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Disney Axes Venezuelan Workers After SCOTUS Ruling

Bloomberg News reports: Walt Disney Co. notified Florida-based employees who are losing temporary legal residency in the US that their jobs would be terminated next month after the Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Trump administration could revoke protections for 350,000 Venezuelans. The company sent an email to employees under Temporary Protected Status on Tuesday stating they had been placed …

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Millions To Lose Medicaid Under Just-Passed GOP Bill

Playbook reports: Republicans will soon be able to laud tangible victories as the midterm elections loom closer: tax cuts for working families, no tax on tips, more money for national defense and a massive, potentially game-changing cash injection for Trump’s deportation and border-control project. But but but: The Dems spy opportunities here, too, chiefly over the cuts to Medicaid, which …

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House Narrowly Passes Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”

The Washington Post reports: House Republicans approved President Donald Trump’s sprawling tax and immigration agenda Thursday morning, sending to the Senate legislation that the GOP hopes will transform the federal government and the economy and power the White House’s drive to deport immigrants and build up the military. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, as the measure is formally known, extends …

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Trump Condemns Killing Of Israeli Embassy Staffers

The New York Post reports: President Trump denounced the deadly shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, where two Israeli Embassy staffers were killed and three others were injured on Wednesday night. “These horrible DC killings, based obviously on antisemitism, must end, NOW! Hatred and Radicalism have no place in the USA,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. The …

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“The View” Hosts Told To Tone Down Trump Criticism

The Daily Beast reports: Disney and ABC News have asked the hosts of The View to tone down their political rhetoric, multiple sources told the Daily Beast. Since President Donald Trump’s election in 2024, the panel of co-hosts on The View—Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin—have consistently criticized Trump administration officials and …

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Nike To Hike Prices Due To Tariffs On China [VIDEO]

CNBC reports: Nike will raise prices on a wide range of footwear, apparel and equipment as soon as this week as the retail industry braces for tariffs to hit its profits, CNBC has learned. Prices for Nike apparel and equipment for adults will increase between $2 and $10, a person familiar with the matter said. Footwear priced between $100 and …

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GOP House Candidate Gets Three Years In Murder Plot

NBC News reports: A former Florida Republican congressional candidate accused of stalking and plotting to have his primary opponent murdered by a purported foreign hit squad was sentenced Wednesday to three years in federal prison. William Robert Braddock III, 41, of St. Petersburg was sentenced in Tampa federal court, according to court records. He pleaded guilty in February to sending …

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GOP Renames $1000 Baby Bonus As “Trump Accounts”

Axios reports: House Republicans made a last-minute change to the $1,000-per-baby MAGA Accounts in their sweeping tax bill: Calling them “Trump Accounts” instead. It’s the latest in a series of attempts by congressional Republicans to display their loyalty to the president through legislation — and the one that is most likely to be signed into law. House Republicans have introduced …

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Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Shot And Killed In DC

The Associated Press reports: Two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed Wednesday evening while leaving an event at a Jewish museum, and the suspect yelled, “Free, free Palestine” after he was arrested, police said. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar identified the victims as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim. Lischinsky was a research assistant, and …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Deadline reports: Country singer Martina McBride is the latest entertainer to testify on Capitol Hill for the need for proposed legislation to protect individuals voices and likenesses from unauthorized use, including in AI deepfakes. A coalition of unions and guilds, studios and record labels are pushing for passage of the No Fakes Act, which gives individuals the right to authorize …

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