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Trump administration strikes deal with Brown University to restore funding

Brown University has cut a deal with the Trump administration to restore research grant funding to the school, in exchange for commitments on women's sports, antisemitism and admissions practices and a promise to donate $50 million to workforce development programs.

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Russia hits Ukrainian capital Kyiv in missile and drone attack, killing 6 people and wounding 52

Ukrainian authorities say a Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s capital killed at least six people including a 6-year-old boy

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Trump reacts to Starmer plan to recognize Palestine: ‘Could make the case that you’re rewarding Hamas’

President Trump warned Tuesday that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s plan to recognize a Palestinian state in September if the Israeli government fails to meet certain conditions could reward Hamas and stressed that the US would not follow suit.

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  • Source: CNN
  • 07/30/2025
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Spirit Airlines to furlough 270 pilots and demote 140 more on downsized schedule

Spirit Airlines said on Monday that it will furlough about 270 pilots while demoting another 140, as the cash-strapped budget carrier looks to scale down its workforce to match a downsized schedule.

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Russian strikes kill at least 22 in Ukraine, officials say, as Moscow stays defiant vs. Trump deadline

Russian glide bombs and ballistic missiles struck a Ukrainian prison and a medical facility overnight and killed at least 22 people across the country, officials said Tuesday, as Russia kept up its relentless pounding of civilian areas despite despite President Trump's threat to punish Russia with sanctions and tariffs soon unless it stops.

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Trump hits out at ‘ugly monster’ wind farms as he backs oil and gas

US President Donald Trump has branded wind turbines “ugly monsters” as he backed North Sea oil and gas.

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JD Vance calls out Big Tech for firing Americans while hiring cheap foreign H-1B visa replacements

Vice President JD Vance blasted Big Tech companies for firing American workers and then claiming they need visas for foreign labor Wednesday.

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  • Source: NBC News
  • 07/28/2025
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Blood-curdling screams and a 'crazed' look: Witnesses describe Michigan Walmart stabbing

"I'm still sitting and grappling with the weight of realizing that it was kind of a life-or-death moment," said Julia Martell, who witnessed the stabbing, which wounded 11 people.

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  • Source: NY Post
  • 07/25/2025
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UnitedHeath shares fall after health-care giant admits DOJ fraud probe into Medicare business

Shares of UnitedHealth Group slipped Thursday after the health-care giant said it was under a Department of Justice investigation. The company said it has started complying with both criminal and civil requests from federal investigators and it was cooperating with them.

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  • Source: CNBC
  • 07/24/2025
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No ‘woke AI’ in Washington, Trump says as he launches American AI action plan

A new executive order states that the federal government has the obligation not to procure models that “sacrifice truthfulness and accuracy to ideological agendas.”

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  • 07/24/2025
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Columbia University agrees to pay more than $220M in deal with Trump to restore federal funding

Columbia University announced Wednesday it has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government to restore federal research money that was canceled in the name of combating antisemitism on campus.

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Hegseth Signal messages came from email labeled ‘SECRET’: Report

The messages Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent to a March Signal chat regarding the U.S. plans to bomb Houthi targets in Yemen came from an email labeled “SECRET/NOFORN,” according to the Pentagon’s independent watchdog.

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Protests in Ukraine after Zelensky approves bill curbing autonomy of anti-corruption agencies

Hundreds of people gathered in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv to lodge their protest with the Volodymyr Zelensky’s administration for passing a controversial bill tightening restrictions on its anti-corruption agencies, presenting the war-hit nation with its biggest domestic turmoil since the Russian invasion in February 2022.

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  • Source: CNN
  • 07/23/2025
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Florida police under fire as video of Black man punched, dragged by deputies during traffic stop goes viral

A cell phone video showing a White police officer in Jacksonville, Florida, striking a Black man in the face during a February traffic stop before officers dragged the driver from his car has sparked outrage online as conflicting accounts of the incident have emerged.

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Russia earthquake: Five powerful quakes rock Kamchatka, tsunami warning for Hawaii lifted — Here's all you need to know

As many as five earthquakes struck near the coast of Kamchatka region in the far east of Russia on Sunday, with the most powerful being of magnitude 7.4, earthquake monitoring agencies said.

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  • Source: NBC News
  • 07/22/2025
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Tennessee Republican Mark Green to resign from Congress for private-sector job

Green, the chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, said he will vacate his seat after the next House vote on a Trump agenda bill.