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House GOP seeks to cut HHS budget
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story House GOP seeks to cut HHS budget A House appropriations subcommittee was poised to advance legislation Tuesday that includes deep cuts to many health agencies and programs. The Hill, Greg Nash The spending bill for the...
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What’s in the batch of Epstein files just released by a House committee
Congress is back in Washington and the clock is already ticking. Lawmakers have less than one month to avoid a government shutdown. Also on the table is a fierce fight over billions in spending cuts and the release of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein case files. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:U.S. military strikes Venezuelan drug boat in Caribbean, killing 11
President Trump announced Tuesday that the United States sank a boat after it left Venezuela carrying drugs. It is the first known military strike in the region since the president ordered an increased presence in the Caribbean. Nick Schifrin reports.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Judge rules Trump’s National Guard deployment in LA was illegal
In our news wrap Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June was illegal, U.S. Space Command will move from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama, the death toll from Sunday's earthquake in Afghanistan has risen to more than 1,400 and an entire village in Darfur is gone after a landslide devastated the region.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Republicans move to squash GOP Epstein rebellion
House GOP leaders are racing to squash any internal rebellion over Jeffrey Epstein, launching a series of moves designed to appease the Republicans demanding more information be released on the late financier and convicted sex offender. GOP leaders on Tuesday added a last-minute vote to this weekβs calendar, providing rank-and-file Republicans with a formal outlet...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Republicans release first batch of Epstein files
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Tuesday made public a batch of files it said it received from the Justice Department (DOJ) in response to its subpoena for documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The committee said the information released Tuesday, posted in multiple files and folders on Google Drive...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Military lawyers will serve as immigration judges as courts face massive backlog
The Trump administration will temporarily assign military lawyers to act as judges in immigration cases. Geoff Bennett discussed questions surrounding the move with James McPherson. He was the undersecretary of the Army during the first Trump administration, and also had a 25-year career in the Navy, where he served as that service's top lawyer in uniform.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Fire that gutted Perth shopping centre deliberately lit
A fire that gutted businesses at a shopping centre in Perth's east was deliberately lit, according to authorities.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Epidemiologist breaks down new restrictions on COVID shots
Many Americans who want to get the newest COVID vaccines may now have a harder time doing so. The Food and Drug Administration limited approval for the shots to adults 65 and older or those who are "high risk" for severe disease. The vaccine was previously available to individuals six months of age and older. Amna Nawaz discussed the changes with Dr. Katelyn Jetelina of Your Local Epidemiologist.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:How Jeanine Pirro became a central figure in Trump’s D.C. takeover
In President Trumpβs continued push for greater control over Washington, D.C., heβs relying more on his close friend and former Fox News host, Jeanine Pirro. Sheβs the new U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and as William Brangham reports, she brings her outspoken, controversial style to one of the top law enforcement jobs in the nation's capital.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:‘It should be very concerning to everyone,’ says wife of detained DACA recipient
Last month, 28-year-old Catalina βXΓ³chitlβ Santiago was boarding a domestic flight when she was detained by Customs and Border Protection officers at the El Paso airport. For years, she has legally lived in the U.S. under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Despite that, she remains in ICE detention in Texas. Amna Nawaz spoke with Santiago's wife, Desiree Miller, about the case.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Brazil: Supreme Court mulls verdict over Bolsonaro coup plot
Jair Bolsonaro is accused of a plot to retain power after he lost the presidency in 2022. Supreme Court Judge De Moraes accused him of seeking a "dictatorship," while Trump has called the case a "witch hunt."
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Volcanic eruption shoots lava 100m into the air in Hawaii
The US Geological Survey (USGS) says the eruption has featured "vigorous lava fountaining".
