(2025-07-26). Columbia's $200M Deal With Trump Administration Sets A Precedent For Other Universities To Bend To The Government's Will. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Columbia University agreed on July 23, 2025, to pay a US$200 million fine to the federal government and to settle allegations that it did not create a safe environment …
(2025-07-26). The lawsuit seeking to kill Trump's tariffs is back. gnnhd.tv 
Three very important tariff-related stories loom over the US economy this month. The first is that, after a few weeks of relative quiet, President Donald Trump is once again threatening to raise tariffs on a whole raft of other nations. According to the New Y…
(2025-07-26). Columbia pays Trump's ransom. gnnhd.tv 
(2025-07-26). A trap for Zelya, the new Wehrmacht and ambassadors under lock and key: morning coffee with EADaily>. eadaily.com There is a feeling that the 50 days that Trump allegedly gave to Russia are actually quite different. It's just that Trump has set the time limits for finishing off the Zelensky regime. It is naive to assume that Trump and the West did not know about Zelensky's upcoming decrees on anti-corruption organizations.
(2025-07-26). Thai-Cambodian military clashes threaten to escalate. wsws.org The clashes reflect heightened political and social tensions in both countries, fuelled by slowing economies that will be further hit by the Trump administration's tariffs.
(2025-07-26). Understanding Israel and Trump's conflicting agendas in Syria. mondoweiss.net 
A common cliche used by American politicians to describe the U.S.-Israel relationship is that "there is no daylight between the two." But this is clearly not true when it comes to Syria.
(2025-07-26). Trump's Push For More Deportations Could Boost Demand For Foreign Farmworkers With 'Guest Worker' Visas. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | The U.S. has an important choice to make regarding agriculture. | It can import more people to pick crops and do other kinds of agricultural labor, it can raise wages …
(2025-07-26). Trump intends to make a deal with the European Union. eadaily.com If the negotiations are successful, the United States and the European Union (EU) can conclude the "biggest trade deal of all." President of the United States Donald Trump told reporters about this on July 25.
(2025-07-26). ACLU Condemns Trump Executive Order Targeting Disabled and Unhoused People. indybay.org Convicted Felon President Trump Attacks The Homeless & Disabled After Pushing For Massive Budget Cuts Passed By Congress Lately!
(2025-07-26). Trump Cancels Gaza Ceasefire Talks While Mass Starvation Reigns [Preview]. soundcloud.com Mass arrests of immigrants in the United States, massive starvation imposed on the people of Gaza. The Trump administration is on a rampage, but there is a growing nationwide fightback movement. Brian Becker is joined by Layan Sima Fuleihan, a Palestinian organizer with the Shut It Down for Palestine coalition, Education Director at The People's …
(2025-07-26). Netanyahu, Trump 'abandon' Gaza ceasefire talks with Hamas. newarab.com 
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump appeared on Friday to abandon Netanyahu said Israel was now mulling "alternative" options to achieve its goals of bringing its hostages home from Gaza and ending Hamas rule in the enclave, where starvation is spreading and most of the population is homeless amid widespread ruin. | Trump said he believed Hamas leaders…
(2025-07-26). Convicted felon President Trump targets disabled and unhoused people. indybay.org In the classic futuristic film called Soylent Green, actor Edward G. Robinson can be seen as he is about to die in an institution that offers 'assisted suicide' as a way for society to get rid of people that may be deemed as disposable in the distant future!
(2025-07-26). Trump issues executive order expanding bipartisan war on people without homes. wsws.org The order promotes forced institutionalization while ordering federal funds to be withheld from programs that promote placing people in housing first.
(2025-07-26). Jordan's King Reiterates Importance of Syria's Stability and Preserving Its Sovereignty. sana.sy Amman, SANA-Jordanian King Abdullah II reiterated the importance of Syria's stability and the preservation of its territorial sovereignty, highlighting the success of close coordination between Jordan and the United States in reducing tensions within Syria. This came during a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday, according to a statement from the Jordanian …
(2025-07-26). America's Opinion Pages Overwhelmingly Supported Trump's Attack on Iran. fair.org
(2025-07-26). Bill Clinton letter included in Epstein's 50th birthday album, WSJ reports. wsws.org It is a crisis not only of the Trump administration, but of the entire political system. Prominent Democrats as well as Republicans associated with the sexual predator. The pervasive depravity of the ruling elite reflected in the Epstein affair has been covered up for years.
