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Sen. Mitch McConnell said he will not be able to return to the Capitol to vote immediately, citing medical advice, as the Senate gears up to resume work following a recess.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters that the Pentagon and the U.S. Department of Justice have created a joint task force to identify and pursue cases involving what he described as unauthorized disclosures of sensitive information to the press. The Pentagon did not immediately provide a publicly linked directive or DOJ case framework in the reporting reviewed for this story.
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U.S. Central Command said Sunday evening its forces carried out precision-munitions strikes against “dozens of targets” at multiple locations as hostilities between the United States and Iran continue around the Strait of Hormuz.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, 71, died Sunday hours after returning from Ukraine, after his office reported he had been feeling unwell, according to a report that also said he joked, “I can’t die now.”
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Elon Musk and Sam Altman traded posts on X after Apple filed a lawsuit alleging OpenAI misappropriated trade secrets, with Musk posting that Altman “takes scamming to a whole new level.”
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President Donald Trump said Congress should move forward on a Senate Banking Committee-approved bill aimed at creating clearer rules for digital-asset markets, according to CNBC. The committee voted 15-9 in May with two Democrats supporting.
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The top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee says the bill moving toward consideration does not include conflict-of-interest guardrails, pointing to President Donald Trump’s recent financial disclosures as part of her concerns.
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Trump’s intervention focuses on the timing of the CLARITY Act before the August recess, with lawmakers facing a short window to schedule, debate, and pass the bill.
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Two FBI analysts were reportedly fired after expressing concerns that the bureau’s probe into 2020 election activity in Fulton County, Georgia, lacked sufficient evidentiary support, according to CBS News sources.
