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JD Vance and House speaker to meet Netanyahu after Israeli PM said he would nominate Trump for peace prize – US politics live


Trump and Netanyahu met on Monday for first time since joint strikes against Iran

The US is reeling after catastrophic floods killed more than 100 people in Texas, including 27 children and counsellors from an all-girls Christian camp. On Monday, Democrats asked a government watchdog to investigate whether cuts at the National Weather Service (NWS) affected the forecasting agency’s performance.

But Republicans’ default response has been to express fealty to Donald Trump. They lavished praise on the president for providing federal assistance while studiously avoiding questions around the effect of his “department of government efficiency” (Doge) or threats to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema).

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Author : Tom Ambrose

Publish date : 2025-07-08 11:09:00

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