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Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee in June 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Retired federal judge Andre Davis learned the Justice Department had decided to sue his former colleagues when he boarded a flight to Charlotte, N.C., to attend a judicial conference. His fellow passengers included several of the district court’s 15 judges, who now find themselves on the other end of an unusual court case. “It’s outrageous that they actually named individually in their official capacities all 15 judges on the court,” said Davis. “And so you have…

Questions are mounting about what, if any, actions local officials took to warn campers and residents.The hope of finding survivors of the catastrophic flooding in the US state of Texas continues to dim a day after the death toll surpassed 100, and crews kept up the search for people missing in the aftermath. As the storms that had battered the Hill Country for the past four days began to subside, more attention was being paid to the government’s response. Questions are mounting about what, if any, actions local officials took to warn campers and residents who were spending the July…

“We wanna thank God for giving us the grace to give him a little glory in this building tonight,” rapper-slash-country hit-generator Jelly Roll said onstage in May at the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards. The speech came during an exultant performance of his collab with Shaboozey, “Amen,” which features the chorus, “Somebody say a prayer for me / ‘Cause the pills ran out and I still can’t sleep.” The song details a religious devotion earned through a struggle with darker forces. “Even a crooked road can still get you home,” Jelly Roll concluded.Jelly Roll might seem like a surprising…

NewsFeedWildfires near Marseille, France have forced the airport to close and injured nine firefighters as more than 700 hectares burned. Officials urged residents to stay indoors as heatwaves and strong winds fuel fire risks across southern France.Published On 8 Jul 20258 Jul 2025

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced 50 per cent tariffs on copper, after having implemented similar duties on steel and aluminium. He added that tariffs on pharmaceuticals could rise to 200 per cent after a year. This is significant for India, which exported $2 billion worth of copper and copper products globally in 2024–25, with the US accounting for $360 million, or 17 per cent, of that total. The US is also India’s largest overseas market for pharmaceuticals. Drug exports to the US rose to $9.8 billion in FY25, up 21 per cent from $8.1 billion the previous year,…

Soon, you might not have to take your shoes off at the airport.At several major airports across the country, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will allow passengers to cross through all security screening lanes without taking off their shoes, according to reporting from CBS News and The New York Times.Updates regarding the end of the shoes-off policy were first reported by the Gate Access Substack on July 4, but has not yet been officially confirmed by the TSA. However, reports suggest that the change appears to be a phased approach that will eventually roll out to all US airports. Baltimore/Washington…

Apple has released its iOS 26 developer beta 3, making further changes to the Liquid Glass design language introduced at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2025 that was held last month.  Liquid Glass, inspired by the reflective and refractive properties of real glass, was introduced across Apple’s platforms as part of a broader visual modernisation. The update comes after an influx of user feedback raising concerns over earlier builds making interface elements harder to read due to excessive transparency.  However, its early implementation in iOS 26 beta 1 led to usability concerns, especially in areas like the control centre, where…

Of late, a high-stakes Aryna Sabalenka match has been synonymous with an emotional roller-coaster. The French Open semifinal she won against Iga Swiatek, the final she lost to Coco Gauff and match-up in Berlin last month against former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina that she edged after a third-set tiebreak are all examples.On Tuesday (July 8, 2025) at the Centre Court, the World No. 1 was part of another topsy-turvy encounter, albeit against the less-pedigreed German Laura Siegemund, before managing to just about avert a ship-wreck and win 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.To meet AnisimovaIn her third Wimbledon singles semifinal, she will meet…

Hyderabad-based dialysis care network, NephroPlus, has urged policymakers to include Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) screening in India’s flagship National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NP-NCD), as it released a white paper highlighting the rising burden of CKD across India and neighbouring countries.Speaking at a media briefing in Hyderabad on Tuesday, NephroPlus Group CEO Rohit Singh said the findings of the white paper and a large-scale screening initiative make a strong case for integrating CKD testing, particularly serum creatinine and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR), into existing government-led screenings for hypertension and diabetes. “The burden is silent but severe.…

Months after President Bashar al-Assad’s regime was toppled, Charlie Smart, a reporter at The New York Times, traveled to a mass burial site in Syria to understand how the Assad regime hid the bodies of the people it had made disappear.