Brooklyn Protesters Target Crye Precision, Supplier of Tactical Gear to ICE and Israel

Dozens of protesters blocked an entrance to the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Thursday, demanding the eviction of Crye Precision, a private contractor that supplies tactical gear to the Israeli military and ICE. Thursday’s action comes as part of an ongoing widespread campaign against other military equipment manufacturers. Democracy Now! was there. This is Etan Mabourakh of the National Iranian American Council. Etan Mabourakh: “They are profiting off of war and ICE and genocide and war crimes, all being subsidized by New York City tax dollars. They pay a lower rent. They had their construction costs covered. And we, united as New Yorkers, are here to demand that our tax dollars go to us, go to our needs in the city, and not to Crye Precision and other companies that profit off of constant war that is slaughtering children in Iran, in Palestine, in Lebanon, and kidnapping, arresting and deporting our neighbors here at home.” www.democracynow.org

DOJ Drops Subpoenas Against New York Times Reporters After Grilling by Federal Judge

The Trump administration has withdrawn subpoenas seeking the phone and text message records of New York Times journalists and their family members. The move came after a federal judge grilled federal prosecutors and threatened them with sanctions unless they withdrew the subpoenas. The Justice Department had been attempting to uncover confidential sources who spoke to the Times about security concerns over President Trump’s new Air Force One jet, donated to him by the royal family of Qatar. This comes as the Republican-led House Ways and Means Committee has issued subpoenas to the independent news site BreakThrough News, along with The People’s Forum and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. www.democracynow.org

Minnesota Man Who Murdered Democratic Lawmaker and Husband Gets Two Life Sentences

In Minnesota, the man who fatally shot Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark in their home has received a sentence of two consecutive life terms plus 40 years in prison. A federal judge handed down the sentence on Thursday to 57-year-old Vance Boelter, a self-professed conservative evangelical Christian whose guilty plea helped him avoid a possible death sentence. He also pleaded guilty to shooting and wounding state Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette at their home during a violent rampage in June 2025, during which Boelter dressed as a police officer and modified his SUV to look like a police car. Investigators say Boelter left behind three assault rifles, a handgun and a hit list containing the names of dozens of people, including prominent Democrats and abortion providers and advocates. www.democracynow.org

DA Promises Criminal Probe as ICE Refuses to Name Officer Who Killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo

In Texas, dozens of organizations and small businesses in Houston’s East End District will participate in an economic boycott today, demanding justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the 52-year-old Mexican father shot and killed by an ICE agent on July 7. Organizers are intensifying calls for the release of the three key eyewitnesses who remain in an ICE jail in Conroe, Texas, and for the Department of Homeland Security to identify the ICE agents involved in the fatal shooting. One of the eyewitnesses is Salgado’s brother, Victor. This comes as Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare says an independent investigation into the fatal shooting is moving forward. Sean Teare: “The medical examiner ruled Mr. Salgado’s death a homicide. There’s one agency in Harris County, Texas, that’s authorized to investigate and prosecute that, and it’s my office.” www.democracynow.org

Trump Administration Cites Anti-Slavery Law to Impose Tariffs of Up to 12.5% on Trading Partners

The Trump administration has imposed new tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners — just as a temporary 10% global tariff expired. On Thursday, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced levies of 10% on imports from the European Union, Canada, Mexico and India, and 12.5% on goods from China, Japan, South Korea and other nations. The levies took effect just after midnight this morning. They will keep Trump’s massive regime of tariffs in place despite a Supreme Court ruling striking down earlier emergency-powers tariffs. This time, the Trump administration cited a section of the Trade Act of 1974 that allows for tariffs against countries that don’t outlaw forced labor or who allegedly fail to enforce anti-slavery laws. www.democracynow.org

WaPo: Trump Administration Is Considering Strikes on Mali

The Trump administration is weighing military action in Mali to target an al-Qaeda-affiliated group. That’s according to The Washington Post, which reports that, if approved, the plan would add an eighth nation to the list of countries where President Trump has ordered strikes since the start of his second term. www.democracynow.org

Four Palestinians and One Israeli Are Killed as Dozens of Settlers Attack West Bank Town

In the occupied West Bank, four Palestinians are dead following an attack by dozens of Israeli settlers who stormed the town of Tal, west of Nablus, earlier today. Israeli settlers and soldiers reportedly opened fire as Palestinians attempted to protect their homes. One Israeli was reportedly killed in an ensuing shootout. Al Jazeera reports at least 86 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank since the beginning of this year, including more than 20 fatally shot by Israeli settlers. The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the attacks in Tal as a “massacre,” calling for urgent international intervention to halt settler violence and hold perpetrators accountable. www.democracynow.org