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Stories to Amplify — June 26, 2025

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🧨 Struggling Trump Economy

  • Sales of new homes tanked in May, pushing supply up to a 3-year high (CNBC).

  • US merchandise-trade deficit increases, showing trade policy failures (Bloomberg).

  • US economy shrank 0.5% between January and March, worse than 2 earlier estimates had revealed (Associated Press).

  • China is still choking exports of rare earths despite pact with U.S., undermining “trade agreement” (Wall Street Journal).

💣 Trump’s Illegal War In Iran

  • Comparing US Iran strike to Hiroshima, Trump plays down U.S. government’s own intelligence report (Reuters).

  • Trump says Iranians asked U.S. what time they could bomb American military base in Qatar (Washington Times).

📋 Trump’s Big Ugly Bill Is Mired In Chaos

  • Trump’s signature policy bill is facing trouble on multiple fronts in the Senate, as legislative strategy falters (NPR).

  • Senate parliamentarian blocks Medicaid changes in “big, beautiful bill”, derailing key provisions (Axios).

🚨 Trump’s Cruel and Chaotic Immigration Policy Is Targeting People Without Criminal Records

  • Despite promise to remove ‘worst of the worst,’ ICE has arrested only 6% of known immigrant murderers, showing enforcement failures (NBC).

  • ICE holding a record 59,000 immigrant detainees, nearly half with no criminal record, internal data show (CBS).

🔥 Trump Is Making Us Less Safe

  • RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel to review childhood immunization schedule, threatening public health protections (Washington Post).

  • RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort, withdrawing from international health cooperation (Politico).