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The Trump Administration moves forward with revoking the citizenship of 17 naturalized immigrants

Seventeen naturalized U.S. citizens could lose their citizenship after the Department of Justice announced new actions on Monday to revoke that status. The move is part of the denaturalization campaign pursued by President Donald Trump’s administration against people whom the Republican government says obtained citizenship through fraud or deception during the naturalization process.

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Applicants for U.S. citizenship receive their naturalization certificates in New York on June 4, 2025.
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What Happens When ‘Star Wars’ Replaces Mozart?

Across the United States, orchestras are programming more live performances of movie soundtracks in a bid for box office revenue.

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“Star Wars” fans at Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh, where the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra recently performed a live soundtrack for “The Empire Strikes Back.”
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Francesca Michielin si sposa: chi è il futuro marito Davide Spigarolo

Francesca Michielin si sposa con Davide Spigarolo. Le pubblicazioni di matrimonio sono comparse nei Comuni di Bassano del Grappa e Marostica. La cantante e il compagno si preparano alle nozze dopo una relazione vissuta lontano dall’esposizione continua. Data e luogo della cerimonia non sono stati comunicati.

Francesca Michielin si sposa

Francesca Michielin si prepara al matrimonio con Davide Spigarolo. La notizia è emersa dopo la comparsa delle pubblicazioni nei Comuni legati alla coppia: Bassano del Grappa per la cantante e Marostica per il futuro marito. Un passaggio formale che anticipa le nozze e che ha subito acceso la curiosità dei fan.

Per ora non sono stati diffusi dettagli sulla data, sulla location o sugli invitati. La scelta conferma la linea mantenuta negli ultimi anni dalla cantautrice, che ha sempre raccontato poco della propria vita privata e ha preferito lasciare alla musica lo spazio pubblico maggiore.

Il matrimonio arriva in una fase molto intensa per Francesca Michielin. La cantante è tornata al centro dell’attenzione anche con i nuovi progetti musicali, tra singoli, album e appuntamenti live.

Chi è Davide Spigarolo, il futuro marito

Davide Spigarolo non appartiene al mondo dello spettacolo. Lavora nello sport, tra preparazione atletica, osteopatia e attività tecnica. Il suo nome è legato anche a una famiglia molto conosciuta nell’atletica italiana: è figlio di Gabriella Dorio, oro olimpico nei 1500 metri a Los Angeles 1984.

La relazione con Francesca Michielin è stata raccontata negli anni attraverso pochi dettagli. I due si conoscevano da tempo e si sarebbero avvicinati durante il periodo della pandemia, fino a costruire una storia stabile. Lei ha parlato più volte dell’importanza di avere accanto una persona capace di accompagnarla nei momenti più difficili, senza trasformare il rapporto in materiale da copertina.

La coppia condivide anche alcune passioni, dallo sport alla Formula 1. In diverse occasioni sono stati notati insieme in contesti legati ai motori, ma sempre senza alimentare esposizioni eccessive.

Le nozze, salvo sorprese, dovrebbero arrivare nei prossimi mesi. La cantante intanto prosegue con la musica, mentre la curiosità attorno al matrimonio cresce giorno dopo giorno.

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Insulin legislation gains steam 

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care   The Big Story  Insulin legislation gains steam  Bipartisan legislation to cap insulin at $35 a month for people with private insurance is gaining momentum. The bill, introduced in March, picked up four more co-sponsors Monday: Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Kevin…

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North America put to the test: Countdown to an (almost) ready World Cup

“The world will stand still, and the eyes of the world will be focused on North America,” the 56-year-old Swiss president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, said a few days ago from the United Nations headquarters in New York. With four days to go before the ball starts rolling, the three host countries — the United States, Mexico, and Canada — say they have everything ready. Or, more precisely, almost everything. The biggest soccer tournament in history — 48 national teams playing a total of 104 matches — takes place amid various circumstances that complicate organization: the United States remains at war with Iran, President Donald Trump’s strict immigration policies are frightening away many supporters, and FIFA’s dynamic-pricing ticket system has put seats out of reach for much of the fan base.

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Reopening match at Estadio Azteca between Mexico and Portugal in Mexico City on Saturday, March 28, 2026.

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Mural commemorating the World Cup in Dallas.
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China expands its spy networks across the European Union and beyond

Chinese espionage in the European Union and neighboring countries reveals its full scope when certain pieces are connected. The May 20 arrest in Germany of a German couple of Chinese origin who were taking military-technology information from universities is a particularly notable case. But it is only one of many. The episode exposes a strategy of large-scale, coordinated infiltration when placed alongside other arrests in EU member states and neighboring countries. In total, around 30 agents and collaborators have been uncovered in Europe and its vicinity in just the past two years; some were arrested, several expelled, and others are awaiting trial. China typically denies all espionage allegations and describes them as slander.

