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In the news today: It's a pivotal moment for the Republicans as they search for ways to secure support for President Trump's big bill; A Russia-appointed official in Ukraine said Moscow's forces have overrun all of the Luhansk region; and Israeli forces strike a cafe and fire on people seeking food in Gaza, witnesses and health officials said. Also, a look at music's lost albums. |
Sen. Thomas Tillis, R-N.C., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Monday. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Senate Republicans seek support for Trump's big bill in overnight session
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The Senate is slogging through a tense overnight session that has dragged into Tuesday, with Republican leaders buying time as they search for ways to secure support for President Donald Trump's big bill while fending off proposed amendments, mostly from Democrats trying to defeat the package. It's a pivotal moment for the Republicans, who have control of Congress and are racing to wrap up work with just days to go before Trump's holiday deadline Friday. Read more. |
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- Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota is reaching for a last-minute agreement between those in his party worried about the bill's reductions to Medicaid and his most conservative flank, which wants even steeper cuts. At the same time House Speaker Mike Johnson has signaled more potential problems ahead, warning the Senate package could run into trouble when it is sent back to the House for a final round of voting.
The Republican leaders have no room to spare, with narrow majorities in both chambers. Thune can lose no more than three Republican senators, and already two — Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who warns people will lose access to Medicaid health care, and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who opposes raising the debt limit — have indicated opposition.
- Attention quickly turned to key senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine, who have also raised concerns about health care cuts, but also a loose coalition of four conservative Republican senators pushing for even steeper reductions.
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Russia says Moscow now occupies all of Ukraine's Luhansk region, illegally annexed in 2022
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A Russia-appointed official in Ukraine's occupied Luhansk region said Monday that Moscow's forces have overrun all of it — one of four regions Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in September 2022 despite not fully controlling a single one. Read more. |
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74 killed in Gaza as Israeli forces strike a cafe and fire on people seeking food
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Israeli forces killed at least 74 people in Gaza on Monday with airstrikes that killed 30 at a seaside cafe and gunfire that killed 23 as Palestinians tried to get desperately needed food aid, witnesses and health officials said. Read more. |
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The cafe, one of the few businesses to continue operating during the 20-month war, was a gathering spot for residents seeking internet access and a place to charge their phones. Videos circulating on social media showed bloodied and disfigured bodies on the ground and the wounded being carried away in blankets.
Israeli forces also killed 11 people who had been seeking food in southern Gaza, according to witnesses, hospitals, and Gaza's Health Ministry. Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis said it received the bodies of people shot while returning from an aid site associated with the Israeli and U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Fund. It was part of a deadly pattern that has killed more than 500 Palestinians around the chaotic and controversial aid distribution program over the past month.
- The Israeli military said it was reviewing information about the attacks. In the past, the military has said it fires warning shots at people who move suspiciously or get too close to troops, including while collecting aid.
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Jimi Hendrix performs on tour at the Rheinhalle in Dusseldorf, Germany in 1969. (AP Photo/Hinninger)
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Music history is littered with projects planned, anticipated, even completed — and then scrapped
"Lost albums" are embedded in music industry lore. Some were literally lost. Some remained unfinished or unreleased because of tragedy, shortsighted executives, or creators who were perfectionists or had short attention spans. But sometimes, the music is eventually made public. |
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