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H.R. 309: National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach Act
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H.R. 10133: Fair Prescription Pricing Act of 2026
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H.R. 10127: TRANS Government Research Act
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H.R. 10134: Local Health Care Protection Act of 2026
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H.R. 10123: STOP Improper Licensing Act
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H.R. 10125: NO PROFIT Act
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H.Res. 1485: Expressing support for the designation of August 22, 2026, as “Chuck Brown Day”, and honoring Chuck Brown’s contributions to music and to the District of Columbia.
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H.R. 3925: Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation Land Exchange Act
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H.R. 3276: Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act of 2026
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Kyiv comes under Russian missile attack, killing at least six
Death reported after residential areas and warehouses hit in heavy bombardment in capital and surrounding region A heavy Russian bombardment killed at least six people and wounded dozens in Ukraine’s capital and its surrounding region overnight, authorities said on Thursday. A missile attack on Kyiv struck residential areas and warehouses, said the Kyiv mayor, Vitali Klitschko. The attack damaged residential buildings, a medical facility and an educational institution and left five people dead and 23 wounded, city military authorities said. Continue reading...
Missing teen hiker Lily Hooper found dead after disappearing in NSW national park a week ago
Premier Chris Minns tells parliament ‘this is obviously devastating’ after earlier announcing 18-year-old had been ‘found alive’ with half a bottle of water Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The body of missing 18-year-old bushwalker Lily Hooper has been found in a remote New South Wales national park more than a week after she set out on her hike. “I’ve got some terrible news,” the NSW premier, Chris Minns, told a parliamentary hearing on Thursday. Just minutes earlier, Minns had said Lily had been “found alive”. Continue reading...
Impassioned Jacqui Lambie reveals health struggle as she condemns Labor’s ‘callous disregard for veterans’
Independent senator urges prime minister to reconsider, arguing $5,000 cap for allied health services did not go far enough Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Jacqui Lambie has slammed Labor over its controversial $5,000 cap for allied health services for veterans, and accused it of a “callous disregard for veterans’ health and wellbeing”. The independent Tasmanian senator told the Senate in a fiery speech on Wednesday of her own medical battles, and said the department of veterans affairs had shown “no duty of care”. Continue reading...
Drill Andy drill? Burnham’s North Sea dilemma – podcast
Helena Horton on why the government may decide to allow more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea The government is considering whether to allow new oil and gas drilling at two sites in the North Sea, a move environmental activists warn will accelerate climate chaos. Helen Pidd speaks to reporter Helena Horton about the government’s dilemma – and what it tells us about Andy Burnham’s approach to the green energy transition Continue reading...
Trump talks about grass as he shows off White House renovations – video
The US president waxed lyrical about grass being added around the new White House helipad in front of the media. 'You know, grass has a life like humans have a life,' Trump said Continue reading...
Trump shows off White House renovations and ornate new helipad
Former real estate developer leads press corps on tour of grounds and says ‘one thing I know how to do is build’ As the US national debt climbed past $40tn for the first time on Wednesday, and the war with Iran he started nearly six months ago dragged on, forcing Americans already struggling to pay the bills to spend more on fuel, Donald Trump led the press corps on a tour of the extensive remodeling of the White House grounds he is personally overseeing in his role as the self-styled “builder-in-chief”. The tour, during which Trump showed off upgrades such as a new granite driveway and refurbished columns, and expounded at length on newly laid grass, culminated in Trump autographing the back of a stone, inscribed with his name, to go in the center of the ornate new helipad he insists he needs. Continue reading...
‘Like a miracle’: 84-year-old woman pulled alive from rubble three days after Indonesian quake
A landslide triggered by the quake had blocked access to the village where Paulina Pobi had lived, leaving her buried under the collapsed remains An 84-year-old woman has been discovered alive in the flattened remains of her home three days after a powerful earthquake hit eastern Indonesia, authorities have confirmed. The 7.7-magnitude quake struck off Indonesia’s Flores island on Saturday morning, killing at least 73 people, injuring more than 900 people and displacing nearly 60,000 others. Continue reading...
