Happy birth of America! We're celebrating her birthday by covering the highlights of the first week and a half including updates on tariffs with the looming deadline for countries to make deals coming up, as well as what's happening with Trump's involvement with the wars. Will the tariffs actually happen? And is Trump finally over trying to negotiate with Russia? Stay tuned for new episodes every week updating on all the top highlights in the world of politics, along with supplemental episodes deep diving into the big things you need to know and understand. Let's get into it. 

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/07/trump-netanyahu-relocate-palestinians-to-other-countries/84500049007/

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5387890-trump-announces-25-percent-tariff/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/08/trump-tariff-deadline-august-1-00442034?nname=playbook-pm&nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&nrid=ecc3c8a1-061c-4ad8-af27-6bbb45ae2344

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5389004-trump-sends-ukraine-defensive-weapons/?email=4dd065776fb2934a883b11921c25aba56f8d1e0f&emaila=c01e1d549303cac7ced6278ed58cf579&emailb=6d1aa8b8f63bfb18f02437333f1ba9d3b0b3ad2d416013229d63a1fa0f92973a&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=7.8%2012:30%20Report

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/things-stand-trump-presses-netanyahu-gaza-ceasefire-analysis/story?id=123550884