Morning Digest
25 stories from 4 sources, 160 more held back.
Netanyahu nixes Trump’s Gaza peace plan (VIDEO). Israel has rejected US President Donald Trump’s 15-point peace plan for Gaza and will not withdraw troops from the Palestinian enclave until Hamas is completely disarmed, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. The roadmap was published last month as part of efforts by the Trump-led Board of Peace to end the Gaza conflict.
The signing of the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan may eventually be remembered as one of the more consequential geopolitical developments to emerge from the current Middle Eastern crisis.
Russian drones strike Ukrainian troops at key Donbass stronghold (GRAPHIC VIDEO). The Russian Defense Ministry released footage on Sunday showing drone operators disrupting a Ukrainian troop rotation in a key sector of the front line in the northern part of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
From Communist to ‘Messiah’: The bizarre story of how one woman led hundreds to Kiev to meet the apocalypse. All the residents of the post-Soviet space are familiar with the ‘90s phenomenon’. After the collapse of the USSR, the lives of hundreds of millions of people changed suddenly and irrevocably.
The latest migration crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta offers a revealing glimpse into the European Union’s changing relationship with the world beyond its borders. At the same time, it shows just how different today’s politics are from the future many imagined only a generation ago.
The EU cannot fast-track Ukraine’s membership bid as allowing such a large and corrupt country into the bloc would make a “mockery of the entire project,” a senior diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity told the Financial Times for an article published on Friday.
The Pentagon is pressing US arms makers to accelerate production as the ongoing war with Iran depletes critical weapons stockpiles, the Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing a Department of War memo to industry leaders.
A German journalist asked Vladimir Zelensky at a press conference in Belgrade how Europeans could help Kiev “kill more Russians,” prompting Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to raise his eyebrows in apparent disbelief. The provocative question came from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung correspondent Michael Martens during a joint press conference following Zelensky’s talks with Vucic on Saturday.
BEDMINSTER, N.J. -- Joaquín Niemann closed with a 2-under 69 Sunday for a three-shot victory in LIV Golf New York, extending his record with his ninth career victory in the last three years. Jon Rahm shot 76 and tied for 41st, but that still was enough to clinch the season points title for the third straight time since the two-time major champion joined LIV Golf.
Koepka carded an even-par 70 in Sunday's final round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, and was tied for 68th at 3 under. The former world No. 1 golfer is projected to finish 94th in the FedEx Cup standings. The top 70 golfers will play in next week's FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee, the first leg of the playoffs.
"On Sunday morning our beloved husband, dad, grandfather and great-grandfather Don Nelson peacefully went to be with the Lord, surrounded by his loving family," Nelson's family said in a statement, according to NBA reporter Marc Stein. "Throughout his last week, friends and family encircled him with love, sharing the blessing of his friendship and revisiting treasured memories."
As umpires took the field and walked by the Braves' dugout on the third-base side, Sale began barking. Merzel tossed him, and Sale said something to crew chief Dan Bellino as the two talked near the dugout rail. Sale was called for his third career balk by Merzel during the fifth inning of Saturday's 5-4 loss.
ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Detroit Lions veteran quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has decided to step away from the team amid training camp and was officially placed on the reserve/retired list ahead of Sunday's practice. Head coach Dan Campbell said he believes that this retirement could stick for Bridgewater, who had previously retired after the 2023 season only to return to the Lions the next season.
Radunz limped off the field after one-on-one offensive and defensive line drills toward the beginning of Saturday's practice and did not return. Radunz, who signed with the Saints last year, has been a key reserve who started 10 games last season. Radunz is the second Saints player to tear an ACL in camp this year, as defensive tackle Bryan Bresee also tore his ACL at the start of camp.
The 2023 champion raised her bike in the air moments after crossing the finish line in Nice comfortably ahead of Polish rider Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney, the 2024 champion. Niewiadoma-Phinney started Sunday's stage eight seconds behind Vollering, who got a time bonus for winning the stage.
"After consulting with my doctors and my team, I have to announce that I need to withdraw from the Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati," Sinner, who won the event in 2024, said in a statement released by the tournament. "My right knee has been bothering me and even though we have been working hard with my medical team, I have to accept that I'm not ready to compete yet.
