Please read NPR's Anas Baba's devastating first-hand account of the nightmare quest for food in Gaza npr.org/2025/07/06/g-s…

'There were three green laser dots on my head: private armed U.S. contractors who were guarding the site were pointing their weapons at my head. One spoke through a loudspeaker, in English: "No filming allowed."' npr.org/2025/07/06/g-s…

I reached out to DHS for comment and they declined, telling me the “operation is ongoing.” latimes.com/california/sto…

James Elder, UNICEF spokesperson, on what he saw in Gaza

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“The application was abysmal… it was sorely lacking real content,” a source familiar told me. Read our new exclusive reporting on how an internal government assessment shows officials raised “critical concerns” about GHF. ⬇️

NEW: "A senior ICE official testified that the agency assembled a team in early 2025 to investigate student protestors. The team—referred to internally as the “Tiger Team”—rapidly compiled over 100 reports based on a list of 5,000 people identified on the Canary Mission website."

this confirms what academics and students told Sophie Hurwitz in this piece: it seemed clear, to them, the government was using Canary Mission

Now leading HuffPost: My scoop on Trump slapping sanctions on UN expert Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt for helping the International Criminal Court (ICC) probe Israel's US-backed offensive in Gaza — while he hosts Benjamin Netanyahu, the target of an ICC arrest warrant. huffpost.com/entry/francesc…

IDF strike kills Gazan children awaiting food supplements, health officials say. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/…

NEW: Mahmoud Khalil just filed a $20M damages claim against the Trump admin, alleging it terrorized his family and smeared him as an antisemite for political gain. He spoke with us about the filing, and the moments of bliss and anguish since his release apnews.com/article/mahmou…

I don't think this story has gotten as much attention as it deserves: washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Media outlets can't pivot to AI to save themselves. It's not a business strategy and it won't work. The only path forward is for journalists to lean into their humanity, to do things AI can't, and to make clear they are writing for people, not algorithms: 404media.co/the-medias-piv…

Israeli settlers smash in the back window of a CNN team's vehicle

SCOOP: The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE propublica.org/article/trump-…

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee calls settler killing of American Saif Musallet a "criminal and terrorist act." Asked Israel to "aggressively investigate." Note: Not just settlers, Israeli forces also blocked ambulances from Saif. Trump had removed sanctions on settlers.

‘I already want to cry.’ Undocumented parents prepare for the unthinkable: Giving up their kids latimes.com/california/sto…

Latest for The Associated Press: ICE officials will have access to all 79 million Medicaid enrollees' personal data, including addresses and ethnicities, according to an extraordinary agreement signed on Monday. w/ kimberly kindy apnews.com/article/immigr…

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