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IRS says churches should be allowed to make political endorsements

By Michelle Boorstein and Sabrina Rodriguez
Jul 08, 2025 8:15 pm - The IRS said in a new court filing that clergy and houses of worship should be allowed to make political endorsements, a potential move away from a 71-year-old tax policy...
Intense downpours like those in Texas are more frequent, but there’s no telling where they'll happen

By TAMMY WEBBER
Jul 08, 2025 5:05 pm - It’s not just Texas and North Carolina. Intense rain is falling more frequently in many areas of the U.S. — though where it occurs and whether it causes catastrophic floo...
US to ban Chinese purchases of farmland, citing national security

By Cate Cadell
Jul 08, 2025 4:13 pm - U.S. Department of Agriculture chief Brooke Rollins announced Tuesday that the U.S. government will move to ban sales of farmland nationwide to buyers tied to China and o...
Swiss medicines authority issues first approval for antimalarial drug for treatment of infants

By JAMEY KEATEN
Jul 08, 2025 3:54 pm - Switzerland's medical products authority has granted the first approval for a malaria medicine designed for small infants, touted as an advance against a disease that takes hundreds of thousands of lives — nearly all in Africa — each year.
Supreme Court clears the way for Trump's plans to downsize the federal workforce

By MARK SHERMAN
Jul 08, 2025 2:56 pm - The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce despite warnings that critical government services will be lost and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be out of their jobs.
Officials push away questions about lack of widespread warnings before deadly Texas floods

By NADIA LATHAN and JOHN SEEWER
Jul 08, 2025 2:29 pm - Public officials in charge of finding victims of the devastating flooding in Texas pushed away intensifying questions Tuesday about who was monitoring the weather that killed more than 100 people and warning that floodwaters were barreling toward camps and homes.
Trump says he's 'not happy' with Putin and blames him for 'killing a lot of people' in Ukraine

By WILL WEISSERT
Jul 08, 2025 2:27 pm - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's “not happy” with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, saying Moscow's ongoing war in Ukraine is “killing a lot of people” on both sides.
Amazon extends Prime Day discounts to 4 days as retailers weigh tariff-related price increases

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
Jul 08, 2025 10:10 am - NEW YORK — Amazon is extending its annual Prime Day sales and offering new membership perks to Gen Z shoppers amid tariff-related price worries and possibly some consumer...
5 Israeli soldiers killed in northern Gaza and 18 Palestinians dead in Israeli strikes

By TIA GOLDENBERG, FATMA KHALED and WAFAA SHURAFA
Jul 08, 2025 8:04 am - Five Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack in Gaza, the Israeli military said Tuesday, while health officials in the Palestinian territory said 18 people were killed in Israeli strikes.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels attack a ship in the Red Sea after claiming they sank another, killing 3

By JON GAMBRELL
Jul 08, 2025 8:01 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a Liberian-flagged cargo ship in the Red Sea killed three mariners and wounded two others, a European ...

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