(2025-07-26). Monday 7/28: Protest Against the Trump Regime. indybay.org Corner of Ocean and Water Streets in Santa Cruz…
(2025-07-26). National Homelessness Law Center condemns Trump's misguided Executive Order on homelessness. indybay.org Order directs states to treat homelessness and mental illness as a crime, will make homelessness worse…
(2025-07-26). Zhang Yongle: Reconfiguring Hegemony. newleftreview.org A view from China of the battle for America's ideological soul, pitting Trump, home-grown nemesis of Western liberal democracy, against Francis Fukuyama, subtlest philosopher of its world-historical triumph. Are these contrasted figures two manifestations of the same hegemonic principle?
(2025-07-26). Trump in Scotland: How's his trip going and what's on the agenda? aljazeera.com The US president will fit in a meeting with UK's prime minister during four-day visit to Scotland to tour golf courses.
(2025-07-26). European Union-China summit: sharp tensions between Beijing and Brussels. wsws.org EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who constantly accuses the US of harming all sides with its tariffs, threatened China with Trump-style tariffs.
(2025-07-25). Ben Crump on Breonna Taylor, William McNeil, Saniyah Cheatham & Demand to Release Malcolm X Files. democracynow.org 
We speak to civil rights lawyer Ben Crump about the ongoing epidemic of anti-Black police violence and impunity for law enforcement in the United States. Crump first comments on the sentencing of Brett Hankison, a former Louisville police officer who fired 10 bullets into Breonna Taylor's home in 2020 during a botched raid, to 33 months in prison for use of excessive force. Although Hankison's actions were "a violation of [Taylor's] Fourth Amendment rights," the Trump Justice Department had recommended only one day in prison for his sentencing. In court, "there was nobody advoc…
(2025-07-25). Seaweed brought fishers, farmers, and scientists together. Trump tore them apart. grist.org 
The motley crew of scientists, conservationists, and agricultural producers set out to begin in earnest. Spring was well underway in Hood Canal, Washington when the team assembled on the shores of Baywater Shellfish Farm, armed with buckets. Before them, floating mats of seaweed were strewn about, bright green clumps suffocating clams, geoducks, and other intertidal creatures while swallowing the gear laid out to harvest them. | Excess seaweed is a seasonal nuisance along the bays and inlets that twine throughout Puget Sound. But the issue has magnified as excess nutrient runoff has fueled sprawling blooms. It…
(2025-07-25). Netanyahu, Trump Appear to Abandon Gaza Ceasefire Negotiations with Hamas. english.aawsat.com
(2025-07-25). No Kings and No Sheikhs Either. counterpunch.org 
The United States has focused on the Middle East since World War II, seeking its oil, gas, and other mineral resources and coveting control of its strategic waterways. The old colonial powers and the superpowers of the Cold War era most often backed dictatorial regimes there, because they were easier to control than democracies, and
(2025-07-25). Trump-Satan love affair, political subversion, and creative animation kick off SDCC 2025. peoplesworld.org 
SAN DIEGO—Tens of thousands of fans from around the world have gathered here for Comic-Con International. This four-day pop culture convention celebrates entertainment and storytelling across various genres. Discussion panels, meet-ups, exhibitions, and activations are scheduled to take place, with an estimated 135,000 people expected to attend this year. Creatives often use entertainment as a …
(2025-07-25). Activists Pledge to Resist Any Federal Effort to Lift Fracking Ban in Delaware River Basin. insideclimatenews.org Fears that the Trump administration is looking for ways to lift a longstanding ban on fracking for natural gas in the densely populated Delaware River Basin—which includes part of Pennsylvania—have prompted environmentalists to seek public support for a commitment to defend the regulation. Activists are promoting a "Pledge of Resistance and Protection" of the watershed …
(2025-07-25). 'Keir Starmer's Government is Sleepwalking Britain Into the Grip of Trump-Supporting Big Tech'. bylinetimes.com 
(2025-07-25). The Return of Rape, Ruin and Run to the National Forests. counterpunch.org 
The Trump Administration recently promised to bring "common sense management of our natural resources" to 58 million acres of roadless public lands mostly in the West. Translation: we're going to build more roads and cut down a lot of trees in many of the most remote and beautiful places left in the country, wreaking havoc
(2025-07-25). US confirms it will destroy contraceptives previously designated as aid. aljazeera.com International reproductive rights groups slam the Trump administration's decision as 'cruel and ideologically driven'.
(2025-07-25). With Trump go-ahead, Skydance and Paramount to complete merger in August. aljazeera.com The merger has faced scrutiny for what critics view as capitulations to Donald Trump, including a $16m settlement.
