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**The Key Largo tree cactus (''[[Pilosocereus millspaughii]]'') is declared [[Local extinction|locally extinct]] in [[Florida]] as the first US extinction event due to sea level rise.<ref>{{cite web |title=First local extinction in the U.S. due to sea level rise |url=https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/first-local-extinction-in-the-u-s-due-to-sea-level-rise/ |date=9 July 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=Florida Museum}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sea level rise wipes out an entire U.S. species |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/07/09/sea-level-rise-wipes-out-an-entire-us-species |date=9 July 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=Axios}}</ref>
**[[Director of National Intelligence]] [[Avril Haines]] accuses the Iranian government of using social media to covertly encourage and finance [[2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses|pro-Palestinian campus protests]], to deepen American political divisions and increase distrust in democratic institutions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/gaza-war-protests-iran-foreign-influence-95e0a161119ed0e060332feda95b4e4f|date=July 9, 2024|website=[[Associated Press]]|title=Iran encourages Gaza war protests in US to stoke outrage and distrust, intelligence chief says|last=Klepper|first=David}}</ref>
*July 11
**The [[U.S. Department of the Treasury|Treasury Department]] and the [[White House]] announce sanctions on the [[Venezuela]]n criminal organization [[Tren de Aragua]] and designate it as a "transnational criminal organization." The [[US Department of State|State Department]] also places a $12 million reward for information leading to the arrest of the organization's leaders.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/what-is-venezuelan-prison-gang-tren-de-aragua-2024-07-11/|date=July 11, 2024|website=[[Reuters]]|title=Explainer: What is the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua?}}</ref>
**[[Israeli occupation of the West Bank]]: The State Department and the Treasury Department announce sanctions against three [[Israeli settler violence|violent Israeli settlers]] who blocked [[humanitarian aid]] to [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] and four illegal [[Israeli settlements|Israeli settlement outposts]], and also blacklists the [[far-right politics in Israel|far-right]] [[Supremacism#Jewish|Jewish supremacist]] organization [[Lehava]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/11/us-announcess-sanctions-on-israeli-settlers-over-west-bank-violence|title=US announces sanctions on Israeli settlers over West Bank violence|date=July 11, 2024|website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>
*July 12
**[[Rust shooting incident]]: Due to the withholding of evidence by the prosecutor, constituting a [[Brady disclosure]] violation, a trial judge in New Mexico [[motion to dismiss|dismisses]] the [[involuntary manslaughter]] charge against actor [[Alec Baldwin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/12/alec-baldwin-court-case-rust-shooting-trial|title=Alec Baldwin's Rust shooting trial dismissed after lawyers say evidence was withheld|date=July 12, 2024|website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
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