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Google must share search data with competitors, judge rules
A US court ruled the company must share certain information with rival companies to increase competition. Google said the move could result in its rivals having access to its technology.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:How Lebanon is planning to disarm Hezbollah by the end of the year
The Lebanese government approved a U.S. plan to disarm Hezbollah, the group whose military wing was recognized by previous governments as a parallel security structure to Lebanonβs armed forces. The agreement calls for Hezbollahβs disarmament by the end of the year, in return for Israelβs withdrawal and cessation of hostilities. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn reports from Beirut.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Japanβs Liberal Democratic Party in search of answers
After a delay, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) committee tasked with conducting a post-mortem analysis of the partyβs poor performance in the July upper house elections delivered itsreportto a general meeting of LDP lawmakers on Tuesday, September 2. The committee essentially sought to answer three questions, and, in doing so, perhaps offered an implicit answer [β¦] The post Japanβs Liberal Democratic Party in search...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Kraft Heinz announces break-up a decade after megamerger
Split will undo 2015 tie-up orchestrated by Warren Buffett and investment group 3G Capital
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:US strike on Venezuelan drug boat kills 11 'narcoterrorists'
US President Donald Trump says the attack in the Caribbean targeted the Tren de Aragua organisation, in the first-known operation launched since his administration's surge of warships into the region.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:French actor Gerard Depardieu to face trial accused of raping actress
Charlotte Arnould first accused Mr Depardieu of rape in 2018, saying the assaults occurred in his Paris home on two separate occasions when she was in her early 20s.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:'Snapshot of MΔori past': Carvings handed back to descendants
They depict MΔori ancestors, they have been described as cultural treasures, they are made from wood and shell β and they are now returning home after more than a century overseas.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Mace leaves meeting with Epstein victims visibly upset
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Tuesday left early from a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee meeting with victims of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, appearing visibly upset when she emerged from the committee room. Mace wiped tears from her face and averted reportersβ eyes as she walked past them, signaling she would not...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:GOP, Democratic lawmakers to unveil new stock trading ban bill
A bipartisan group of House members is set to unveil a compromise bill to ban stock trading by individual members of Congress and their families on Wednesday. The legislation, titled the Restore Trust in Congress Act, is expected to combine and reconcile several previously introduced bills to ban congressional stock trading by members of Congress,...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:DΓaz-Canel Arrives in Beijing to Commemorate the 80th Anniversary of Chinaβs Victory over Japan
Cuban President Miguel DΓaz-Canel arrived in Beijing to join the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese Peopleβs War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the victory in the World Anti-Fascist War, following an official visit to Vietnam. His presence highlights the strong relationship between the two nations, also commemorating 65 [β¦]
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Appeals court sides with EPA over 'gold bars'
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Court axes order halting climate spending clawback A federal appeals court has overturned a lower courtβs ruling that prevented the Trump administration from clawing back billions of dollars in climate spending. Greg Nash The 2-1 decision from a federal appeals court in Washington,...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Children, journalists among 105 killed in Israeli onslaught in Gaza
At least 105 Palestinians killed, including 32 aid seekers, as Israel pushes ahead with plans to seize Gaza City.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:βWeβre going inβ: Trump doubles down on sending National Guard to Chicago
Amid rumours about his health, Trump has announced he will widen his troop deployment and move Space Command to Alabama.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Israeli military drops incendiary grenades on ambulance in Gaza City
Israeli military drops incendiary grenades on ambulance in Gaza City The Israeli military used a drone to drop incendiary grenades on an ambulance at Al-Sheikh Radwan Clinic in Gaza City, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. It is currently unknown whether there were paramedics or patients in the ambulance. Healthcare workers, their vehicles, and medical facilities have been a key target of the Israeli miltary since they...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Australia-Israel relations have hit a low point. Behind the scenes, it's business as usual
The two democratic allies have had a spectacular falling out - but what has actually changed?
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:At least 11 killed in explosion at political rally in Pakistanβs Quetta
At least 22 killed in three separate attacks in Pakistani border provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:EU falls behind China with βcolossalβ β¬344bn clean tech funding gap
EU energy ministers meet this week as a new ECNO report warns that Europeβs clean tech investment gap and high electricity costs caused by expensive fossil fuel imports risk slowing the green transition.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Australia Should Halt Plan to Deport Refugees, Migrants to Nauru
Click to expand Image Nibok refugee settlement on Nauru, September 3, 2018. 2018 Jason Oxenham/AP Photo Last week, the Australian government struck a A$400 million (US$260 million) deal with Nauru to deport 280 people to the small Pacific island nation. It is alsoproposing newlegislation to strip those facing deportation of their basic procedural rights.The government is targeting refugees and migrants whom it had...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Japan: Cambodian Authorities Harass Exiled Dissidents
Click to expand Image Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet attend a news conference after a bilateral talk at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, May 30, 2025. 2025 The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Photo Cambodian authorities are harassing Cambodians living in Japan who are publicly critical of Cambodiaβs government and also harassing their relatives in Cambodia.The Cambodian...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Live: Shares to fall after US court says most Trump tariffs are illegal
The Australian share market is likely to fall in morning trade after a downbeat session on Wall Street as a US appeals court rules most of Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal. Follow live.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:US says it struck drug-carrying vessel that left Venezuela
Donald Trump has previously claimed Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro is a drug-trafficking threat to the US. Washington recently announced plans to boost its presence in the waters off Venezuela to combat drug cartels.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Dominicaβs Prime Minister ratifies Latin America as a zone of peace
Dominicaβs Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit reiterated the position of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which ensures that the Caribbean remains a zone of peace. His comments followed a question at a recent press conference regarding Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessarβs decision regarding the deployment of the United States Navy near Venezuela. RELATED: Latin America [β¦]
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