6 h. ago Tourist Spends Almost 200 Hours Traveling Over 6,000 Miles Across the United States by Train (Exclusive)

Tourist Spends Almost 200 Hours Traveling Over 6,000 Miles Across the United States by Train (Exclusive)  People.com

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65 h. ago ‘Open Contempt for the United States, Israel and the West’: U.S. Places Sanctions on UN Palestinian Rights Rapporteur Albanese

‘Open Contempt for the United States, Israel and the West’: U.S. Places Sanctions on UN Palestinian Rights Rapporteur Albanese  Foundation for Defense of Democracies

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4 d. ago DHS ends Temporary Protected Status for thousands from Nicaragua and Honduras

Some 76,000 people from Nicaragua and Honduras were covered by TPS, which provides protection from deportation and grants work permits to people from certain nations affected by war or natural disasters.

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5 d. ago The hidden cost of oil: Families fractured by a pipeline project

As the 900-mile East African Crude Oil Pipeline project takes shape in Uganda, there is the promise of economic benefit. But it's shaking up the lives of some 100,000 people.

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1 week ago Israelis Set a Palestinian Village Ablaze in West Bank Attack

The violence last week in Kafr Malik, in the West Bank, comes amid a surge in assaults by Israeli settlers. It also set off a chain of violence in the area.

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1 week ago Why a GOP senator says the budget bill breaks Trump's promise

The massive budget bill that Senate Republicans are debating pays for some of its tax cuts by slashing hundreds of billions of dollars in Medicaid spending. The latest report from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates nearly 12 million people will lose health insurance if the Senate version of the bill becomes law. Trump insists the cuts come from eliminating waste, fraud and abuse. Democrats have said they break Trump's promise not to touch Medicaid — and over the weekend, Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina agreed. "What do I tell 663,000 people in two years or three years when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of Medicaid because the funding's not there anymore?" We asked Sarah Jane Tribble, the chief rural correspondent for KFF Health News, what the cuts will mean for rural residents of states like North Carolina — and the hospitals that serve them.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple ...

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2 w. ago Cuts under the Trump administration have gutted the PEPFAR program

In 2003 George W. Bush set up the global health initiative PEPFAR in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.  Over the last couple of decades, it's saved millions of lives for relatively little money. But cuts under the Trump administration have gutted the program. An estimated 70,000 people have died already due to the cutbacks.  We speak to journalist Jon Cohen who visited Eswatini and Lesotho to learn about the suspended program's effects on the ground.

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2 w. ago Neither the United States nor China, this small country of 50,000 people came up with an idea to create energy from the Moon.

Neither the United States nor China, this small country of 50,000 people came up with an idea to create energy from the Moon.  Farmingdale Observer

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3 w. ago NH city in ‘Jumanji’ marks 30th anniversary with animal costume race

Keene, a city of about 23,000 people in the southwestern corner of the state, is celebrating its ties to “Jumanji” this weekend. The post NH city in ‘Jumanji’ marks 30th anniversary with animal costume race appeared first on Boston.com.

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3 w. ago Police also seized over $52,000 in cash and arrested four people in Oakland

Police also seized over $52,000 in cash and arrested four people in Oakland  San Francisco Chronicle

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3 w. ago State Department says it has provided guidance to more than 25,000 people in Israel, West Bank and Iran

Amid Israel-Iran tensions, the State Department has provided guidance to over 25,000 people in Israel, the West Bank and Iran seeking information about the war and how to stay safe.

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3 w. ago Javier Milei Declares Iran an 'Enemy of Argentina,' Israel Fighting 'for the West'

President Javier Milei declared on Thursday that Iran is an enemy of Argentina and reiterated his support of Israel and his “dearest friend,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The post Javier Milei Declares Iran an ‘Enemy of Argentina,’ Israel Fighting ‘for the West’ appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Ron DeSantis Brings Home Over 1,500 Americans from Israel: ‘It’s the Right Thing to Do’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday welcomed a second flight of Americans evacuated from Israel, greeting passengers in Tampa as part of a rescue effort led by the state. The mission — a collaboration between the Florida Division of Emergency Management, Grey Bull Rescue, Sen. Jay Collins, and others — brought home families, including Newsweek editor and political commentator Josh Hammer, his wife, and their six-month-old daughter, as well as K-12 and college students and participants in Israel’s Birthright program. DeSantis previously helped evacuate nearly 1,000 people after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack in Israel. The post Ron DeSantis Brings Home Over 1,500 Americans from Israel: ‘It’s the Right Thing to Do’ appeared first on Breitbart.

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4 w. ago DHS: 4 escaped from immigration detention center in New Jersey

ICE housed more than 53,000 people nationwide at the end of May, its latest public figures, which is well above its budgeted capacity of about 41,000 and approaching all-time highs. The post DHS: 4 escaped from immigration detention center in New Jersey appeared first on Boston.com.

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last month Groups that resettle refugees say more than 125,000 in limbo despite judge's order

Three months after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restart the refugee admissions program it froze, groups that resettle refugees say more than 125,000 people are stuck in limbo.

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