(2025-07-30). Trump to India: Trade deal by Aug 1 or face tariffs. tribune.com.pk 
US President Donald Trump said a trade deal with India has yet to be finalised and warned of possible higher tariffs ahead of an August 1 deadline to seal an agreement. | His comments followed a Reuters report that India was preparing to accept higher tariffs of 20%-25% on its exports to the US in the absence of a trade deal, as it holds off on offering fresh concessions ahead of Friday's deadline. | "India has been a good friend, but India has charged more tariffs, almost more than any other country," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Tuesday, adding that it would come to an end. | Asked about the…
(2025-07-30). New US sanctions will have little to no effect on Russia. asiatimes.com 
One way or other, it looks like Russia could soon be slapped with a fresh round of U.S. sanctions. On July 23, 2025, a bipartisan push to impose a 500% levy on imports from Russia or any country buying Russian oil was put on hold — but only to allow President Donald Trump's separate threat …
(2025-07-30). The Palantir Panopticon Trump's New Big Tech-Led "Private Health Tracking System" w/ 7Sees. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, an in-depth investigatory show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (7/30/25). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the
(2025-07-30). Trump says US to impose 25% tariff on India from Aug 1. tribune.com.pk 
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that imports from India will face 25 per cent tariffs, while also announcing an unspecified "penalty" over New Delhi's purchases of Russian weapons and energy. | The measures will kick in on Friday, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, adding to a bevy of other tariff hikes ⚪ some up to 50 per cent ⚪ set to take effect the same day. | In a separate post, Trump said the August 1 deadline "stands strong, and will not be extended." | truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/1149421… | He had previously issued multiple delays to his so-called "reciprocal"
(2025-07-30). Musk Has Not Taken Steps To Launch His 'America Party' After Trump Fallout: He Has 'Read The Room'. latintimes.com Elon Musk has so far not taken formal steps to launch his "America Party" and other moves have hinted that it is not in his immediate plans…
(2025-07-30). Trump Announces 25% Tariff on Indian Imports. devdiscourse.com In a move set to impact bilateral trade, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday the imposition of a 25% tariff on goods imported from India, beginning August 1. The decision underscores ongoing trade tensions between the two nations.
(2025-07-30). The EPA's Repeal of Core Greenhouse Gas Rules. counterpunch.org 
"Trump's EPA to repeal core of greenhouse gas rules," was the Reuters headline this week as Lee Zeldin, chosen by Donald Trump to be administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, announced what Reuters said "will rescind the long-standing finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, as well as tailpipe emission standards for vehicles,
(2025-07-30). Tariffs as high as 25 %: Trump's bombshell on India trade ahead of August 1 deadline. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: Ahead of the August 1 deadline of US-India trade, US President has dropped a bombshell citing that the deal has not been finalised yet and threatened to impose reciprocal tariffs. Trump said discussions are ongoing and hinted that India could face import duties as high as 25% if talks do not reach agreement. | "(They will pay) 25%," said the US president, who spent the last few days in Scotland, where he played golf and held working meetings. | "India trade deal not been finalised." When asked about the possibility of tariffs ranging from 20% to 25%, Trump responded, "Yeah, I think so. India is my…
(2025-07-30). Lawsuit Says ICE Arrests on Church Property Are Unconstitutional. truthout.org More than a dozen faith-based groups are suing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem over the agency's policy to conduct immigration raids in "sensitive locations," including houses of worship. In January, the Trump administration rescinded a Biden-era federal policy that barred immigration raids at or around "sensitive locations." Since then… |
(2025-07-30). Monday 8/18: Protest Against the Trump Regime. indybay.org At the corner of Ocean and Water Streets in Santa Cruz…
(2025-07-30). Real and fake antidotes to Trump's latest tariffs, seen from South Africa. cadtm.org
(2025-07-30). Capitulation at Columbia: The Democrats enable Trump's assault on free speech. wsws.org The university's prostration before Trump is a warning that no section of the ruling class is capable of defending democratic rights.
