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Monday, August 11, 2025 ■ Today's Top News  Over 100 Children Have Died of Severe Hunger Amid Israeli Siege: Gaza Health Ministry "People are being starved, children are being killed, families have lost everything," said the United Nations agency for Palestinian Refugees. By Brad Reed 'Playing With Fire': Gavin Newsom Warns Trump He Will Wipe California GOP Off the Map "If you will not stand down I will be forced to lead an effort to redraw the maps in California to offset the rigging of maps in red states," said Newsom. By Brad Reed Most of Trump's Net Worth Comes From 'Crypto Empire': Report According to an investigation by Accountable.US, 73% of Trump's net worth may now come from crypto, which his administration is working to dramatically deregulate. By Stephen Prager Trump Says 'Other Cities Are Hopefully Watching' as He Deploys National Guard, Takes Over DC Police "The administration's actions are unprecedented, unnecessary, and unlawful," declared Washington, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb. By Brad Reed US More Isolated Than Ever as Australia Says It Will Recognize Palestinian Statehood "Australia's decision helps build the historic global momentum to break the cycle of violence in the Middle East," said Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong. By Jake Johnson 'Blatant and Premeditated Attack on Press Freedom': Israel Assassinates Five Gaza Journalists "Israel isn't just assassinating journalists but attacking journalism itself by preventing the documentation of genocide." By Jake Johnson JOIN THE MOVEMENT As a people-powered nonprofit news outlet, we cover the issues the corporate media never will. Your contribution supports this bold media model—free, independent, and dedicated to reporting the facts every day. Stand with us in the fight for economic equality, social justice, human rights, and a more sustainable future. JOIN WITH US TODAY ■ More News Reporters Without Borders Urges UN Action After Israel Massacres Gaza Journalists 'Cover-Up of a Cover-Up': Lawsuit Accuses Trump State Dept of Hiding Human Rights Violation Records US Appeals Court Blocks Maine's Voter-Approved Ban on Overseas Corporate Money in Elections Rail Workers Warn Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger Would 'Simply Line the Pockets of Wall Street' VIEW ALL NEWS ■ Opinion Open Letter to Israel Foreign Minister Sa’ar The great threat to Israel’s survival is not the Arab nations, the Palestinians, or Iran, but the policies of Israel’s extremist government. By Jeffrey D. Sachs ‘Do Not Forget Gaza’: The Last Words of a Martyred Journalist I urge you not to let chains silence you, nor borders restrain you. Be bridges toward the liberation of the land and its people, until the sun of dignity and freedom rises over our stolen homeland. By Anas Al-Sharif Nations Must Act Directly to Stop Israel's Genocide in Gaza The nightmare in Gaza has been unfolding for 22 months and during this entire time Israel’s savage use of violence and its punishment of innocent Palestinians has been unrelenting. Rhetoric and condemnation are not enough. By James Zogby The Democratic Party Must Change If It Wants to Defeat Trumpism The old mid-century world is gone. If the Democratic Party, and the country, want to survive, they need to wake up and choose what they want the next world to look like. Then they need to start fighting for it. By Max Moran VIEW ALL OPINION

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