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The Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness celebrates 350 weeks on the Billboard 200, climbing back into … More the top 100 as Starboy approaches 400 weeks. HAMILTON, ON – MARCH 15: The Weeknd is presented an award at the 2015 JUNO Awards at FirstOntario Centre on March 15, 2015 in Hamilton, Canada. (Photo by Sonia Recchia/Getty Images)Getty Images Nearly a decade ago, Abel Tesfaye — better known as The Weeknd — earned his first No. 1 album in the United States with Beauty Behind the Madness. Two years prior, he became a breakout star with Kiss Land, which instantly made…

President Donald Trump meets with the foreign ministers of Congo and Rwanda after brokering a historic peace agreement between them on Friday, June 27. “They were going at it for many years,” the president told reporters earlier Friday. “It was one of the worst wars anyone has ever seen.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio oversaw the signing ceremony in Washington, DC, earlier on Friday. Read the full article here

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said “No” Thursday when asked if he would overrule Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, who rejected key Medicaid provisions in the so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill.” When reporters asked him about the matter, Thune said, “No. That would not be a good outcome for getting a bill done,” according to the Hill. The outlet said MacDonough “rejected a plan that would cap states’ ability to collect more federal Medicaid funding via healthcare care provider taxes. The move would have collected hundreds of billions in savings, which Republicans were relying on.” Several Republicans wanted the Senate to “sideline”…

Senate Republicans have included compromises on key Medicaid and tax issuesin updated text for their sweeping domestic policy bill. In an effort to placate GOP moderates on the fence on the legislation, Senate Republicans are planning to provide a $25 billion stabilization fund for rural hospitals over five years. It’s a significant bump up from the $15 billion offer Senate Republican leadership had made to a group of Medicaid moderates, who have balked at the steep cuts to the health program contained in the marque legislation. Senate Republicans would also delay planned cuts to provider taxes that fund state obligations…

Intelligence reports differ as the IAEA says the fuel could have been moved before the attacks, the outlet says US intelligence officials are divided over the fate of Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile following recent US and Israeli airstrikes on key nuclear facilities, the New York Times reported on Thursday.The hostilities began on June 13 when Israel launched strikes on Iran, claiming Tehran was close to developing a nuclear bomb – which has been denied by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and US intelligence.The US joined the campaign on June 22, striking several nuclear facilities. A ceasefire brokered by Washington…

Screenshot A powerful video of a Syrian Christian woman giving a moving speech at the site of the Greek Orthodox Mar Elias Church in Damascus has gone viral. Islamic suicide bombers attacked the church on June 22, killing over 20 congregants and injuring dozens more. Syrian officials attributed the attack to the Islamic State. According to witnesses, the bomber entered the church with a gun and fired at people before detonating his explosive vest. In the video, the woman declares that she and her family will never flee their home or their country despite repeated attacks on Christians. “Now they…

Billie Eilish’s “Wildflower” reaches new highs on the Pop Airplay and Radio Songs charts after more … More than a year on several of Billboard’s rock and alternative rankings. STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – APRIL 23: Billie Eilish performs at Avicii Arena on April 23, 2025 in Stockholm, Sweden. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage for Live Nation)WireImage for Live Nation Billie Eilish’s current single “Wildflower” will likely serve as the final promotional cut from her album Hit Me Hard and Soft. The track has already spent more than a year appearing on a number of Billboard charts, as it has been a fan…

Over 100 anti-Israel activists stormed a Belgian weapons facility to “stop arming Israel” — apparently unaware that the $1.1 million in equipment they destroyed was actually bound for Ukraine. On Monday, members of the extremist “Stop Arming Israel” movement raided the OIP Land Systems hangar in Tournai, Belgium, vandalizing armored vehicles with hammers, smashing windows, and covering equipment with graffiti. The target of their protest turned out to be a crucial supplier for Ukraine’s war effort against Russia, not a pipeline to the Israeli military. “We don’t sell anything to Israel,” said company president Freddy Versluys. “The vandals entered the…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that his country’s chances of buying advanced F-35 fighter jets from the United States are looking up after his meeting with President Donald Trump at the NATO summit this week. “We discussed the F-35 issue. We made payments of $1.3 to $1.4 billion for the jets, and we saw that Mr. Trump was well-intentioned about delivering them,” Erdogan said during a news conference from the summit at The Hague. “Together with my friend Trump we are opening the door to a new chapter in Turkish-American relations,” he declared. Erdogan said at the…

Republican leaders are expecting to finish up their domestic-policy megabill the same way they’ve advanced it this far: by tweaking their plans for President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda and daring holdouts to vote against it. It might work, and GOP leaders are projecting confidence that the bill will land on Trump’s desk in time to meet their arbitrary July 4 target. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Friday he expects his chamber to start voting as soon as Saturday. But there are reasons the deadline could slip, and several of them were on display this week as Republicans dug in…