good morning!🙋🏼♀️I’m Nicole Forelt. Can you survive this record-breaking fever?
Take a quick look at Friday’s news:
The Supreme Court is withdrawing a big decision in the last one dive
The court is removing the biggest remaining decision in one last dive. President Donald Trump and six major rulings related to birthright citizenship, LGBTQ+ school books and online porn will be released on Friday in the Ultimate Decision Dependence Decision.
Most predicted: Whether the court will allow Trump to force his change to birthright citizenship while his new policies file lawsuits. The ruling could make it difficult for judges to block the president’s policies.
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President Donald Trump has instructed Republican lawmakers to stay in Washington and skip their scheduled break to head to the July 4 holiday, in order to get his signature tax bill at his desk by Independence Day. Although Trump’s administration said it still hopes Congress will meet an ambitious timeline, the key tax, spending and policy-legal packages were hit when Senate lawmakers ruled that some important Medicaid clauses designed to help tense Republicans vote. Trump and fellow Republicans aim to reduce Medicaid spending by demanding work by healthy adults and denying access to non-citizens.
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Iran-Israel conflict makes Iranian-Americans feel helpless
“Like many people in the diaspora, I live in two worlds. One is here in America, where I work and I make a living and care for my family. The other is in my heart and always has a weight of anxiety for all the people I love and Iran who can’t get away with.”
~Reza Rajebi, an Iranian-born novelist and a doctor who now lives in Houston, Texas, said he is worried every day about his loved one who lives in his hometown. As the conflict between Israel and Iran lies in a fragile ceasefire, Rajevi and other Iranian-Americans spoke to USA Today about their disappointment about American involvement and fear of their still loved ones, saying that the revival of violence could ripple across the world.
Surviving Abuse: Impossible Bonds with Cathy Ventura Fine and her Stepmother
Pamela Parker Fine didn’t know much about the woman best known as Cathy, who became her daughter-in-law later that year. She knew her son was in love and that Cathy had come to support them at a sentencing hearing for a well-known domestic violence case against a University of Colorado soccer coach in Boulder. It’s another four years before the two women realize they have more in common than either of them want to share. Cathy became a leading witness in the sex trafficking and assault case of Sean “Diddy” Combs. Both will stand up to powerful men. Both women walked away from the men they loved – the men who hurt them.
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For decades, “Anna Wintour OK” was a coveted signature of approval from Vogue’s editor-in-chief. But now 75-year-old Anna Wintour has resigned this year, and the magazine is looking for a new head of editorial content as part of a different organizational structure adopted four years ago. Her stern management style and iconic A-frame bobs, the iconic icon remains Condé Nast’s Chief Content Officer and Vogue’s global editorial director. Since its launch with Vogue in 1988, Wintour’s impact on style has far surpassed the magazine’s pages.
- How about the Met Gala? Take a look at Wintour’s iconic looks over the years.
Photo of the day: Saw it to the bride!
The world’s elites are gathering in Venice, Italy this weekend for the wedding of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez. Superyacht and taxi boat celebrities sailing to a 3-day wedding party The protests spread throughout the city ahead of the gorgeous wedding.
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