Babies receiving critical care in Gaza risk becoming much sicker or even dying in the coming days as the enclave runs out of fuel and hospitals are forced to turn off incubators, doctors warn.
Walking down a row of incubators in the neonatal unit of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, Dr. Ahmad Al-Farra, head of the facility’s pediatric unit, shared each baby’s story one by one.
“This baby is a full-term baby,” he told NBC News’ crew on the ground Thursday, gesturing at a tiny figure tucked into an incubator, wrapped in only his diaper and with an oxygen tube fixed to his nose with surgical tape.
“As you can see, he is depending on the mechanical ventilation,” Al-Farra said.“If the electricity was cut off … this baby will not survive.”
Dr. Ahmad Al-Farra, head of the pediatric department in Nasser Hospital, talks about a premature baby at Nasser Hospital on Thursday.NBC News
His warning evokes memories of early on in the war, when a number of infants died at hospitals in northern Gaza after repeated warnings that a military assault in the area would end up being fatal for the babies.
Nasser Hospital is just one ofseveral facilities in Gaza facing “imminent shutdown” as fuel stocks in the enclave run out, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned Wednesday. The closure of vital units would most likely result in patients’ deaths, including in the intensive care and neonatal units, it said.
OCHA added that the “total ban on fuel entry” enforced by Israel for around 130 days was to blame for the shortages, which it said has also severely impacted water, sanitation and hygiene services.
While Israel in May lifted a blockade that prevented the entry of food, medical supplies and other vital items, it has only allowed in a limited amount of aid, including “basic” food supplies.
“The real threat to babies in Gaza isn’t a lack of fuel — it’s Hamas,” David Mencer, a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said in response to a request from NBC News for comment to the warnings of a fuel crisis at hospitals in the enclave.
“They hijack fuel for terror, not hospitals,” he said.
A nurse cares for a premature baby at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Monday.AFP via Getty Images
Mencer did not answer the question as to whether more fuel would be allowed to reach hospitals in Gaza in the near future.
COGAT, the Israeli military’s liaison with the Palestinians, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Dr. Mohammad Saqer, director of nursing at Nasser Hospital, told NBC News that the facility only had around 3,000 liters (790 gallons) of diesel left. He said it needed 4,500 liters (1,190 gallons) daily to operate all departments effectively. Already, he said, the hospital had turned off electricity for some departments, funneling power to only the most vital units.
“The situation is very catastrophic because the electricity will abruptly go off within 24 hours,” Saqer said. “This means that a lot of patients, especially in the ICU in addition to other departments, are subject to inevitable death.”
Hospitals across the enclave have struggled to operate throughout the war, after being hit hard in Israel’s offensive. Of the territory’s 36 hospitals, none are fully functioning; 18 are providing partial services and 18 are not working at all, according to World Health Organization data last updated Monday.
Premature babies at Nasser Hospital are at risk due to a shortage of medicines, medical supplies and infant formula.Doaa Albaz / Anadolu via Getty Images
Saqer, meanwhile, called on the international community to step in and help get fuel to Gaza’s hospitals in order to “save the lives of the children.”
His call came as the European Union foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said in a post on X on Thursday that E.U. officials had reached a new deal with Israel to allow much-needed food and fuel into the enclave.
Kallas said the deal could result in “more crossings open, aid and food trucks entering Gaza, repair of vital infrastructure and protection of aid workers.”
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar acknowledged the deal at a conference in Vienna, according to The Associated Press.
Donald Trump ramped up the U.S. trade war with Canada and threatened blanket tariffs on other countries. The president is set to visit Texas a week after deadly floods in the state. And how an NBC News report on liver damage helped a viewer recognize her own illness. Here’s what to know today.
Trump said he’s ready to impose blanket tariffs and send more weapons to Ukraine in exclusive interview
President Donald Trump’s tariff fight moved forward yesterday as he escalated the U.S. trade war with Canada and said in an exclusive interview that he plans to impose blanket tariffs on most trade partners.
In a letter he shared to Truth Social, Trump said he would apply a 35% tariff to all imports from Canada and accused the country of retaliating “instead of working with” the U.S. to come to a deal. Until this escalation, Canadian imports that did not fall under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, which Trump negotiated in his first term, faced a tariff of 25%. Energy imports from Canada faced tariffs of 10%.