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Jian G., a German citizen and assistant to far-right MEP Maximilian Krah (of AfD), last September at the Dresden court where he was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for spying for China.
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ICE to stop reporting migrant deaths after release amid historic rise in deaths in custody

Amid growing scrutiny over the rising number of deaths in immigration detention, the Trump administration has eliminated a policy that required U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to investigate and report the deaths of detainees that occurred within 30 days of their release.

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Federal agents at a detention center in Illinois, in September 2025.
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Antony Beevor, historian: ‘Rasputin combined spirituality with extreme lust and lasciviousness’

Used to hearing Antony Beevor detail troop movements at Stalingrad, the siege of Berlin, the Normandy landings, the paratroopers’ effort at Arnhem or the Panzer offensive in Hitler’s last stand in the Ardennes, it is surprising to hear him talk about Rasputin’s penis. In truth, he adopts the same look of intense concentration he brings to his usual military topics. “Rasputin’s penis… is an object of interest, certainly,” he says when his interlocutor mentions that, during an afternoon of astonishment and vodka, he saw on display in a St. Petersburg museum the appendage shown as such in a glass jar. “Yes, it is said to measure 13 inches, about 33 centimeters, but I don’t know that it’s something to take seriously. My father-in-law, the historian John Julius Norwich, used to explain that his father, Duff Cooper, the first British ambassador to France after the Liberation and also a historian [and father of the notable writer Artemis Cooper, Beevor’s wife], was convinced that part of Rasputin’s sexual success and magnetism lay in his member and his muscular control, but there is no historical record that it was cut off after his murder. Today it is impossible to assert that what is on display is his; I don’t believe any DNA test has been done.” In fact, some say it is a horse’s penis, or, if not that, a dried sea cucumber, as has also been suggested. Beevor recalls, in any case, that at the time in Tsarist Russia, Rasputin was credited with extraordinary sexual potency and caricatures circulated showing his organ, in reference to the monk’s influence over the Tsarina Alexandra and, through her, Tsar Nicholas II, with the legend: “The rod that rules Russia.”

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Grigori Rasputin, surrounded by some of the women subdued by his magnetic personality and other figures of the era.
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Spain confronts the submerged threat posed by Russia’s ghost fleet

In December 2024, the Eagle S., an oil tanker flying the Cook Islands flag that had sailed from a Russian port, was detained by Finnish police. It was accused of damaging an electric cable and four other data cables on the floor of the Baltic Sea with its anchor. It may have been an accident, but repeated incidents prompted NATO the following month to launch a military operation, Baltic Sentry, deploying surveillance aircraft, ships, and drones to confront the undersea threat. Suspicions pointed to the so‑called Russian ghost fleet, with which the Putin regime is evading EU sanctions imposed after the invasion of Ukraine.

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The minesweeper 'Turia,' stranded off La Manga beach in Murcia.
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Most Americans oppose ICE’s presence at stadiums during the World Cup, according to poll

With just a few days to go before the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the world’s largest sporting event faces the question of what role U.S. immigration authorities will play. Now, a new poll by The Washington Post and the University of Maryland has found that most Americans would prefer they play no role at all.

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Federal agents secure a detention center in New Jersey on May 29.
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Fear grips the border between Romania and Ukraine: ‘We feel something much worse will happen’

Romania has been deeply shaken by the unprecedented incident that occurred in the early hours of last Friday, when a Russian drone carrying 30 kilograms of explosives crashed into a 10-story apartment block in Galați. The city lies just 15 miles from the Ukrainian port of Reni, one of the neighboring country’s key grain-export facilities and a reason why Russia attacks almost nightly. But on this occasion the drone’s impact crossed boundaries not previously seen in this European Union country. The unmanned aircraft exploded, injuring a woman and her 14-year-old son, who lived on the building’s top floor; the block stands in the nerve center of this town of about 250,000 people on the banks of the Danube.

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Image of the building damaged by a Russian drone in Galați, Romania, last Friday.
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Russians make mass cash withdrawals amid internet shutdowns and transfer controls

Russians, accustomed to living with constant unpredictability, have been stashing rubles for months in the drawers of their homes. Cash withdrawals have been so massive since the start of the year that the Bank of Russia has carried out a substantial upward revision of the financial system’s liquidity needs through the end of 2026. Internet shutdowns — and, by extension, disruptions to payment systems — ordered by the authorities for alleged “security reasons” have driven Russians to withdraw money from ATMs. Added to this, in a bid to raise revenue to fund the war against Ukraine, is a new bill that would tighten controls on cash payments to businesses.

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A woman pays in cash in Tara, Russia. 
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ICE expands use of iris scanners in its operations through a multi-million-dollar contract

Amid growing concerns about surveillance and privacy in the Trump administration’s immigration policy, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is significantly expanding its biometric identification infrastructure. According to NPR, the agency entered into an agreement with BI2 Technologies—a company specializing in biometric technology—that includes the deployment of iris scanners, access to private databases, and real-time verification tools for field agents.

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ICE agents in Newark, New Jersey, on Wednesday.
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