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What’s on tap: 

• “60 Minutes” correspondents aim to keep the show going

• Connecticut medical debt forgiven.

• World Food Photography Awards

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Today’s Big Story

Senate Funds ICE and Border Patrol

• The Senate passed a $70 billion bill to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol for the next three years early Friday, ending months of Democratic opposition. The 52-47 vote was nearly party line, with Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski the only Republican to vote against it. The bill now heads to the House, which is expected to take it up next week.

• The legislation was nearly derailed by a controversial $1.776 billion settlement fund that could pay out to people Trump considers political allies. Multiple senators from both parties tried to ban the fund through amendments. The most pointed came from Sen. Bill Cassidy, who recently lost reelection after Trump backed a primary challenger against him. Cassidy proposed redirecting the money to law enforcement officers injured on January 6, noting that payouts could potentially go to Trump supporters who attacked the Capitol. All amendment efforts failed.

• Democrats had blocked ICE funding since January, when federal agents fatally shot two protesters in Minneapolis. Republicans passed the bill through budget reconciliation, a process that allows legislation to clear the Senate with a simple majority rather than the 60 votes normally required to overcome a filibuster.

Saturday’s Quick Hits

• Nearly three in four US teachers believe AI will reshape education more than the internet or computers did, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll of 545 K-12 teachers. Most teachers have used AI to save time, but 54% say it makes it harder for students to think critically. Nearly 60% say AI is eroding trust between teachers and students, and about half say their school has offered no guidance on how to handle it. (More)

• Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent Vladimir Putin an open letter this week proposing face-to-face peace talks in Switzerland or Turkey. Putin rejected it Thursday, calling the letter rude, refusing to use Zelenskyy's name, and saying he saw "no point" in talks. Russia would take all of eastern Ukraine, he said. Ukraine struck five Russian cargo ships and hit a St. Petersburg oil terminal Wednesday. (More)

• The US added 172,000 jobs in May as unemployment held at 4.3%, but rising prices are eating into paychecks. Wage growth hit 3.4%, its lowest since 2021, while inflation jumped to 3.8% in April, driven by gas prices up more than 40% since the US and Israel went to war with Iran in February. Markets now see a better than 60% chance the Fed raises rates in October. (More)

• Three veteran "60 Minutes" correspondents said Friday they would stay at the show despite a week of turmoil that included the firings of two senior producers and correspondent Scott Pelley. Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim said they believed the producers were fired for defending the show's independence. "We want to stay and fight," they wrote, but warned they would leave if CBS did not honor editorial independence. (More)

• A Virginia judge sentenced former IRS agent Brendan Banfield, 40, to life in prison Friday for murdering his wife and a stranger he framed for the killing. Banfield posed as his wife on a fetish website to lure Joseph Ryan, 39, to their home, stabbed his wife Christine, 37, then staged the scene to blame Ryan. His au pair, who helped carry out the plot, received 10 years for manslaughter. (More)

Weekly Dose of Positive

• An 86-year-old Florida restaurant owner who was secretly sleeping in her cafe received a furnished home and $200,000 in donations after a viral video of her generosity drew millions of viewers. (More)

• Connecticut wiped out $6.5 million in medical debt for 97,000 residents after a nonprofit bought the debt for pennies on the dollar using COVID relief funds and donations. (More)

• Teen pregnancy rates have fallen by more than a third worldwide since 2000, the U.N. says, with some regions like Central and South Asia seeing drops of more than 75%. (More)

• A gray wolf was spotted in Sequoia National Park for the first time in over 100 years, part of a solo female's months-long trek across California. (More)

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