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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 10
**A [[aerial firefighting|plane]] fighting the Horse Gulch Fire crashes into [[Hauser Dam|Hauser Lake]] in [[Montana]], killing the pilot onboard.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.montanarightnow.com/helena/pilot-dies-in-plane-crash-while-fighting-horse-gulch-fire/article_b38eff62-3efe-11ef-ae65-fb710f4c42a7.html|title=Firefighting community mourns death of wildfire pilot in Horse Gulch Fire|date=July 11, 2024|website=[[KWYB]]}}</ref>
**[[United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war]]: [[US President|President]] [[Joe Biden]]'s [[Biden administration|administration]] resumes shipments of [[Mark 82|500-pound bombs]] to [[Israel]] following a suspension in May 2024 due to worries of harm to [[Palestinian]] civilians. The initial suspension provoked public criticism from [[Israeli Prime Minister]] [[Benjamin Netanyahu]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-resume-shipping-500-pound-bombs-israel-us-official-says-2024-07-10/|title=US to resume shipping 500-pound bombs to Israel, US official says|date=July 10, 2024|website=[[Reuters]]}}</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>
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