Bryan Stevenson teaches America how to remember, and judges keep showing Trump who's boss. This week, Trump tried to rewrite history, but a man who builds museums fought back. And Trump lost his twentieth case after trying to steal your voting data.
Trump still menacing Greenland, Amazon plans most-polluting power plant in America, and Darline Graham is a flop. Democrats are quietly building the machinery to gut Trump: no impeachment circus, just subpoenas. Greenland told a Trump-linked oil outfit to stop their plan to drill, and enlisted Dr. Phil to twist the knife.
Construction of Trump’s ballroom was just shut down by a federal court, and Trump is now demanding his far-right Supreme Court bail him out again. A Republican congressman facing horrific domestic violence allegations is now blaming his toddler daughter’s daycare for her bruises, while the daycare insists they never laid a hand on her.
Third Way's multimillion-dollar offensive threatens Medicare for All, labor rights, climate action, and the progressive movement driving the party's energy…. Democratic strategist James Carville, who advised former President Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign, speaking in New York City, on April 11, 2015. (Image: Eduardo Munoz for ICSS Livepic/via Reuters).
Donald Trump’s approval numbers have cratered to the lowest point of his political career, and even his own staffers say he’s ignoring it all to chase vanity projects.. A new study finds nearly half of young people aren’t going to church specifically because of evangelical leaders cozying up to Trump.
Let me tell what we're doing to fight back. I want to talk to you directly today. Not as a founder asking for support.
MAGA activist Laura Loomer just lit into Fox News as “TV for stupid people” after the network killed her interview segment with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. A Guardian investigation reveals a 33-year-old defense contractor has become the top Republican fundraiser on the West Coast while his company is receiving billions of dollars in Pentagon contracts.
Raw America managing editor Carl Gibson recently interviewed Dr. Chris Ford — an emergency room physician practicing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and contributor to the Paging America Substack — to talk about about the ongoing affordability crisis in American healthcare.
Scientists just used AI to design viruses that don't exist in nature, then created them in the lab and watched them come to life and infect their targets. The viruses are harmless — they only attack bacteria, with the goal of fighting drug-resistant infections. The worry is what happens if the same tools get repurposed, the way we've seen in cybersecurity, to invent something dangerous.
Netanyahu nixes Trump’s Gaza peace plan (VIDEO). Israel has rejected US President Donald Trump’s 15-point peace plan for Gaza and will not withdraw troops from the Palestinian enclave until Hamas is completely disarmed, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. The roadmap was published last month as part of efforts by the Trump-led Board of Peace to end the Gaza conflict.
The signing of the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan may eventually be remembered as one of the more consequential geopolitical developments to emerge from the current Middle Eastern crisis.
Russian drones strike Ukrainian troops at key Donbass stronghold (GRAPHIC VIDEO). The Russian Defense Ministry released footage on Sunday showing drone operators disrupting a Ukrainian troop rotation in a key sector of the front line in the northern part of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
From Communist to ‘Messiah’: The bizarre story of how one woman led hundreds to Kiev to meet the apocalypse. All the residents of the post-Soviet space are familiar with the ‘90s phenomenon’. After the collapse of the USSR, the lives of hundreds of millions of people changed suddenly and irrevocably.
The latest migration crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta offers a revealing glimpse into the European Union’s changing relationship with the world beyond its borders. At the same time, it shows just how different today’s politics are from the future many imagined only a generation ago.
The EU cannot fast-track Ukraine’s membership bid as allowing such a large and corrupt country into the bloc would make a “mockery of the entire project,” a senior diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity told the Financial Times for an article published on Friday.
The Pentagon is pressing US arms makers to accelerate production as the ongoing war with Iran depletes critical weapons stockpiles, the Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing a Department of War memo to industry leaders.
A German journalist asked Vladimir Zelensky at a press conference in Belgrade how Europeans could help Kiev “kill more Russians,” prompting Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to raise his eyebrows in apparent disbelief. The provocative question came from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung correspondent Michael Martens during a joint press conference following Zelensky’s talks with Vucic on Saturday.
BEDMINSTER, N.J. -- Joaquín Niemann closed with a 2-under 69 Sunday for a three-shot victory in LIV Golf New York, extending his record with his ninth career victory in the last three years. Jon Rahm shot 76 and tied for 41st, but that still was enough to clinch the season points title for the third straight time since the two-time major champion joined LIV Golf.
