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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…

Stopping the insults is a precondition for resuming nuclear talks, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused US President Donald Trump of showing disrespect to the country’s leadership, warning that his barbs undermine any potential for renewed negotiations.In a statement posted on Saturday, Araghchi said that if Trump is sincere about pursuing a nuclear deal with Iran, he must “put aside the disrespectful and unacceptable tone towards Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and stop hurting his millions of heartfelt followers.”Araghchi further warned that Iran would not tolerate threats and insults, asserting: “If illusions…

Credit: CBP/X screenshot A massive human smuggling ring with Iranian terror ties was busted up by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), raising more concerns about potential terror sleeper cells in America as the Iran-Israel war continues. The CBP revealed on Friday night that it had executed a federal search warrant at a human smuggling hub in Los Angeles tied to national security threats from Iran. During the operation, two people were arrested thanks to a combined effort from the CBP’s Special Response Team, Border Patrol tactical units, and Air and Marine Operations. WATCH: BREAKING CBP executed a federal…

Microsoft Research Asia, an influential research institute based in Beijing and Shanghai, has continued to conduct AI research at high risk of abuse, including facial recognition, with sanctioned Chinese universities linked to the communist country’s military. Despite these ties Microsoft insists there are guardrails against such sensitive research at the institute.   Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) was originally founded in 1998 as the Microsoft China Research Institute. By 2016, a Chinese media outlet reported that it had trained nearly 5,000 interns, with hundreds going on to Chinese tech giants and prestigious universities.  It now employs over 300 scientists and researchers at…