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Pentagon strips Harvey Milk’s name from ship
Milk was a slain gay rights activist who served during the Korean War. Secretary Pete Hegseth's announcement comes during Pride Month β the same timing as the Pentagonβs campaign to force transgender troops out of the U.S. military.
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Congo and Rwanda call for Trump to 'stay committed' after peace deal
The top diplomats from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda urged President Trump to stay committed to enforcing a peace agreement between the two countries signed Friday in Washington. Trump called the peace agreement, which aims to halt three decades of war, a βtremendous breakthrough,β as the foreign ministers from Congo and Rwanda were...
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:5 House Republicans say they will vote against GOP megabill over public land sales
A group of five House Republicans says it will vote against the GOP's tax and spending bill over provisions in the Senate version that would mandate the sale of land owned by the federal government. βWe support the OB3 passed by the House and generally accept changes to the bill that may be made by...
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:UVA president resigns rather than ‘fight federal government’
James Ryan referenced pressure by the Trump administration in a statement to the university community Friday in which he said he had submitted his resignation with a βvery heavy heart.β
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:White House releases video featuring workers in βbig, beautiful billβ pressure campaign
The White House on Friday released a video with testimonials from workers about the benefits of President Trumpβs βbig, beautiful bill,β as it seeks to ramp up pressure on Republicans ahead of planned Senate votes this weekend. In a video first shared with The Hill, eight people who attended Trumpβs event at the White House...
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:ObamaCare preventive care mandate wins in Supreme Court ruling
Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story SCOTUS upholds Obamacare preventive care mandate The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a key Affordable Care Act requirement that insurance companies cover certain preventative measures recommended by an expert panel. AP Justices upheld the constitutionality of...
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Trump cancels trade talks with Canada
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story US-Canada trade talks explode President Trump said Friday he was suspending trade talks with Canada and would soon announce a higher tariff rate on the U.S.βs northern neighbor. Getty Images In a post on social media,...
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Supreme Court keeps Texas age law
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Supreme Court upholds Texas age verification law The Supreme Court ruled Friday that Texasβ age-verification law for porn websites is constitutional and does not violate the First Amendment. Leon Neal, Getty Images In a6-3 decisionalong ideological lines authored by JusticeClarence Thomas,the Supreme Court upheld a Texas law...
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Schiff: 'Too many unknowns' to claim 'victory' in stopping Iran nuclear weapons
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Friday it's βprematureβ for anyone to be claiming that Iran will not try to continue its nuclear program. βThe Iranian regime had not made a decision to build a bomb, was not pursuing the mechanism of a bomb, even though it was enriching uranium,β he said in Friday comments on...
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Environmental groups sue to block 'Alligator Alcatraz'
A coalition of environmental groups on Friday sued over the Trump administration's plans to build a detention center in the Everglades that critics have dubbed βAlligator Alcatraz.β The suit seeks to block the Trump administration from building the new facility on a Florida airfield, the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport (TNT) near Big Cypress National...
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:U.S. stocks close at an all-time high just months after plunging from Trump trade worries
The gains on Friday were broad, with nearly every sector within the S&P 500 rising.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:McConnell: Trump has βsome pretty rabid isolationists over at' DOD
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took a swipe at President Trumpβs national security team in a rare interview as part of a recent pattern of public comments urging the president to consider military intervention in Iran and elsewhere more favorably. βHeβs got some pretty rabid isolationists over at [the Department of Defense] β you could argue...
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Parliamentarian rejects GOP attempt to impose fees on asylum-seekers
The Senate parliamentarian on Friday ruled that a Republican attempt to charge migrants a $1,000 fee when applying for asylum violates the Senateβs Byrd Rule and cannot be included in the GOP megabill to enact President Trumpβs legislative agenda. The mandatory $1,000 fee for asylum applications is one of several immigration-related fees the parliamentarian, Elizabeth...
