Trump Says He ‘Might’ Consider Gaza Visit

Topline President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would consider visiting Gaza as a peace deal between Israel and Hamas is “very close,” telling reporters he may travel to the Middle East at the end of the week. US President Donald Trump fields a question from a reporter during a roundtable about Antifa in the State…

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Northwestern University President Michael Schill Announces Resignation

Topline Northwestern University president Michael Schill will step down from his role, according to a Thursday statement, announcing his resignation as the school navigates a $790 million federal funding freeze initiated by the Trump administration over its handling of pro-Palestinian protests last year. Schill announced his resignation Thursday afternoon. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via…

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Why A Gazan Teen Is Rebuilding A Mobile Cinema

The Abushawish mobile cinema Omran Abushawish Amidst the horrors engulfing Gaza, including mass starvation, it may seem that entertainment is the last thing on anyone’s mind. But Ahmad Abushawish feels differently. The enterprising teenager, who was in his last year of high school when the Israel-Gaza war started in 2023, has started a number of…

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Gaza Is Not Even The Worst Famine On Earth Right Now

Palestinians gather at an aid distribution point near the Zikim border crossing in a desperate attempt to receive limited flour supplies in Gaza City, Gaza, on July 29, 2025. Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images Man-made starvation. Humanitarian catastrophe. Genocide. These words are starting to become a refrain. And yet still too many are staying silent…

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UK Threatens Recognition Of Palestinian State After Trump Changes Tone On Gaza

Topline President Donald Trump’s break with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza followed growing criticism of Israel from his conservative supporters—and now the UK has joined other allies, threatening to recognize a Palestinian state unless Israel takes steps to end its siege in Gaza. FILE – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin…

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