The Daily Brief
Today
Good morning. Israeli warplanes killed 11 people in Lebanon, including three children, as attacks escalate; Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam demanded “Israel must halt this escalation” Truthout reports. In Gaza and the West Bank, Israel continues its genocidal war and apartheid policies, shooting a 13-year-old girl as she memorized the Quran and letting settlers besiege Palestinian families Zeteo reports.
ICE held Maisa Lopes Eliaser, wife of Staff Sergeant Alexis Jaramillo, in its custody for over a month before releasing her only after pulling her from a deportation flight Newsweek reports. In Minneapolis, documents expose an undercover ICE agent who volunteered to build tools for “direct-action” protests and attempted to entice Sunrise Movement activists into confrontational tactics The Intercept reports. Across the Atlantic, the British state is railroading Palestine Action defenders in rigged “terrorism” trials where judges threaten defendants with a ‘terrorism connection’ if they explain their motives and blind jurors The Grayzone reports.
Trump hailed the economy as “doing unbelievably from the standpoint of Wall Street,” bragging about record equity prices while job and wage growth stagnate and millions of Americans struggle to afford groceries Raw Story reports. Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella called Trump to beg suspension of tariffs targeting his country after an earthquake CBS News reports.
A nationwide cyclospora outbreak is very likely caused by sewage contamination in the food supply, according to scientific researchers and public health officials PBS News reports. Simultaneously, a salmonella egg recall has been escalated to Class I, the FDA’s highest risk level, as a multistate outbreak sickens nearly 100 people Time reports. House Democrats sent a letter Friday to Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao demanding answers about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, stuck in the Middle East for over 260 days The Hill reports, while the Midwest braces for more heavy flooding and Indiana pleads for federal aid NPR reports.