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Democrat bill gives immigrants instant access to federal benefits, ends ‘xenophobic’ 5-year wait

Fox News Democrats in the House and Senate introduced a bill Thursday that would give immigrants immediate access to a range of federal benefits instead of making them wait for five years. Congress passed legislation in 1996 requiring most immigrants to wait five years after obtaining their official immigration status before they can access Medicaid,…

Wealthy Buyers Are Turning This Region Into One of Italy’s Hottest Home Markets

Wall Street Journal Once an impoverished area, Puglia has seen an influx of high-end buyers willing to spend millions on historic farmhouses and villas. https://www.wsj.com/articles/wealthy-buyers-are-turning-this-region-into-one-of-italys-hottest-home-markets-45d9de4c

‘The Doctor’ Review: Complex Symptoms of a Moral Dilemma

Wall Street Journal At the Park Avenue Armory, Juliet Stevenson plays a stalwart physician whose life begins to crumble in Robert Icke’s masterly and timely reimagining of a 1912 play by Arthur Schnitzler. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-doctor-review-complex-symptoms-of-a-moral-dilemma-c59fdcfe

Explosions heard in south Ukraine’s Nikolayev, Ternopol regions

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Civil defense sirens have also been turned on in Ukraine-controlled areas of the Kherson Region https://tass.com/world/1633143

Medical Officer Reassigned After Migrant Child’s Death in Border Agency Custody

New York Times Customs and Border Protection has removed its chief medical officer from his position after an 8-year-old girl died in the agency’s custody last month. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/15/us/politics/border-customs-immigrant-child-death.html

Ukrainian president admits that Kiev troops meet tough resistance

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. In the Ukrainian president’s opinion, the current military action would be decisive for the outcome of Russia’s special operation https://tass.com/world/1633139

Greek and E.U. policies under scrutiny after devastating shipwreck

Washington Post The deaths of seemingly hundreds of migrants off the coast of Greece have sparked renewed criticism of the Greek coast guard and European migration policy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/15/greece-shipwreck-europe-migration/

El Niño ocean currents, not avian flu, blamed for mass bird deaths along Mexico’s Pacific coast

Fox News When hundreds of birds were found dead along Mexico’s Pacific coast earlier this year, experts immediately suspected avian flu. But the government said Thursday that the warming Pacific ocean currents associated with El Niño, not bird flu, were responsible for the mass die-off. Mexico’s Agriculture Department said Thursday that tests on the dead…

New format of Ukraine-NATO relations may begin from Vilnius summit – Ukraine’s Defence Minister

Pravda Ukraine NATO and Ukraine will replace their current format of formal meetings in the form of a Commission with a new Council format at or after the Vilnius Summit in July. Source: Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine’s Minister of Defence, during a conversation with Ukrainian journalists on Thursday 15 June, after meeting of the Ukraine Defence…

The Indictment Can Only Hurt Trump

Wall Street Journal Even his loyal supporters will understand that his mishandling of documents endangered U.S. security. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-indictment-can-only-hurt-trump-mar-a-lago-arrest-election-maga-voters-national-security-43159f31