Ahead of Zelensky’s White House Visit, Some MAGA Cheerleaders, in Turnaround, Emerge as Backers of Ukraine
Trump now indicates that he thinks that Kyiv has an edge over Russia in the long-running war.
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Fauci Solicited Nominations From NIH-Funded Scientists for a $1 Million Cash Prize For Himself, Emails Show
‘The records raise the obvious question of a quid pro quo given the large amount of prize money at hand,’ Senator Rand Paul says.
By JOSEPH CURL
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New IRA ‘Military Grade’ Bomb Ticketed for Northern Ireland Narrowly Misses Royal Visit
‘Dissident republicans who did not agree with the Good Friday Agreement’ are blamed for the explosive.
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Stanford’s Decision to Join Push for Players Union Faces Long Road to Reality
Team reps say, “We believe this is the future of college football.”
By GEORGE WILLIS
|FCC Cracks Down on Provider Accused of Fraud in ‘Obama Phone’ Program
IM Telecom has received more than $262 million in federal funds in the past two years in a program designed to provide discounted service to low-income customers.
By LUKE FUNK
|Front Line to Lunch Line: Schools Test Out Drones to Confront Active Shooters
Non-lethal drones can deploy pepper spray and ram active shooters.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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A New Era Dawns for Golf: Jackson Koivun, 21, Rewrites PGA Tour History in Third Professional Start
Auburn product wins $1.6 million 3M Open as next wave of young golfers sprint to make their mark.
By GEORGE WILLIS
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Florida’s New Law Gives State Officials Sweeping Authority To Designate Any Group a Terrorist Organization
The move sets up a constitutional battle that could reverberate far beyond the Sunshine State.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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Hawaii Supreme Court Issues ‘Unhinged Attack’ on ‘Roberts Court’
Justice Todd Eddins says Hawaii’s courts should not look at the U.S.Supreme Court while interpreting the state constitution.
By LUKE FUNK
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International Troops Will Enter Gaza as a Pilot Program Hoping Not to Face Fate of Previous Peacekeepers
The current tense standoff in the Strip is ‘an interim situation that both Israel and Hamas can live with,’ a former IDF intelligence officer tells the Sun.
By BENNY AVNI
|Beijing Alert Over ‘Spy Turtles’ Gets a Laugh but Signals a Serious Effort To Gain Advantage at Sea
The United States and China are locked in an intensifying war beneath the waves, and the tools being used are stranger and more sophisticated than most people realize.
By HOLLIE McKAY
|Lib Dems Insist New Homes in U.K. Be Built With Air Conditioning To Combat Heat Caused by Climate Change
The party says it still supports tree planting for shade, but air conditioning is ‘becoming essential’ in a country ‘woefully unprepared’ for elevated temperatures.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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How a Satirical Social Media Post Burgeoned Into a Political Challenge to India’s Modi
Launched as a Gen-Z student’s humorous response to a judge’s remark, the Cockroach Janta Party became a mass movement that forced the resignation of India’s education minister.
By DAVID JONES
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Berlin Police Kill Suspect in Islamic State-Inspired Attack on Pride Festival
The individual wanted for the attack had been released from custody and ordered to attend deradicalization courses.
By SHARON KEHNEMUI
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Netanyahu, Zelensky To Visit Washington as Iran, Russia Conflicts Overlap
The U.S. military is taking a breather in the Strait of Hormuz while President Trump gives Iran one more try to give peace a chance.
By SHARON KEHNEMUI
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Comer Warns Fauci: Biden Pardon Won’t Shield Him If He Lies to Congress
‘While obsessing about his own fame, Dr. Fauci wasn’t truthful with the American people about the origins of COVID,’ the Republican congressman says.
By JOSEPH CURL
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‘No Deal’ Yet on Blanche Confirmation, Cornyn Says
Two key GOP senators are refusing to back Blanche for attorney general until he permanently shuts the door on a $1.776 billion ‘anti-weaponization fund.’
