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1. Congressional shooting
The Senate bill would dramatically change Medicaid, just like the House version. Spending on the program would be reduced by $800 billion over 10 years, partially by eliminating Medicaid expansion funding.
The Senate bill also would offer more generous tax credits for lower-income and older Americans. The House bill replaces Obamacare’s subsidies with tax credits, but they’re considered inadequate to help those groups. The Senate’s fix, however, could tick off conservatives, who think the tax credits are too much like the subsidies they’re supposed to replace.
The Senate’s bill may not include the House bill’s prohibition on federal funding for Planned Parenthood, something else sure to make conservatives unhappy.
A vote is possible before Congress leaves town for the July 4 recess.
3. London fire
4. Fed rate hike
And that’s not the only big change Uber is making. The company’s also going to let you start tipping drivers, something drivers had been asking for (and Uber strongly objected to) for years.
5. Fried potatoes study
5. Trump in Asia
Meanwhile, the heat wave out West will probably last all week. Temperature records were broken through the region again in places like Phoenix, which hit 119 degrees. Dozens of flights were canceled again due to the heat, too.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“1,000% false”
US officials’ response to the ISIS claim that the US blew up a historic mosque in Iraq
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It was the big one that wasn’t. The USGS sent out an alert about a 6.8-magnitude quake striking Cali. But the alert was about 90 years too late.
Alternative facts
A couple claimed they can survive without food and instead use the universe’s “energy.” Some media outlets reported this, but we’ll call it what is: B.S.
Hat tip
The Queen wore a hat that looks a lot like the EU flag while giving a speech to Parliament, and the internet just couldn’t handle it.
Lie detector
Want to know if someone’s lying? Just watch the way they move a computer mouse, because scientists say that’s a dead giveaway.
AND FINALLY …
The world’s coolest (or craziest) dad turns some Little Tikes cars into “Mad Max”-style vehicles for a cute parody of the popular film franchise. (Click to view)
So a (seemingly) smart guy invents a self-driving potato that acts like a cat because, well, it’s the internet and that’s what it does. (Click to view)
CORRECTION: An earlier version of the first item incorrectly identified the program that the Senate bill could dramatically change. It is Medicaid.