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Potential 2028 Dem contender unloads on Netanyahu, admits US-Israel ties at ‘crossroads’
Netanyahu says America has ‘no greater ally’ than Israel, reflects on Trump relationship
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks exclusively with Jacqui Heinrich about the enduring U.S.-Israel alliance. Netanyahu highlights shared values and common goals with the U.S., particularly regarding Iran’s nuclear ambitions. He also expresses concern over increasing antisemitic sentiments among younger Americans, emphasizing the historical solidarity between the two nations.
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Amid many Americans’ plummeting support for Israel, potential Democratic presidential candidate Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday took aim at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Emanuel, who is Jewish and a longtime defender of Israel, appears to have changed his tune and is now cautioning that the alliance between the U.S. and Israel «cannot stand or survive as it’s been.»
The former White House chief of staff to President Barack Obama and one-time Chicago mayor who later served as U.S. ambassador to Japan in the Biden administration, issued the tough-love message for America’s increasingly isolated ally amid its ongoing military operations in Gaza against Hamas.
His message was blunt: Unconditional U.S. support for Israel needs to end, and Israel needs to make major changes if it wants to keep America as its top ally.
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Rahm Emanuel, a potential Democratic presidential candidate and longtime defender of Israel speaks in Tel Aviv University, Israel, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (Ariel Schalit/AP Photos)
«The hard truth is that America’s silence for years has engendered the worst of your domestic politics. We’ve done you no favors by averting our eyes,» Emanuel argued during his more than 30-minute address at the University of Tel Aviv, the centerpiece of his trip to Israel this week.
And pointing to Netanyahu, Emanuel argued that America’s «unconditional support has produced a prime minister who has presumed that his strategic interests would incur no cost if he ignored America’s concerns.
«I came here from Chicago to tell you directly where things need to head if we are to maintain the historic alliance between two democracies. Without question, the alliance is at a crossroads,» he added.
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A horrific Hamas sneak attack on Oct. 7, 2023, killed roughly 1,200 people in Israel. The continued Israeli response over the past two and a half years has resulted in more than 73,000 people being killed, according to health officials in the Palestinian territory.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves for the U.S. after his visit to Hungary. (GPO)
Israel’s response has led to condemnation of the country from across the globe, including from longtime advocates for the Jewish state.
«Support for Israel is plummeting around the world. You’ve lost Europe, your biggest economic partner,» Emanuel emphasized.
«Israel has never been more strategically isolated.»
Democrats have become increasingly divided over the war in Gaza, with a growing number of politicians on the left charging that Israel’s actions against the Palestinians are «genocide» and calling for a halt to longstanding U.S. military aid to the Middle East nation.
Roughly half of Democrats questioned in a new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll said Israel had committed genocide in its war with Hamas. Meanwhile, 58% said the U.S. is «too supportive» of Israel, which is up 13 points since January.
IDF troops reenter the Gaza Strip after the collapse of the ceasefire. (IDF)
Most Republicans remain strong supporters of Israel, although there’s increasing unease among some in MAGA/America First camp.
The poll indicated a slight deterioration in support for Israel among those in the GOP, but overall only a sliver of Republicans questioned felt that Israel had committed genocide.
Emanuel called for a «new and fundamentally new approach to this alliance. … To maintain the strength of our ties, we need significant changes and a new direction.»
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And he sketched out early ideas for a new peace process.
«The now-discredited path to a ‘two-state solution’ should be replaced by a 23-state solution: The 21 Arab nations that have exploited Palestinian rights as a slogan for decades now need to roll up their sleeves and stand up a governing authority capable of accepting the historic Jewish connection to this land,» Emanuel proposed.
«If Israel made peace with 21 … Arab nations, that would be your greatest day and Iran’s worst nightmare.»
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Emanuel’s proposals include sanctioning Israelis who attack Palestinian civilians and property, along with companies and banks that support Israeli settlements in the West Bank that most of the international community consider illegal.
He also called for ending U.S. subsidies to Israel’s defense budget, arguing the country «should be able to buy American arms under the same financial terms, the same restrictions and the same requirements as every other trusted ally that abides by our laws.»
For Emanuel, long known as a moderate who has clashed with the left-wing faction of his party, the speech appeared to be an attempt to find what he’s described as a realistic middle ground.
His message: «Those chanting ‘from the river to the sea’ need to hear this: You will never have your way.
«Those calling for a greater Israel, you need to hear this: You will never have your way, either. Both of them are fantasies chanted by fanatics that lead to perpetual endless conflict.»
Former U.S. Ambassador Rahm Emanuel, a former Chicago mayor who served as White House chief of staff in President Barack Obama’s administration and a former U.S. House member, speaks at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics March 30, 2026, in Manchester, N.H. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Netanyahu, who years ago famously slammed Emanuel as a «self-hating Jew,» had yet to respond to the speech at the time this report posted.