Koepka carded an even-par 70 in Sunday's final round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, and was tied for 68th at 3 under. The former world No. 1 golfer is projected to finish 94th in the FedEx Cup standings. The top 70 golfers will play in next week's FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee, the first leg of the playoffs.
"On Sunday morning our beloved husband, dad, grandfather and great-grandfather Don Nelson peacefully went to be with the Lord, surrounded by his loving family," Nelson's family said in a statement, according to NBA reporter Marc Stein. "Throughout his last week, friends and family encircled him with love, sharing the blessing of his friendship and revisiting treasured memories."
As umpires took the field and walked by the Braves' dugout on the third-base side, Sale began barking. Merzel tossed him, and Sale said something to crew chief Dan Bellino as the two talked near the dugout rail. Sale was called for his third career balk by Merzel during the fifth inning of Saturday's 5-4 loss.
ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Detroit Lions veteran quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has decided to step away from the team amid training camp and was officially placed on the reserve/retired list ahead of Sunday's practice. Head coach Dan Campbell said he believes that this retirement could stick for Bridgewater, who had previously retired after the 2023 season only to return to the Lions the next season.
Radunz limped off the field after one-on-one offensive and defensive line drills toward the beginning of Saturday's practice and did not return. Radunz, who signed with the Saints last year, has been a key reserve who started 10 games last season. Radunz is the second Saints player to tear an ACL in camp this year, as defensive tackle Bryan Bresee also tore his ACL at the start of camp.
The 2023 champion raised her bike in the air moments after crossing the finish line in Nice comfortably ahead of Polish rider Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney, the 2024 champion. Niewiadoma-Phinney started Sunday's stage eight seconds behind Vollering, who got a time bonus for winning the stage.
"After consulting with my doctors and my team, I have to announce that I need to withdraw from the Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati," Sinner, who won the event in 2024, said in a statement released by the tournament. "My right knee has been bothering me and even though we have been working hard with my medical team, I have to accept that I'm not ready to compete yet.
Bryan Stevenson teaches America how to remember, and judges keep showing Trump who's boss. This week, Trump tried to rewrite history, but a man who builds museums fought back. And Trump lost his twentieth case after trying to steal your voting data.
Trump still menacing Greenland, Amazon plans most-polluting power plant in America, and Darline Graham is a flop. Democrats are quietly building the machinery to gut Trump: no impeachment circus, just subpoenas. Greenland told a Trump-linked oil outfit to stop their plan to drill, and enlisted Dr. Phil to twist the knife.
Construction of Trump’s ballroom was just shut down by a federal court, and Trump is now demanding his far-right Supreme Court bail him out again. A Republican congressman facing horrific domestic violence allegations is now blaming his toddler daughter’s daycare for her bruises, while the daycare insists they never laid a hand on her.
Third Way's multimillion-dollar offensive threatens Medicare for All, labor rights, climate action, and the progressive movement driving the party's energy…. Democratic strategist James Carville, who advised former President Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign, speaking in New York City, on April 11, 2015. (Image: Eduardo Munoz for ICSS Livepic/via Reuters).
Donald Trump’s approval numbers have cratered to the lowest point of his political career, and even his own staffers say he’s ignoring it all to chase vanity projects.. A new study finds nearly half of young people aren’t going to church specifically because of evangelical leaders cozying up to Trump.
Let me tell what we're doing to fight back. I want to talk to you directly today. Not as a founder asking for support.
MAGA activist Laura Loomer just lit into Fox News as “TV for stupid people” after the network killed her interview segment with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. A Guardian investigation reveals a 33-year-old defense contractor has become the top Republican fundraiser on the West Coast while his company is receiving billions of dollars in Pentagon contracts.
Raw America managing editor Carl Gibson recently interviewed Dr. Chris Ford — an emergency room physician practicing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and contributor to the Paging America Substack — to talk about about the ongoing affordability crisis in American healthcare.
Scientists just used AI to design viruses that don't exist in nature, then created them in the lab and watched them come to life and infect their targets. The viruses are harmless — they only attack bacteria, with the goal of fighting drug-resistant infections. The worry is what happens if the same tools get repurposed, the way we've seen in cybersecurity, to invent something dangerous.