President Donald Trump announced last week that Japan agreed to invest $550 billion into the U.S. for various projects that he will direct, and Washington will keep 90 percent of any profits, which was part of the recently announced trade deal.
Category: 29 July 2025
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL LIKELY USE COLUMBIA SETTLEMENT AS SPRINGBOARD IN ITS EFFORT TO BAN CRITICISM OF ISRAEL GENOCIDE IN COLLEGES
An unnamed source told The Wall Street Journal that the White House wants to use Columbia’s recent $221 settlement over antisemitism allegations to be the blueprint of how to deal with other colleges under investigation with the top prize being Harvard, which is reportedly expected to be on the hook for even more money.
MEDVEDEV TELLS GRAHAM: ‘IT’S NOT FOR YOU OR TRUMP TO DICTATE’ WHEN RUSSIA ENDS WAR
Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s national security council, and Sen. Lindsey Graham exchanged messages on X Tuesday in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to shorten Russia’s deadline to end the war to 10-12 days before Washington increases its support for Ukraine with weapons packages and secondary sanctions on countries that trade with Russia.
GAZA DEATH TOLL
The death toll in Gaza surpassed 60,000 on Tuesday as the IDF continued its killing spree across the destroyed enclave—with the full backing of the Trump administration. Health officials also reported that at least 145,870 people have been injured in the war.
TRUMP’S GREEN LIGHT FOR ISRAEL TO ABANDON CEASEFIRE ENABLED NETANYAHU TO CARRY OUT STARVATION CAMPAIGN
President Donald Trump fully supported Israel’s decision to abandon the ceasefire deal in March that enabled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ramp up his starvation campaign inside the enclave—likely at the expense of the remaining Israeli hostages still in Hamas captivity, Haaretz, an Israeli paper, said.
WHAT TOOK SO LONG: ISRAEL FACES NEW PRESSURE FROM ALLIES TO END ITS GENOCIDE
Israel’s revenge campaign in Gaza has gotten so atrocious that even Tel Aviv’s most loyal allies are beginning to speak out about the need to end the war and rush humanitarian aid into the enclave.
SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
After a year of regulatory review—and after a change in presidential administrations—the three-member U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved Skydance Media’s $8-billion acquisition of Paramount Global.
SPECIAL REPORT: TRUMP’S TARIFF WAR
The U.S. treasury has raked in an additional $55 billion so far in Donald Trump’s tariff war and most of it has come out of Corporate America’s pocket, The Wall Street Journal reported.
BRAZIL’S PRESIDENT LOOKS PAST TRUMP WITH COMMITMENT TO BRICS
Brazil is reportedly “reinforcing” its commitment to BRICS countries in an act of defiance against the Trump administration that has threatened Brasília with steeper tariffs for its participation with the group that President Donald Trump has called an “anti-American” alliance.
LUXURY BRANDS SLOW PRICE HIKES AS CUSTOMERS BALK
After years of raising prices far higher and faster than the rate of inflation, luxury brands are slowing their increases as a key customer group cuts purchases.









