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It's TACO time.
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June 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Donald Trump was going to take money out of grandma's Social Security check for decades-old student loans.

We sounded the alarm. And he backed down—at least for now.

We’re keeping up the fight.
Trump pauses plan to cut thousands of student-loan borrowers' Social Security checks
"The Trump Administration is committed to protecting social security recipients who oftentimes rely on a fixed income," a spokesperson told BI.
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June 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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96% of IT professionals say AI agents are a security threat.

But in a global poll of hundreds of IT professionals, 84% said their organizations are deploying them internally.
May 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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In a statement issued on X, the WFP said 77 trucks had crossed into Gaza loaded with flour. All of them “were stopped along the way, with food taken mainly by hungry people trying to feed their families.”
Nearly 80 aid trucks carrying food ransacked in Gaza Saturday, says WFP as famine worsens | CNN
Hunger has spread in Gaza, with UN agencies warning of impending famine without a drastic scaling up of aid entering the territory and being distributed across it. There have been multiple incidents o...
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May 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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‘No voices, no light’: Palestinian buries husband alone after two months trapped under Israeli siege - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/no-voices-no-light-palestinian-buries-husband-alone-after-two-months
‘No voices, no light’: Palestinian buries husband alone after two months trapped under Israeli siege
<article data-history-node-id="423292" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/no-voices-no-light-palestinian-buries-husband-alone-after-two-months" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/no-voices-no-light-palestinian-buries-husband-alone-after-two-months" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">‘No voices, no light’: Palestinian buries husband alone after two months trapped under Israeli siege</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>In a garden in southern Gaza under&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;attacks, Aziza Qishta dug a grave with her bare hands.&nbsp;</p> <p>With no shroud, the 65-year-old&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;wrapped her husband’s body in a window curtain and buried him alone.&nbsp;</p> <p>Ibrahim Qishta, 70, had died after being struck in the neck by shrapnel during Israel’s military incursion into Rafah earlier this year.&nbsp;</p> <p>For two months, the couple remained trapped in their home in Khirbet al-Adas, surviving off dwindling supplies as air strikes and shelling pounded the city.&nbsp;</p> <p>When neighbours fled, Ibrahim refused to be displaced, and his wife refused to leave him behind.&nbsp;</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a aria-label="‘No voices, no light’: Palestinian buries husband alone after two months trapped under Israeli siege" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-buries-husband-alone-after-two-months-trapped-under-israeli-siege">‘No voices, no light’: Palestinian buries husband alone after two months trapped under Israeli siege</a></h3> <p><img alt="A Palestinian woman mourns over a shrouded body at al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital, Deir el-Balah, Gaza, on 13 April 2025 (AFP/Eyad Baba)" src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/000_42762T9%20%281%29.jpg.jpg?itok=NWEYrO3f"></p> </div> </div> </article>
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May 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM