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After setback to Iran’s nuclear program, Trump expected to leverage military support in Netanyahu meeting
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet with President Donald Trump Monday, just over two weeks after Washington levied strikes against Iran’s nuclear program in support of a previous military operation carried out by Jerusalem.
But even as the pair appear to be relishing the reported success of the missions — which the Pentagon last week said had set back Tehran’s nuclear program by up to two years — several security issues remain on the table.
Here’s what to expect from the talks Monday:
IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM SET BACK TWO YEARS AFTER US STRIKES: PENTAGON
President Donald Trump is joined by Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Vice President JD Vance during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 4, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
NEW ERA OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
«We’ve entered a new era of the U.S.-Israel strategic partnership as a result of this conflict,» John Hannah, Senior Fellow at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) specializing in defense and strategy, said during a press briefing in reference to the strikes against Iran ahead of the Monday meeting.
«For the first time in history, the United States and Israel have gone to war together jointly in offensive operations against the military capabilities of a primary common adversary,» he added. «That’s a very big deal.»
Experts agree that Trump and Netanyahu are expected to address the future of U.S.-Israeli relations, not only as it relates to deterring Iran’s nuclear program, but because the Jewish leader will look to cement this level of U.S. support.
«I think he’s going to try to make that case with President Trump about what a critical ally Israel could be for the rest of his term,» JINSA President and CEO, Michael Makovsky, told reporters.
But when asked by Fox News Digital if the security experts expected the president to provide Israel with additional military aid, like B-2 bombers as some reporting has recently suggested, they were both skeptical given the sophisticated nature of the arms.
While Netanyahu will look to cement U.S. support for Israel, Trump will also be looking to leverage the aid that Washington has already provided to secure political wins at home.
HAMAS ‘SERIOUS’ ABOUT REACHING CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT BUT INSISTS ON LONG-STANDING DEMANDS
Destroyed buildings are pictured in the west of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on February 11, 2025, amid the current ceasefire deal in the war between Israel and Hamas. (Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images)
GAZA
Trump has repeatedly said he wants the war in the Gaza Strip to end and to see the return of all 50 hostages, including the two remaining Americans still held by the Hamas terrorist network, Omer Neutra and Itay Chen.
But his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, has been unable to secure a deal that both Hamas and Israel can agree to — the hiccup largely centering around the inability to find a solution that ends Israeli military operations as well as establishes a ‘day after’ plan for Gaza.
Witkoff was expected to visit Egypt for additional negotiations in the coming days, though no official travel plans have yet been announced.
Neither the White House nor the State Department confirmed with Fox News Digital whether a date would be set after Trump’s meeting with Netanyahu.
But Trump is expected to pressure his Israeli counterpart to finally end the more than 20-month-long war.
«Trump feels like, ‘I did you a solid, I participated, I bombed these sites with my B-2s — now you need to help me, and we need to finish this Gaza war already,’’» Makovsky told Fox News Digital. «I think there’s obviously leverage there.»
Makovsky said that despite the U.S.’s recent decision not to send some previously pledged aid to Ukraine, Trump is unlikely to back off aid to Israel.
«They’ve got to replenish a lot of interceptors on the air defense and a lot of munitions,» Makovsky pointed out. «I don’t see Trump holding back on that, but it does give him leverage.»
TRUMP PRESSURES ISRAEL TO END GAZA CONFLICT AS HE EYES ABRAHAM ACCORDS EXPANSION
The IDF recently announced plans to capture 75% of Gaza within two months, May 26, 2025. (Issam Rimawi/Anadolu via Getty Images | Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images | Fox News Digital)
NORMALIZATION
The creation of the Abraham Accords during his first term became a cornerstone of his presidency and a win he would like to once again advance by normalizing diplomatic ties between Israel and other Arab nations.
Some of the U.S.’s chief allies in the Middle East, like Saudi Arabia, have made clear they are uninterested in establishing ties with Jerusalem — even though they share a common foe in Iran — until Israel stops its war in Gaza.
But it will likely take more than a ceasefire to expand diplomatic ties between Jerusalem and Riyadh, which has long been critical of what it views as oppressive actions taken by Israel against Palestinians.
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The experts explained that Trump will have to walk a fine line in pressuring Netanyahu to find a solution that appeals to Arab nations, but that also appeases the Israeli president’s conservative base at home.
«It’s not just pressure on the prime minister, but the president also works with our Arab partners to make sure there’s some incentives and some rewards to the prime minister in terms of the larger region,» Hannah said. «If [Netanyahu] decides to take some bold risks in Gaza in bringing this war to a conclusion, getting back those hostages, with the full support of President Trump … then the prospect opens quite quickly, of renewed negotiations and a track for normalization with Saudi Arabia and other key states in the region.»
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Astronautas de la Crew-10 de SpaceX completaron su misión y regresaron a la Tierra tras cinco meses en la Estación Espacial Internacional
Cuatro astronautas regresaron este sábado a la Tierra tras casi cinco meses en la Estación Espacial Internacional (EEI), según informó el Centro Espacial Kennedy de la NASA. La tripulación, conformada por Anne McClain y Nichole Ayers de la NASA, Takuya Onishi de la Agencia de Exploración Aeroespacial de Japón (JAXA) y Kirill Peskov de Roscosmos, amerizó a las 8:33 horas del Pacífico estadounidense (15:33 GMT) frente a la costa de California, después de desacoplarse de la estación el viernes.
La cápsula Dragon, desarrollada por SpaceX, descendió en el océano Pacífico guiada por paracaídas, completando así la expedición tras 148 días en el laboratorio orbital. El amerizaje marcó la primera vez en casi 50 años que astronautas de NASA retornaron al Pacífico, la última ocasión había sido durante la histórica misión Apollo-Soyuz en 1975, cuando astronautas estadounidenses y soviéticos se encontraron en órbita.
Además, es la primera vez que una misión del programa de vuelos tripulados comerciales aterriza frente a las costas de California, desde que SpaceX decidió cambiar el punto de retorno de Florida a la costa oeste del país para reducir el riesgo de caída de escombros sobre áreas pobladas.
Durante su estancia en la EEI, la tripulación de la Crew-10 realizó una serie de investigaciones científicas destinadas a facilitar futuras misiones fuera de la órbita baja terrestre, según informó la NASA. Parte de esos experimentos estuvo compuesto por estudios biomédicos y tecnológicos, así como investigaciones sensibles al tiempo, tantas de ellas transportadas de regreso a la Tierra para su análisis inmediato.
La misión Crew-10 tiene una relevancia especial debido a su papel en la rotación de tripulaciones en la EEI. Según la fuente, los astronautas llegaron a la estación espacial el pasado 16 de marzo tras despegar desde el Centro Espacial Kennedy en Florida, con el objetivo de reemplazar a los tripulantes asignados previamente al fallido vuelo de demostración de la cápsula Starliner de Boeing. El prolongado fallo en el sistema del nuevo vehículo mantuvo a los astronautas Butch Wilmore y Suni Williams en la estación espacial más de nueve meses, muy por encima de la semana originalmente planeada, lo que llevó a NASA a ordenar el regreso del Starliner vacío y cambiar a la pareja a un vuelo de SpaceX.
Durante su retorno, McClain hizo referencia a “tiempos tumultuosos en la Tierra”, subrayando el valor de la cooperación internacional en la exploración espacial y la capacidad de la humanidad de trabajar unida ante desafíos globales. La comandante señaló que, tras el regreso, esperaba descansar unos días en Houston, mientras que el resto de la tripulación expresó entusiasmo por disfrutar de comodidades como duchas calientes y hamburguesas frescas, tras varios meses en el ambiente cerrado de la EEI.
Este décimo viaje operativo de SpaceX a la EEI destaca por el uso continuado de la cápsula Dragon como medio seguro de traslado entre la órbita y la superficie terrestre. La elección del Pacífico como zona de amerizaje responde a criterios de seguridad, asegurando tanto la integridad de la tripulación como la protección de las muestras científicas, muchas de ellas sumamente sensibles al tiempo y requeridas para experimentos en la Tierra apenas horas después del aterrizaje.
A esta tripulación la ha reemplazado ya la misión Crew-11, que permanecerá durante los próximos meses a bordo del laboratorio orbital, continuando con el programa de investigación de la NASA y sus socios internacionales.
(Con información de AP y EFE)
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Democrats are fighting tooth and nail to stop Texas lawmakers’ plan to redraw the state’s congressional map, but critics, including one prominent member of their own party, say they don’t exactly hold the moral high ground.
Democrat legislators have fled the state to avoid votes on redistricting, which is expected to add more Republican seats to Congress for the Lone Star State. They’re getting the rock-star treatment as they visit blue states, where several governors have vowed to gerrymander Republicans out of their own Congressional delegations in retaliation for the Texas effort.
CALIFORNIA LAUNCHES REDISTRICTING FIGHT TO ‘NULLIFY’ TEXAS GOP PLAN, WITH DEMS POISED TO GAIN 5 SEATS
Texas state lawmakers board a bus following a press conference at the DuPage County Democratic Party headquarters on August 03, 2025 in Carol Stream, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
However, Democratic strategist Julian Epstein told «Fox News Live» on Saturday that his party is not immune from criticism, as many blue states have already gerrymandered in a way that limits Republican congressional representation.
«No, I think they don’t have the moral authority, and there’s a lot of pearl-clutching going on,» he said.
Several blue states, including Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Mexico, have no Republicans in their House delegations. And many feature oddly-drawn districts, seemingly crafted to limit GOP representation.
«The Democrats don’t have clean hands here. You look at states like Massachusetts, New Jersey[…] Illinois, California, and Democrats have effectively gerrymandered Republicans out of existence,» Epstein added.
NETWORKS POUNCE ON REPUBLICAN REDISTRICTING. THEY DIDN’T CARE WHEN DEMOCRATS DID IT
J.B. Pritzker, governor of Illinois, left, and State Representative Gene Wu, a Democrat from Texas, during a news conference at the Democratic Party of DuPage County office in Carol Stream, Illinois, US, on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025.
Epstein cautioned that the nationwide redistricting battle could create a «race to the bottom,» and that leaving Republicans and Democrats in states led by the opposite parties could lead to people feeling left out of the democratic process. Epstein cited New Jersey, in which Trump garnered 46% of the vote in 2024, but Republicans only have three out of the 12 congressional seats.
Meanwhile, Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison, a Republican, told Fox News Digital on Saturday that Democrats are guilty of «total hypocrisy and faux outrage.»
«The dirty little secret is Democrats have no problem whatsoever with states redrawing their congressional maps to maximize partisan political advantage. They’re just furious that Republican states are starting to redraw their maps,» Harrison said.
TEXAS DEMOCRATS FLEE STATE TO BLOCK TRUMP-BACKED REDISTRICTING VOTE IN DRAMATIC LEGISLATIVE MOVE
California Gov. Gavin Newsom attends a press conference, July 2, 2025 in Burbank, California. (Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
«It’s because Democrat state after Democrat state, for a decade, has been gerrymandering the hell out of their congressional maps,» he said.
«Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Rhode Island, Delaware, all of these states have zero. If you’re a Republican in those Democrat states, you don’t have any voice in Congress,» he added. «And [there are] many, many more that have given you just one seat, Oregon, I think Maine and Maryland.»
In California, a special election is likely to occur in November to counteract the Texas redistricting plan.
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«We are talking about emergency measures to respond to what’s happening in Texas, and we will nullify what happens in Texas,» California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Friday with some Texas state lawmakers.
«We’ll pick up five seats with the consent of the people. And that’s the difference between the approach we’re taking and the approach they’re taking,» Newsom added. «We’re doing it on a temporary basis. We’re doing it in a fully transparent way and we’re doing it by asking the people of the state of California for their consent and support.»
Harrison explained that Texas’s redistricting push has numerous reasons behind it, including the population growth in the Lone Star state since the last census.
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