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Tennessee pharmacies sell potent ivermectin, led by doctor who's taken 'bucketloads'

June 17, 2026, 5:38 AM NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Four years ago, Tennessee became the first state to allow adults to buy the antiparasitic drug ivermectin from a pharmacy without first seeing a doctor. Pharmacies can use a pre-written, blanket prescription to sell to just about anyone who walks through their doors. The drug is now marketed and sold across the state in roadside shops and small-town strip malls with little oversight from health authorities. Highway billboards advertise ivermectin a ...

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GOP senator: Trump Iran deal 'tremendous foreign policy blunder'

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy (La.) on Wednesday slammed the deal between the Trump administration and Iran, two days before the two sides are set to sign it. “The details that I’ve seen so far look … awful. This will go down as a tremendous foreign policy blunder,” Cassidy told Nexstar’s Reshad Hudson on Capitol Hill. ...

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US Health Department announces over $700 million to combat mental health, addiction, homelessness

June 17, 2026 1:39 PM EDT Updated 2 hours ago June 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday announced more than $700 million in new funding opportunities aimed at tackling mental illness, addiction and homelessness. The ‌package includes a new $96 million grant program, Safety Through Recovery, Engagement, and Evidence-based Treatment and Support, or STREETS, which will award funding to eight communities, the Department of Health and H ...

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Trump administration drops wind energy appeal, a victory for NJ and other states

Jun 17, 2026 SOUTH JERSEY (KYW Newsradio) — The Trump administration has dropped its appeal of a federal court ruling that struck down the government’s blanket ban on offshore wind development, a win for New Jersey and other states in the Northeast. Last year, a lower court found the Trump administration’s ban on offshore wind arbitrary and capricious. The administration initially appealed the ruling but recently filed a request to drop it, which was granted by federal judges on Monday. In a ...

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'They're walking around without legs': Trump rambles on G7 world stage for half-hour trying to justify Iran war

Wednesday 17 June 2026 13:46 EDT President Donald Trump on Wednesday spent nearly an hour attempting to offer multiple justifications of his decision to go to war with Iran and defended the deal his negotiators struck to end the fighting after more than 100 days. Speaking at the end of his trip to France for this year’s G7 summit, the president opened his largely defensive remarks by touting the 60-day memorandum of understanding as one that “achieves everything we set out to accomplish, ever ...

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Read the 14-point draft agreement between the US and Iran

(CNN) The agreement between Iran and the US lays out the terms of the ceasefire between the bitter rivals, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, some financial relief for Iran and a reiteration from Tehran that it will never produce a nuclear weapon, according to a draft copy of the text obtained by CNN. The 14-point memorandum of understanding has not yet been officially released but a copy of it was obtained by CNN from a US official. A diplomat who saw it at the G7 summit in France this week confirmed its contents, as did two other diplomatic sources with knowledge of negotiations.

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US officials downplay text of the Iran agreement, saying it doesn't account for back-channel commitments

(CNN) US negotiators are working to quickly release the text of the agreement between Washington and Tehran, even as they downplay the significance of the specific language in the document, US officials told CNN. The officials described the text of the agreement as incredibly vague, mainly intended to create a more favorable environment for the highly technical, in-person talks to come. “People shouldn’t read too much into the language of the MOU,” one of the officials said, describing the agreement as a “political document.”

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Trump delays Jay Clayton's nomination for intel director to try to push Congress on voting bill

(AP) President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he’s delaying Jay Clayton’s nomination to lead the U.S. intelligence community in a bid to force Congress to act on a voter ID bill that currently lacks enough support for passage. Trump said in a lengthy post on his social media site that he will keep Bill Pulte, a top U.S. housing official, as acting director of national intelligence.

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Secret Service disbursements raise questions on ballroom funding

(Roll Call) The White House budget office released $351.6 million to the Secret Service on Friday for “White House Security Measures,” amid mounting criticism that taxpayer dollars may be tapped to help pay for President Donald Trump’s planned East Wing ballroom. The funds came from a $1.17 billion appropriation for the Secret Service contained in last year’s reconciliation package. That law specifies that those funds “may only be used for” additional Secret Service resources, including personnel, training facilities, programming, technology, and performance, retention and signing bonuses for Secret Service agents.

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Cargo ship's chief engineer charged in 2024 Francis Scott Key bridge collapse in Baltimore

14 min ago - Updated 6:31 PM EDT, June 17, 2026 BALTIMORE (AP) — Prosecutors have filed a criminal charge against the chief engineer of a cargo ship involved in the deadly 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, accusing him of failing to ... (AP)

Rockstar suffers legal blow in union busting dispute as trial date set

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Warsh Fed holds rates steady. Trump says 'It's all right. Whatever.'

