ICE operation calls for 5,000 federal agents and 21,000 National Guard troops to make deportation arrests

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ICE calls for 5,000 federal agents and 21,000 National Guard troops to aid in deportation arrests, the U.S. Budget office is warning that 11 million Americans could lose their healthcare under Trump's "big, beautiful bill," and Jonathan Joss's husband discusses the actor's final moments.

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1 | ICE operation calls for 5,000 federal agents and 21,000 National Guard troops to make deportation arrests

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2 | Trump says Putin told him 'very strongly' he will 'have to respond' to Ukraine drone strikes in hour-long call

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3 | FBI arrest man in New York linked to explosion at California fertility clinic, officials say

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4 | Budget Office warns nearly 11 million in U.S. could lose health care under Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill'

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5 | 'I held his face together': Jonathan Joss' husband reveals 'King of the Hill' actor's final moments

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Scientists have developed methods to wipe potentially disease-carrying mosquitoes off the face of the Earth. But, should they?

The implications of such a monumental call remain unknown and bioethicists say they are not "in favor of remaking the world to suit human desires."

"The eradication of the mosquito through a genetic technology would have the potential to create global eradication in a way that just felt a little risky," Christopher Preston, a University of Montana environmental philosopher, recently told The Washington Post.

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$400

Amid already high and rising electricity prices, President Donald Trump's broad domestic policy bill, which is up for debate in the Senate, could make the situation even worse. Several studies from this year reveal that the energy bill of the average family could rise as much as $400 annually.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

"And tell Lindsey Graham to come home, or we are going to put you under arrest when you come home. You're stirring it up!"

One of President Donald Trump's fiercest loyalists — Steve Bannon — is calling for Republican Kremlin critic Senator Lindsey Graham to be arrested for "stirring it up" in Kyiv.

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