(2025-07-04). Elon Musk revives third party idea after 'One Big Beautiful Bill' passes. aljazeera.com The billionaire Tesla founder has clashed with President Donald Trump over the bill's increase to the US deficit.
(2025-07-04). Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' is class war. liberationnews.org 
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act represents the single largest upward wealth transfer in U.S. history.
(2025-07-04). Europe Puts Social Programs on Chopping Block to Appease Trump on NATO Funding. scheerpost.com Donald Trump, president of the United States of America, holds a press conference of the NATO Summit 2025 in The Hague. Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, CC BY-SA 4.0 In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible
(2025-07-04). Diplomacy Watch: Staring down the barrel of a summer offensive. responsiblestatecraft.org 
(2025-07-04). How Donald Trump's spending bill could kick US deportations into overdrive. aljazeera.com Advocates say the bill would deliver an infusion of cash to deportation efforts, as communities struggle with arrests.
(2025-07-04). Middle East in Crisis. M. K. Bhadrakumar. globalresearch.ca Trump's options are limited. He is insisting that the air strikes of June 22 "obliterated" Iran's nuclear sites. That is to say, the Iranian bomb is no longer a compelling reality.
(2025-07-04). Will Bibi Ask Trump to Nuke Iran? Ritter Says "Yes." Mike Whitney. globalresearch.ca You can usually tell which side won a war by simply observing 'what happens' after the hostilities end. Following the announcement of a ceasefire between Iran and Israel, millions of Iranians poured onto the streets of Tehran, chanting patriotic songs …
(2025-07-04). Trump-Kennedy attacks on vaccines and public health will kill millions globally. wsws.org Three simultaneous withdrawals—from the World Health Organization, USAID and the Gavi vaccine alliance—represent a coordinated abandonment of America's role in global health leadership with devastating consequences for the world's most vulnerable populations.
(2025-07-04). Not just Gaza: Netanyahu-Trump meeting set to impact the ntire Middle East. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – As U.S. President Donald Trump gets ready to welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House on Monday, the Middle East is preparing for what officials are describing as a potentially historic statement. According to Israeli sources, the two presidents might announce a truce in Gaza in addition to more extensive regional agreements involving nearby Arab nations.The Washington Post reports that Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon called the meeting "extremely significant," highlighting its strategic importance for Gaza and the region at large. Danon emphasized that the proposed…
(2025-07-04). Trump to sign massive tax cuts, debt-boosting bill Friday after narrow House win. geo.tv 
President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, US, February 10, 2025.— ReutersBill to add $3.4 trillion to US debt over a decade.Contains many of Trump's top domestic priorities.Dem Jeffries sets record with defiant 8-hr,…
(2025-07-04). New week, Trump and Netanyahu will meet at the White House to plan their 'New Middle East'. mondoweiss.net 
On Monday, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu will meet to discuss the next steps in their plan to reshape the Middle East. Their vision includes expanding normalization, disarming adversaries, and ending any Palestinian aspirations for freedom.
(2025-07-04). Trump signs his tax and spending cut bill at the White House July 4 picnic. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? President Donald Trump signed his package of tax breaks and spending cuts into law Friday after his cajoling produced almost unanimous Republican support in Congress for the domestic priority that could cement his second-term legacy. | Flanked by Republican legislators and members of his Cabinet, Trump signed the multitrillion-dollar legislation outside the White House, and then banged down the gavel that House Speaker Mike Johnson gifted him that was used during the bill's…
(2025-07-04). July 4, 2025: Trump, the oligarchy and the American counter-revolution. wsws.org As the United States begins the 250th year of its existence, it is in the throes of a political, social, intellectual and cultural counterrevolution.
(2025-07-04). Canada's Liberal government lashes out against the working class. wsws.org Canada's ruling class is rushing to implement massive military spending hikes and Trump-like socio-economic policies, using his bullying as the cover to push through changes for which it has long agitated.
(2025-07-04). Paramount reaches $16M settlement with Trump over '60 Minutes' interview. CPJ Staff
(2025-07-04). Trump & Bin Salman: opt for the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine. onlineopinion.com.au HKOPS… trumps the 'Palestinian state peaceful card' pursued unsuccessfully by the United Nations for the last 58 years.
