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Republicans Join Democrats to Block Trump's $386M Ocean Monitoring Purge

A bipartisan coalition of senators and House Democrats moved Monday to stop the National Science Foundation from dismantling a vast ocean sensor network, with some lawmakers accusing the agency of ...

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Teacher, Cancer Survivor, New Dad Among 12 Dead in Missouri Skydiving Crash

Twelve people died when a skydiving plane nosedived into the ground near Butler, Missouri, moments after takeoff, and families have now begun identifying those lost in the weekend disaster. The Pac...

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Federal Judge Steps Back From Georgia Records Fight After Ethics Storm

A federal judge disciplined for misconduct in her chambers has removed herself from a case involving Georgia election records, sidestepping a direct collision between the Trump administration and t...

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Feds demand JPMorgan, Google turn over Epstein ranch records

New Mexico authorities have ordered major financial institutions and technology companies to preserve documents related to Jeffrey Epstein's property holdings and associates, signaling an expanding...

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Hundreds protest Iran's World Cup debut as Trump claims peace deal imminent

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside Los Angeles Stadium on match day as Iran prepared to take the field against New Zealand in its first World Cup game, underscoring the deep political fault...

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Newsom's allies paint DOJ probe as Trump revenge plot

California Governor Gavin Newsom's team is actively working to convince congressional Democrats that a federal investigation into him amounts to political retaliation, according to internal messagi...

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America's Unregulated Peptide Rush: Thousands Inject Black-Market Drugs for Quick Fixes

Thousands of Americans are turning to unregulated peptides sold online as a shortcut to weight loss, muscle growth, and youthful skin. Despite carrying disclaimers stating they are not intended for...

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FBI Stops Plot Against Trump UFC White House Party

Federal agents have arrested five people across multiple states for allegedly planning attacks on a UFC event held at the White House over the weekend, according to FBI Director Kash Patel. The mix...

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Police bullets pierce car at Walmart, killing toddler in Mississippi

A one-year-old boy lay dead in a hospital Sunday night after a Senatobia police officer fired into a vehicle responding to a shoplifting call, leaving another passenger critically wounded and resha...

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Microsoft's Brad Smith: Tech Leaders Are Botching the AI Jobs Conversation

Brad Smith, Microsoft's vice chair and president, is frustrated. After 33 years at the company, he's watching the tech industry damage its own credibility by catastrophizing about artificial intell...

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Millions of student loan borrowers face stricter repayment rules starting next month

Starting July 1, the American student loan system will shift into a new era, pushing borrowers toward faster repayment schedules and eliminating some of the most generous forgiveness programs in pl...

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Sean Penn to Direct January 6 Thriller Starring Bradley Cooper

Sean Penn is developing a new drama centered on the Capitol riot that will reunite him with Bradley Cooper in front of the camera. Penn, fresh off winning his second Academy Award, will write and d...

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Teen Surrenders to Feds After Judge Orders Adult Trial in Cruise Ship Sister's Death

Timothy Hudson turned himself in to federal authorities Monday morning after a judge revoked his pretrial release and ordered him to face trial as an adult in the death of his 18-year-old stepsiste...

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Paramount kills ad blasting Ellison and merger deal

Paramount Skydance blocked a 30-second commercial from airing during Sunday's Ultimate Fighting Championship broadcast, rejecting the spot on grounds of conflict of interest after the Freedom of th...

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Eight states ban kratom as hospitalizations skyrocket and addiction claims mount

Maizie Hepner walked into a kava bar in Dubuque, Iowa last year expecting herbal tea. The 24-year-old bartender left hooked on kratom, a plant-derived substance with opioid-like properties that she...

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MLB Slaps Players Over Bible Verses on Pride Caps

Major League Baseball condemned Giants pitchers who inscribed religious messages on their Pride Night caps Friday, calling the act a violation of league rules. The league stopped short of imposing ...

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Green again: Trump's $14.2m reflecting pool makeover hits algae snag

Days after completion of a $14.2 million renovation project, algae has returned to the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, undoing the administration's push to transform the water to what officials c...

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After Anthropic's Fable, the real threat becomes clear: creative AI that ignores the rules

When Anthropic released Fable, a powerful new AI model, on June 9, the U.S. government acted swiftly. Within three days, officials classified it as a dangerous munition and barred foreign nationals...

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Top OB-GYN Group Breaks With CDC on Maternal Vaccines

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has released its first official maternal vaccination schedule, marking a significant departure from federal health guidance and underscoring ...

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Times Square fishbowl: Two fans paid $50K to watch every World Cup game in front of crowds

Kevin Kotoko didn't think twice when Fox offered him $50,000 to watch all 104 World Cup matches. The catch: he'd have to do it inside a custom-built viewing cube in the middle of Times Square, surr...

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Trump's voting crackdown widens: DOJ lawsuits, FBI probes, mail-in order spark constitutional clash

The Trump administration is mounting a coordinated assault on voting access through the Justice Department, FBI investigations, and executive orders restricting mail-in ballots, all grounded in dis...

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Trump Heralds Middle East Deal, Claims Hormuz Strait Opening Friday

President Donald Trump declared victory on a Middle East accord while arriving at the G7 summit in France, announcing that the strait of Hormuz will be fully open starting Friday and that a nuclear...

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Oklahoma's Primary Becomes Next Test of Trump's Republican Dominance

Oklahoma Republicans head to the polls today in primary elections for Senate and governor, offering the clearest gauge yet of whether Donald Trump's outsized influence over his party can hold stead...

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UFC Fighter's White House Slur Puts Trump in Spotlight

A crude insult hurled at the White House during a UFC event Sunday has ignited a political firestorm, with allies and critics alike demanding that Donald Trump respond to the attack on Michelle Oba...

