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Trump Shouts Down His Own Party, Then Bills Congress $87.6 Billion for the Iran War

The White House billed Congress $87.6 billion for the Iran war — hours after Trump's shouting match with Sen. Cassidy reversed two Republican war powers votes. The collision exposed a GOP still

June 26, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

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Dengue Tops 5 Million at Mid-Year, a First, as Brazil Reports Third Consecutive Record

WHO's Week 25 bulletin shows dengue has crossed 5 million global cases at mid-year 2026, surpassing the entire 2023 annual total with six months remaining. Brazil alone has logged 3.1 million cases,

June 26, 2026

Health·News

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McCormick Reports 16.7% Revenue Growth, But the Organic Number Tells a Different Story

McCormick beat Q2 estimates with $1.94 billion in revenue and adjusted EPS of $0.80, but the headline 16.7% revenue surge was driven by an acquisition and currency, not consumer demand. The real

June 26, 2026

Business·Economy·News

Abelardo de la Espriella, Colombia president-elect June 2026

Colombia’s President-Elect Vows Jerusalem Embassy as Petro Refuses to Concede

A Colombian criminal lawyer with no political experience won the country's closest presidential runoff in modern history on June 21, backed by Donald Trump and pledging to restore ties with Israel and

July 1, 2026

Government and Politics·News

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General Intuition Raises $320M to Train AI Robots on Fortnite

General Intuition raised $320 million at a $2.3 billion valuation Wednesday, backed by Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, and Khosla Ventures. The startup trained an AI model on Fortnite footage and used it

June 26, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

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Merck KGaA Bets $11.3 Billion on Bio-Techne and the Tools That Build Tomorrow’s Drugs

Germany's Merck KGaA is paying $11.3 billion for Minneapolis-based Bio-Techne Corp., a 36% premium that marks its biggest acquisition since Sigma-Aldrich a decade ago. The all-cash deal bets that platforms powering cell

June 26, 2026

Business·Economy·News

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MSG Permit Points to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Wedding in New York on July 3

A permit filed near Madison Square Garden closes streets July 2-4 for an event of up to 999 people, and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has named Taylor Swift's wedding alongside the city's

June 26, 2026

Entertainment·Music·News

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Qualcomm Acquires Modular for $3.9 Billion to Challenge Nvidia’s CUDA Software Lock-In

Qualcomm is acquiring Modular, the AI software startup behind the Mojo programming language and MAX inference engine, for $3.9 billion in stock. The deal gives Qualcomm the software layer to run AI

June 26, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

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Iran-Israel War Oil Surge and AI Costs Drive US Inflation to Three-Year High

US PCE inflation reached 4.1 percent in May, highest since April 2023, as the Iran-Israel war drove gasoline to three-year highs and AI component costs pushed core inflation to 3.4 percent. Nine

June 26, 2026

Business·Economy·News

Colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox mpox virus particles in green found within infected cell NIAID research

California Confirms Clade I Mpox Community Spread as World Cup Amplifies Import Risk

Three unrelated Southern California residents with no international travel history tested positive for clade I mpox, confirming community spread of the more severe variant. Officials are urging completion of Jynneos vaccination as

June 26, 2026

Health·News

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Trump Shouts Down His Own Party, Then Bills Congress $87.6 Billion for the Iran War

Dengue Tops 5 Million at Mid-Year, a First, as Brazil Reports Third Consecutive Record

McCormick Reports 16.7% Revenue Growth, But the Organic Number Tells a Different Story

Colombia’s President-Elect Vows Jerusalem Embassy as Petro Refuses to Concede

General Intuition Raises $320M to Train AI Robots on Fortnite

Merck KGaA Bets $11.3 Billion on Bio-Techne and the Tools That Build Tomorrow’s Drugs

MSG Permit Points to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Wedding in New York on July 3

Qualcomm Acquires Modular for $3.9 Billion to Challenge Nvidia’s CUDA Software Lock-In

Iran-Israel War Oil Surge and AI Costs Drive US Inflation to Three-Year High

California Confirms Clade I Mpox Community Spread as World Cup Amplifies Import Risk

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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