(2025-07-30). Black Neighborhoods At Risk As US Pushes to Cancel Important Climate Protection. capitalbnews.org 
As nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population sweltered under extreme heat advisories on Tuesday, news echoed through Black neighborhoods already scorched by the effects of climate change: the Trump administration was moving to tear the heart out of America's climate protections. In a decision that environmental activists say is one of the most severe blows …
(2025-07-30). Trump announces trade deal, oil partnership with Pakistan. tribune.com.pk 
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a new deal between the United States and Pakistan for the joint development of Pakistan's oil reserves — a development likely to factor into ongoing trade discussions between the two countries. | In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, President Trump stated: "We have just concluded a deal with the country of Pakistan, whereby Pakistan and the United States will work together on developing their massive oil reserves." | He added that the US is in the process of selecting a company to lead the initiative. "Who knows, maybe they'll be selling o…
(2025-07-30). Mexican Economy Secretary Says Country 'Did All It Had' To Avoid Trump's Tariffs. latintimes.com Mexican Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said he is confident the country is confident about reaching a deal to avoid tariffs from going into effect on August 1…
(2025-07-30). Keep Immigration Raids Out of Schools. otherwords.org Only a few years after the pandemic, young kids in this country are seeing a whole new disruption to their learning: immigration raids. | One of the Trump administration's first actions after assuming office was to Since then, immigration raids have escalated — often under questionable pretenses. This spring, immigration…
(2025-07-30). Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Withholding Planned Parenthood Funds. newsone.com 
Source: Kevin Hagen / Getty | On Monday, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from withholding Medicaid funds intended to go towards Planned Parenthood. |
(2025-07-30). US to overturn climate ruling. tribune.com.pk 
President Donald Trump's administration will on Tuesday move to reverse a foundational scientific determination that underpins the US government's ability to curb climate change, Environmental Protection Agency chief Lee Zeldin announced. | Appearing on the right-wing podcast "Fearless," Zeldin said: "Later today, we're going to be making a big announcement in Indiana" about the so-called Endangerment Finding of 2009, which concluded that greenhouse trapping gases from motor vehicles were a threat to public health and welfare. | Zeldin accused the Environmental Protection Agency under former president Barack O…
(2025-07-30). Trump Has Wrecked the US Economy by Laura Tyson, 7/3. indybay.org Trump's draconian immigration policy represses the vital need for immigrants in harvesting, hospitality and construction. Ms. Tyson, the chief economic advisor under Obama, is a professor at UC-Berkeley…
(2025-07-30). Thai-Cambodia ceasefire wobbles as fiery new accusations fly. asiatimes.com 
BANGKOK — A morning of cross-border rocket attacks by US-armed Thailand and China-assisted Cambodia "violated" an agreed ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump, China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Thai and Cambodian army commanders met for lunch on Tuesday (July 29) and initially appeared to put a halt to their six …
(2025-07-30). South Sudan's Migrant Deal with Trump Era Diplomacy. devdiscourse.com In a recent development, South Sudan has communicated to President Donald Trump's administration its openness to accepting more migrants deported from the United States. This move is reportedly part of an effort to strengthen diplomatic ties with Washington.
(2025-07-30). 60 Years After Creation of Medicaid, GOP Cuts Threaten the Lifeline for Millions. truthout.org Today marks the 60th anniversary of the creation of Medicare and Medicaid — and nearly one month since President Trump's federal budget slashed nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid to extend tax cuts for the rich. The cuts could lead to tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths every year. "Medicaid has been a lifeline. And without it, people will die," says Ai-jen Poo, co-founder of Caring Across… |
(2025-07-30). Spellbound: the power and paradox of charisma. whyy.org Charisma is not necessarily about being attractive or articulate. It's not just about charm, popularity or celebrity. Instead, the ability to inspire a crowd involves the ability to tell a compelling story that speaks to people's deep anxieties, grievances and hopes. | That's what Molly Worthen writes in her new book, Spellbound: How Charisma Shaped American History from the Puritans to Donald Trump. | She says it's human to attach ourselves to someone who can explain the confusions and disappointments in life. There's also an essential paradox at the root of this relationship,"the desire to feel free and importa…
(2025-07-30). Trump's No-Bail Detention Policy Against Immigrants Faces Legal Blowback: 'They Flipped the Statute on Its Head'. latintimes.com A class action lawsuit has been filed against the Trump administration's abrupt policy shift that mandates immigrants arrested by ICE remain in detention while fighting deportation.
