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• Lee Zeldin mengklaim di hadapan Senate bahwa rencana Trump administration akan membuat Environmental Protection Agency ‘lebih efisien’ • Senate Democrats menuduh Trump administration meninggalkan misi Environmental Protection Agency untuk melindungi kesehatan manusia dan lingkungan dalam sidang kongres hari Rabu, mengecam kepemimpinan lembaga tersebut atas proposal untuk memotong anggarannya menjadi setengah. • Kehadiran Lee Zeldin di hadapan Senate environment committee adalah yang terakhir dari tiga budget hearings administrator EPA minggu ini di mana ia berargumen untuk pengurangan tajam pendanaan bagi lembaga tersebut, yang jumlah stafnya sudah berkurang ke level terendah dalam beberapa dekade di bawah kepemimpinannya.

• Bendahara Negara Jim Chalmers telah mengindikasikan usulan perubahan ‘transisi’ saat Partai Buruh berupaya memperbaiki anggaran yang ‘cacat secara struktural’ • Ikuti blog langsung berita Australia kami untuk pembaruan terkini • Dapatkan email berita sela kami, aplikasi gratis, atau podcast berita harian

• Bendahara mengatakan kepada podcast Commonwealth Bank bahwa ia bertujuan untuk ‘mengakui keputusan yang telah diambil orang-orang di masa lalu’ • Ikuti blog langsung berita Australia kami untuk pembaruan terkini • Dapatkan email berita sela, aplikasi gratis, atau podcast berita harian kami

• Pejabat Fed menyebutkan inflasi yang tinggi, lambatnya pertumbuhan lapangan kerja, dan ketidakpastian di Timur Tengah sebagai alasan untuk mempertahankan suku bunga. • Federal Reserve AS membiarkan suku bunga tidak berubah setelah rapat dewan terbaru, sekali lagi mengabaikan seruan Donald Trump untuk melakukan pemangkasan saat bank sentral bersiap menghadapi perombakan kepemimpinan bulan depan. • Pada hari Rabu, pejabat Fed terus menekankan bahwa inflasi yang tinggi, pertumbuhan lapangan kerja yang lambat, dan ketidakpastian di Timur Tengah menjadi alasan mengapa suku bunga tidak diubah.

‘Critical debate’ about party’s identity and direction looms if it loses control of Senedd next month after 27 years in powerWelsh Labour is the democratic world’s most successful election-winning machine, coming first in Wales in every general election since 1922 and every devolved election since 1999. Come next month’s Senedd election, however, this history-making run is expected to end.Labour’s collapse has left a vacuum, and former Labour voters are going to opposite ends of the political spectrum. Plaid Cymru and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK are neck and neck in the latest poll, although coalition maths make it highly unlikely Reform would be able to form a government. Continue reading...

Rightwing Naftali Bennett and centrist Yair Lapid announce new party before Knesset vote expected later this yearTwo of Benjamin Netanyahu’s most formidable political rivals say they are joining forces in an attempt to oust the Israeli prime minister’s coalition government in the election expected later this year.The former prime ministers – rightwing Naftali Bennett and centrist Yair Lapid – issued statements announcing the merger of their parties, Bennett 2026 and Yesh Atid (There is a Future). Continue reading...

• Indian and Pakistani military forces have engaged in heavy artillery exchanges along the Line of Control in Kashmir, with reports of at least 18 soldiers killed and dozens wounded in the most serious escalation in six months. • Pakistan's military spokesperson claimed Indian forces initiated the bombardment Friday morning; India stated Pakistani positions fired first, creating conflicting narratives about the incident's origins. • The US has urged both nations to exercise restraint and resume diplomatic channels; UN Security Council members are monitoring the situation amid concerns about potential nuclear escalation.