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And in an exclusive interview yesterday with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker, Trump said he plans to impose 15% to 20% tariffs on most trade partners. He dismissed concerns that further tariffs could negatively affect the stock market or drive inflation. “I think the tariffs have been very well-received,” Trump added.
So far this week, Trump has publicized letters to 22 countries, not counting Canada, establishing tariff rates. The steepest rate is 50% on Brazilian imports. He also announced a 50% tariff on copper imports. Trump said the European Union would also be receiving a letter.
In the wide-ranging conversation, Trump also addressed the status of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Trump, who has expressed frustration toward Russian President Vladimir Putin, again echoed that sentiment and said he would have “a major statement to make on Russia on Monday,” though he didn’t elaborate. Trump also spoke about what he said was a new deal between the U.S. and NATO to send more weapons to Ukraine from the U.S. — “and NATO is paying for those weapons, 100%.”
Less than a week after signing his “big, beautiful bill” into law, Trump said he would travel “a little bit” to sell the massive domestic policy package to voters. “But honestly,” he said, “it’s been received so well I don’t think I have to.”
A surprise vote barring the Trump administration from moving the FBI’s headquarters to a new location in Washington, D.C., brought the Senate appropriations process to a halt — a setback for lawmakers working to avert a government shutdown at the end of September.
Dismissal notices for hundreds of U.S. diplomats in Washington could hit inboxes as soon as today after the Supreme Court ruled this week that Trump’s plans to overhaul the State Department could move forward.
Democratic governors in at least five states are considering special sessions and more are under pressure to convene them in response to the expected financial fallout from Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton said she has filed for divorce from state Attorney General Ken Paxton “on biblical grounds” and “in light of recent discoveries.”
U.S. sees four 1-in-1,000-year floods in less than a week
President Donald Trump is set to visit Kerrville, Texas,with first lady Melania Trump today to meet with first responders and review damage from the deadly flooding that hit the region last weekend. At least 120 people have died and more than 170 people are missing, though search-and-rescue efforts have shifted to a recovery phase, officials said.
In his phone call with “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker, Trump praised the response to the flood, saying “everyone’s doing a great job.” But, he said, “I would imagine you’d put alarms up in some form.” Trump’s administration has faced backlash from local, state and federal officials who argued that job cuts to the National Weather Service and NOAA, along with plans to shutter FEMA, worsened the storm’s impact.
The floods in Texas were remarkable, with water levels along the Guadalupe surging to almost 30 feet in Hunt on July 4. However, the disaster was just one of at least four 1-in-1,000-year rainfall events across the U.S. to happen over the course of a week.
Last Sunday, Tropical Storm Chantal caused extensive flooding across the central portion of North Carolina. In New Mexico on Tuesday, at least three people were killed by devastating flash floods that swept through the village of Ruidoso. That same day in Chicago, 5 inches of rain fell in only 90 minutes over Garfield Park, prompting multiple rescues on the west side of the city.
A 1-in-1,000-year flood refers to the 0.1% probability that your location will experience such an intense flood, one expert explained. But that doesn’t mean a few of those events won’t happen every year, and climate change is also likely to make them more common. Read the full story here.
Trump admin escalates efforts to restrict gender-affirming care
The Justice Department said it has sent more than 20 subpoenas to doctors and clinics involved in “performing transgender medical procedures on children.” In its announcement Wednesday, the DOJ did not specify what it considers “transgender medical procedures” but said its investigations “include healthcare fraud, false statements, and more.”
The announcement came the same day that the Federal Trade Commission held an all-day workshop on the “dangers of gender-affirming care.” The event featured more than a dozen speakers, including people who said they received care as minors and now regret it, doctors and psychologists, and political scientists and lawyers. All of them criticized transgender health care, and many said there is no evidence to support transition care as a treatment for gender dysphoria.
Meanwhile, activists and some employees from within the FTC criticized the workshop, expressing concerns about overreach by the commission and the potential breach of confidential doctor-patient consultations. Read the full story here.
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Israel believes that at least some of Iran’s highly enriched uranium was buried by U.S. strikes, a senior Israeli government official said, adding that if Israel suspects Iran is trying to dig up the material, it will not hesitate to strike again.
Mahmoud Khalil, the recent Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist who was detained for months, filed a claim for $20 million in damages against the Trump administration. Khalil said he would also accept an apology.
Amanda Anisimova will compete for the women’s Grand Slam title at Wimbledon tomorrow, an improbable accomplishment in itself because she temporarily left the sport two years ago.
