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Musk Blasts Trump-Backed Megabill as 'Utterly Insane'
Elon Musk reignited his public feud with President Donald Trump on Saturday, denouncing the administration's massive domestic policy bill as "utterly insane and destructive," just hours before the Senate was set to vote on the nearly 1,000-page legislation. Musk's criticism, delivered on his social platform X, targeted the bill's energy and tax provisions, which he warned would undercut emerging industries such as solar, battery, geothermal, wind, and nuclear power. 
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Trump Halts Iran Sanctions Relief After Khamenei Declares Victory in Israel Conflict, Escalates Rhetoric
President Donald Trump said Friday that he has suspended plans to ease sanctions on Iran, following a combative video message from Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that downplayed the damage caused by U.S. and Israeli airstrikes and declared Tehran victorious in its 12-day conflict with Israel. 
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Trump Halts All Trade Talks with Canada Over Digital Services Tax, Threatens Tariffs Within Days
President Donald Trump on Friday abruptly terminated all U.S. trade negotiations with Canada in retaliation for Ottawa's imposition of a digital services tax targeting American technology companies. The announcement, delivered in a post on Trump's Truth Social platform, sent shockwaves through financial markets and threatened to destabilize one of America's largest trading relationships. 
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Supreme Court Curbs Nationwide Injunctions in Trump Birthright Citizenship Case
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Friday to restrict the use of nationwide injunctions by federal judges, delivering a procedural victory to President Donald Trump while sidestepping the core constitutional question over birthright citizenship. The decision, split along ideological lines, directs lower courts to reconsider sweeping injunctions that have blocked Trump's executive order aimed at denying citizenship to U.S.-born children of undocumented or temporary visa-holding parents. 
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China Confirms Trade Deal Framework as U.S. Says Rare Earth Shipments to Resume
The United States and China have finalized a framework agreement to expedite rare earth mineral exports and ease certain technology restrictions, the latest sign of a fragile détente between the world's two largest economies. The deal, confirmed Friday by China's Ministry of Commerce, follows months of stalled implementation after a preliminary consensus was reached in Geneva this spring. 
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GOP Scrambles to Rescue Trump-Backed Megabill as Senate Parliamentarian Strikes Key Provisions
Senate Republicans are scrambling to salvage President Donald Trump's sweeping domestic policy package after Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled multiple high-profile provisions-including a major Medicaid cost-cutting measure-violate budget rules, jeopardizing GOP efforts to pass the bill under reconciliation before the July 4 deadline. 
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U.S. Denies Iran Relocated Enriched Uranium as European Intel Says Stockpile Is Missing
The Biden administration faces growing scrutiny over conflicting intelligence assessments on whether Iran secretly moved its highly enriched uranium before U.S. bombers carried out a massive strike on three nuclear facilities Sunday, using more than a dozen 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs. 
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Judge Sides With Meta in AI Copyright Case as Authors Fail to Prove Market Harm
Meta secured a significant legal victory on Wednesday as a U.S. federal judge dismissed a high-profile copyright lawsuit brought by 13 authors, including Sarah Silverman, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Junot Díaz, over the tech giant's use of their books to train its artificial intelligence system. The ruling marks the second win in a week for the AI industry, following a similar decision in favor of Anthropic. 
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Senator Mike Lee Pushes U.S. NATO Exit Bill as Trump Reaffirms Alliance Support
President Donald Trump declared his continued support for NATO during a summit in The Hague on Wednesday, even as Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah introduced legislation to pull the United States out of the military alliance. The move underscored widening tensions within the GOP over America's global defense commitments and NATO's future role in U.S. foreign policy. 
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Melania Trump’s EB-1 ‘Einstein Visa’ Sparks Heated Debate in Congress as Trump Tightens U.S. Immigration Rules
Melania Trump's immigration history came under sharp scrutiny during a heated House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, as Democratic lawmakers criticized what they described as hypocrisy in the Trump administration's visa policy while raising questions about the First Lady's eligibility for the prestigious EB-1 visa. 
