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White House has no plan to mandate IVF care, despite campaign pledge President Donald Trump has said he wants a “baby boom,” but critics say his administration has yet to make significant family policy changes — and that Medicaid cuts will hurt.

White House has no plan to mandate IVF care, despite campaign pledge. Critics say Medicaid cuts will further hurt people grow their families.
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ICE crackdown imperils Afghans who aided U.S. war effort, lawyers say Advocates fear President Donald Trump’s ambitious deportation plan jeopardizes Afghan interpreters and other allies who worked for U.S. troops during the war.

Two former Afghan interpreters for U.S. forces face deportation despite following immigration processes, according to attorneys for the men.

Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.

SCOOP: Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum
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A Catholic AI app promises answers for the faithful. Can it succeed? It’s like ChatGPT for Catholicism, but the only sources in this large language model are 27,000 documents connected to the church.

For centuries, Catholics have sought divine wisdom from prayer, sacred texts and the writing of theologians. Now, there's a totally modern way for the faithful to find guidance.

Behold: Magisterium AI.

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Allergies seem nearly impossible to avoid — unless you’re Amish One Amish community living in northern Indiana is considered one of the least allergic populations ever measured in the developed world.

Despite the increasing rate of allergic diseases, both in industrialized and in developing countries, the Amish remain exceptionally — and bafflingly — resistant.

They splurged on a home. Then their American dream began cracking. For a Haitian family in Springfield, Ohio, the house on Chestnut Avenue represented their future in this country. They’re now wondering what can be salvaged.

A deep dispatch from Springfield, Ohio, an epicenter of Trump-Vance attacks on Haitians who were encouraged to come there. @daniellepaquette.bsky.social profiles a pastor and family who invested everything in America -- but now their lives and home are cracking
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BREAKING via Bloomberg

A federal judge in Manhattan has dismissed a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump against journalist Bob Woodward and a publishing house over the release of interview recordings from his first term in office.

He Came to the U.S. to Support His Sick Child. He Was Detained. Then He Disappeared. Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules. Then Trump rewrote them.

NEW: Of the 230+ Venezuelans deported to El Salvador:
• Almost half had immigration cases that were not yet decided
• More than 60 had pending asylum claims, some just days away from final hearings

These men had followed U.S. immigration procedures. Then Trump changed the rules.

Latino Catholics are transforming the Church. It’s ‘about time.’ This is a time of change for Latino Catholics, currently about 40 percent of the U.S. Church, and who experts say are likely to become the majority eventually.

The election of Peruvian-American Pope Leo highlights a dramatic shift: The U.S. Catholic Church is becoming Latino

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In some places, public broadcasting is the only game in town if you're looking for local news.

They are especially crucial in rural regions that are reeling from a disaster, like in western NC, where locals relied on public radio dispatches to learn about the latest after Helene. 🔗 in thread 👇

How Trump’s antisemitism task force is leading an assault on DEI, colleges The Trump administration is using antisemitism investigations as a pretext to pursue an unrelated conservative agenda, critics say.

NEW Investigation: The @washingtonpost.com talked to 40 admin officials, allies and insiders about Trump's Antisemitism Task Force. We polled 60 schools.

We found many of its demands and punishments have nothing to do with antisemitism.

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In India’s deportation drive, Muslim men recount being tossed into the sea India’s recent deportation drive targeting its Muslim minority was marked by home demolitions, arbitrary detentions, allegations of torture and a lack of due process.

Horrifying: In India’s deportation drive, Muslim men recount being tossed into the sea.

India is targeting its Muslim minority with home demolitions, arbitrary detentions, allegations of torture and a lack of due process. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Sunday worship after Texas floods filled with sorrow and fear A week after flash flooding in the early hours of the July Fourth holiday killed at least 129 people, local residents began returning to church to mourn and find solace.

Sunday worship after Texas floods filled with sorrow and fear. @mollyhf.bsky.social in Texas Hill Country
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Camp Mystic’s leader got a ‘life threatening’ flood alert. They evacuated an hour later. More than an hour passed between Camp Mystic receiving a severe flood warning and a decision to evacuate young campers asleep in cabins by the Guadalupe River.

The director of Camp Mystic did not start evacuating campers for more than an hour after he received a severe flood warning. More in a @washingtonpost.com investigation about the tragedy

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Dad of hostage killed in Gaza demands Netanyahu's office stop claiming that the PM "achieved the release" of 205 hostages.
"This insensitive claim whitewashes" that 20% of them were alive when taken, tortured and killed - and could have been released, the dad says www.facebook.com/1652953680/p...