Staff Pick: An NBC News report helped her recognize liver damage
A report published last year found that 15 million Americans take a certain type of supplement that could be damaging to their liver. Some of the top liver researchers in the U.S. told us that as more people take herbal and dietary supplements, doctors have been treating more cases of liver damage associated with them.
Our first segment on “Nightly News” in May featured an otherwise healthy 54-year-old man who experienced liver damage linked to high doses of turmeric he was taking. That’s what got Katie Mohan’s attention.
Mohan had recently started taking daily turmeric pills and realized she had the same symptoms of stomach pain, nausea and fatigue. Her skin had also turned yellow, a hallmark sign of liver damage. She immediately sought medical help — and, it turns out, just in time. “Katie actually was one step before full liver damage, liver failure, requiring liver transplant,” her doctor said. Mohan then reached out to NBC News to let us know what happened, and we shared her experience in a follow-up story. — Marina Kopf, associate producer
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LONDON — U.S. singer Chris Brown on Friday pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault causing actual bodily harm by allegedly attacking a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub two years ago.
Brown last month denied a more serious charge of attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm in what prosecutors said was an “unprovoked attack” on Abraham Diaw in a London nightclub in 2023.
The 36-year-old appeared at London’s Southwark Crown Court on Friday, where he spoke only to confirm his name and enter his pleas of not guilty to causing actual bodily harm and a further charge of possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.
Brown‘s co-defendant Omololu Akinlolu, 38, also pleaded not guilty to the charge of causing actual bodily harm, having previously denied attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm.
The pair’s trial is due to begin on October 26, 2026.
Around 20 supporters sat in the public gallery behind the dock during Friday’s short hearing, with two saying “we love you, Chris“ as he left the court.
The R&B star, a two-time Grammy Award winner known for hits such as “Loyal”, “Run It” and “Under the Influence”, was granted bail in May after paying a 5 million-pound ($6.7 million) security fee in order to begin his “Breezy Bowl XX” tour.
Brown was arrested at a hotel in Manchester, northern England in May after returning to Britain for the first time since the incident two years ago.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will travel to Texas on Friday to meet with first responders and grieving families in the aftermath of last week’s catastrophic flooding that has left more than 100 people dead.
During his visit, Trump is expected to receive a briefing from local elected officials and meet with victims’ relatives. He will be joined by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn told reporters this week that they planned to travel with Trump to tour the flood damage. It is unclear whether state Attorney General Ken Paxton, a staunch ally of the administration who is challenging Cornyn in next year’s GOP primary, will join them.
Authorities continue to search miles of the Guadalupe River for more than 150 people who remain missing as hopes of finding more survivors dwindle. Among those confirmed or feared dead are 27 children and counselors at Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp in Hunt.
The trip to Texas will be Trump’s second to the site of a natural disaster since he was inaugurated for his second term; he visited Los Angeles in January after a wildfire devastated large swaths of Southern California. During his first term, he made multiple trips to Texas in 2017 in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and its deadly floods. The same year, he traveled to Puerto Rico to survey damage caused by Hurricane Maria.
The Trump administration has faced criticism from officials and lawmakers at various levels of government who have argued that recent job cuts at the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, alongside plans to shutter the Federal Emergency Management Agency, prevented accurate forecasting and worsened the effects of the floods. Administration officials have repeatedly rejected those assertions.
Trump has pledged to “get rid” of FEMA, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, and his administration has overseen a largely voluntary exodus of experienced personnel at the agency, fueling concerns about its ability to promptly respond to disasters. The concerns were heightened by a new policy from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noemmandating her approval for any agency spending in excess of $100,000.
Asked by NBC News on Thursday whether the new policy delayed FEMA’s response to the tragedy in Texas, Trump defended Noem.
Criticism of the disaster response has also focused on Kerr County’s emergency management system after reports indicated local officials did not use warnings from FEMA to send text alerts when the severity and speed of the flooding heightened, catching hundreds of people in a region known as “flash flood alley” by surprise. In addition, Kerr County, which has a population of more than 50,000 people, had no siren system to alert residents, in part because some local officials felt it was too expensive to install.
Trump called for additional flood alarms in Texas on Thursday, though he argued that the storm was unprecedented and that “nobody ever saw a thing like this coming.”
“After having seen this horrible event, I would imagine you’d put alarms up in some form, where alarms would go up if they see any large amounts of water or whatever it is,” he told NBC News.