(2025-07-30). Malaysia confronts the realities of MAGA diplomacy and Trump's brash ambassadorial pick. |
(2025-07-30). Are Trump's Crypto Grifting and Crypto Cheerleading Connected? Nah! commondreams.org The White House is expected to release a report today with recommendations for promoting cryptocurrency markets. Bartlett Naylor, financial policy advocate for Public Citizen, released the following statement: "In a bold move that clearly must be unrelated to Donald Trump's sprawling crypto grifting, the White House is releasing a report that celebrates what is widely understood as the biggest Ponzi scheme in history."Trump is well known for scrupulously honoring anti-discrimination laws, his contracts, his debts, his marriages, and the Constitution, so we can rest assured that his most lucrative source of inco…
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(2025-07-30). Populism Can Win Back Working Class Voters. otherwords.org The Democratic Party lost big in 2024. If it hopes to bounce back, making inroads with the working class is the only way possible — and a Democrats have historically counted on the votes of working class Americans, but that's changed as white working class voters defected to Trump and the GOP. In the last cycle, Latino men and even a significant number of Black men swung to the GOP as well.
(2025-07-30). Sanders moves to block Trump's arms sales to Israel amid Gaza atrocities. nationofchange.org Citing mass civilian deaths, famine, and potential violations of U.S. law, Senator Bernie Sanders is forcing Senate votes to halt billions in bombs and rifles destined for Israel's military.
(2025-07-30). Corporations exploit Trump's tariff chaos to raise prices as global economic uncertainty deepens. nationofchange.org As new tariffs drive up costs for food, steel, and manufacturing inputs, corporations are using the trade war as cover to inflate prices and profit margins while working families foot the bill.
(2025-07-30). Trump's Tariff Terrorism Exposes Total Failure of Global Economic Thinking. globalresearch.ca Trump's Tariff Terrorism : | The terrorism to which we are all too accustomed involves wanton violence by one party against another, usually directed against civilians, often without warning, and with no evident purpose but to destroy or gain ascendancy and control …
(2025-07-30). Neofascism, imperialism, war and revolution in the Middle East. links.org.au 
Gilbert Achcar — US imperialism is far from dead. Instead, what we have is a mutation of US imperialism, which began not with Trump, but with Biden and the war in Gaza.
(2025-07-30). Groups Sue to Compel Trump Admin to Release Info on Detention of Immigrants at Guantánamo. indybay.org Hundreds denied due process and held in abusive conditions as administration plans to send thousands more to infamous prison site…
(2025-07-30). Trump administration to burn $10 million in contraceptives meant for global aid. nationofchange.org Despite offers to deliver them at no cost, the Trump administration is incinerating nearly $10 million in contraceptives—enough to cover years of reproductive health needs in low-income countries—as part of a broader rollback of U.S. foreign aid programs.
(2025-07-30). Trump may skip South Africa G20 summit, cites policy disapproval. newarab.com 
(2025-07-30). US-EU trade pact — like Japan's — a Potemkin illusion. asiatimes.com 
TOKYO — Donald Trump's European shakedown, err "trade deal," has leaders across the globe reappraising their options as the August 1 drop-dead date for the US tariffs looms. Because, on paper, the 15% tariff that Europe accepted from the Trump 2.0 White House is lower than the feared 30%, Brussels is claiming victory. After the …
(2025-07-30). Russian air strikes kill 19 in Ukraine. tribune.com.pk 
Russian air strikes on southeastern Ukraine killed at least 19 people overnight, officials said on Tuesday, hours after US President Donald Trump said he would shorten a deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to make peace. | Sixteen people were killed and dozens wounded when Russia bombed a prison in the front-line Zaporizhzhia region in an attack Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said was "deliberate". | "The Russians could not have been unaware that they were targeting civilians in that facility," he wrote on X. "And this was done after a completely clear position was voiced by the United State…
(2025-07-30). The Trump-GOP Budget Is a Dire Threat to Oregon's Patients, Hospitals, and Nurses. inequality.org
(2025-07-30). Trump's approval rating in US drops to lowest level of his second term. aljazeera.com Polls find that Americans have mixed feelings about Trump's handling of the US economy and immigration.
