By Sarah Ferris, Alison Main, Lauren Fox and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans narrowly approved President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package Tuesday after a dayslong grind to secure the support of key holdouts. Some of the hardest work may still lie ahead, however, as Trump and GOP leaders must now
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Reserve would likely have lowered interest rates this year if it weren’t for President Donald Trump’s significant policy changes, Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday. “I do think that’s right,” he said at a central banking forum in Sintra, Portugal, when asked if the Fed would have
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By Laura Paddison, Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — A marine heat wave in the Mediterranean Sea is combining with a powerful heat dome to cause Europe to swelter under a brutal early summer heat wave. It’s a pattern that’s popping up frequently as the planet warms: The influence of Mediterranean marine heat waves has been
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By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — The US Senate has voted nearly unanimously to remove a 10-year moratorium on the enforcement of state artificial intelligence regulations from Republicans’ sweeping domestic policy bill. The provision in the Senate bill would have effectively prevented states from enforcing many proposed and existing AI-related laws — including
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By LINDSEY BAHR and JAKE COYLE AP Film Writers Often the best movies of the second half of the year come almost preordained as the Oscars Industrial Complex revs into high gear. The first half, though, can offer more of a thrill of discovery. The first six months of 2025 have offered plenty of that,
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CNN By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Simone Inzaghi has only been head coach of Al-Hilal for a matter of weeks, but already he has led the Saudi Arabian side to the quarterfinals of the Club World Cup. Al-Hilal secured a spot in the last eight of the tournament in sensational fashion with a dramatic
Continue Reading By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Simone Inzaghi has only been head coach of Al-Hilal for a matter of weeks, but already he has led the Saudi Arabian side to the quarterfinals of the Club World Cup. Al-Hilal secured a spot in the last eight of the tournament in sensational fashion with a dramatic 4-3
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CNN By George Ramsay, Amanda Davies and Aleks Klosok, CNN (CNN) — Malala Yousafzai has never stopped fighting for the rights of women, even after it almost cost the Nobel-Prize-winning activist her life. And in her latest rallying cry, Yousafzai wants more opportunities granted to Afghanistan’s elite female athletes, at a time when they have
Continue Reading By George Ramsay, Amanda Davies and Aleks Klosok, CNN (CNN) — Malala Yousafzai has never stopped fighting for the rights of women, even after it almost cost the Nobel-Prize-winning activist her life. And in her latest rallying cry, Yousafzai wants more opportunities granted to Afghanistan’s elite female athletes, at a time when they have been
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The US labor market continues to show signs of life, with the number of available jobs rising unexpectedly in May to a six-month high, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Tuesday. Job openings, which serve as a closely watched measure of labor market demand, totaled an estimated
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, July 2 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. (Thursday) FS2 — AFL: Western at North Melbourne GOLF 6:30 a.m. (Thursday) GOLF — DP World Tour: The BMW International Open, First Round, Golfclub Munchen Eichenried, Munich HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE 4 p.m. ESPNU
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 11 5 .688 — Atlanta 11 6 .647 ½ Indiana 8 8 .500 3 Washington 8 9 .471 3½ Chicago 5 11 .313 6 Connecticut 2 15 .118 9½ WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 14 2 .875 — Phoenix 12 5 .706
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Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 50 35 .588 — New York 48 37 .565 2 Miami 38 45 .458 11 Atlanta 38 46 .452 11½ Washington 35 49 .417 14½ Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 50 35 .588 — Milwaukee 47 37 .560 2½ St. Louis 47 40
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Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 48 37 .565 — Toronto 47 38 .553 1 Tampa Bay 47 39 .547 1½ Boston 42 44 .488 6½ Baltimore 37 48 .435 11 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 53 32 .624 — Cleveland 40 43 .482 12 Minnesota 40 45
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By The Associated Press President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Israel has agreed to terms for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza, during which the U.S. and other parties would work toward an end to the war. Trump pushed Hamas to accept the deal. “I hope, for the good of the Middle East, that Hamas takes
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Shares of electric vehicle maker Tesla, which is headed by Elon Musk, slumped Tuesday as the war of words between billionaire and President Donald Trump over the big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts heats up again, with Musk saying he may form a new political party. Shares
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s former deputy defense minister was convicted on Tuesday on charges of embezzlement and money laundering and handed a 13-year prison sentence in a high-profile case that exposed rampant military corruption widely blamed for Moscow’s military setbacks in Ukraine. Timur Ivanov is the most visible figure in a far-ranging probe into alleged
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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran is assessing the damage and lashing out over the American and Israeli airstrikes on its nuclear sites, though Tehran kept open the possibility Tuesday of resuming talks with Washington over its atomic program. The comments by government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani also included another
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By MATT BROWN and MATT O’BRIEN WASHINGTON (AP) — A proposal to deter states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade was soundly defeated in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, thwarting attempts to insert the measure into President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts. The Senate voted 99-1 to strike the
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LONDON (AP) — Rap-punk duo Bob Vylan on Tuesday rejected claims of antisemitism over onstage comments at the Glastonbury Festival that triggered a police investigation and sparked criticism from politicians, the BBC and festival organizers. The band said in a statement that it was being “targeted for speaking up” about the war in Gaza. Police
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By Richard Ramos Click here for updates on this story SANTA NELLA, California (KOVR) — A welfare check resulted in the grisly discovery of 28 dead cats and another 106 “extremely emaciated cats” in a U-Haul van in Central California, authorities said Monday. Merced County’s Sheriff’s Office said a deputy responded early Sunday evening to
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By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s proposed budget seeks to shut down the laboratory atop a peak in Hawaii where scientists have gathered the most conclusive evidence of human-caused climate change since the 1950s. The Mauna Loa laboratory in Hawaii has measured atmospheric carbon dioxide, which — along with other planet-warming pollution
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By David Goldman and Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — The truce between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump didn’t even last a month. After the Senate narrowly passed a procedural vote to debate Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” over the weekend, Musk on Monday said he would use his vast resources to launch primary campaigns against
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Wilyer Abreu made history Monday night at Fenway Park, joining an elite club after hitting both a rare inside-the-park homer and a grand slam in the Boston Red Sox’s 13-6 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Fenway Park erupted into cheers in the bottom of the fifth as Abreu hit
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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — British band Queen’s performance at 1985 charity mega concert Live Aid has gone down in the history books, but it almost didn’t happen, according to members Brian May and Roger Taylor. Speaking to UK media outlet the Radio Times, the pair recall that the band, particularly lead singer Freddie
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By Ruby Annas & Justin Berger Click here for updates on this story CHEROKEE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — An inmate’s escape from a medical facility in Cherokee County resulted in the death of a detention officer, according to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO). A car chase also occurred ending with the suspect’s arrest.
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ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A court in Algeria on Tuesday upheld French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal’s five-year prison sentence in a case that has raised alarm over freedom of expression in Algeria and pushed tensions with France to the brink. The ruling denies a request made by prosecutors at an appeal hearing last week. They asked
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