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Trump says he hopes spending bill can pass by July 4 after key Medicaid provision found to violate Senate rules
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Former top aide to Jill Biden is subpoenaed by House Oversight panel — 8:59 p.m. By the Associated Press Republicans issued the subpoena to Anthony Bernal, a senior aide to the former first lady, as part of their rapidly expanding investigation...
A&B leads hemispheric dialogue on mental health at OAS
The Antigua Observer
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June 26, 2025
By Robert Andre Emmanuel [email protected] Regional leaders gathered in Antigua and Barbuda yesterday to confront what Prime Minister Gaston Browne described as “a grave crisis long hidden in plain sight” during a landmark side event at the 55th...
Endangering Article III: The Supreme Court may not have done enough to prevent a reckoning
Washington Examiner
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July 18, 2025
Handed down on the last day of June, the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA was the most important of the term. The court’s six Republican-appointed justices, in an opinion by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, ruled that district court judges can...
Walter Phillip Bender Sr.
Monroe County Herald - Wisconsin
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July 17, 2025
Walter Phillip Bender Sr., age 97, of Tomah, WI, left to join Jesus in the early hours of Thursday, June 26, 2025, at Tomah Health. His wife of 74 years, Virginia, and his oldest daughter Sherieda were with him, and he spent his final two days...
US aid cuts curb journalists' access to vital health data in Africa
International Journalists' Network
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Scientists and researchers working in global health have called for the restoration of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program, which tracks health-related data in over 90 low- and middle-income countries. In its 40-year history, the...
PAHO Executive Committee kicks off 176th session, addressing key health issues in the Americas
Pan American Health Organization
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June 23, 2025
Washington, D.C., June 23, 2025 (PAHO) – The Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), one of the institution's governing bodies, today began its 176th session in Washington, D.C. The committee aims to discuss over a...
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency: A Global South Contribution to Climate Governance
EJIL: Talk!
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July 18, 2025
On 3 July 2025, Justice Nancy Hernandez, President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR), announced the issuance of the new Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency (AO-32). In front of the crowded room where landmark cases have...
USA - Workers are being deported
Indybay - California
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July 17, 2025
The promise to deport millions of immigrants is a central part of Trump's Make America Great Again program. In both presidential campaigns, he described immigrants as “terrorists, murderers, rapists” or “mentally ill.” After his re-election, he...
Homeland Security Keeps Violating Copyright Law Like It’s Due Process Or Something
Above the Law
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July 17, 2025
(Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images) It seems deporting people into El Salvadoran slave labor isn’t the only decision the Department of Homeland Security makes without bothering to do their research. Having admitted that it sent...
Democrats Storm Out of Vote on Trump’s Judicial Nominee
The Daily Beast
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July 17, 2025
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee stormed out of a meeting Thursday morning where they were set to vote on President Donald Trump’s Court of Appeals nominee Emil Bove. The president tapped his personal...
PSX climbs to new peak above 138,000
The Express Tribune
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July 18, 2025
Listen to article KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued its bullish run on Thursday as the benchmark KSE-100 index soared past the 138,000 milestone for the first time in history, backed by deep investor interest and robust...
Good News About New York City’s Beech Leaf Disease Battle
WhoWhatWhy
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June 19, 2025
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Migrants deported by the US to Eswatini being held in solitary confinement
The Guardian
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July 17, 2025
Five migrants deported by the US to the small southern African country of Eswatini, under the Trump administration’s third-country program, will be held in solitary confinement for an undetermined time, an Eswatini government spokesperson says....
Costa Rica’s Tourism Faces Decline Amid Rising Crime and Costs
Tico Times
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July 16, 2025
Costa Rica’s flagship tourism industry, long a cornerstone of our nation’s economy, is dealing with a noticeable downturn in 2025 as rising crime, health concerns, infrastructure issues, and a strong local currency converge to challenge one of the...
AP News: The Latest: House prepares to advance cuts on public broadcasting and foreign aid
EdGlenToday - Illinois
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The House is expected to approve President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion in already appropriated funding for public broadcasting and foreign aid Thursday evening. The White House had described the rescissions package as a...
Growing together through the decades
Anabaptist World
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July 17, 2025
As a young mission worker in the 1980s, Linda Shelly stood on the muddy banks of a Bolivian river, arms outstretched, learning to sing Maravilloso es el amor de Dios (Wonderful Is the Love of God), a children’s song about God’s boundless love. The...
Trump vs. the Cartels | As the U.S. Tightens Its Grip on Fentanyl, Mexico Bristles—and the Crisis Only Grows More Complicated
LatinAmerican Post
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July 17, 2025
In a charged White House address, Donald Trump blamed Mexican cartels for flooding U.S. streets with fentanyl, calling for tougher laws, international pressure, and even China’s death penalty. But the more Washington shouts, the more tangled the...
It Was at the Center of Endless Right-Wing Conspiracies. Its Legacy Keeps Getting Darker.
Slate Magazine
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July 17, 2025
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On the last day the Roosevelt Hotel was open, everyone inside was sweating. Not because of nerves, but because of the...
FBI, ICE arrest man accused of drunk driving and causing deadly crash on Indy's southwest side
WTHR - Indiana
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The crash happened shortly after 12:30 a.m. July 6, 2024, in the 1200 block of Reisner Street, near Morris and Harding streets. INDIANAPOLIS — FBI Indianapolis, working alongside U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal...
Inside the Butler County Jail, southwest Ohio’s ICE holding facility
Journal News - Ohio
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Business is booming. The number of ICE detainees at the facility fluctuates, but it often fills up more than half of the jail’s 860-bed capacity. Most of the inmates held under the ICE contract aren’t facing violent criminal charges. This news...