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🗳️ Boston pays illegals to become political activists. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's (D) Office for Immigrant Advancement is offering $575 stipends to foreign-born residents for a 10-week course in "political organizing." The program excludes native-born Americans while promising participants access to "key City of Boston officials."

🚫 Trump cancels $810M using a rare budget maneuver. The White House rescinded funding for refugee aid, migrant education, and diversity programs, including a $567 million cut to HHS accounts that back refugee nonprofits. Officials say the money is no longer needed now that illegal crossings have dropped sharply.

🇬🇧 Hamas guard granted asylum, later plotted terror attack. A man who served on the former Hamas leader’s personal security team secured British citizenship before allegedly coordinating a plot to attack Jewish community centers and Israeli diplomats in Germany and Austria. He was arrested in London last November after Mossad and German intelligence uncovered the operation.

🇮🇷 Iran warns of "doomsday war" after Trump rejects ceasefire terms. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told NBC that Tehran is fully prepared for conflict after Trump rejected its demand for $12 billion in unfrozen assets and sanctions relief, claiming Iran has "corrected our tactics" since the last round of US strikes.

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