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Vulture Invasion Turns North Carolina Neighborhood Into a Nightmare

A North Carolina town is grappling with an unusual nuisance: hundreds of vultures that have descended on the area, leaving behind feathers, droppings, and an overwhelming stench that has turned dai...

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Trump looms over DC mayor's race as frontrunners clash on how to resist him

Washington DC voters will choose a new mayor on Tuesday for the first time in more than a decade, and Donald Trump's shadow hangs over the entire contest. The president has already weighed in, thre...

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Man charged with raping girl to collect $13,500 debt, police say

A 34-year-old Louisiana man has been arrested and charged with repeatedly raping a teenager as a way to coerce payment of a debt he claimed her family owed him, according to law enforcement in Kenn...

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Vance's Catholic conversion shines spotlight on a tiny, conservative slice of American faith

Vice President JD Vance's forthcoming memoir about his embrace of Catholicism arrives as a high-profile boost to a small but notably distinctive cohort within the U.S. Church. But fresh research ra...

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Knicks Crowned, Thunder Humbled, and the NBA's Brutal Lessons Revealed

The NBA playoffs delivered a masterclass in unpredictability this season, upending the conventional wisdom that had dominated the league for months. A young Spurs team nobody expected to contend ma...

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Trump's Name Stripped From Kennedy Center as Historic Act of Defiance Unfolds

A blue and white tarp now shrouds the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, concealing an act of symbolic demolition unfolding in real time. Behind that industrial veil, workers are...

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Fox Gambles $22 Billion to Own Roku and Reshape Its Future

Fox is making its boldest move in years, agreeing to buy Roku for $22 billion in a deal that signals a dramatic shift in how the Murdoch media empire plans to compete in the streaming age. The acqu...

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AI Deepfakes Flood Campaign Trail as Elections Descend Into Digital Fiction

Artificial intelligence has turned political attack ads into a Wild West of fabrication. Candidates across the country are now flooding airwaves with doctored images and synthetic video of opponent...

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Iran War Far From Over as Trump Settles for Oil Deal

The agreement set to be formally signed Friday in Geneva does not end the conflict between the US and Iran. It is, at its core, a 60-day extension of a ceasefire reached in April, with the primary ...

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Trump's AI Export Crackdown Backfires, Pushes Allies Away From U.S. Tech

The White House says it wants America to win the global AI race. But a sudden move to block access to Anthropic's advanced models is doing the opposite, signaling to foreign governments that bettin...

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B-52 Stratofortress goes down in flames near Edwards Air Force Base

A B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed in the Mojave Desert shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California on Monday, with all eight crew members presumed dead, according to...

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Dolan's Spartan Sex Ban Fueled Knicks' Historic Run

James Dolan believed the path to ending the New York Knicks' 53-year championship drought ran through the bedroom. In a surprise pregame speech on April 3, the team owner urged players to abstain f...

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Vance brushes off GOP doubts on Iran deal, admits framework is 'very general'

Vice President JD Vance acknowledged Monday that significant details of the new US-Iran agreement remain unresolved, even as Republican senators demanded more information about a deal that the Trum...

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Texas Tech QB Ditches College Fight, Heads to NFL Supplemental Draft

Brendan Sorsby is moving on. The Texas Tech quarterback announced Monday he will enter the NFL supplemental draft, sidestepping a legal battle that had consumed his offseason and drawn the ire of h...

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RFK Jr. Orders Hantavirus Patient Quarantined Despite CDC Clearance

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., serving as health secretary, has overruled a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention assessment and ordered a cruise passenger to remain in isolation in Nebraska, contradi...

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Pulisic will play, US insists as Australia looms

Christian Pulisic left the field at halftime during the United States' 4-1 victory over Paraguay, but the team is projecting confidence that the midfielder will be available for Friday's World Cup ...

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GOP's Shadow Campaign to Pick Democratic Opponents Ignites Fury on Capitol Hill

Republicans are fueling Democratic rage by bankrolling primary races across the country, strategically boosting candidates viewed as easier targets in November's general election. The tactic, once ...

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Iran Deal on the Brink as Trump Faces Geopolitical Minefield

Donald Trump arrived at the G7 summit in France on Monday declaring a landmark US-Iran peace deal "all signed," but the agreement showed immediate signs of strain even as markets celebrated the pro...

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Rhode Island's Tax Cut Gamble: McKee Bets Big on Union Backing

Governor Dan McKee is offering Rhode Island unions a tax rate of 8.99% in what amounts to a calculated political move to shore up labor support ahead of key negotiations and elections.The move refl...

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Trump Adviser Denies Links to Adani as Billionaire Faces Fraud Heat

Boris Epshteyn, a senior adviser to Donald Trump, has pushed back against suggestions that he is connected to Gautam Adani, the Indian billionaire now facing federal fraud charges in the United Sta...

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California beaches turn deadly as king tides surge

Two deaths and a series of close calls have forced authorities up and down the California coast to issue urgent warnings as king tides bring towering waves, dangerous currents, and coastal flooding...

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Warsh's First Test: Fed chief navigates inflation surge, hawk rebellion, and markets hungry for clarity

Kevin Warsh takes the helm at the Federal Reserve this week for his inaugural policy meeting as chairman, and the timing could hardly be more fraught. He inherits an institution grappling with resu...

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Trump's Iran Deal Shrouded in Mystery: Eight Critical Unknowns

President Trump signed a ceasefire deal with Iran electronically Sunday, with Vice President JD Vance, Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and other senior officials affixing th...

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New Zealand's World Cup Longshot Takes on Iran's Chaos in Los Angeles

New Zealand arrives in Los Angeles as the lowest-ranked team at this World Cup, ranked 85th globally, facing Iran in a Group G matchup where neither side has ever advanced past the opening round. K...

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