Newly released Israeli military records reveal that former Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion warned in 1956 that occupying Gaza could provoke prolonged Palestinian resistance, deepen Israel’s international isolation and threaten its survival.

“The Gaza Strip is an embarrassing objective. We have to take it. It stands in our way. If I believed in miracles, I would wish it would be swallowed by the sea,” he said.

BREAKING: Nvidia has launched an investigation into CEO Jensen Huang after he admitted to having an intimate relationship with a woman U.S. intelligence identified as a Chinese spy.

The woman, Alice Huang, is an executive at Megaspeed, a major Nvidia customer suspected of helping China obtain restricted AI chips.

Huang apologized for being unfaithful to his wife, while Nvidia said there was no evidence that company secrets or national security had been compromised.

He will remain CEO during the investigation.

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Mamdani:

Americans across this country are facing a cost of living crisis.

Americans are tired of waiting.

They are tired of being told that their needs are unrealistic by the very politicians who've been bought by the wealthiest people in the country.

Germany's Chancellor Merz:

The German Chancellor will also have to speak with Putin at some point.

Trump has invited Putin to the G20 meeting.

If Putin is there, I will not shy away from an opportunity for a conversation.

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Fox News: Get rid of borders?

Mamdani: No.

Fox News: Get rid of SCOTUS?

Mamdani: No.

Fox News: Get rid of jails?

Mamdani: No.

Fox News: So, do you think DSA is going to kick you out?

Mamdani: No.

Fox News: Do you reach out and text Trump? Do you wait for an incoming text?

Mamdani: It varies.

Gov. Josh Shapiro:

We should stop this military aid to Israel, the subsidized aid. I agree with that.

I also believe that America has a national security interest for ourselves in having a stable Middle East that extends not just in Israel, but in what I hope would be a Palestinian state and throughout the entire Arab world.

Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has turned to religion while awaiting trial in a Brooklyn jail.

He spends much of his time reading the Bible and Quran and has met with clergy, including a priest and a rabbi.

Maduro has also lost significant weight, reportedly due in part to poor prison food.

Source: NYT

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Gov. Josh Shapiro:

I think we sell weapons, America does, to lots of countries, and it's done in a way where there are very strict requirements on those sales: what they can be used for, how they can be used.

And should those nations violate the terms of the sales, they would no longer be permitted to purchase those weapons.

I think Israel should be treated as other nations are.

French security officials prepared to evacuate President Emmanuel Macron to a secret shelter outside Paris if protesters overrun the Élysée Palace, according to a new investigative book.

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Trump on Iran:

Task Force Iron Gate is in full force and effect in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Coupled with history’s greatest Naval Blockade, very little gets into, or out of, Iran!

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Q: You think your deportation policy went too far?

Trump: I think it might be too tough.

Trump:

I don't want to go to hell. I hope I go to heaven.

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Marco Rubio on Iran:

Trump identified a very real threat to this country, and he addressed it.

The right thing to do for the country isn't necessarily popular, but necessary.

Marco Rubio on Iran War:

Sometimes, when you do the right thing, you don't know whether it's popular or not, but it's still the right thing to do.

Presidents are elected to do the hard things, sometimes difficult things, but necessary things.

Marco Rubio on Iran:

The U.S. acts defensively. If there is a threat to our forces in the region, we will act against those.

Marco Rubio on Iran War:

We have a right to defend ourselves.

Marco Rubio:

It's not uncommon to have a division of power in this country. We've seen it before.

We've seen elections go one direction and, in a couple of years, go another direction.

It's just a feature of our system.

Marco Rubio on Iran:

The Iranian demands are simply not just unacceptable, but in some cases outrageous and ridiculous, and really not realistic.

Marco Rubio on Iran:

I wouldn't say we're on the verge of a breakthrough.

Trump would always prefer to solve every problem diplomatically. Sometimes that's not possible.

But if there's a chance to do it, we will explore it.

Right now, it hasn't been very productive.