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The Senate passed Trump鈥檚 鈥淏ig Beautiful Bill.鈥� Senate Republicans brought President Donald Trump鈥檚 big tax breaks and spending cuts bill to passage Tuesday on the narrowest of margins, pushing past opposition from Democrats and their own GOP ranks after a turbulent overnight session. In the end, that tally was 50-50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. The bill now goes to the House. 鈥� The Associated Press
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The U.S. is halting some weapons shipments to Ukraine. The decision follows a Pentagon review of military aid that gave rise to concerns about declining American stockpiles. The munitions were promised under the Biden administration to aid Ukraine鈥檚 defenses during its more than three-year-old war with Russia. The pause reflects a new set of priorities under President Trump. It comes as Russia claims to have occupied all of Ukraine鈥檚 eastern Luhansk region. 鈥� AP

Hamas signaled openness to a ceasefire. Hamas suggested Wednesday it was ready for a ceasefire agreement with Israel but stopped short of accepting a U.S.-backed proposal announced by President Donald Trump hours earlier, insisting on its longstanding position that any deal bring an end to the war in Gaza. A Hamas delegation is reportedly expected to meet with Egyptian and Qatari mediators in Cairo today. 鈥� AP

Poland announced new border controls with Germany and Lithuania. The move is part of the Europe-wide rightward shift on immigration. Germany, too, has introduced border police patrols and vowed to reject some asylum-seekers. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says there are 鈥渦ncontrolled flows of migrants across the Polish-German border.鈥� Such piecemeal efforts, however, might not be enough to satisfy voters calling for stricter immigration policies. 鈥� Staff

UPenn updated transgender swimming records. The University of Pennsylvania on Tuesday modified a trio of school records set by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas. It also said it would apologize to female athletes 鈥渄isadvantaged鈥� by her participation on the women鈥檚 swimming team, part of a resolution of a federal civil rights case. 鈥� AP
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Chile made mining easier. Its congress approved long-awaited legislation to speed up the permitting process for investment projects in the country on Tuesday. The law was a key demand from the country鈥檚 mining industry as well as renewable energy companies and others who said the lengthy permitting process was holding back investment. Chile is the world鈥檚 largest copper producer and one of the largest lithium producers. 鈥� Reuters

Woman can now be drafted into the Danish military. Those who turn 18 as of today will be entered into the draft lottery system for military service, on equal footing with their male compatriots. Meant to increase the number of young people in the military, the change comes against a backdrop of Russian aggression and growing military investment across NATO countries. 鈥� AP

The British Royal Train rolls to a stop. Buckingham Palace says King Charles III has accepted that it鈥檚 time to decommission the Royal Train, which is costly to operate and would require a significant upgrade for more advanced rail systems. That will bring to an end a tradition that dates back to 1869, when Queen Victoria commissioned a pair of special coaches to accommodate her travels. 鈥� AP

With passage in the Senate on Tuesday, Congress is on the cusp of passing President Donald Trump鈥檚 massive tax and immigration bill. The bill would extend the president鈥檚 2017 tax cuts and allocate $150 billion for border security and expanding interior enforcement. It would add some benefits for middle-class Americans, including a modest tax cut and a larger child tax credit. But it also cuts benefits, including Medicaid and food stamps. The Senate version of the bill 鈥� which the House still needs to approve 鈥� would add $3.3 trillion to the national debt over the next decade.

President Donald Trump is touting Florida鈥檚 effort to build an immigration detention facility at an old airfield in the Everglades. The new site points to a wider effort underway to find spaces to hold people involved in the administration鈥檚 mass deportation campaign. But the new Florida center, which will have up to 5,000 beds, is especially controversial: Protesters have raised environmental concerns, and the Miccosukee and Seminole tribes consider the land sacred.

Finns have always been proud of their reputation as good global citizens. Now, feeling threatened on their extensive border with Russia, they are pulling out of a treaty long seen as a cornerstone of humanitarian law. But mines will be deployed only in wartime, only in clearly marked areas, and with digital maps to make their clearance after war easier. Finland is also remaining in conventions that govern the ethical deployment of antipersonnel mines, and is not advocating for anyone else to leave the Ottawa Convention.

The Dominican Republic is deporting record numbers of Haitians, forcing them to endure catastrophic security, economic, and humanitarian crises at home. Can new, economically powerful Dominican voices shift the conversation? The construction sector 鈥� the Dominican Republic鈥檚 second-largest industry 鈥� is beginning to speak out, calling for visa programs or work authorization, as industry leaders say the workforce is predominantly made up of Haitian workers.

Thailand鈥檚 Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra over ethics violations on Tuesday amid a deepening weekslong border spat with Cambodia. The political crisis now threatens to undercut two years of fragile democracy in one of the most coup-prone countries in the world. Meanwhile, a recent poll found rising confidence in the military, which Thais see as their country鈥檚 main line of defense against both foreign threats and internal political instability.

It鈥檚 no surprise that news outlets are struggling for both dollars and trust. In Camden, Maine, a local newspaper opened a caf茅聽to welcome in the community. But the Villager Cafe, which opened in April, isn鈥檛 just a caf茅. It鈥檚 a newsstand and events space for the Midcoast Villager. The newspaper wants the caf茅聽to be a 鈥渢hird space for community engagement,鈥� in the words of deputy editor Alex Seitz-Wald.

The Russian war in Ukraine took a telling turn June 9. A drone strike damaged St. Sophia Cathedral in the capital, Kyiv. The white-walled church is the country鈥檚 spiritual center, a symbol of the arrival of 海角大神ity a millennium ago. Its gold dome, green cupolas, and Byzantine art are seen as the cultural core of Ukrainian identity 鈥� something Russian President Vladimir Putin claims does not exist.

How did Ukraine react to the attack? Within days, work began to repair the eastern facade of the 11th-century landmark.

The quick restoration is essential to sustaining the morale and resilience of Ukrainians during a war in which Russian forces have deliberately damaged or destroyed more than 2,000 religious and cultural structures.

鈥淲e will rebuild all of them,鈥� President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after the strike on St. Sophia.

Russia is not only attacking Ukrainian cities. 鈥淚t is waging a war against our culture, memory and future,鈥� Mykola Tochytskyi, the country鈥檚 minister for culture, told Agence France-Presse. He said the cathedral is the 鈥渟oul of Ukraine.鈥�

The restoration and preservation of Ukraine鈥檚 heritage has become so important that plans are underway to set up a special fund for the work at a meeting of international donors on July 10-11 in Rome. The idea for the Ukraine Heritage Response Fund was endorsed by at least 20 countries as well as the European Commission and UNESCO at a meeting in February.

Many of the historic sites, from museums to libraries, have served as hubs for humanitarian relief and shelter during the war. They are now 鈥減art of the infrastructures of care and resilience,鈥� said Di谩na Vonn谩k, a scholar of urban history at the University of Stirling in the United Kingdom.

President Zelenskyy聽sees a spiritual goal in saving these structures 鈥� including the clergy members who work in religious institutions. 鈥淛ust as we are liberating priests and pastors from Russian captivity, just as we are doing everything to protect Ukrainian cities and villages and the lives of people in them, we are restoring the ability to believe 鈥� to believe that evil and destruction will not prevail,鈥� he said.