(2025-07-25). Trump administration releases thousands of files on assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. wsws.org The timing of the announcement was undoubtedly tied to the deepening Epstein scandal and Trump's role.
(2025-07-25). Trade on Agenda as Trump Heads to Scotland for Diplomacy and Golf. english.aawsat.com
(2025-07-25). Erdoƒüan plans talks with Trump and Putin this week. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 25 (MNA) — President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan said, "This week, we will make efforts to hold talks with Putin and Trump and try to bring these leaders together in Istanbul."
(2025-07-25). We're Locking Up Innocent People and Calling It "Justice" counterpunch.org 
In the name of "law and order," the Trump administration has locked up countless immigrants — many of whom have no criminal convictions, and many of whom were here lawfully. The result is a sprawling detention system that punishes the innocent, tears families apart, and violates the very principles of justice it claims to uphold.
(2025-07-25). Abrego Garcia Wins Bail, Can't Be Detained Again Without Notice. popularresistance.org A judge has ordered the release of Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia from federal custody after he was unlawfully deported by the Trump administration to an infamous megaprison in his native El Salvador. | After the White House baselessly alleged for months that Abrego Garcia was a dangerous MS-13 gang member — with President Donald Trump going so far as to present a clearly doctored photograph of Abrego Garcia's hand tattooed with those letters and numbers — a number of legal challenges eventually forced the administration to return him to the United States.
(2025-07-25). Paramount-Skydance Deal Subverts Free Speech and the Free Press in America. commondreams.org Open Markets Institute Executive Director Barry Lynn released the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission's 2-1 vote to approve Skydance's acquisition of Paramount: "Skydance and Paramount's self-censorship and pay-off of the Trump Administration, in pursuit of government approval of an unwise merger, is worthy of condemnation. But it's important to view Paramount's action within two broader contexts.First, it marks but the latest in a long series of attacks by this administration on free speech and the free press in America, including unprecedented attacks on universities, newspapers, and…
(2025-07-25). A new youth-led lawsuit is challenging Trump's fossil fuel orders. nationofchange.org In Lightiser v. Trump, 22 young people are using the protections of the Constitution to demand a livable future.
(2025-07-25). Trump To Open Country's Largest Immigrant Detention Center. popularresistance.org The US Department of Defense has awarded a contract worth USD 1.26 billion to the Virginia-based company Acquisition Logistics LLC to build a sprawling short-term ICE detention center in the Fort Bliss army base in El Paso, Texas. The center is set to have a capacity of 5,000 detainees which would make it the largest immigrant detention center in the country. | The facility, much like the newly-minted "Alligator Alcatraz", will be composed entirely of tents and temporary structures, raising the alarm about potential conditions of detention in the scorching dry heat of western Texas.
(2025-07-25). No NATO for Ukraine is key to jumpstarting stalled talks. responsiblestatecraft.org 
Bringing peace to Ukraine has obviously proved more difficult than President Trump imagined when he pledged to end the conflict in a day. Some six months into his term, a settlement seems far from imminent. Visibly frustrated, Trump has openly criticized Russian President Putin, revived military support for Ukraine, and threatened to intensify economic pressure on Russia. While many have cheered his toughened approach, Trump's instinct to find a diplomatic end to the war is still correct. Ukraine cannot generate enough manpower — and the West cannot produce enough weapons — for victory in what has…
(2025-07-25). US Deliberately Turns Blind Eye to Kiev's Crimes. Trump Asked "Volodymyr, Can You Hit Moscow?" globalresearch.ca United States President Donald Trump's policy toward Ukraine poses a serious threat to global stability, according to columnist Peter Hitchens in an article published in The Daily Mail.
(2025-07-25). Trump's Epstein problem proves 'Pedocon Theory' is real and needs to be mainstreamed. nationofchange.org "Pedocon Theory" is real and it's time Democrats not only acknowledge that, but start using it to win elections.
(2025-07-25). Trump outlines agenda of war and economic nationalism at Carnegie Mellon University. wsws.org Speaking at Carnegie Mellon University earlier this month, Trump outlined his program of reorganizing the American economy in preparation for war, primarily with China.
(2025-07-25). Donald Trump set for trade talks with Europe as he arrives in Scotland. aljazeera.com US president says chances of reaching a trade deal with the EU are '50-50' ahead of his August 1 tariff deadline.
