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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday the U.S. backs Italian candidate Antonio Zanardi Landi as the next High Representative (HR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).  Rubio backed Landi, a long-time diplomat, during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, and said he thinks Landi would bring “stability” to the position.  “Well, as you know, the pre-existing high rep has resigned, and so there’s a new candidate that we will be supporting, he’s an Italian gentleman that we think would do a good job of helping provide some stability to that position,” Rubio said.  The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board is…

Google announced Wednesday it will invest $10 million in water infrastructure projects across Texas communities where the tech giant plans to construct data centers, marking the company’s first attempt to quell backlash against massive data centers with insatiable needs for power and water. The Houston Chronicle reports that as Google positions itself as one of the largest data center developers in Texas, with plans to invest $40 billion in the state over the coming years, the leftist Silicon Valley giant has also pledged to replenish more water than its data centers consume by 2030. Google has also committed to publicly…

Wednesday on MS NOW’s “The Briefing,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) claimed that as a “MAGA-aligned, Trump-fawning candidate,” Spencer Pratt is not going to win in Los Angeles. Host Jen Psaki said, “I got to ask you your thoughts on Spencer Pratt while you’re here, who looks like he could make the runoff? We’ll see. Hasn’t been called yet. What do people not know about that guy?” Schiff said, “Well, you would think, having tried having a reality TV star in elective office and seeing it was a colossal bust, it was a terrible decision that maybe we wouldn’t be eager to…

Sen. Chris Van Hollen is slamming the pro-Israel lobby and crypto industry for pouring millions of dollars into the race to replace retiring Rep. Steny Hoyer, accusing the special-interest groups of trying to “buy this congressional seat” in their state. “Voters need to understand that these groups are not investing in this race out of charity,” the Maryland Democratic senator said in a virtual press conference Thursday. “They are spending because they believe the beneficiary of their spending — in this case, one candidate, Adrian Boafo — will be a dependable vote in support of their special interests.” The American…

FIFA must take action to stop violations of the athletes’ rights by West Jerusalem, the Palestinian Football Association has said The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) has slammed Israel over the “unjust arrest” of two players from its women’s national team and called on the sport’s governing body, FIFA, to intervene.Israeli authorities on Wednesday extended the detention of Rand Halawani, 20, who was arrested a day earlier on suspicion of “throwing objects” at people in Jerusalem. Another national team player, Natalie Abu Diyeh, 21, a student at Birzeit University, was detained along with three other young Palestinian women in the occupied…

Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, is approaching trillionaire status as SpaceX prepares for its IPO next week. CNBC reports that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s stake in SpaceX is valued at $866.5 billion according to the company’s updated IPO prospectus released on Wednesday. The space exploration firm announced plans to price its upcoming IPO at $135 per share, targeting a total company valuation of approximately $1.77 trillion. The SpaceX public offering represents a significant milestone for Musk, arriving 16 years after he took Tesla public. Musk currently holds stock in the electric vehicle manufacturer worth about $355 billion, with additional options…

Despite consistently being the state with the highest approval rating of President Donald Trump, one of Wyoming’s leading Republican candidates for governor, Eric Barlow, has repeatedly voted against bills in line with the MAGA movement’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Barlow, a state senator who formerly served as Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives, has sided with Democrats when it comes to sanctuary cities and blocking illegal aliens from public benefits. The other Republicans in the race ahead of August’s Republican primary election include the Trump-endorsed Megan Degenfelder, who has been the state’s Superintendent of Public Instruction since 2023.  Brent…

The Senate has kicked off another marathon session of amendment votes on Republicans’ massive $70 billion immigration enforcement bill. It is the sixth “vote-a-rama” of the 119th Congress, an unusually high number prompted by Republicans’ interest in moving multiple party-line bills under budget reconciliation rules that set up the exhausting voting rounds. “I suspect there will be a lot of amendments today on a lot of topics,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune warned in a floor speech, but one topic will have an outsized focus. A flurry of amendments from both parties are expected to attempt to put into law…

The international vaccine development and distribution organization Gavi announced this week that it had committed $50 million to responding to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), $40 million of which would go to building up supply chains in preparation of mass production of an Ebola Bundibugyo vaccine. Gavi, formerly known as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, is a coalition that raises funds from public and private actors and serves as a platform for the development of new vaccines and the expansion of access to established vaccines all around the world, with a…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday, June 4. Bessent will testify following a report Wednesday that private-sector payrolls rose by 122,000 in May, more jobs added than expected. Consumer data released Wednesday was also positive, “with orders for consumer durable goods running 8.5 percent above last year’s pace and motor vehicle demand surging.” Read the full article here