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Emanuel, who has been crisscrossing the country this year as he considers a presidential bid, has made two stops in New Hampshire, which has traditionally held the first primary in the White House race.
He has also made trips to two other crucial early primary election states — Nevada and South Carolina.
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President Donald Trump is turning the stalled SAVE America Act into a leverage fight on Capitol Hill, tying the bill to unrelated Republican priorities as the party races to use its congressional majorities before the midterms.
The fight now stretches across defense spending, housing legislation, Senate primary politics and the filibuster, as Trump pushes Republicans to move the stalled elections bill before the party’s midterm window narrows.
The latest pressure point came Tuesday, when Trump tied the stalled elections bill to a proposed «Reconciliation 3.0» package seeking $350 billion in new defense spending.
«The SAVE AMERICA ACT, which everyone is asking for, paired with the full funding of our Great Department of War, can be passed, very quickly, ensuring that the United States of America stays FREE for Generations to come,» Trump wrote on Truth Social Tuesday.
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President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 6, 2025. (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The SAVE America Act includes Trump’s long-sought voter ID and citizenship verification, which has faced obstacles in the Senate. Trump has warned about the need for voter ID laws for years, including from the 2016 campaign trail.
In late June, Trump announced a last-minute cancellation of the signing of the 21st Century ROAD Act of Housing, while issuing an ultimatum to get the SAVE Act passed.
The housing bill had bipartisan support and would have expanded the supply of homes and lower costs while also giving individual buyers a leg up by banning large institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes.
The cancellation came as a shock to members on both sides of the aisle, with Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins saying the decision «made no sense,» while Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Trump refused to sign at the «11th hour.»
«The SAVE America Act has always been a top priority for President Trump, and it remains one. This is commonsense legislation, supported by the vast majority of Americans, that will secure our elections for generations to come,» White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told Fox News Digital.
«The president knows how critical this issue is for the American people, and he will not stop fighting until it is passed,» Jackson added.
Democratic lawmakers have argued the SAVE Act would create unnecessary barriers for eligible voters, disenfranchising them.
«In fact, he won’t sign our bipartisan bill to finally bring relief to the housing market until he gets his SAVE Act to rig the midterms and kick millions of American citizens off the voter rolls. America First,» said New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, referencing the housing act.
«Donald Trump thinks that passing a voter suppression law is the most important thing for our country,» posted House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on X.
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People complete their ballots. (REBECCA DROKE/AFP via Getty Images)
The SAVE Act also became entangled in the Texas Senate fight between Attorney General Ken Paxton and incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, where the filibuster and Trump’s endorsement became part of the same pressure campaign.
Texas Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton previously sounded the alarm on the importance of getting the bill passed during his campaign in March.
«I would consider dropping out of this race if Senate Leadership agrees to lift the filibuster and passes the SAVE America Act,» he wrote on X at the time.
Cornyn declined to back the SAVE Act even as he signaled he could reconsider his longtime support for the filibuster, sharpening the Texas primary pressure before Trump ultimately endorsed Paxton.
Trump also diverted his attention back to the SAVE Act in another move to push his immigration agenda after a Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship.
After the Supreme Court ruled that children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are citizens at birth under the 14th Amendment, Trump turned back to the SAVE Act as part of his broader immigration and elections push.
«The Supreme Court upheld Birthright Citizenship, which is too bad for our Country, but we can easily make it up in Congress through Legislation, with the support of the President, that has now been determined during this process,» Trump wrote on Truth Social at the time.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks at a press conference with other members of Senate Republican leadership following a policy luncheon in Washington, D.C., on October 28, 2025. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Senate Majority Leader John Thune has cast doubt on the bill’s path forward, saying Republicans do not have the 60 votes needed to overcome a Democratic filibuster.
Trump has pushed Senate Republicans to change the rules and pass the bill by a simple majority, while pressing Democrats to publicly defend their reliance on the filibuster.
Trump has sounded the alarm that the SAVE Act may never pass if it doesn’t cross the finish line before November.
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Republicans and administration officials have joined Trump’s crusade by using their speaking engagements to help push the SAVE Act.
Vice President JD Vance said by passing the legislation to get voter ID, Republicans will stop talking about election fraud.
«We are the only advanced democracy anywhere in the entire world that doesn’t require you to show a voter ID to vote. It’s simple. Just give us election integrity laws, give us voter ID, and then we will have the confidence to say the American people, there’s no cheating,» said Vance. «So stop it and give the American people voter ID.»
The Senate is scheduled to return from its Independence Day recess the week of July 13.
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Pitones birmanas invasoras bajo la lupa: científicos extraen huevos para salvar el ecosistema de los Everglades en Florida
Un grupo de especialistas de la Universidad de Florida realizó la extracción de una puesta de huevos de pitón birmana en los Everglades el 30 de junio de 2026.
La acción, informada por el Miami Herald, tuvo como objetivo impedir la eclosión de decenas de serpientes invasoras y obtener datos clave sobre la reproducción, selección de nidos y comportamiento de esta especie, considerada una amenaza grave para el ecosistema local.
La operación se llevó a cabo cerca de Weston, en el sur de Florida. Participaron científicos del programa Croc Docs y del South Florida Water Management District.
El éxito del operativo dependió de un rastreador GPS implantado previamente en la hembra. Desde que el programa de monitoreo comenzó en 2022, el equipo confió en la tecnología para localizar nidos en zonas inaccesibles, una táctica que transformó la gestión de esta plaga.
Brandon Welty, biólogo y coordinador de investigación sobre especies invasoras, relató que el nido no se distinguía entre la vegetación, pero el dispositivo permitió al equipo llegar justo al sitio necesario.
La expedición involucró a Jenna Cole, científica del South Florida Water Management District, y a su pasante Sophia Buller.
El acceso no fue sencillo: sin senderos, los investigadores avanzaron entre árboles bajos y matorrales, siguiendo únicamente las coordenadas del rastreador.
Una vez localizado el nido, procedieron a extraer la puesta para su estudio en laboratorio y posterior eliminación, con el fin de evitar que la población de pitones siga creciendo de manera descontrolada.
Welty detalló que “el seguimiento nos permite saber cuándo una hembra llega al sitio y estimar con precisión cuándo depositó los huevos. Retiramos la puesta antes de que eclosione y así obtenemos datos ambientales y reproductivos que ayudan a entender las condiciones que favorecen la expansión de la especie”.
La pitón birmana, originaria del sudeste asiático, alteró gravemente la cadena alimentaria de los Everglades tras décadas de expansión.
Su reproducción acelerada y la falta de depredadores naturales en la región facilitaron su proliferación. El trabajo de campo de la Universidad de Florida aspira a detener este avance y a la vez generar información útil para futuras políticas públicas.
Eric Suarez, coordinador del programa Croc Docs, afirmó que la captura manual sigue siendo el método más eficiente para retirar estos reptiles. El uso de rastreadores y la recolección de datos ambientales permite a cazadores y agencias perfeccionar sus intervenciones.
A esta labor se sumó la toma de muestras de sangre de la hembra, una línea de investigación destinada a analizar la presencia de microplásticos en las pitones, según publicó el Miami Herald.
El rastreo implementado en la serpiente posibilita observar patrones de apareamiento, movimientos y conducta, información esencial para anticipar la expansión de la invasora.
Welty reconoció que uno de los puntos de sutura del rastreador se soltó durante la revisión, pero optó por no intervenir de inmediato, considerando el estado de la serpiente tras la incubación: “Están deshidratadas y con el sistema inmunitario debilitado, así que preferimos dejarla y que cicatrice por sí sola”.
El operativo no contempló el sacrificio de la serpiente madre. Tal y como explicó Welty, la hembra fue devuelta a su hábitat tras el retiro de la puesta. De acuerdo con Miami Herald, las imágenes del procedimiento muestran todas las etapas: extracción del nido, toma de muestras y liberación del animal.
La intervención perseguía dos metas principales: impedir el nacimiento de nuevos ejemplares y aportar información relevante para el diseño de estrategias de manejo ambiental en Florida.
El análisis de los huevos y las condiciones del nido permitirá identificar factores que favorecen la reproducción y supervivencia de la pitón birmana. El programa Croc Docs perfeccionó el uso de rastreadores y técnicas de captura desde 2022, consolidando estos métodos como herramientas esenciales en la lucha contra una de las especies invasoras más problemáticas del estado.
La puesta retirada representa un paso concreto para frenar el aumento de la pitón birmana en los Everglades, una de las reservas naturales más emblemáticas de Estados Unidos. El trabajo científico continúa, con el propósito de desarrollar medidas más precisas y eficaces para restaurar el equilibrio ecológico de la región.
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Drone offensive hits Russian oil tankers and refineries at ‘industrial scale’ as Moscow bans diesel exports
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Ukraine launched one of its broadest recent drone offensives against Russia’s maritime and energy networks this week, claiming strikes on 21 vessels in three days as attacks on major refineries deep inside Russia intensified pressure on Moscow’s fuel supplies.
The wave of attacks offered a striking display of Ukraine’s growing long-range capabilities.
On Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met President Donald Trump at the NATO summit in Ankara, where Trump said the United States would allow Ukraine to manufacture Patriot air-defense interceptors and the two leaders discussed a potential drone agreement.
