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June 24 1600 UTC Brief
In U.S. politics
President Trump has canceled plans to sign a bipartisan housing affordability bill, saying he wants Congress to move first on the SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship for voter registration and sharply restrict mail-in voting. House Speaker Mike Johnson says he wants to advance the measure through a third reconciliation bill, so the housing bill is now sitting in the political waiting room, where many useful things go to lose time.
In tech and workplace privacy
Meta has paused an internal AI training program after backlash from employees and fresh privacy concerns. The system was collecting data from workers’ computers, including keystrokes, mouse clicks, and on-screen activity, which is a good reminder that “internal” does not always mean “comforting.”
In South America
Colombia’s left-wing candidate Iván Cepeda has conceded defeat to Abelardo de la Espriella in a very narrow presidential runoff. The far-right lawyer and Trump admirer was ahead by less than one percentage point in the preliminary count.
In science
Researchers have virtually unwrapped a papyrus scroll buried in the Mount Vesuvius eruption and read more than a metre of text without opening it. The writing, spanning 20 columns, discusses Stoic philosophy, including ethics, art, and human behaviour, which is a remarkably durable way for ancient ideas to make a comeback.
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