Joe Herring, the mayor of Kerrville, told MSNBC’s Katy Tur this week that the state rejected an effort to install a siren system nearly a decade ago.
“The county government looked into that in 2017, and from what I heard, their grant application was denied,” Herring said. “I wasn’t in government at that time, but it sounds like we talked about it, we asked for help, and we were denied before.”
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Two employees at an Arkansas prison where an inmate known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” escaped have been fired for policy violations, corrections officials said Thursday as they faced questions from lawmakers who said the escape points to deeper problems.
The head of the Arkansas Board of Corrections told state lawmakers the violations allowed Grant Hardin to escape from the Calico Rock prison wearing a makeshift law enforcement uniform on May 25. But officials have said there was no evidence employees knowingly assisted Hardin’s escape.
One of the fired employees had allowed Hardin onto an outside kitchen dock unsupervised and the other employee worked in a tower and had opened the gate Hardin walked through without confirming his identity, Chairman Benny Magness said.
“If either one of them would have been following policy, it wouldn’t have happened,” Magness told members of the Legislative Council’s charitable, penal, and correctional institutions subcommittee.
Grant Hardin after being captured.U.S. Border Patrol
Hardin was captured 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) northwest of the Calico Rock prison on June 6. Authorities said he escaped by donning an outfit designed to look like a law enforcement uniform. Magness said the outfit was crafted from an inmate uniform and kitchen apron dyed black using a marker while a soup can lid and a Bible cover were fashioned to look like a badge.
Lawmakers said the escape pointed to systemic problems beyond the two employees — including how Hardin was able to fashion the fake uniform without guards noticing.
“I think we’ve got major issues here that need to be dealt with,” said Republican Sen. Matt McKee, who co-chairs the subcommittee.
Hardin, a former police chief in the small town of Gateway, near the Arkansas-Missouri border, is serving lengthy sentences for murder and rape. He was the subject of the TV documentary “Devil in the Ozarks.”
After his capture, Hardin was transferred to a maximum security prison in Varner, a small community about 65 miles (125 kilometers) southeast of Little Rock.
Hardin has pleaded not guilty to an escape charge and is set to go on trial in November.
Hardin held a job in the kitchen in the prison and had not had any disciplinary problems during his time there.
In addition to the uniform, Hardin fashioned a ladder out of wooden pallets that were on the dock and also took peanut butter sandwiches from the prison to survive on after his escape, corrections officials told lawmakers Thursday.
Hardin planned to use the ladder to scale the fence and escape if the gate wasn’t opened for him, said Dexter Payne, director of the division of correction.
“There are a lot of things he did unnoticed and unaware,” Republican Sen. Ben Gilmore said during the hearing. “I don’t think you can blame just two people for that.”
Members of the panel also said Hardin’s escape points to the need to scrutinize a classification system that placed a convicted murderer in what’s primarily a medium-security facility.
Payne said a critical incident review of the escape planned later this month may determine if other employees will face firings, demotions or disciplinary actions. It also will determine what other policy changes may be needed, he said.
State Police is also investigating the escape to determine whether any laws, policies or procedures were violated in the escape. Col. Mike Hagar, the head of state police and secretary of public safety, said the final report on the investigation may be completed within 30 days.
Thomas Hurst, warden of the prison —formally called the North Central Unit — said State Police was not notified immediately of the escape though local police were, blaming it on a miscommunication.
“There’s nobody that’s more embarrassed about (the escape) than me,” Hurst said. “It’s not good. We failed, and I understand it.”
Prime Day officially ends tonight… seriously. Prime members officially have less than 24 hours to take advantage of exclusive discounts across tech, beauty, home essentials, kitchen and more. And even if you’ve already bought a few things, it’s worth scrolling Amazon’s discounts one final time — the retailer just added brand-new discounts, including fresh Lightning Deals.
A word of wisdom from someone who’s been covering Prime Day for six years: once you add a few last items to your cart today, check out ASAP. More people tend to shop on the last day of a sale, which makes products more likely to sell out. You don’t want to miss out on a deal before prices jump back up tomorrow, so don’t dilly-dally.
Up until the clock strikes midnight, I’ll update this list live with all the discounts worth knowing about. Since not every deal is necessarily good, I only recommend those below that are at least 20% off, highly rated and at their lowest price in at least three months.
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You’ll eventually need more garbage bags, so you might as well buy them on sale. This box comes with 110 13-gallon trash bags, which have two layers for added leak protection and a Febreeze scent.