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Drone footage shows fire and smoke rising from, what the Rostov region Governor said, was an empty oil tanker, following Ukraine’s overnight drone attacks on Russia, confirmed by the Ukrainian military, at a place given as the Sea of Azov, in this screengrab from a handout video released on July 8, 2026. (Commander of Unmanned Aerial Systems Force/Handout via REUTERS )
Zelenskyy made air defense his top priority during the bilateral meeting and said the two governments had also begun working on a separate drone agreement.
«Air defense is the priority,» Zelenskyy said. He described the emerging drone deal as «a very good beginning» and said he hoped to discuss additional details with Trump.
The timing allowed Zelenskyy to arrive at the summit with evidence that Ukraine’s domestic drone industry can threaten Russian assets far beyond the conventional battlefield.
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U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy alongside the NATO leaders summit at the Bestepe Presidential Compound, in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026 (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Trump praised Zelenskyy as «very effective» and credited Ukrainian forces with successfully operating American weapons against Russia’s much larger military.
«He’s had the best equipment because he had our equipment,» Trump said. «But somebody has to use that equipment. And you have a lot of brave people that are using that equipment.»
Ukraine is increasingly forcing Russia to defend refineries, airfields, shipping routes and other infrastructure far beyond the front. Kyiv has not achieved a comparable breakthrough in the grinding ground campaign, and Russia continues to bombard Ukrainian cities. But repeated long-range strikes have begun disrupting fuel production and maritime logistics while imposing costs on parts of Russia that were once largely insulated from the fighting.
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Black smoke billows from the area of Gazprom Neftâs Moscow oil refinery, located on the southeastern outskirts of Moscow, on June 18, 2026, following what the Russian capital’s mayor described as a large-scale drone attack by Ukraine. (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
On Tuesday, Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces said nine Russian-linked vessels were struck in the Sea of Azov on Wednesday, bringing the number targeted over 72 hours to 21.
Commander Robert «Magyar» Brovdi said the targets included 19 oil tankers, a cargo ship and a ferry operating near Russian-occupied Crimea, according to East2West news agency. He described the campaign against the fleet as reaching an «industrial scale.»
Ukrainian and Russian officials confirmed that the overnight offensive targeted tankers, refineries, pipeline facilities and a military airfield across several Russian regions.
Ukraine says many of the vessels were part of Russia’s so-called shadow fleet and were being used to transport fuel to Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula Moscow seized and illegally annexed in 2014.
In this photo taken by an anonymous source, smoke rises from oil storage facilities hit by fire in Bryansk, Russia, on April 25. (AP)
The maritime strikes were accompanied by attacks on the Saratov refinery and energy facilities in the Russian regions of Tatarstan and Bashkortostan. Russian authorities said one person was killed in Saratov.
Ukraine also said it struck the Borisoglebsk military airfield in Russia’s Voronezh region. The base has been used by Russian combat aircraft involved in attacks against Ukraine, according to Kyiv.
The latest wave followed a Ukrainian strike Monday on the Omsk refinery in Siberia, approximately 1,700 miles from Ukrainian-controlled territory. The facility is Russia’s largest oil refinery and processed about 460,000 barrels of crude per day last year, according to Reuters.
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Two industry sources subsequently told Reuters that the Omsk facility had halted oil processing following the attack.
The disruption comes as parts of Russia face gasoline and diesel shortages attributed in part to repeated Ukrainian attacks on refineries and fuel depots.
Long lines have formed at filling stations in several cities, while some regions have introduced purchasing restrictions. Russia announced Wednesday that it was temporarily banning diesel exports through July 31 to protect domestic supplies.
Smoke and flames rise over Moscow on June 18, 2026, following a Ukrainian drone attack that hit the Kapotnya oil refinery and other targets in the Russian capital. (East2West)
The shortages have become one of the most visible ways the war is reaching ordinary Russians.
Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Kremlin-funded RT network, acknowledged the hardships during an appearance on Russian state television and urged Russians not to respond by challenging the country’s leadership.
«There is no petrol,» Simonyan said in a translated clip distributed by regional media.
Recalling food rationing after the collapse of the Soviet Union, she said: «We endured it. And we will endure it now.»
Simonyan argued that Russia’s enemies wanted the population to react as it had during the 1917 revolution and «run off to overthrow» the czar.
«Yes, it is hard, yes, very hard,» she said, urging Russians to remain calm.
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The pressure on Russia’s energy infrastructure formed the backdrop to Zelenskyy’s Wednesday meeting with Trump at the Beştepe Presidential Compound.
Russia continued its bombardment of Ukraine during the summit, striking Kyiv and other cities with missiles and drones. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said storage facilities were burning in the capital’s Desnyanskyi district and reported another fire in the Sviatoshynskyi district.
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