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:U.S. vaccine panel rejects flu shots with a specific preservative, despite safety data
The Trump administration's new vaccine advisers on Thursday endorsed this fall's flu vaccinations for just about every American β but only if they use certain shots free of a preservative that has been safely used in vaccines for decades, a decision sparking concerns for medical organizations.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Investigators analyzing black box data from fatal Air India crash
Investigators have begun analyzing data extracted from the black boxes of the ill-fated Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner that crashed on June 12, killing at least 270 people, India's Civil Aviation Ministry said on Thursday.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Trump says U.S. approved observers must inspect Iran’s nuclear program, would bomb again
President Donald Trump said on Friday that he expects Iran to open itself to international inspection to verify that it doesnβt restart its nuclear program.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Trump says trade talks with Canada are suspended over its tax on technology firms
President Donald Trump, in a post on his social media network, said Canada had just informed the U.S. that it was sticking to its plan to impose the digital services tax, which applies to Canadian and foreign businesses that engage with online users in Canada. The tax is set to go into effect Monday.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Congo, Rwanda sign peace deal to end fighting β and help U.S. access critical minerals
Congo and Rwanda on Friday signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decades-long deadly fighting in eastern Congo while helping the U.S. government and American companies gain access to critical minerals in the region.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Trump meets with officials from Rwanda and DRC after signing of peace deal
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda have asked the Trump administration to use its pressure to ensure the peace deal sticks.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Sean Combs’ lawyer mocks sex trafficking case in closing argument
Attorney Marc Agnifilo said prosecutors had βbadly exaggeratedβ evidence of the swinger lifestyle and threesomes to combine it with recreational drug use and call it a racketeering conspiracy.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Family clans try to secure aid convoys in Gaza from criminal lootings
As food and aid distribution in Gaza continues to be deadly and plagued by violence, influential clans and tribes that have long existed in the territory are taking it upon themselves to secure aid convoys entering the region.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:What is thimerosal? What the research says about the vaccine preservative under fire by RFK Jr.
Thimerosal has been at the heart of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.βs antivaccine activism for 20 years. Hereβs what to know about the vaccine preservative and its removal from flu vaccines.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Pentagon strips activist Harvey Milk's name from Navy ship in latest diversity purge
U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed after a Second World War sailor who received the Medal of Honor, stripping the ship of the name of a slain gay rights activist who served during the Korean War.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Origins of COVID-19 still unclear, according to final report from WHO expert group
An expert group charged by the World Health Organization to investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic started released its final report on Friday, reaching an unsatisfying conclusion: Scientists still aren't sure how the worst health emergency in a century began.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Origins of COVID-19 still unclear according to final report from WHO expert group
An expert group charged by the World Health Organization to investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic started released its final report Friday, reaching an unsatisfying conclusion: Scientists still aren't sure how the worst health emergency in a century began.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Rubio hosts peace deal signing ceremony between Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo
The peace deal is due to be signed in Washington on Friday afternoon. It has been lauded by U.S. President Donald Trump as "a big day for the world."
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Supreme Court calls for new arguments in case on Louisiana’s second majority Black congressional district
The case is being closely watched because at arguments in March several of the courtβs conservative justices suggested they could vote to throw out the map and make it harder, if not impossible, to bring redistricting lawsuits under the Voting Rights Act.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Environmental groups sue to block migrant detention center rising in Florida Everglades
The center dubbed βAlligator Alcatrazβ by Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to begin processing people who entered the U.S. illegally as soon as next week, the governor said Friday on βFox and Friends.β
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:WATCH LIVE: Slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman lies in state at capitol in St. Paul
Hortman will lie in state with her husband, Mark, and their golden retriever, Gilbert.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:U.S. Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, in case on Trump birthright citizenship order
In a major victory for Donald Trump, and potentially future presidents, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow on Friday to the power of federal judges by restricting their ability to grant broad legal relief nationally. The justices did not settle the merits of birthright citizenship.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Brazil's outspoken first lady comes under fire, but refuses to stop speaking out
Brazilian President Luiz InΓ‘cio Lula da Silva's government is grappling with unpopularity that has dented his credentials as the frontrunner for reelection next year. Some analysts, including members of his government, attribute this partly to his wife's perceived overstepping in what was once a ceremonial role.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Matcha is having a moment β and it's putting pressure on Japan's tea industry
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NATO's history of running hot and cold on Ukraine is running cold again
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Iranian officials are banned from Canada β but this former regime member landed in April
Canada banned all senior Iranian officials who served from 2003 onward from entering the country and vowed to crack down on members of the regime currently here. But the case of Mahdi Nasiri is raising questions about how effective that crackdown is.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Say goodbye to the infamous Windows 'blue screen of death'
Nearly every Windows user has had a run-in with the "Blue Screen of Death" at some point in their computing lives. Now, after more than 40 years of being set against a very recognizable blue, Microsoft is giving the notorious error message a makeover.
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