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US economy shrank 0.5% between January and March, worse than 2 earlier estimates had revealedJun 26, 2025 9:47 am - The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.5% annual pace from January through March as President Donald Trump’s trade wars disrupted business, the Commerce Department reported Thursday in an unexpected downgrade from its previous estimate.
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Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain lowJun 26, 2025 9:46 am - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week, the Labor Department said Thursday, a sign that companies aren’t cutting many jobs.
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States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rulesJun 26, 2025 9:22 am - A divided Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country’s biggest abortion provider.
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Key Medicaid provision in Trump's big tax cut and spending bill is found to violate Senate rulesJun 26, 2025 9:20 am - The Senate parliamentarian has advised that a key Medicaid provider tax overhaul that is central to President Donald Trump's big tax cut and spending bill does not adhere to procedural rules, delivering a crucial blow to Republicans rushing to finish the massive package this week.
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US pulls funding from global vaccines group, saying it has ‘ignored the science’Jun 26, 2025 9:15 am - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the country is pulling its support from the vaccines alliance Gavi, saying the organization has “ignored the science” and “lost the public trust.”
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Kennedy’s vaccine committee to vote on flu vaccines and controversial preservativeJun 26, 2025 9:12 am - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new vaccine advisory committee backed another option to protect infants against a dangerous virus — before turning to questions about fall flu vaccines and a preservative in a small fraction of them that some antivaccine groups have falsely tied to autism.
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Iran’s supreme leader warns against further American attacks in his first statement since ceasefireJun 26, 2025 9:08 am - Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday his country had delivered a "slap to America’s face” with its strike on an American base in Qatar, and warned against any further U.S. attacks in his first public comments since a ceasefire was declared with Israel after 12 days of war.
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Pentagon leaders double down on the destruction from US attacks on IranJun 26, 2025 9:06 am - The Pentagon's top leaders doubled down Thursday on how destructive the U.S. attacks had been on Iran's nuclear facilities and described in detail the study and planning behind the bombing mission.
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Denis Villeneuve to direct next James Bond filmJun 26, 2025 7:47 am - Denis Villeneuve is going from “Dune” to Bond. Amazon MGM Studios announced Wednesday that he will direct the next James Bond movie.
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Want your garden to smell as good as it looks? These flowers can do the jobJun 26, 2025 6:40 am - Add fragrance to your garden by adding flowers such as lilacs, magnolias, roses, jasmine and hyacinths.