(2025-07-04). Ron Kovic: A Dangerous Country: An American Elegy. scheerpost.com President Donald Trump watches as the American flag is raised on the newly-installed flagpole on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok) | In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible By Ron Kovic / Original to ScheerPost | A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every…
(2025-07-04). Stateless Palestinian Ward Sakeik released after five months in ICE custody. wsws.org Ward Sakeik, a 22-year-old stateless Palestinian, was released from ICE customer late Tuesday just two days after the Trump administration failed to illegally deport her to a third country for a second time.
(2025-07-04). The Trump Team's Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past. juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com ) — In early June, the Washington Post published a follow-up to earlier stories on a Trump administration plan to remove thousands of photographs from Defense Department websites because of "DEI-related content." Illustrated with more than a dozen samples of the targeted photos (which…
(2025-07-04). Trump cuts Vietnam tariffs to 20%. ecns.cn U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a 20 percent tariff on all imports from Vietnam — a move that, coupled with a 40 percent levy on transshipments — may put renewed pressure on Asian economies, analysts say.
(2025-07-04). Benjamin Netanyahu Is Coming to Town Again. globalresearch.ca Benjamin Netanyahu is on his way for his third visit to Washington during the first six months of the second term of President Donald Trump. Bibi requested the visit because he clearly wants something and he never likes to …
(2025-07-04). Isn't it terrible? Trump confessed how he calls his wife Melania before going to bed — DM. eadaily.com US President Donald Trump has revealed the nickname he calls his wife Melania every night before going to bed. This is reported by the English Daily Mail.
(2025-07-04). Putin and Trump Talk Ukraine, Iran, Syria, and Space in Wide-Ranging Call. defenddemocracy.press Jul 3, 2025 Putin and Trump held a phone conversation. Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov said they discussed the following: Putin informed Trump about the progress of implementing the Istanbul agreements between Russia and Ukraine. Putin told Trump that Russia continues to seek a negotiated solution to the Ukrainian conflict. He informed Trump that Russia will not …
(2025-07-04). Netanyahu returns, but question remains, is it triumphantly? responsiblestatecraft.org 
On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will arrive in Washington for his third visit of Trump's second term. Today also marks 21 months of Israel's war on Gaza. The purpose of the visit remains unclear, and speculation abounds: will Trump and Netanyahu announce a real ceasefire in Gaza? Will Syria join the Abraham Accords? Or might Trump greenlight even broader Israeli action against Iran?Before Netanyahu's visit, Trump
(2025-07-04). 'No Kings' in Mount Airy: Northwest Philadelphia residents explore history on Fourth of July. whyy.org 
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? The Mount Airy section of Philadelphia traveled back in time to celebrate the Fourth of July with a public reading of the Declaration of Independence. | More than 200 people surrounded the exterior of the High Point Cafe next to the Richard Allen Lane Train Station. | Speakers wore 18th century-style costumes, drawing what they said are similarities between the colonial-era actions of King George III and the policies of President Donald Trump. | "It's really shocking to me t…
(2025-07-04). Activists in Mexico rally against incoming Trump's anti-immigration policies. presstv.ir Migrant rights groups in Mexico demonstrated against the proposed anti-immigration measures of US President-elect Donald Trump.
(2025-07-04). The Madmen Behind the Israel/US-Iran War. counterpunch.org 
It has now been more than 30 years since the butcher of Auschwitz Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu, warned the world that Iran would soon acquire nuclear weapons. In 1992, in an address to the Israeli Knesset, he stated: "Within three to five years, we can assume that Iran will become autonomous in its ability to develop and produce a nuclear bomb." He repeated the warning and whispered the need to invade Iran in the ears of every US president ever since. The warnings became louder after Al Qaeda attacked the US. The Jerusalem Post reported on September 12, 2001, that "Netanyahu warned last night that the attack could be…
(2025-07-04). Rep. Fitzpatrick voted against Trump's 'big beautiful bill.' How does his vote complicate Bucks County's midterm race? whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? President Donald Trump's spending and tax bill Trump's "big beautiful" bill
(2025-07-04). House passes Trump bill, which robs working people to give tax cuts for the super-rich. wsws.org The bill cuts taxes for the wealthy by $3 trillion, slashes more than $1 trillion from social spending on Medicaid and food stamps and pours $300 billion more into military violence abroad and domestic repression, particularly against immigrants.
