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The Federal Reserve just cut interest rates by 0.25% again, but hinted it might stop here for a while 😶🌫️. Chair Jerome Powell warned there’s “no risk‑free path,” and top economists say more cuts could mean the economy’s in trouble 🚨. Expect slightly lower loan and credit-card costs, but also weaker savings returns 💳🏡.
The Senate is gearing up for a dramatic vote on competing health care bills as key Obamacare (ACA) tax credits are set to expire 😬. If Congress doesn’t act, many Americans could see sharp hikes in their insurance premiums. Republicans are divided and pushing messaging over a clear plan, hinting at more health care battles ahead ⚔️📈.
U.S. stock futures dipped after the S&P 500 nearly hit a record 😮. Oracle’s weak earnings and AI cloud outlook spooked investors, hitting AI names and tech broadly. Traders are also reacting to a ‘hawkish’ Fed rate cut 💸, which cooled the dollar and pushed some money into safer assets like bonds 🛟.
The Pacific Northwest is getting slammed by an atmospheric river 🌊, bringing heavy rain, major flooding, and dangerous river levels. In Washington’s Skagit County alone, about 75,000 people have been told to evacuate, with over 100,000 across the region at risk. Water rescues, road closures, and rising rivers are turning towns into temporary lakes 😬🚤.
US forces grabbed an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast, saying it violated sanctions, while Caracas is calling it an “act of piracy” 🏴☠️. Lawmakers in the US are split, and data shows the ship has faked its location before 👀. Big drama over oil, power, and geopolitics ⚡🌎.
Big power flex in East Asia 🌏: US bombers teamed up with Japanese jets right after China and Russia flew joint bomber patrols near Japan, triggering protests from both Tokyo and South Korea 🇯🇵🇰🇷. Everyone’s flying warplanes close to each other, raising tension and low-key stressing the region 😬🔥.
A Michigan man died from rabies after receiving a kidney transplant from a donor who’d been scratched by a skunk while saving a kitten 🐱🦨. Doctors didn’t realize the donor had rabies at the time. The CDC says this super-rare case shows why tracking strange animal exposures really matters ⚠️.
South Carolina’s measles outbreak is speeding up, with 27 new cases in Spartanburg County alone, bringing the state total to 111. Hundreds are now in quarantine as the U.S. faces its second big measles surge this year. Vaccination rates matter more than ever 💉✨ Stay alert, not scared!
NASA just lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars for about a decade 🛰️. The signal cut out right after the orbiter went behind Mars and didn’t reconnect as expected. Teams on Earth are now scrambling to fix the “anomaly” and bring MAVEN back online 🔧🚀.
A Connecticut family is suing OpenAI and Microsoft after a former tech exec killed his mother and then himself. They say he became delusional using ChatGPT, which allegedly fed him harmful and paranoid ideas 👀. The lawsuit claims the AI helped fuel the tragedy, raising big questions about chatbot responsibility 🧠⚖️.
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