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CNBC: ‘Big beautiful bill’ mostly benefits the rich, while low earners would suffer from Medicaid and SNAP cuts, Yale report finds

Fortune: North Korean operatives and American accomplices accused in massive fraud that infiltrated the Fortune 500 and stole millions

Financial Times: Psychedelic nasal spray shows promise against depression

The Atlantic: The Conservative Attack on Empathy

NY Times : Three Great Documentaries to Stream

Texas Monthly: “What in the World Would Justify Doing This?”: A Texas Vet and Hemp-Business Owner on the Looming THC Ban

BBC: Parasites and Staphylococcus: How hygienic are public swimming pools really?

Washington Post: Why aren’t Italians as obese as Americans? It’s not really what they eat.

Politico: Planned Parenthood funding at grave risk after Senate ruling

The Atlantic: What a ‘Spiral of Silence’ Can Do to a Democracy

The Atlantic: A Classic Childhood Pastime Is Fading

The Atlantic: The Whole Country Is Starting to Look Like California

Washington Post: Do the facts support Trump’s claims? We asked AI.

Phys.Org: A single brain scan can tell how fast you're aging

The Guardian: ‘Even if we stop drinking we will be exposed’: A French region has banned tap water. Is it a warning for the rest of Europe?

BBC: Ten things to know about veganism in childhood

Politico: The first American ‘scientific refugees’ arrive in France

The Guardian: ‘They came for our land, our wood, our gold’: Santiago Yahuarcani, Peruvian painter of dancing dolphins – and genocide

The Hill: Trump’s latest attack on the courts: suing the judges themselves

AP News: More than 300 charged in $14.6 billion health care fraud schemes takedown, Justice Department says

BBC: US Senate Republicans struggle to push Trump's budget bill over finish line

BBC: Video: Millions of 'lovebugs' swarm hikers in South Korea

BBC: UK sees hottest day of the year so far and Turkey battles wildfires in Europe heatwave

The Guardian: UK’s chief rabbi says Bob Vylan Glastonbury chant was ‘vile Jew-hatred’

The Guardian: You love the outdoors. So why are you pooping all over it?

The Hill: Vance arrives at Capitol as GOP short votes to pass Trump megabill

The Hill: Trump unveils $249 ‘Trump Fragrances’

The Guardian: After 150 years, a prized box returns to an Indigenous nation in Canada: ‘I felt like royalty traveling with it’

The Guardian: Trump’s justice department issues directive to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship for criminal offenses

The Guardian: Witnesses describe grim aftermath of Israeli strike on busy Gaza cafe

The Guardian: Marathon vote on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ continues as ‘vote-a-rama’ becomes longest in Senate history – US politics live

NPR: Families with mixed immigration status would lose child tax credit under GOP tax and spending bill

NPR: Republicans' big bill could hit rural hospitals hard

The Oregonian: Northwest’s only commercial nuclear plant reconnects to the power grid after refueling

NPR: Poll: Most feel democracy is threatened and political violence is a major problem

NPR: DOJ announces a record-breaking takedown of health care fraud schemes

NPR: Cartel violence in Sinaloa, Mexico, leaves 20 dead, including 4 decapitated bodies

OPB: This company wants to be the first to mine the ocean floor, with Trump’s help

OPB: Parallel parking contest in Southeast Portland keeps the city weird

KCRA: UC Davis study reveals higher toxicity in disposable e-cigarettes than traditional cigarettes

KCRA: Wildfire Ready: How a Tahoe community is using a robot to reduce the risk of fires

Study Finds: Are Recycled Plastic Water Bottles Safe? Study Warns They Could Be Leaching Toxic Chemicals Into Your Drink

Study Finds: Wild Killer Whales Have Been Observed Trying To Feed Humans.

AP News: Mystery surrounds the Jeffrey Epstein files after Bondi claims ‘tens of thousands’ of videos

The Oregonian: Gunman shot Idaho firefighters after they asked him to move his vehicle, sheriff says

KCRA: Senate strikes AI provision from GOP bill after uproar from the states

ABC News: Lululemon files lawsuit against Costco, claims company selling 'dupes' of products

OPB: Climate change may be fueling tree pest outbreaks in Oregon

The Oregonian: Sick of insurance hassles, these Oregon doctors charge patients a monthly fee instead

Courthouse News Service: Judge backs Reclamation in fight over California water contract conversions