(2025-07-04). Between Two Enemies: Syria's Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts. juancole.com 
( Aljumhuriya ) — Even as a ceasefire has, for now, calmed tensions between Israel and Iran, Trump's decision to officially join Israel's war effort has been illuminating on a multitude of fronts. In particular, it revealed how quickly Iran was able to cultivate global support for its sovereignty and multiple calls for restraint, particularly …
(2025-07-04). Trump-GOP budget bill would give top 1% over $1 trillion in tax breaks, analysis finds. nationofchange.org New ITEP study shows a sweeping Republican measure delivers nearly seventy percent of its benefits to the wealthiest households while gutting Medicaid.
(2025-07-04). How Donald Trump's Economic Policies, Including Uncertainty Around Tariffs, Are Damaging The US Economy. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Donald Trump set a deadline of July 9 2025 for trade deals to be made before he hits some of the world's biggest economies with his controversial tariffs. It's impossible …
(2025-07-04). 'I've never heard that': Trump denies knowingly using anti-Semitic term. aljazeera.com The US president used a term some consider a slur while speaking at a rally in Iowa for his America250 celebration.
(2025-07-04). Trump-Putin call fails to break Ukraine deadlock. geo.tv 
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump. — AFP/FileWASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a phone call earlier in the day with Vladimir Putin resulted in no progress at all on efforts to end the war in Ukraine, while a Kremlin aide…
(2025-07-04). US Imperialist War Against Haiti. counterpunch.org The Trump administration on June 27 announced that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) applying to half a million Haitians living in the United States will end on September 2. That total includes 300,000 people who, having fled unrest and violence, gained TPS in June 2024 under the Biden administration; 200,000 other Haitians who entered following a
(2025-07-04). 'Un-American,' 'Help people already here'- birthright citizenship debate divides NY. presstv.ir With the new administration of Trump rolling out immediate policy pushes on immigration, reaction on the street ran the gamut from horror to firm support.
(2025-07-04). Trump-GOP Budget Bill Will Give Top 1% Over $1 Trillion in Tax Breaks: Analysis. scheerpost.com President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson. Office of Congressman Mike Johnson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons | In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible By Jake Johnson / An analysis released Thursday estimates that the Republican le…
(2025-07-04). The Politics of the Street-Corner Wiseass. counterpunch.org The Politics of Street Corner Wise-Ass Joseph Natoli Assessing the damage President Donald J. Trump's street corner smart ass politics has done begins first with defining the domain. National and International, surely. On the national scene, with a phony warrant declaring "waste, fraud and abuse," he's taking down "The Deep State," that dark imagined fortress
(2025-07-04). 'Hideous and revolting' — Frederick Douglass on U.S. slavery. workers.org 
The following excerpts are from the powerful speech entitled "What to the slave is 4th of July," made by Frederick Douglass, the great African-American abolitionist who escaped from slavery, at an independence day rally in Rochester, New York, on July 5, 1852. In light of Trump's racist attacks on "Diversity, . . . |
(2025-07-04). Video: Trump Bombs Iran. James Corbett. globalresearch.ca Last weekend Trump ordered the US military to strike three nuclear facilities in Iran. Was this the opening salvo of WWIII? Or was it just a brief exchange in a 12-day war? What does this mean? Why did it happen? …
(2025-07-04). Philadelphia's Fourth of July celebrations clash with striking municipal city workers. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Philadelphia celebrated the Fourth of July against a backdrop of At the Celebration of Freedom Ceremony near Independence Hall, Mayor Cherelle Parker said it was a "challenging time for our city right now" and pledged to work with unio…
(2025-07-04). Philly's Betsy Ross House celebrates the Fourth of July with Patriotic Pets Parade. whyy.org 
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? The Betsy Ross House kicked off its Fourth of July celebrations with its Patriotic Pet Parade, inviting Old City and Philly residents to show off their furry — and some scaly — friends. | Nearly 30 pets took over the Betsy Ross Courtyard to compete in categories such as "best dressed," "crowd favorite" and "most patriotic pet." | "Of course Flag Day is important to us, but this truly is my favorite day of the year, because it's so much fun," said Lisa Acker Mould…