Curious canines and patient pups – it's dogs at polling stations
Pictures of dogs at polling stations are now a part of election day – here are some of the best we have seen. Source link
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Becerra takes front-runner status in California governor’s race
In today’s issue: ▪ Becerra’s California surge ▪ FBI picks new targets ▪ Counterterrorism strategy released ▪ Sexual misconduct probes heat up Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has surged to the head of the pack of Democrats running for California governor as ballots are heading out to voters. That dynamic was reflected in back-to-back……
In Iran, Trump faces an Abilene paradox
Time has become the weapon of choice, with each side believing it can outlast the other. Source link
'My heart is in a million pieces': Vigils in Australia for five-year-old allegedly killed in Outback
Kumanjayi Little Baby was found dead after going missing from an Aboriginal town camp in Alice Springs. Source link
Women’s Six Nations 2026: Eve Higgins returns in one Irish change for Wales game
Ireland: Flood; Parsons, Dalton, Higgins, O’Connor; O’Brien, Lane; Perry, Moloney-MacDonald, Djougang, Wall, Tuite, Hogan, King (capt), Wafer. Replacements: Jones, McGrath, Cahill, Campbell, Monaghan, Moore, Whelan, Gallagher. Wales: Powell; Dallavalle, Cox, Keight, J Joyce; George, Bevan; Pyrs, Jones, Tuipulotu, Metcalfe, Evans, Aiono, Lewis (capt), King Replacements: Reardon, Davies, Rose, John, A Joyce, Lockwood, Bell, Prothero Source…
Fight over sexual misconduct cases in Congress poised to intensify
The battle over sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill is primed to escalate. For much of this year, the focus of efforts to curtail sexual wrongdoing has been squarely centered around three figures facing high-profile allegations — Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and Cory Mills (R-Fla.) — which forced the first two to resign……
Ex-FBI agents say Grassley played improper role in their firings
Several former FBI agents are arguing Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) played a significant role in their firings, removals that followed his release of a number of unredacted materials about the criminal investigation into President Trump. That assertion was made in two separate lawsuits against the FBI that don’t name Grassley as a……
Senate GOP fears $1B for White House ballroom represents political landmine
A Republican proposal to spend $1 billion in taxpayer money on security for the White House ballroom has become a political landmine in the Senate debate over funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol for the next three and a half years. Before the Senate Judiciary Committee released its bill, Republican senators warned……
Utah becomes center of latest measles outbreak in US
Utah has become the latest epicenter for measles transmission in the U.S., going down a similar path to Texas’s outbreak last year, where a small under-vaccinated pocket within the state fueled widespread transmission. While the measles outbreak in South Carolina came to end last month, Utah has become the country’s new hotspot. As of this week, the Utah Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed 441 cases……
Lucy Staniforth: Former England midfielder ‘at ease’ with decision to retire from football
York-born Staniforth was one of a handful of Lionesses who developed in the academies of the north east of England and went on to successful careers. She broke into Sunderland’s first team at the age of 16 and was close friends with Lucy Bronze, sharing lifts to training with her former team-mate and current England…