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The 7

Monday, July 24, 2023

The 7

The Washington Post

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🗓️ 24 July 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Monday briefing: Israel protests; Trump trial date; Spanish elections; Emmett Till monument; Twitter X; ‘Barbenheimer’; and more


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0:00.0

It was a chaotic weekend of protests in Israel.

0:06.0

That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post.

0:13.0

I'm Jeff Pierre. It's Monday, July 24th.

0:16.0

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. Tens of thousands of citizens fill the streets yesterday.

0:25.0

Some spent their sixth consecutive night outside.

0:31.0

These were the latest demonstrations against the far right government's plans

0:34.4

to limit the power of the Supreme Court. Protesters say the new rules would weaken one of

0:39.6

the few checks on government power in Israel, which doesn't have a written constitution.

0:44.7

Members of the military have also pushed back on the proposals.

0:48.0

Parliament is said to vote on the controversial plans today.

0:51.4

More protests are expected to follow. And adding to all of this chaos,

0:55.9

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushed to the hospital this weekend for an emergency cardiac

1:00.8

procedure. He was released this morning.

1:03.2

Number two, Donald Trump's classified documents trial is scheduled for next May.

1:14.6

A federal judge set the date on Friday.

1:17.4

She rejected arguments by the former president's attorneys

1:20.4

that the trial should be held after the 2024 election.

1:24.0

Trump is the early front runner for the Republican nomination.

1:27.0

By May, he could go on trial in the classified documents case as the presumptive nominee.

1:32.0

For background here, Trump is accused of taking government secrets to his Florida home

1:37.0

when he left the White House in 2021. Number three, there was no clear winner in Spain's highly charged elections.

1:52.1

It set up a political impasse that could take weeks or months to

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