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Two more Republican senators announced on Monday night that they oppose the health care bill. The decision by Senators Jerry Moran of Kansas and Mike Lee of Utah has derailed a plan by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to hold a vote on the bill this week. McConnell could only afford two defections and Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Susan Collins of Maine had previously said they opposed bill. "Regretfully, it is now apparent that the effort to repeal and immediately replace the failure of Obamacare will not be successful," McConnell said. President Donald Trump responded to the collapse of the health care bill by tweeting that Republican senators should seek to repeal Obamacare first, and work on a new health care law at a later date. – Business Insider
The U.S. government will grant 15,000 additional temporary visas to foreign workers for the remainder of the 2017 fiscal year. The visas will allow the seafood, tourism, landscaping and construction sectors to temporarily hire foreigners. Companies that want to obtain the visas have to prove they need to hire foreign workers to comply with existing contracts. Several industries including fisheries and hospitality had asked the Trump administration to grant additional H-2B visas. Some 120,000 temporary visas have been requested so far in the 2017 fiscal year. The law says the government can only issue up to 33,000 such visas for each half of the fiscal year. – WAPO
Netflix stock soared 11% on Monday, after the video-streaming company announced that it had added 5.2 million new customers in the second quarter, well above analysts’ expectations. Netflix now has more customers abroad – 52 million – than in the U.S., where it has 51.9 million subscribers in the second quarter. The company added 4.14 million subscribers abroad and 1.07 million subscribers in the U.S. Netflix has credited "13 Reasons Why" and the new season of "House of Cards" for the strong growth in the April-to-June period. The company is investing $6 billion in new content this year. – REUTERS
Apple plans to launch new emojis later this year. Food items such as a sandwich and a coconut, fictional creatures like a zombie and an elf, as well as a woman breastfeeding and a man sitting in the lotus position will be among the new emojis, Apple said. The announcement was made to mark World Emoji Day. – PCMAG
The U.S. government plans to impose sanctions on Venezuela if President Nicolas Maduro creates an assembly to write a new constitution. "The United States will not stand by as Venezuela crumbles. If the Maduro regime imposes its Constituent Assembly on July 30, the United States will take strong and swift economic actions," President Donald Trump said in a statement. The announcement comes days after some 7 million people voted in a symbolic referendum to protest against Maduro’s plans to rewrite the constitution. Opposition leaders say the assembly would allow Maduro to tighten his grip on power. The opposition has called for a 24-hour strike on Thursday. – REUTERS
Amazon has filed a trademark to register a new meal-kit business. The new company will sell prepared kits that include ingredients like grains, poultry and seafood, Amazon said. The trademark includes a registration for the slogan "We do the prep. You be the chef." The service will be in direct competition with Blue Apron, the leading meal-kit delivery company in the U.S. Blue Apron’s shares fell 11 percent in value after Amazon’s plans were made public. TechCrunch reports that Amazon has already run a limited trial for a food kit delivery service. – CNBC
The U.S. government introduced new sanctions against Iran on Tuesday for developing ballistic missiles and stoking regional tensions. The measures target 16 entities or individuals for their involvement in "illicit" activities. A day earlier, the Trump administration said Iran is complying with the 2015 nuclear deal, and can therefore continue benefiting from sanctions relief. However, the U.S. said Tehran is betraying "the spirit" of the accord. The agreement called for the Islamic state to freeze its nuclear development program in exchange for lifting sanctions that were crippling the Iranian economy. – REUTERS
The body cameras of two police officers involved in the killing of an Australian yoga instructor in Minneapolis were turned off when the shooting occurred. Justine Ruszczyk, 40, called the police to report an incident in her neighborhood on Saturday. She died when one of the officers who were dispatched to investigate the report shot at her from the passenger seat of the police car. Ruszczyk’s fiancé, Don Damond, told reporters on Monday that she called 911 to report a possible sexual assault. Officer Mohamed Noor has been identified as Ruszczyk's killer. – NBC
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