Reporters and military duo held at gunpoint by security at US space force base
Officers reportedly believed invitees were trying to make unauthorized entry on to Vandenberg base in California Five news reporters and two members of the military who were invited to an event at Vandenberg space force base in California were briefly detained at gunpoint by security officers who thought they were gatecrashers, according to local news reports. The incident happened Monday ahead of an invitation-only groundbreaking for a new training facility for missile operators at the federal airfield near Santa Barbara, California. Reporters from Noozhawk and KEYT were among those detained, and both outlets published articles detailing the detainment. Continue reading...
UC Berkeley professor admits to using AI to edit op-ed about students’ math skills
Zvezdelina Stankova says she used AI to ‘help edit’ an article about some of her students being ‘five to eight years’ behind A math professor at the University of California, Berkeley, criticizing a “severe” math deficiency among students in an op-ed for the San Francisco Standard , admitted to using artificial intelligence to help edit the piece. The Standard published a 2,000-word piece by Zvezdelina Stankova last week, in which the professor said some of her math students were “five to eight years” behind and lacked a “middle school” education on fractions and basic algebra. Stankova said the UC system’s test-blind admissions were to blame, suggesting that students who weren’t sufficiently prepared for the rigor of Berkeley’s mathematics program were admitted because a longstanding benchmark like the SAT had disappeared. Continue reading...
Erin Patterson appeal live: prosecutors to seek life in prison without parole for triple murderer
Victorian court of appeal also to consider whether triple murder and attempted murder convictions should be quashed Erin Patterson argues mushroom murder convictions should be quashed due to ‘catastrophic’ failure of justice Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Surviving lunch guest in court for day two Ian Wilkinson , the sole surviving lunch guest, has returned to court for day two of Patterson’s appeal hearing. Continue reading...
More than 100 dead after goldmine collapses in Central African Republic
The collapse was caused by a landslide, while local officials say the death toll is likely to rise as recovery efforts continue More than 100 people have died after an artisanal goldmine at a small village in western Central African Republic (CAR) caved in due to a landslide, local officials and aid workers said on Wednesday. The landslide happened on Tuesday afternoon in the village of Zamboye, about 50km (31 miles) from the town of Baboua and close to the border of Cameroon. Footage on social media appeared to show an avalanche of sand descend on a group of people, likely the miners, and cover them. Continue reading...
Three boys charged over alleged rape of teenage girl in Sydney home
The 17-year-olds were charged over an alleged attack in Sydney’s south-west on Saturday Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Three teenage boys have been charged over the alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl at a home in Sydney’s south-west on Saturday. The three 17-year-old boys were arrested on Wednesday after the girl was allegedly attacked. Continue reading...
California becomes first US state to set efficiency rules for replacement tires
Regulations that would block sale of older tires praised by environmental groups amid rightwing backlash California has become the first state in the nation to mandate that replacement tires be energy efficient, a major auto industry regulation set to block the sale of older tires and make vehicles on the road greener. State regulators have said the new rules will reduce emissions and drivers’ fuel costs. But the rules – which come as the Trump administrations fights to block other California restrictions to promote greener cars – have already sparked a rightwing backlash, with one conservative news outlet calling the policies a “massive overreach”. Continue reading...
Young vapers ‘at risk of breathing problems and becoming smokers’
Review by paediatricians links child vaping with poor respiratory health such as coughing, wheezing and asthma Young people who start vaping risk developing breathing problems and going on to smoke cigarettes, children’s doctors have warned. Child vaping is consistently linked with poor respiratory health, such as coughing, wheezing, bronchitis symptoms and asthma exacerbations, while vapes have been shown to act as a gateway to smoking cigarettes, according to one of the most comprehensive reviews of the available evidence so far undertaken by the Royal College of Child and Paediatrics Health. Continue reading...
Prince Harry and Meghan ‘moving back to Britain this month’
Reports say Duke and Duchess of Sussex intend to relocate from US, with children to start British school in September The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are planning to return to live in Britain, six years after leaving for the US, it was reported. The couple and their two children, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, are expected to relocate later this month to a non-royal residence. Continue reading...