Out of all the teeth whitening strips we’ve tested, these are our favorite because they’re easy to use and highly effective. Strips are coated in a layer of hydrogen peroxide to remove stains, and they’re flexible, so they mold to the shape of your mouth. There’s 44 strips in the box, which is enough for 22 treatments — 20 are 45-minute standard treatments, and two are 60-minute express treatments.
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As someone who doesn’t have a dishwasher, I’m very picky about dish soap, and Dawn’s Platinum Powerwash Spray is my all-time favorite option. The sprayer helps me cover a lot of dishes with soap at once, and it comes out foamy, so I don’t need to turn the faucet on until it’s time to rinse.
Once you plug devices like fans, air purifiers and small kitchen appliances into this smart plug, you can control them via the Amazon Alexa app or voice commands. The plug is compact, so it won’t block your second outlet. Using the app, you can set up schedules, timers and routines for your devices.
If it weren’t for these little trackers, I’d lose everything I own. I keep them in my wallet and bag, attach one to my keys and always put one in my suitcases while traveling. The AirTags pair with the Find My app on iPhones and iPads, which shows you where they are and gives you directions to locate them. You can also make trackers play a sound through the app, and share them each with up to five people if needed so everyone can track items.
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I always keep Liquid I.V. electrolyte powder at home to drink before a long run. The pre-measured, single-serve packets make it easy to add to my water, and after I give it a stir, the powder blends right in. Each serving has 500 grams of sodium. You can buy Liquid I.V. in numerous flavors like arctic raspberry, strawberry lemonade and orange vanilla dream, plus there’s sugar-free options.
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I use a pair of these under-eye masks almost every day to depuff and refresh my skin. They’re soaked in a serum made with hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid, niacinamide and glycerin, and made from a gel-like material that has a cooling effect. There’s 24 pairs of individually-wrapped patches in each pack.
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I’ve been a loyal Orgain customer for years and its protein powder is the only one I’ll buy. There’s 21 grams in each serving, and less than one gram of sugar, plus it blends into my smoothies almost instantly, making them extra creamy. The powder is also gluten-free and vegan.
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“The Kindle really is impossible to live without once you try it,” says NBC Select editor Lindsay Schneider, who’s used a number of models over the years, courtesy testing samples from Amazon. “It makes it a whole lot easier to read on the go and outside. The battery is quite impressive too. I feel like I never have to charge it.”
The Kindle Paperwhite gives you 12 weeks of battery life on a single charge, according to the brand, and it’s thin and lightweight, making it easy to travel with. It also has a 7-inch glare-free screen and an adjustable warm light so you can clearly see text in any environment. The e-reader is water-resistant, too — you can use it at the beach, by the pool or in the bath without worrying about splashes.
“This shower oil completely soothes my skin and gives me that silky soft effect,” says Schneider. “It lathers really nicely and never feels oily despite its initial consistency. The formula, while scented, is quite subtle.” You can use the shower oil as a body wash or to prep your skin before shaving, plus it doubles as a soak when you pour it into warm bath water.
Thanks to its internal organization system, my Samsonite luggage holds an impressive amount of clothes, and it never breaks down despite how much I beat it up during my travels. This set comes with a hard-sided carry-on and a medium checked bag. Both suitcases have built-in TSA locks, expandable storage, 360-degree spinner wheels, and adjustable handles.
Track workouts, daily activity, sleep, health metrics like heart rate and more with this smartwatch. It’s water-resistant, so you can swim with it, and it connects to your phone, letting you answer calls and texts. The watch’s battery lasts for about 18 hours when it’s fully charged, and 30 minutes in the included charger gives you about 80% battery, according to Apple.
These food storage containers come in a pack of five, and each has a 2.85-cup capacity with two compartments. They’re made from a clear stain- and odor-resistant material, so you can always see what’s inside. The containers’ lids have an airtight seal and secure latches, and if you flip the latches up, they act as vents — that means you can keep the lid on while microwaving to avoid splatters.
Keurig makes some of our favorite coffee makers, and this one is compact, so it won’t take up much room on your counter. You can brew 8-, 10- or 12-ounces of coffee at a time and remove the 48-ounce water reservoir to refill it.
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The Dyson Airwrap simultaneously dries and styles your hair, letting you create curly, wavy and straight styles without causing heat damage, according to Dyson. It comes with three interchangeable attachments: a smoothing dryer, round volumizing brush and long barrel. The Airwrap also has a cool shot button.
