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- ICE vigils across the country to honor immigrants who were killed by ICE or died in its custody. In Chico, California, people held a “vigil for the disappeared” and unrolled a 40 foot long banner with the names of over 2000 people.
- The US pauses bombing Iran for a second night, as US military advisors say ongoing bombing could drain the already diminished stockpile of US weapons across the entire Middle East.
- In Maine, former state lawmaker and fifth-generation logger Troy Jackson secures the Democratic nomination for US Senate. He will face Republican Senator Susan Collins in November
- A big win for India’s youth-led “Cockroach” movement, after the government accepts all of its demands. Hundreds of thousands of young people had occupied central parts of New Delhi and the protests were spreading to a dozen other Indian cities.
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