(2025-07-25). What India can teach the US about digital finance. asiatimes.com 
The new US administration has made digital finance an early priority, championing three pieces of legislation governing digital assets—the GENIUS Act, the CLARITY Act, and the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act. The first bill was signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 18, while the latter two recently advanced to the Senate. The laws …
(2025-07-25). Armenia To Cede Control Of Zangezur Corridor To United States. popularresistance.org A confidential memorandum obtained by Periodista Digital reveals a controversial agreement that would place Armenia's Zangezur Corridor under US control for 99 years, effectively surrendering key national territory to US private military companies and facilitating unimpeded Azerbaijani access to Nakhchivan and Türkiye. | The document, titled "Memorandum of Understanding on the Creation of the 'Trump Bridge' Transport Corridor," has reportedly been approved by Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the US, according to the Spanish newspaper.
(2025-07-25). Trump to spend 1.26 billion dollars to open country's largest immigrant detention center. peoplesdispatch.org The US Department of Defense has awarded a contract to Acquisition Logistics LLC to build a sprawling short-term ICE detention center with a capacity of 5,000 detainees…
(2025-07-25). Trump's Deregulatory Bonanza Leaves Workers Unsafe on the Job. counterpunch.org Earlier this month, the Trump Department of Labor (DOL) unveiled a sweeping deregulation plan targeting a range of labor protections, including key workplace safety rules. Officials framed the effort as "a push to put the American worker first," an Orwellian spin on policies that make it easier for employers to endanger their employees and harder
(2025-07-25). MAGA Republicans continue destroying D.C.'s self-governance. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of a federal takeover of Washington, D.C., and more recently even New York City after the Democratic primary victory of socialist Zohran Mamdani. Part of this attack goes beyond only a racist move against Latinos and African Americans. President Trump is now, for example, conditioning a deal …
(2025-07-25). A real supporter of MAGA: Trump reacted to the death of Hulk Hogan. eadaily.com US President Donald Trump has expressed his condolences over the death of legendary wrestler and actor Hulk Hogan. He published the corresponding post in the telegram channel.
(2025-07-25). Trump Says US May Not Have a Negotiated Trade Deal with Canada. english.aawsat.com
(2025-07-25). Paramount's Cowardly Capitulation To Trump Threatens Journalism. progressivehub.net ARI PAUL | FAIR…
(2025-07-25). Ninety years later, we still need a Popular Front. peoplesworld.org 
Fascism—the word is on more lips today than at any time since the 1930s. Back then, it was associated with names like Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco. Today, it's frequently attached to figures such as Trump, Orban, or Le Pen. And just like then, debates rage about the best way to combat it. This summer marks …
(2025-07-25). Campaigners are gearing up to send Trump packing from Scotland this Saturday. thecanary.co Campaign groups planning a 'festival of resistance' to coincide with Donald Trump's upcoming visit to Scotland have announced demonstrations in Aberdeen and Edinburgh on Saturday 26 July. The Stop Trump Coalition: protesting Trump's visit this Saturday The Stop Trump Coalition has announced its official demonstrations at the following locations: Aberdeen: Sat 26 July, 12pm. Assemble […] | By
(2025-07-25). Donald Trump and the New Aristocracy. counterpunch.org No matter who occupies the White House with their fingers on the nuclear trigger, the problem is not the individual human in charge, but the system which empowers them. Both the best and the worst US presidents reveal the essential problem that the vast economic and military power of the United States of America is
(2025-07-25). Trump's Weapons Plan for Ukraine Bound to Fail. globalresearch.ca The idea of resuming the supply of weapons to Ukraine began with applause in the West, but was followed by shock as it turned out that many countries in Europe are not ready for various reasons, either because they themselves …
(2025-07-25). Communities Near Data Centers Struggle Now. Trump's AI Plan Will Make It Worse. truthout.org The Trump administration this week released a plan to fast-track the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) in the US, delighting tech groups while alarming environmental advocates who point to the industry's toxic emissions, high water usage and heavy reliance on fossil fuels. The "AI action plan," released July 23 by the White House, calls for the development of new AI data centers — huge… |
(2025-07-25). Trump and Rubio take on Jew-hatred & Jew-bashing at UN. onlineopinion.com.au Every General Assembly and Security Council resolution failing to acknowledge these vested Jewish rights has been in flagrant violation of international law and the United Nations own Charter.