(2025-07-30). Trump's EPA is attacking its own power to fight climate change. grist.org 
In 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency declared that the rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
(2025-07-30). Trump's environmental policies are reshaping everyday life. Here's how. grist.org Over the last six months, Americans have been inundated with a near-constant stream of announcements from the federal government — programs shuttered, funding cut, jobs eliminated, and regulations gutted. President Donald Trump and his administration are executing a systematic dismantling of the environmental, economic, and scientific systems that underpin our society. The onslaught can feel overwhelming, opaque, or sometimes even distant, but these policies will have real effects on Americans' daily lives. | In this new guide, Grist examines the impact these changes could have, and are already having, o…
(2025-07-30). Senate GOP Ignores Whistleblowers, Appoints Trump Lawyer to Lifetime Court Seat. truthout.org Nearly every Senate Republican on Tuesday voted in favor of confirming Trump loyalist Emil Bove to a lifetime federal court seat, brushing aside whistleblowers who alleged that the Justice Department official expressed support for defying court orders and lied during his sworn judiciary committee testimony. The final Senate vote on Bove's confirmation to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for… |
(2025-07-30). Is MAHA losing its battle to make Americans healthier? gnnhd.tv 
On a Friday evening this July, the Trump administration announced it would lay off all of the health research scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency. Hundreds of investigators who try to understand how toxic pollution affects the human body would b…
(2025-07-30). Trump Tariffs and Brazilian Coffee: What to Expect After August 1. counterpunch.org 
Brazil is the world's largest coffee producer. It has been important to its national economy since the 1700s, and today it is Brazil's largest agricultural export to the United States. Even though it provides around one-third of all coffee drunk in the US, there are reasons to believe that the Trump administration has an inflated
(2025-07-30). Kremlin Dismisses Trump's Deadline Threats, Insisting Russia Has 'Certain Immunity' to US Sanctions. latintimes.com Despite Trump's escalated measures, the Kremlin appeared to remain unfazed…
(2025-07-30). 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?
(2025-07-30). Germany's Economic Hit: Von der Leyen Under Fire! thinktank.pk German politicians are seething with anger over the EU-US trade deal brokered by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen with US President Donald Trump. Announced on July 27, 2025, in Scotland, the deal imposes a 15% tariff on most EU exports to the US, while granting American goods duty-free access to European markets. This …
(2025-07-30). Tariff Man: Bringing back the Worst Excesses of the Gilded Age. juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com ) — Count on one thing: if Mark Twain, the famed American author of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, were alive today, he would certainly have written a novel about Donald Trump. After all, his 1873 novel, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, distinctly caught a nineteenth-century version of our Trumpian moment, …
(2025-07-30). We Can't Arrest Our Way Out of Homelessness. otherwords.org Punishing people for being poor doesn't make them less poor. And jailing someone who's homeless doesn't make them housed. But that's exactly what President Only affordable housing and accessible healthcare will get people off the streets so they can live a stable life. Instead, Trump's order calls for local and state governments to ticket and arrest people for living on our…
(2025-07-30). Eye on rare earths, Trump handing Myanmar to China. asiatimes.com 
The US Treasury Department's decision to lift sanctions on allies of Myanmar's military junta last Friday (July 25) marks a stark reversal of decades-long American foreign policy. These sanctions, imposed by the Biden administration on the anniversary of the 2021 coup, were a gesture of solidarity with Myanmar's pro-democracy movement and a country that has …
(2025-07-30). Senate confirms Trump lawyer Emil Bove for appeals court, pushing past whistleblower claims. whyy.org The Senate confirmed former Trump lawyer A former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, Bove was on Trump's legal team during his
(2025-07-30). Trump cuts to National Institutes of Health took more than $100M out of Pa. economy, according to local researcher. whyy.org
(2025-07-30). Is Trump a madman or a typical rich kid ecstatic about his perversions? unitedworldint.com A close look at the family history. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein To Frantz Fanon, on the centenary of his birth, for showing us the way. The widespread belief that what's happening in the United States and around the world stems from the fact that "Trump is crazy" is simplistic and banal. On the contrary, I …
(2025-07-30). Trump Attacks Science-Based Regs, Higher Education & US Workers; AI Threatens Teachers. indybay.org Pacifica's Capitalism, Race & Democracy Covers Trump Attacks Science-Based Regs, Higher Education & US Workers; AI Threatens Teachers…
(2025-07-30). How 'Making America Great Again' backfired. nationofchange.org From Europe to China, Trump's unilateral policies have often produced the opposite of their intended effects.
