Also, Senate votes to end the government shutdown
| | | WHAT WE'RE WATCHING | | 🏛️ Senate advances deal to end government shutdown. After 42 days of partial shutdown, the Senate unanimously approved a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security, including TSA agents at the nation's airports. However, in a concession to Democrats, ICE and Customs and Border Protection are excluded. Republicans noted that ICE and CBP remain flush with $75 billion from Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," and Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) vowed to push for a decade of locked-in deportation funding through the reconciliation process. | 💣 Siblings indicted in IED plot at US Air Force base. Federal prosecutors announced that Alen Zheng planted an explosive device outside the Florida base housing CENTCOM headquarters, then fled to China two days later. His sister Ann Mary Zheng was arrested for tampering with evidence after allegedly selling the vehicle used in the plot. Their mother, now in ICE custody, told investigators her son confessed. | 🏅 Olympics bans transgender athletes from female events. The International Olympic Committee announced that transgender-identifying women (biological men) will be barred from competing in female categories at the Olympics, effective for the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The policy restricts eligibility to biological females based on SRY gene testing, aligning with President Trump's executive order on women's sports. | 🇺🇦 US intelligence intercepted Ukraine plot to funnel money to Biden. Declassified NSA intercepts revealed that Ukrainian officials in 2022 discussed routing hundreds of millions in US taxpayer dollars earmarked for clean energy back to Joe Biden's 2024 campaign through USAID. DNI Tulsi Gabbard recently learned of the intercepts and is now investigating whether the scheme was carried out and if criminal referrals are warranted. |
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| | | COVERED BEHIND THE PAYWALL | Finland convicts a government official for citing Christian teachings Philadelphia protesters cheer dead American servicemembers ICE agent saves a 1-year-old's life at an airport Trump's historic change to US currency Four big stories overlooked by left and right media outlets Our main story on a landmark Big Tech trial, and how it could change the future of social media And Brandon and Ariel's recommended reading
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