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NY Times

  • Oil Prices Jump After Renewed Strikes in Gulf Put Shipping Recovery at Risk
  • Late Night Calls a Foul on Trump After His World Cup Intervention
  • Rush to Evacuate as ‘Beams Started Bending’ and Floors Sagged at Midtown Tower
  • A.I. Is Giving Us Answers Right Away. That’s Making Us Dumber.
  • Germans Don’t Love Budweiser. It Won’t Take No for an Answer.
https://youtu.be/zR9NHjDi4EA?si=7EcWRrNDifmDv42E

NPR

  • Extreme heat on Independence Day will be America's new normal, experts say
  • A rare flower is in a superbloom in the Rocky Mountains
  • Scientists are using 'superworms' as a safer, efficient way to clean animal skeletons
  • Researchers have created a synthetic cell that can adapt and learn survival skills
  • Scientists volunteer their time to document biodiversity in the Smokey Mountains
https://youtu.be/admZWRxqXW8?si=9MdUuoW2FSkxUccy

The Progressive

  • Fighting the Forces of Greed and Destruction
  • Restore Voting Rights for Former Prisoners
  • Finding a Voice Behind Bars
  • Watching the World Cup in Gaza
  • A Cruel Rule: Work or Lose Benefits
https://youtu.be/qsLQvBzgrLE?si=fBxhosLGTrnodMJv

FactCheck.org

  • Democratic Group Makes False Claim in Insider-Trading Ad Attacking Susan Collins
  • Democrats’ and Republicans’ Screwworm Blame Spin
  • Trump’s Dubious Claim that Birthright Citizenship Could Still Be Overturned with Legislation
  • Trump’s Unsupported Claims About Reflecting Pool Vandalism
  • How Trump’s Preliminary Deal with Iran Compares with His Rhetoric
https://youtu.be/l6jNaGJLYI0?si=uEKm7LFDrFqXXrid

Snopes.com

  • Posts claim photos show Montana police pulling over giant banana car. They're almost right
  • Did Trump post about stopping 'over 100 wars'?
  • Is Mitch McConnell 'brain-dead'? Rumor spreads amid growing health speculation
  • 25 AI-generated animal stories we've debunked
  • What we know about Mitch McConnell's health amid death and life support rumors
https://youtu.be/VM_Vw-MH6qQ?si=w57mHHuwZPB5G4D1

Tradeoffs

  • Making Medical Decisions with Uncertain Science
  • With Millions Expected to Lose Coverage, States Look for New Ways to Prevent Medical Debt
  • Medicaid Overhaul Complicates States’ Plans to Bring Care Into Jails and Prisons
  • Where Did the No Surprises Act Go Wrong? And Can It Be Fixed?
  • Mental Health Courts Offer People Facing Prison an Imperfect Alternative
https://youtu.be/RCSYBeWuDhw?si=lyuMx-5CA9S7gj_1

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