pay attention
Total divorce charges are down aside from one key demographic: folks over 50. This phenomenon is known as grey divorce. As we become old, it is common to listen to about how a lot tougher it’s to make associates or construct new relationships. However Gen Xers spent most of their maturity dwelling in a society the place divorce is seen as extra acceptable and fewer stigmatized. That is one purpose why they’re open to beginning new chapters. On this episode of It is Been A Minute, host Brittany Luse discusses grey divorce and the way it’s by no means too late to jot down a brand new love story.
Weekend picks
Large Freedia poses for a portrait on July 15 at Esplanade Studios in New Orleans, LA. The studio was transformed from a church.
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Take a look at what NPR is watching, studying and listening to this weekend:
🍿 Films: Within the horror movie CollectivelyAlison Brie and Dave Franco play a pair whose our bodies begin fusing collectively after they go to a mysterious cave. The movie explores poisonous codependency.
📺 TV: Wednesday is again for a second season this week. To assist put together for the brand new episodes, Pop Tradition Glad Hour revisits their dialog about Wednesday Addamswho strikes from her house to the gloomy Nevermore Academy.
📚 Books: Manga: A New Historical past of Japanese Comics examines Japan’s eye-catching graphic storytelling type. The e-book chronicles the evolution of manga from its late Nineteenth-century origins to its recognition at the moment.
🎵 Music: Large Freedia’s new album, Urgent Onward, fuses gospel and her love for bounce music, which she helped popularize. NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks along with her about how singing in church as a baby led her to this second.
🍲 Meals: Social media influencers are bringing again recession-era recipes to assist folks prepare dinner low-cost, straightforward and filling meals. Take a look at some movies and take a look at one for your self.
❓ Quiz: I used to be so near 100%! I missed one query, but once more. Are you able to beat my excessive rating? Check your data.
3 issues to know earlier than you go
‘Superman’ spinoff TV actor Dean Cain at a conference in Chicago. The actor shared an Instagram put up on Wednesday about his plan to affix ICE and urged his followers to affix too.
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Actor Dean Cain will likely be sworn in as an honorary officer with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, based on the Division of Homeland Safety. He’s finest recognized for his starring function in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.The Martha’s Winery African American Movie Pageant is now in its twenty third yr, providing a platform for Black artists to showcase their formidable initiatives. NPR’s Eric Deggans notes that the occasion highlights works centered on Black life that few different festivals would possibly acknowledge or encourage.New York Metropolis officers introduced that the stays of three extra victims of the 9/11 terror assaults have been recognized utilizing superior DNA-analysis methods.
This text was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.
