Israel has launched a ground offensive against the town of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. It comes as 25 countries, including two permanent members of the Security Council, have called for an immediate end to the fighting. Newshour speaks to Norwegian foreign minister Espen Barth Eide.
Also in the programme: the stolen painting returned to Italy after 52 years; Venus Williams is back on court.
(Picture: Smoke rises during Israeli strikes amid the Israeli military operation in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, July 21, 2025. Credit: Reuters)
Over 100 companies in the S&P 500 are set to report earnings this week. Plus: Verizon shares advanced after the telecommunications giant raised its annual forecast. Danny Lewis hosts.
While critics accuse the Trump administration of withholding damning information, Victor Davis Hanson argues the truth of the controversy is much more complicated—and a lot less interesting—than you’d think.
Why didn’t Democrats ever release the names? And how much truth is there to the recent Wall Street Journal article that reported Trump wrote a letter Epstein filled with strange language and suggestive imagery? Victor Davis Hanson answers these questions on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”
“ I think Donald Trump is going to release all the information that the government has. There'll probably be 150 or 200 names. And we'll let the internet mob or individuals or Freedom of Information requests or lower court judges, they will adjudicate it and we will find out the particular statuses. The vast majority of people will be very innocent, that they didn't do anything wrong. But there will be some people that will have a cast, a shadow of doubt. And we'll have to find out.
“ I think The Wall Street Journal will have to make a correction, unless they want to take Donald Trump to court and Donald Trump wants to see—he's filed suit against them. And there'll be a lot of discovery and who knows what will happen. But for right now, I think he's salvaged this problem and aborted a controversy by just saying, ‘Get this stuff out there and let the people decide.’”
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(0:00) Introduction
(0:54) Trump Administration's Handling of Epstein Files
P.M. Edition for July 21. The battle between Harvard University and the Trump administration reached a crescendo today as they met in a federal courtroom in Boston over the government’s cancellation of more than $2 billion of research funding. We hear from WSJ higher education reporter Sara Randazzo about the case, and where it goes from here. Plus, as the valuations of chip companies rise, Heard on the Street writer Asa Fitch says investors are ignoring the looming threat of tariffs on chips. And slumping U.S. EV sales mean that battery makers have capacity to spare, so they’re turning to a new market: energy-storage systems. WSJ autos reporter Chris Otts tells us what the impact of such a pivot might be. Alex Ossola hosts.
This month, two Supreme Court decisions allowed the Trump administration to move forward with significant federal layoffs, including many at the Departments of Education and State.
The State Department laid off senior intelligence analysts specializing in Russia and Ukraine, right as the U.S. ramps up its maneuvering to encourage Vladimir Putin to agree to a peace deal.
And at the Department of Education, the Federal Student Aid office, responsible for administering student loans and Pell Grants, lost hundreds of people.
A surge in private market investment has Fools wondering: is it time to bet bigger on biotech?
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Plus: Amazon hiked prices on hundreds of essentials after pledging to keep prices low. And, NASA wrestles with growing dissent over safety direction. Charlotte Gartenberg hosts.
The Epstein saga continues to unfold, despite the US government saying there's "nothing to see here." China will hire you to be a wild man. UNO rolls out in Vegas. Swedish royal bodyguards accidentally leak location data via fitness apps. Twitter wants you to get an AI girlfriend. Oh, and Yeti Blood Oaths. All this and more in this week's strange news segment.
Tiny rare-earth magnets are used for building phones, electric cars, and submarines, but nearly all of themare mined and made inChina. One U.S. company is trying to change that. WSJ’s Jon Emont spoke with MP Materials’ CEO about his goals for the mine, which has now made deals with the Pentagon, General Motors, and Apple. Can this industry come back the U.S.? Jessica Mendoza hosts.
Our government disappeared hundreds of Venezuelans to a hellish Salvadoran prison for 125 days. When Trump's and Stephen Miller's whole CECOT plan even became too much for the dictator who runs El Salvador, Marco Rubio helped orchestrate a political win for Venezuela's strongman, Nicolas Maduro—who gets to look like a white knight in the hostage exchange. Meanwhile, the administration still has not recovered from its rake-step claim that there was no Epstein list. Did Bondi release her memo because the 1,000 FBI personnel who were made to review the Epstein documents kept finding Trump's name? Cover-ups are hard. Plus, now the Dems have new reasons to not cooperate with Republicans.
