PRESS DIGEST- Wall Street Journal - June 06

June 5 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

- Boston Consulting Group said it fired two North American partners involved in an Israeli-American effort to distribute humanitarian aid in Gaza.

- U.S. Senate Republicans are working on a plan that would shield some NASA programs from large cuts proposed by the White House.

- Iran has ordered thousands of tons of ballistic-missile ingredients from China, people familiar with the transaction said, seeking to rebuild its military prowess as it discusses the future of its nuclear program with the U.S.

- Humana HUM.N, the second-biggest Medicare insurer, has told congressional staffers that it will support moves that would curtail billing practices worth billions in extra payments to the industry, according to staffers and a document viewed by The Wall Street Journal.

- U.S. President Domald Trump spoke Thursday with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and suggested after the call that one point leading to a breakdown in trade talks—the export of rare-earth minerals, which are critical to the U.S. auto industry—had been addressed.

- Israel's military said it was targeting an underground drone facility in southern Beirut on Thursday, in one of its largest strikes on Hezbollah assets since a cease-fire was agreed to in November.