44 min ago - June 17, 2026 5:44 PM EDT Updated 6 hours ago June 17 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday expressed confidence in Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh after the new central bank chief concluded his first rate-setting meeting with a ... (Reuters)

Russian oil refinery on fire after barrage of Ukrainian drones strike Moscow

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Trump says he "would rather not have" his North American trade deal

1 hr ago - 12h President Trump on Wednesday said that he would "rather not have" the North American trade agreement that was negotiated during his first term. Why it matters: The free trade pact that binds North America is up for review next month. The risk of ... (msn/Axios)

Kristi Noem gets new job after joining 'Shield of the Americas'

1 hr ago - 12h Kristi Noem, who was fired as Homeland Security Secretary by President Donald Trump earlier this year, has landed a new role across the border in Canada — her third position in just four months. Noem, who was dismissed from DHS in March aft ... (msn/The Independent)

US in talks with Jamaica to send third-country migrants as rift widens in Caribbean

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Federal Trade Commission sues leading transgender health group

2 hrs ago - Wed 17 Jun 2026 16.36 EDT Last modified on Wed 17 Jun 2026 17.10 EDT The Federal Trade Commission and four states sued the World Professional Association for Transgender Health on Wednesday, in the latest push by Donald Trump’s administration an ... (The Guardian/AP)

Democrats warn "fight is not over" after Georgia redistricting win

2 hrs ago - 11h Democrats celebrated a small victory in Georgia on Wednesday as GOP leaders shelved plans to redraw the state's congressional maps for the 2028 elections. But they're warning the battle is far from won. Why it matters: Republicans hit pause on th ... (msn/Axios)

Record number of US families now have both parents working full time, survey finds

3 hrs ago - Posted 3:27 PM, Jun 17, 2026 A record share of American families now have both parents working full time. According to a new Pew Research Center study, 52% of two-parent households with children under the age of 18 are full-time dual-income earners ... (Scripps News)

Oklahoma pastor running for Congress drops out amid texting scandal

5 hrs ago - Fernando Cervantes Jr. Carla Hinton June 17, 2026, 8:20 p.m. ET .............. Jackson Lahmeyer, who was running as a Republican in Oklahoma’s 1st Congressional District, advanced to the Republican primary on Tuesday, June 16, but dropped out ... (USA today)

Teamsters, DOJ File Joint Motion to End Final Order and Consent Decree

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Trump blows up spy bill after Senate Republicans say 'no' to voter ID legislation

8 hrs ago - By David Morgan WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's derailment of a U.S. Senate plan to pass a key national security bill this week is only the latest example of a growing rift with Senate Republicans, who are more willing to def ... (Reuters)

Massive Aviation Shutdown Hits Moscow As Russia Grounds Private Pilots And Drones

8 hrs ago - Jun 17, 2026 22:42 Starting June 20, authorities in Moscow and several surrounding Russian regions are implementing a broad ban on the operation of light and ultralight aircraft, as well as civilian drones. The measure, which follows a series of dron ... (united24media)

Dow falls 500 points in worst day for new Fed chair since 1994

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Europe has replaced 'most' forces removed by US from NATO plans, Rutte says

10 hrs ago - June 17, 2026 3:51 pm CET BRUSSELS — European NATO allies have already committed to replacing most of the battlefield kit the U.S. is withdrawing from its allocation to the alliance, NATO chief Mark Rutte said Wednesday. Washington told NATO al ... (Politico (EU))

Senate committee approves public land reauthorization fund

10 hrs ago - Posted June 17, 2026 at 1:58pm, Updated at 2:38pm Congress is hopeful that the popularity of U.S. national parks and other public lands can translate into bipartisan support for a deferred maintenance fund whose reauthorization expired last year. T ... (Roll Call)

Trump administration seeks to halt first US reparations program for Black people

11 hrs ago - The Trump administration has joined a lawsuit attempting to stop a first-of-its-kind reparations plan that would compensate Black residents of a Chicago suburb, arguing that its race-based criteria are unconstitutional. The program, in the Chicago su ... (The Guardian)

Trump and Iran's president digitally sign MOU with terms to end war

11 hrs ago - June 17, 2026, 2:26 PM EDT / Updated June 17, 2026, 6:58 PM EDT President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian both digitally signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday laying out terms for ending the war, according to U.S. off ... (NBC News)

GOP senator: Trump Iran deal 'tremendous foreign policy blunder'

11 hrs ago - Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy (La.) on Wednesday slammed the deal between the Trump administration and Iran, two days before the two sides are set to sign it. “The details that I’ve seen so far look … awful. This will go down as a treme ... (The Hill)