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The camera built into this bird feeder livestreams video to an app so you can watch critters visit for a snack. The water-resistant feeder has a 1.5-liter container you fill with feed, and there’s a wide perch on the front you can add accessories to as you learn what the birds in your area like. The app stores videos for up to 30 days so you can download and share them.
Best Prime Day Lightning Deals
These limited-time deals are live until stock runs out, so make sure you checkout before they’re gone.
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Frequently asked questions
Most Prime Day deals last through the duration of the sale (it ends tonight, Jul. 11), but some are limited-time offers. For example, Lightning Deals are typically a few hours long — once a product sells out, the deal is over. Amazon is adding new deals each day of the sale, so make sure you’re constantly browsing. It’s also important to check out as soon as you see something you want since prices can go up any time.
For the first time ever this year, Amazon Prime Day is four days long. It’s typically a 48-hour event, so you have double the amount of time to shop this year.
Prime Day 2025 ends tonight, Friday, Jul. 11 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time (2:59 a.m. ET on Saturday, Jul. 12).
Amazon has not announced when the next Prime Day is. For the past few years, the retailer hosted its Prime Big Deal Days in October, which is nearly identical to July’s sale with slightly different products on sale to focus more on the holiday shopping season.
How I found the best Prime Day deals
All of my recommendations above are based on NBC Select’s previous coverage and reporting. I also included products the NBC Select staff tested, including Wellness Award and Giftable Tech Award winners. I ran each deal through price trackers like CamelCamelCamel to ensure products are at their lowest price in at least three months. All the products I recommend are 20% off or more, and highly rated with at least a 4.0-star average rating from hundreds of reviews.
Why trust NBC Select?
I’m a reporter for NBC Select who has covered Amazon Prime Day since 2020. In addition to writing about the best deals, I also wrote about what’s included in a Prime membership, the history of Prime Day and what to buy and skip this year. Prior to Amazon’s flagship sale, I previewed a list of deals from the retailer and sorted through them to find worthwhile sales you should know about.
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The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward in the search for someone who appeared to fire a pistol at federal immigration agents during protests Thursday near Los Angeles, the U.S. attorney for the region said.
U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor for the Central District of California based in Los Angeles, announced the reward Thursday night, hours after what appeared to be tear gas was used against protesters near Camarillo in Ventura County.
He shared on X helicopter news footage from ABC affiliate KABC of Los Angeles that showed a man in a black T-shirt point what appeared to be a handgun during the protest and tear gassing.
There were no reports of anyone being struck by gunfire during the incident.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said Thursday night that the farm was a marijuana grow, and that 10 juveniles who are in the country without authorization were found there.
“It’s now under investigation for child labor violations,” Scott said.
Glass House Brands, a cannabis company, said that officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement visited its farm Friday.
“The company fully complied with agent search warrants and will provide further updates if necessary,” the company said. Cannabis is legal in California under state law approved by voters.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, on social media shared video showing tear gas being used and children running. Newsom said in reply to another comment on X that he condemns any assault on law enforcement.
Recent federal immigration operations in the Los Angeles area have infuriated some local officials, including Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, a Democrat, who said they are motivated by a political agenda “of provoking fear and terror.”
U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley, a Democrat whose district includes Camarillo, said Thursday that there has been a lack of transparency from ICE and the federal government and that she will demand answers.
“These militarized raids are not routine immigration enforcement. They are part of a deliberate, disruptive, and ongoing campaign of cruelty that is an unacceptable assault on our way of life,” she said in a statement. “ICE should be focused on individuals who pose real threats to public safety, not carrying out broad sweeps that destabilize entire communities.”
The U.S. attorney, Essayli, was appointed by President Donald Trump and was sworn in on April 2.
He has said that Los Angeles’ “sanctuary city” policies are “deliberately obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration law.” The Department of Justice on June 30 filed a lawsuit against the city over those policies.
Camarillo is a city of around 70,000 in Ventura County, around 50 miles west of downtown Los Angeles. The region is known for its agriculture.
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the United States would apply a 35% tariff to all imports from Canada beginning next month, reviving tensions with a major trade partner that had largely dissipated in recent weeks.
“Instead of working with the United States, Canada retaliated with its own Tariffs,” Trump wrote in the letter shared on Truth Social. “Starting August 1, 2025, we will charge Canada a Tariff of 35% on Canadian products sent into the United States, separate from all Sectoral Tariffs.”
Until this escalation, Canadian imports that did not fall under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, which Trump negotiated in his first term, faced a tariff of 25%. Energy imports from Canada faced tariffs of 10%.
Trump told NBC News in an interview earlier Thursday that he would announce a new tariff rate for Canada before the end of the week.
Canada is one of the United States’ top trading partners, with more than $410 billion of goods crossing into the country last year. However, the two countries have had a fraught trading relationship since Prime Minister Mark Carney took office in March.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on May 6. Jim Watson / AFP – Getty Images
In late June, Trump announced he had terminated all trade talks with Canada, citing its digital services tax, which was set to be imposed by June 30.
Canada retaliated, imposing a quota on some steel imports and a 50% surcharge for imports that exceed the quota. Canada’s finance minister said the government was acting to protect its industry from “unjust U.S. tariffs.”
Trump’s letter Thursday may come as a surprise to Carney, though. After he rescinded Canada’s digital services tax to appease Trump on June 29, the two leaders spoke on the phone and agreed to work toward a trade deal by July 21.
Trump called the digital services tax an “attack” on the United States and its tech giants. The tax would have applied to any tech firm making more than $15 million from Canadian internet users. A lobby group for some large U.S. tech companies said it would have forced them to pay as much as $3 billion on June 30.
In his social media post Thursday night, Trump said that if Canada retaliates again, the United States will hike the 35% tariff higher.
Canada’s top trade negotiator and its ambassador to the United States said this week that Canadian and American teams were in near-daily contact and working toward an agreement.
“If Canada works with me to stop the flow of Fentanyl, we will, perhaps, consider an adjustment to this letter,” Trump wrote at the end of his letter. “You will never be disappointed with the United States of America.”
Canada has said Trump’s claims that large amounts of fentanyl are coming across the northern border are “unjustified.”
U.S. stock futures immediately slid on Trump’s post, with the S&P 500 index indicated to drop about a half-percent at Friday’s opening bell. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were set to drop more than 200 points.
WASHINGTON — Israel believes at least some of Iran’s highly enriched uranium was buried beneath Iran’s Isfahan facility by U.S. strikes and not destroyed or moved beforehand, a senior Israeli government official said in Washington on Wednesday night. But it is effectively unreachable, the official said, because Israel is watching, and if it believes Iran is trying to dig up the material, it will not hesitate to conduct new strikes.
Asked about Israel’s conclusion regarding the uranium at Isfahan, White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly told NBC News in a statement: “As President Trump has said many times, Operation Midnight Hammer totally obliterated Iran’s nuclear facilities. The entire world is safer thanks to his decisive leadership.”
In a lengthy briefing with reporters Wednesday night, the senior Israeli government official said Israel decided to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities because of intelligence it had that Tehran had begun rapidly and secretly proceeding to weaponize its enriched uranium after Israel’s targeted assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in September.
The official said that Israel had shared the intelligence with President Donald Trump but was preparing to strike with or without a green light or participation from the United States and that American support was not a condition for Israel’s decision to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities.
The official would not specify the source of the intelligence.
Iran denies that it wants to build a nuclear weapon. In an interview with NBC News a day before the U.S. strikes, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said every country has the right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes.
“This is an achievement of our own scientists. It’s a question of national pride and dignity,” he said.
Asked about National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard’s having testified before Congress in March that the U.S. intelligence community “continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme Leader Khamenei has not authorized the nuclear weapons program he suspended in 2003,” the Israeli official dismissed the question, viewing the assessment as not serious.
According to the official, Israel believes Iran’s nuclear program has now been set back up to two years.
An initial assessment by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency leaked late last month found that the U.S. strikes on Isfahan and two other sites may have set back the program only several months.
The question of how damaged Iran’s nuclear program was — along with how much its timeline toward building a nuclear weapon should it ever decide to do so was delayed — has been a politically charged one. Trump and his administration have denounced the leak of the DIA assessment and the outlets that first reported it.
The day after the initial DIA assessment was first reported, CIA Director John Ratcliffe said in a statement that “a body of credible intelligence” indicated the program was “severely damaged.”
“This includes new intelligence from an historically reliable and accurate source/method that several key Iranian nuclear facilities were destroyed and would have to be rebuilt over the course of years,” he said.
