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🚨BREAKING: President Trump announces a 90-day extension for Mexico to finalize a trade deal, avoiding immediate tariff hikes.

🚨BREAKING: Brown University has reached a voluntary agreement with the U.S. government to restore federal funding for its medical and health sciences research.

BREAKING: Former VP Kamala Harris announces she will not be running for California Governor in 2026.

🚨BREAKING: The Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady for the fifth consecutive meeting, but faced rare dissents from two officials who urged immediate cuts, citing economic softening and tariff impacts.

(Cont.) While officials say the system will improve care and empower patients, critics point to past instances where personal health data was shared with federal agencies and warn this could open the door to widespread misuse.

🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration is launching a nationwide health tracking system in partnership with major tech firms like Google, Amazon, and Noom to give patients digital access to medical records and wellness tools.

(Cont.) Among them: a classified Durham anex suggesting the FBI helped push the collusion narrative.

🚨BREAKING: FBI Director Kash Patel uncovered a secret room inside FBI headquarters containing thousands of sensitive documents tied to the Trump-Russia investigation, including burn bags with classified materials.

🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump announced the U.S. will impose a 25% tariff on Indian imports starting August 1, citing India’s high trade barriers and military ties to Russia.

🚨BREAKING: During a WNBA game between the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries, a fan unexpectedly threw a neon green dildo onto the court.

🚨BREAKING: A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering tsunami waves as high as 5 meters and prompting evacuations across the Pacific, including Hawaii and Japan.

🚨BREAKING: Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that the UK will recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza and commits to a long-term peace process.

🚨 BREAKING: A gunman killed 5, including an NYPD officer, and injured 6 near the Blackstone and NFL buildings in Midtown Manhattan tonight before turning the gun on himself. The area remains under lockdown as police investigate.

BREAKING: At least two people were killed and several others injured in a shooting this morning outside the Grand Sierra Resort casino in Reno, Nevada. The suspect is currently in custody.

🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump has asked a federal judge to swiftly depose Rupert Murdoch in his defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over a report linking him to Jeffrey Epstein.

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Boston has blocked a Trump-supported provision that would cut Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood, ruling it likely unconstitutional.

🚨 BREAKING: Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan has died at 71. Further details to follow.

🚨 BREAKING: President Trump secured a sweeping trade deal with Japan, cutting tariffs on Japanese auto imports and pausing new levies in exchange for a $550 billion U.S.-bound investment and loan package.

🚨 BREAKING: Ozzy Osbourne, legendary Black Sabbath frontman and “Prince of Darkness,” has died at 76.

🚨BREAKING: Alaska Airlines grounded all its flights for roughly three hours Sunday night due to an unspecified IT outage. The airline resumed operations later that night but warned of continued flight delays as aircraft and crews are repositioned.