The Trump staffers who set out to reshape their alma maters Architects of pressure campaigns targeting U-Va. and Harvard were shaped by experiences as ideological minorities in liberal campus communities.

Trump's crusade against campuses led by former students who felt social isolation and cultural weakness on those campuses
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Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil files $20M claim against government Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate of Columbia University, says ICE falsely imprisoned him, among other claims. He would also accept an apology and policy change.

Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University student activist who was detained for months as the federal government sought to deport him, has filed a claim against the Trump administration, seeking $20 million in damages.

Matthew Shepard’s story will be evoked in song at National Cathedral “Considering Matthew Shepard,” an oratorio performed by singers from around the country, will be performed on Friday, July 11.

“Considering Matthew Shepard,” a religious piece of music, will be performed at Washington National Cathedral tomorrow. It's the story of the young gay man who was tortured and left on a Wyoming country road. Hundreds are in the choir
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CEO of Elon Musk’s X, Linda Yaccarino, resigns Yaccarino made the announcement a day after the social media site’s AI chatbot made antisemitic statements. She did not offer a reason for her resignation.

X CEO Linda Yaccarino says she is stepping down after two years. The announcement came a day after the platform’s artificial intelligence chatbot launched into an antisemitic tirade and invoked Adolf Hitler
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What Zohran Mamdani has actually said about Jews, Israel and antisemitism Here’s what Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, has said about Israel and Jews.

What Zohran Mamdani has actually said about Jews, Israel and antisemitism
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Capitol Hill, summer 2025

Russia’s ‘anti-woke’ visa lures those fearing a moral decline in the West A network of Kremlin-backed influencers seeks to portray Russia as a bastion of traditional values in an attempt to attract those who deplore Western “liberalism.”

“I feel like I’ve been put on an ark of safety for my family" said one emigre from Texas.

Russia’s ‘anti-woke’ visa lures those fearing a moral decline in the West

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EPA Workers Face Retaliation Over Dissent Declaration On Monday, hundreds of EPA workers published a Declaration of Dissent criticizing their leadership. Now, they’re getting placed on leave pending review.

NEW: EPA workers who signed onto the “Declaration of Dissent,” sent out Monday criticizing Administrator Lee Zeldin’s leadership, are facing retaliation.

144 have received letters placing them on administrative leave pending an investigation.

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Trump’s immigrant deportations are ‘morally repugnant,’ senior US Catholic leader says | CNN Cardinal Robert McElroy, the Archbishop of Washington, has strongly criticized the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, describing the rounding up and deportation of immigrants as “inhumane” ...

“It’s right to be able to control our borders. However, what’s going on now is something far beyond that. It is a mass, indiscriminate deportation of men and women and children and families which literally rips families apart” - Cardinal rips deportations edition.cnn.com/2025/07/03/a...

Private jets polluted more than all flights from Heathrow, study finds A new study found that the United States was responsible for 55 percent of the pollution emitted by private jets globally.

A new study found that the United States was responsible for 55 percent of the pollution emitted by private jets globally.

Jan. 6 rioter ordered to pay $500K to widow of officer who killed himself A federal jury held David Walls-Kaufman liable for assaulting police officer Jeffrey Smith during the U.S. Capitol riot and ordered him to pay damages to widow Erin Smith.

A federal jury ordered a Jan. 6 rioter to pay $500,000 in damages for assaulting a police officer who died by suicide nine days later.

This is oligarchy. This is obscene.

While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.

End this oligarchy.

Judge chastises Trump administration in Voice of America hearing In a hearing Monday, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth laments a “paucity” of information about the government’s plan to meet a statutory mandate to operate the VOA.

The judge did not rule on the merits of the case from the bench, but appeared to show his hand on numerous occasions, asking, “What would be the point of Voice of America if there is no voice?” www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

Voice of America went back to court today and found Judge Royce Lamberth, a Reagan appointee, in a fiery mood.

Lamberth chastised the government for failing to comply with his preliminary injunction and even suggested starting a contempt trial.

The administration's fight against antisemitism is dividing Jews : Code Switch In recent months we've seen the Trump administration punishing speech critical of Israel in its widening effort to combat what it sees as antisemitism. As protestors have been detained for pro-Palesti...

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