By MATTHEW RICE
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House Democrat Tries to Tie Taylor Farms’ Political Donations to FDA’s Cyclospora Outbreak Response
Firm gave Trump millions leading Robert Garcia to ask questions about an outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce from company’s Mexico subsidiary that infected nearly 2,000 people and left 98 hospitalized.
By LUKE FUNK
|Audio of Biden’s Interviews With Ghostwriter Show That He Knew of Classified Information Stored at His Home
Biden was subject to a special counsel investigation after classified documents were found in his garage during his presidential term.
By MATTHEW RICE
|Stevens, El-Sayed Clash at Final Michigan Senate Primary Debate, Accusing Each Other of Dirty Politics
The primary race is maybe the greatest example of the divide within the Democratic Party.
By MATTHEW RICE
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Zohran Mamdani Faces a Telling Decision on Election Reform
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Unexpected Course of Ukraine’s War Invites a Reappraisal of America’s Military Outlook
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Keigo Higashino, the Novelist Who Defined Japan’s Sense of Mystery, Dies at 68
The engineer-turned-bestselling novelist inverted the whodunit, found readers around the world, and sold 100 million copies at home.
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A Transit Season Pulls Into Film Forum
To mark the New York Transit Museum’s 50th anniversary, an 18-film subway season starts with comic capers before riding toward fraught terrain.
By MARIO NAVES
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Wham!’s Groundbreaking Chinese Adventure Revisited
The world felt unsure about George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s Chinese ‘Careless Whisper’ in 1985 but four decades later a documentary shows the tour was pioneering.
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Federal Reserve Weighs Shift to Electronic Payments as Gen Z Gawks at Check-Writing
One advocate for checks says business and consumers still need and use them.
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|Number of Amazon Workers on Food Stamps Triples as Company Spends $200 Billion on AI
‘No one who works for a company making billions in profits should be living in poverty,’ Senator Bernie Sanders says.
By JOSEPH CURL
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The Latest Tariffs Are Here To Stay But You Probably Won’t Notice Them
The new levies on imports from dozens of countries are at or close to the level of other tariffs that expire at the same time.
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An ‘Open Scandal’ Is Seen at the Fed as It Fails To Address Questions Over Its Solvency — or Insolvency
Famed newsletter calls on the central bank’s new chairman to establish a special task force as a ‘truth and reconciliation’ repository.
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History Professor Sneaks Hidden Text Into Assignment, Discovers Near Universal Cheating in Midterm Exam
‘I just got tired of reading AI responses,’ Alcorn State professor Jason Gibson tells the Sun.
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Hillel Scrambles Amid Backlash After Jewish Campus Org Defends Harvard in Antisemitism Case
The top Jewish campus organization walked back a brief in support of Harvard just a day after Hillel’s attorneys filed the document in federal appeals court, saying the document had not been cleared.
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Justice Department Investigates Harvard’s Financial Aid Program for Alleged Discrimination Against Americans
The review focuses on whether the university is illegally using foreign donations, particularly those from China, to provide financial aid to students on the basis of their national origin.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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Comey Moves To Dismiss Criminal Case Against Him for ‘Lack of a True Threat’ to Trump
The former FBI director argues that prosecuting him would ‘sharply depart from our Nation’s history and tradition.’
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‘Chilling’ Criminal Referral for Prosecution of Jack Smith Brings Him Closer To Facing Charges
The former special counsel’s attorneys assert that the accusation of lying to lawmakers rests on a ‘dangerous theory of criminal liability.’
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|Study Finds America’s Homicide Rate on Track To Hit Historic Low This Year
A report from the non-partisan Council on Criminal Justice shows most other categories of crime are also headed below pre-pandemic levels in major cities across the country.
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|James Comey Readies Arguments for Claim of ‘Vindictive’ Prosecution on Charges of Threatening Trump
The former FBI director has a deadline of July 28 to mount his case for why the prosecution ought never to reach a jury.
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