(2025-07-30). How "Tariff Man" is Bringing Back the Gilded Age. counterpunch.org 
Count on one thing: if Mark Twain, the famed American author of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, were alive today, he would certainly have written a novel about Donald Trump. After all, his 1873 novel, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, distinctly caught a nineteenth-century version of our Trumpian moment, tariffs and all. "They want me to go in
(2025-07-30). Complainant held for accepting bribe. tribune.com.pk 
Police have arrested a man who allegedly accepted a bribe of Rs200,000 from robbery suspects in exchange for not participating in their identification parade. | According to the police report, the case relates to FIR No. 1066/25 filed at Chak Jhumra police station. The suspects involved in the robbery were sent to jail for an official identification parade. However, the complainant, Azmat Ali, failed to appear for the procedure. | Subsequent investigations revealed that Azmat Ali had allegedly struck a deal with the accused and accepted a bribe of Rs200,000 to deliberately avoid the identification process.
(2025-07-30). Charges dropped against anti-ICE protester Alejandro Orellana. wibailoutpeople.org Los Angeles, CA — On July 29, 2025, the federal government announced the conspiracy charges against Chicano activist Alejandro Orellana were dropped — a victory for all freedom fighters in the immigrant rights movement and unions fighting against ICE terror!
(2025-07-29). Civil Rights Groups Sue Trump Admin for Information on Detention of Immigrants at Guantánamo. commondreams.org Civil rights groups today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeking information on the Trump Administration's detention of immigrants at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The move comes after the administration sent approximately 500 noncitizens to Guantánamo without due process and amid reports that it plans to detain thousands more there. Despite attempting to expand this notorious prison camp — associated at its core with torture and lawlessness — the administration is continuing to operate in secrecy about who they are sending there and why, as well as the likely terr…
(2025-07-29). The Shambolic Grifter In the Arena, Daring Greatly. commondreams.org 
As King Cheeto lies, scams, babbles and scurries to escape the furor over his pedophile bestie, some fierce unlikely heroes have emerged to call bullshit. They range from Jon Stewart's "Go ____ Yourself" choir to South Park's grifter with a "teeny tiny" talking penis to Scotland's blistering response to his unwelcome $10 million golf trip, complete with bagpipes, fish guts, glowering headlines – "CONVICTED U.S. FELON TO ARRIVE IN SCOTLAND" – and ever-splendid signs affirming, "Trump Is Still A ____."With even his red-meat, poorly educated base clamoring for an imaginary transparency, Trump continues strugglin…
(2025-07-29). Trump EPA Sabotages Climate Action With Rollbacks of Tailpipe Rules, Endangerment Finding. commondreams.org President Trump's Environmental Protection Agency today rolled back tailpipe pollution standards and rescinded the landmark scientific finding that planet-heating pollution harms public health and welfare, which is a foundation of federal climate action.Both the Biden EPA standards to reduce pollution from cars and trucks and the Obama EPA's 2009 endangerment finding were based on overwhelming scientific evidence that has only become more
(2025-07-29). Trump's Health Cabal Will Worsen US Healthcare, Risk Millions of Patient Lives. commondreams.org Only six months into his second presidential term, Donald Trump has managed to disrupt, deplete and desecrate our nation's already broken health care system, risking millions of lives.
(2025-07-29). Trump Proposes to Gut Clean Vehicle Standards and Wipe Out Climate Science. commondreams.org
(2025-07-29). When It Comes to Tariffs and Trade, Trump Is Not Playing with a Full Deck. counterpunch.org 
Trump often makes allusions to card playing when discussing his negotiations on various issues, but in the case of trade, it seems he is the one missing cards. He has a much worse hand than he imagines as he attempts to extort our trading partners into make concessions on various issues. Our trading partners benefit
(2025-07-29). We Need Good Trouble, Not Designer Protests. counterpunch.org 
Americans are mobilizing en masse against the Trump administration. First, there was "50 protests, 50 states, 1 day." Then came "Hands Off" and "No Kings." On July 17, the 50501 organizers behind these national days planned yet another slogan-driven day of action: "Good Trouble Lives On," on the fifth anniversary of John Lewis' passing. John Lewis was a legendary congressman who was famously arrested 45 times during the Civil Rights Movement for getting in "good trouble."
(2025-07-30). fake How images of hungry children finally got attention. haaretz.com CNN Jerusalem correspondent Jeremy Diamond notes that 'the power of images can sometimes move President Trump in an unexpected way' — a dynamic now playing out in his break with Netanyahu's claim that there is no starvation in Gaza: 'I see it, and you can't fake that'…