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Senate committee votes to refer Anthony Fauci for contempt after 111 Fifth Amendment invocations
ICE plans up to $20 million in G.L.O.V.E. electric-shock devices, but deployment and safeguards remain uncertain
FIFA scrapped Infantino’s private-investment plan, triggering opposition from UEFA and several federations while FIFA insiders backed him
Senate Judiciary advanced Blanche 12–10 after a Republican dispute over the DOJ-IRS settlement
Flores earthquake kills at least 47 people as aftershocks, landslides, and structural damage hamper rescue operations
Spokane-area wildfires destroyed hundreds of structures, prompted mass evacuations, and led to a first-degree-arson arrest
Trump signed two orders seeking to restrict birthright citizenship and suppress commercial birth tourism after a June Supreme Court defeat
Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty federally in Brian Thompson’s killing; sentencing is set for December 18, while state charges remain contested
U.S. and Japan jointly bought yen after its value neared a four-decade low, briefly pushing the dollar toward ¥155
Trump ordered reduced U.S.-South Korean drills, but Seoul said the scheduled exercises would proceed and Washington did not confirm implementation
DRC’s Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak reaches 3,874 cases and 1,751 deaths as transmission outpaces containment
Karoline Leavitt will leave as White House press secretary at August’s end and become an outside Trump adviser
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed a Mecca mutual-defense pact, but its binding military obligations remain unclear
A mass Morocco-to-Ceuta crossing left dozens dead, most entrants returned, and EU governments tightened migration coordination
Sophie Cunningham’s transgender-sports comments produced opposing rallies and political backlash around the August 2 Fever–Lynx game
DOJ dropped David Hearn’s Reflecting Pool vandalism case, citing contractor installation failures instead

















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