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Morning Brief

MORNING BRIEF

What’s Inside Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

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🎧 TOP NEWS

Trump Admin Revokes Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students

The homeland security secretary posted the announcement on social media platform X.

 

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China Faces COVID-19 Resurgence With Symptoms of Sharp, Burning Sore Throat

“Razor blade throat” is a term used in China to describe severe throat pain, akin to swallowing shattered glass or razor blades.


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Supreme Court Deadlocks, Leaves in Place Block on Nation’s First Religious Charter School

With a tie result, the high court upholds an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that found it was unconstitutional to give the school taxpayer money.


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How Meditation Rewires the Brain—And Why You Can Start Today

Scientific research indicates that even brief sessions of meditation can trigger positive changes in the brain, supporting self-healing processes.

 

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🎙️ PODCASTS

The nation's pressing topics deciphered by our journalists from the podcast desk.

CONSTITUTION AVENUE

GOP Megabill, Trade Deals and the Question of Executive Power: This Week in Politics

Epoch Times reporter Lawrence Wilson breaks down the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” and why the Democrats oppose it. 


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CROSSROADS

WHO Pandemic Treaty Passes; Trump Confronts South African President Over White Farmer Genocide

Any pharmaceutical manufacturer that falls under the treaty now has to give 20 percent of its products for “equitable” distribution.


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🎤 INTERVIEWS

Our latest conversations with experts on politics, tech, health, and culture.

AMERICAN THOUGHT LEADERS

The Monument That Almost Wasn’t: The Remarkable Story Behind Canada’s Anti-Communist Memorial

A few months ago, Canada unveiled its national memorial to the millions of victims of communism.


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☕ WHAT’S SHAPING THE DAY

POLITICS

  • MAHA Commission Recommends Nutrition Trials to Improve Childhood Health
  • At MAHA Event, Trump Targets Corporate Lobbyists: ‘We Will Not Be Silenced’
  • $67 in France and $798 in US–Why Prescription Drug Prices Are so High in US
  • Rubio Pledges to Help in ‘Any Way We Can’ to Pass Anti-Forced Organ Harvesting Bill

US NEWS

  • Tariffs Haven’t Yet Triggered Inflation, and Economists Are at Odds as to What’s Next
  • Man Charged With Murder in Shooting Deaths of 2 Israel Embassy Employees
  • Chinese Americans Brace for Curtailed Trade With China
  • NOAA Predicts ‘Above-Normal’ Hurricane Season This Year

WORLD

  • CIA Says Winning Tech War With China Top Priority, Citing ‘Existential Threat’ to US
  • Insider Reveals Brutality in Ongoing Purges in China’s Military as Xi’s Control Appears to Wane
  • China Faces COVID-19 Resurgence With Symptoms of Sharp, Burning Sore Throat
  • China’s April Economic Data Show Broad-Based Slowdown
  • Who Is the South African Radical in the Oval Office Video Singing ‘Kill the Farmer’?
  • Romanian Court Rejects Defeated Presidential Candidate’s Call to Annul Election

OPINION

  • The Experts on the Sidewalks by Jeffrey A. Tucker

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