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Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is seen as the Senate votes on amendments to a reconciliation package, at the Capitol in Washington, June 4, 2026.Nathan Posner | Anadolu | Getty ImagesQuestions surrounding Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., mount as the 84-year-old lawmaker remains hospitalized for more than three weeks with scant details disclosed about his health status. McConnell, the former longtime Senate majority leader who declined to seek an eighth term following a series of health scares, was admitted to the hospital on June 14, news outlets reported.A spokesman for McConnell at the time confirmed the hospitalization and said the senator “is…
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Latin American countries, some steelmakers argue for US tariff exemptions Source link
Cases of a diarrhea-causing intestinal parasite have exploded in Michigan over the last two weeks in an outbreak that still has no clear source. As of July 6, the state has received reports of over 700 cases since June 22, along with 36 hospitalizations, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHSS) told Ars Technica on Tuesday. On June 30, the health department reported 170 cases, which rose to 572 on July 4. The microscopic unicellular parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis is behind the cases, causing a disease called cyclosporiasis. Although the infection is generally not life-threatening, it usually causes “watery…
The compensation likely to be sought by English freeholders would be far greater.On Scotland’s current system, which has similarities to commonhold, Gerber says it “generally works”.”You’ll always find one that doesn’t want to stump up their money… that can be a problem,” he says.Most of the experts agreed there is no perfect system where multiple people share responsibility for a building. Hopkins believes commonhold will happen, regardless of further legal challenges. “The judicial review failed at first instance and failed quite comprehensively. A lot of the arguments, I think, have really been lost.”He says there is now broad political support…
US President Donald Trump (R) and Open AI CEO Sam Altman (L) react during a working lunch meeting of G7 members, partner countries, and artificial intelligence business leaders as part of the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 17, 2026. A G7 summit is set to take place June 15 to 17 in the French town of Evian-les-Bains near Switzerland and it will be attended by country leaders as well as the EU’s foreign policy chief and ministers from Brazil, Canada, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson / POOL / AFP via Getty…
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on June 29, 2026. NYSEThe Nasdaq-100 is up about 18% in 2026, but traders on prediction market platform Kalshi don’t think the index will move much higher in the second half of 2026. Speculators place about 50-50 odds that the tech-heavy index will close 2026 above 30,000, a level it first crossed in late May. As of midday trading Tuesday, the index was also only about 1% below 30,000. On Kalshi, the contracts asks speculators to place “yes” or “no” trades endorsing or opposing whether the Nasdaq-100 will end the year within a certain…
Amazon aims to raise $25 billion from bond sale Source link
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday felt like a vintage day on Wall Street after Samsung’s earnings sent chip stocks tumbling and megacaps that have lagged for much of the year rebounded.”Today it looked like the old days, when we realized that you needed an Nvidia chip to calculate things … When the stocks of Google, Meta, and Amazon had enough strength to carry this market. When Apple needed no one and wasn’t worried about commodity chip prices,” said the “Mad Money” host. The move followed Samsung’s earnings report Tuesday local time, which sent shares of the Korean electronics giant down…
An F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41, prepares to launch from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).Courtesy: U.S. NavyThe U.S. began a “series of powerful strikes” against Iran on Tuesday in retaliation for Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command said. “U.S. Central Command forces have begun launching a series of powerful strikes against Iran to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway,” CENTCOM said in a post to X. “The U.S. strikes…