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Vance ‘extremely skeptical’ of Iran wedding attack reports

Vance ‘extremely skeptical’ of Iran wedding attack reports

Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} View Online Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Vance ‘extremely skeptical’ of Iran wedding attack reports Vice President Vance said on Thursday…

Lula's lead over Flavio Bolsonaro narrows ahead of Brazil election, Datafolha poll shows

Straits Times

Lula's lead over Flavio Bolsonaro narrows ahead of Brazil election, Datafolha poll shows

SAO PAULO, Sept 3 - The lead of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva over Senator Flavio Bolsonaro ahead of the October election has narrowed, a Datafolha poll showed on Thursday, following a similar trend seen in other polls.

Straits Times

Pentagon sought to divert NIH funds for defense use, top House Democrat says

Pentagon sought to divert NIH funds for defense use, top House Democrat says

The Pentagon is attempting to divert billions of dollars from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to bolster the agency’s budget, according to the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) in a…

Trump says he has not yet considered inviting Putin to G20 summit

TASS

Trump says he has not yet considered inviting Putin to G20 summit

In late April, the US president told journalists that the presence of his Russian counterpart at the upcoming G20 summit in the US in December would be very useful

TASS

Trump takes mail-in ballot fight to US Supreme Court

South China Morning Post

Trump takes mail-in ballot fight to US Supreme Court

President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to let it enforce a new US Postal Service rule tightening the use of mail-in ballots, moving swiftly after a judge temporarily blocked the regulation ahead of…

South China Morning Post

Venezuelans of all stripes are denouncing Trump's 'biggest oil deal ever'

CBC

Venezuelans of all stripes are denouncing Trump's 'biggest oil deal ever'

U.S. President Donald Trump's oil deal with interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez is being rejected by the Venezuelan opposition, and by some in her own party. Venezuelan Canadians, some with long careers in the oil industry, say…

CBC

Bangkok Post

Parliament rejects air bill changes

The House of Representatives has rejected Senate amendments to the Clean Air Management Bill, voting instead to set up a joint committee to reconsider changes that MPs say would weaken pollution controls.

Bangkok Post

Judge halts EPA effort to overturn California car rules

Judge halts EPA effort to overturn California car rules

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Judge halts EPA effort to overturn California car rules A federal judge late Wednesday temporarily blocked a Trump administration effort to overturn California’s clean car…

Missouri supreme court throws out new congressional maps backed by Trump

The Guardian

Missouri supreme court throws out new congressional maps backed by Trump

Setback for Republicans in redistricting battle as court orders forbids maps from being used in November elections The Missouri supreme court has unanimously blocked new congressional districts backed by Donald Trump from being used in the…

The Guardian

Plans Announced to Break Ground on Trump’s Triumphal Arch Before Final Approval

The New York Times

Plans Announced to Break Ground on Trump’s Triumphal Arch Before Final Approval

Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, announced plans to start work on the site of the 250-foot-tall triumphal arch. Final approval of the project is still pending.

The New York Times

Vance says Iran conflict is not a war, two days after US strikes

ABC News

Vance says Iran conflict is not a war, two days after US strikes

US Vice-President JD Vance says he would not categorise the Iran war as a war, just days after the conflict's biggest escalation in more than a month.

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