(2025-07-25). Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" Is Speeding Up Social Security Insolvency. truthout.org A new report examining the effects of President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBBA) shows that it will cause Social Security funds to be depleted more quickly, resulting in significant benefit cuts for new retirees starting in the next decade. The analysis from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan watchdog group that provides insight and advice on… |
(2025-07-25). New Trump Executive Order Will Further Criminalize Homelessness, Mental Illness. truthout.org Advocates for mental health and unhoused people blasted U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday over his executive order titled "Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets." Trump's order directs U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to end policies that restrict the government from institutionalizing "individuals on the streets who are a risk to themselves or others." She must also work with… |
(2025-07-25). Headlines for July 25, 2025. democracynow.org Israeli Attacks Kill 62 Palestinians Across Gaza as Malnutrition Cases Soar, U.N.: Over 1,000 Palestinians Killed Trying to Access Food, France to Formally Recognize Palestine as a State, Cambodia Claims Thailand Is Committing War Crimes in Border Clashes, Venezuelan Immigrant Sent to CECOT Sues U.S. for $1.3M, WaPo: ICE Directs Agents to Increase Use of GPS Ankle Monitors, CBP Says Immigrants Should Carry Green Cards and Proof of Immigration Status, Senate Advances Nomination of Emil Bove to Lifetime Appointment on Federal Court, Trump Signs Rescission Bill Clawing Back $9B for Foreign Aid and Public Broadcastin…
(2025-07-25). Red States Are About to Go Hungry Thanks to Trump. counterpunch.org 
What do Louisiana, West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Alabama have in common? For one thing, they're red states. For another, they're poor states. Each has among the top 10 highest percentages of residents on SNAP, or food stamps. And finally, every one of their Republican lawmakers voted for President Trump's so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" — which will
(2025-07-25). We're all Palestinians now. nationofchange.org Instead of America democratizing the Middle East, it's increasingly clear that Trump and crew have decided to Middle-Easternize the United States.
(2025-07-25). Unions back states pushing for school funds Trump stopped. peoplesworld.org 
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—To union cheers, all Democratic Attorneys General from 22 states and D.C., plus the Democratic governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania, sued President Donald Trump and two of his top officials to get $6.89 billion in federal education grant money due nationwide on July 1. One of the two officials later relented on $1.3 billion …
(2025-07-25). Trump's DOJ wants states to turn over voter lists, election info. peoplesworld.org 
(2025-07-25). Columbia University surrenders to Trump in $220 million settlement. wsws.org The settlement includes broad changes to the university's admissions policies and academic programs, along with a crackdown on student protests.
(2025-07-25). Trump Suggests Fed May Be Ready to Lower Interest Rates. english.aawsat.com
(2025-07-25). How not to reform a university: Trump's Harvard obsession. onlineopinion.com.au Freedom of thought and speech are pillars of a functioning democracy — and they're now at the heart of Harvard's fight with the Trump administration.
(2025-07-25). Diplomacy Watch: Are Kyiv protests pent-up anger against Zelensky? responsiblestatecraft.org 
(2025-07-25). Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Gaza Siege, American Killed by Israeli Settlers & Epstein's Financial Network. democracynow.org 
Democratic Congressmember Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, the only Palestinian American member of Congress, responds to the Gaza Freedom Flotilla's latest attempt to break the Israeli siege on Gaza, the lethal beating of a U.S. citizen by Israeli civilians in the occupied West Bank and the Trump administration's attempt to conceal information related to the federal criminal case against Jeffrey Epstein. | On the killings of Palestinian American Sayfollah "Saif" Musallet and Palestinian Mohammad Razek Hussein Al-Shalabi by settlers, Tlaib excoriates both the U.S. government, for "doing abs…
(2025-07-25). Dangerous: parade on the occasion of Navy Day in There will be no St. Petersburg. eadaily.com The main naval parade of the Navy in St. Petersburg, which has been held since 2017, will not take place. This was announced today, July 25, by the City Transport Committee.
(2025-07-25). Armenian folk group barred from festival in Dersim. bianet.org Authorities have barred three music groups from participating in the 23rd Munzur Culture and Nature Festival, held annually in the Kurdish-Alevi populated city of Dersim, officially known as Tunceli. | The Tunceli Governor's Office prohibited the Armenian group Veradardz Folk Ensemble from performing at the festival. Although not included in this year's program, two leftist protest music groups, Grup Yorum and Grup ƒ∞syan Ate≈üi, were also issued bans. | The governor's office claimed that Veradardz Folk Ensemble had "deviated from the purpose of the event" in past years by displaying the Arm…
(2025-07-25). "War supports reactionary, capitalist and fascist forces and destroys lives, hopes and nature" internationalviewpoint.org