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Good morning. It’s Friday, June 5, and Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are planning to build an exclusive resort in Albania — the locals aren’t happy. Now let’s get to the news.

The Senate rejected a bid to block President Donald Trump’s payout fund.

• Despite backlash to the fund: All but three Republicans voted against the amendment, as senators passed a bill to fund ICE and Border Patrol for the rest of Trump’s term.
• Over in the House: Lawmakers approved a measure to cut food aid for children and pregnant women. It would reduce access to fruit and vegetables for millions.

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	ICE will stop reporting deaths of newly released detainees.

• According to an internal memo: The agency will only report deaths in custody. ICE is under pressure after reporting 18 detainee deaths in the first five months of this year.
• In other immigration news: A spike in border wall spending is mostly going to two firms with ties to the White House and the GOP.
• Another Post exclusive: Trump suddenly softened his green card policy — here’s why.

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A court-ordered deadline is forcing the center to undo what its own board approved six months ago. (Jabin Botsford/The Post)

• Last week: A federal judge ruled Trump’s name had been illegally added to the arts institution. Now, employees must scrub it from signs, brochures and more.
• As for the White House ballroom: Donors won $50 billion in contracts after giving to Trump’s pet project, a watchdog group found.
• One more thing: Democrats are urging a halt to the production of a 24-karat gold coin bearing the president’s image — see it here.

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DOGE officials planned to mark 2.7 million living people as dead.

• According to a whistleblower: The plan at the Social Security Administration was meant to intimidate immigrants into leaving, but included some U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
• When people are moved to the “Death Master File”: They can be cut off from wages, banking, government benefits and other services. Social Security said the plan did not go ahead.

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The Park Service ordered the removal of “woke” quotes from Boston’s Bunker Hill monument.

• Why? A visitor complaint prompted a review of anti-war, anti-slavery or pro-immigrant quotes ahead of the Revolutionary War battle’s anniversary.
• Zooming out: The move aligns with Trump’s policy to eliminate “corrosive ideology” from federal institutions. A Vietnam veteran, whose quote is set to be removed, is “outraged.”

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For more than a year, the USDA has been leading an effort to prevent the pest from entering the U.S. from Mexico. (Denise Bonilla/U.S. Department of Agriculture/AP)

• The threat: New World screwworms lay eggs in open wounds or orifices, and hatched maggots burrow into and feed on flesh. They affect animals and, in rare cases, humans.
• In 1966: The screwworms were largely eradicated from the U.S. But one was recently found on a Texas calf, sparking an effort to contain it and fears for the livestock industry.

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Nature offers a break from the constant onslaught of beauty-focused messaging in the media. (iStock)

• In a new study: Researchers looked at survey data from 50,683 people and found that contact with nature was associated with improved body image.
• Try it this weekend: Use these five tips to get more out of the time you spend outdoors, like ignoring your phone and focusing on quality, not quantity.

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Before you go … helicopter rides and pitch-side seats: Here’s how the ultrarich are doing the World Cup. Plus: The quest to get perfect grass into 16 World Cup stadiums.

One more good read: Belle Burden’s hit divorce memoir wasn’t entirely truthful. Maybe it doesn’t matter.