U.S. House approves Trump’s request to cut funding for NPR, PBS and foreign aid
The U.S. House voted to cut about $9.4 billion in spending, following through on work done by the Department of Government Efficiency when it was overseen by Elon Musk.
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At least 240 people, including on the ground, killed in Air India Boeing 787 crash
One passenger survived the crash of an Air India plane bound for London that killed at least 240 people in Ahmedabad, India, one of the country’s worst airline disasters in decades.
U.S. reducing the presence of staffers in the Middle East as tensions rise
The U.S. is drawing down the presence of staffers not deemed essential in the Middle East and their loved ones due to the potential for regional unrest.
Southern Baptist Convention delegates overwhelmingly call for ban on same-sex marriage
Southern Baptist delegates at their national meeting overwhelmingly endorsed a ban on same-sex marriage — including a call for a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 10-year-old decision that made it legal.
Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary leader and summer’s poet laureate, dies at 82
Wilson’s family posted news of his death to his website and social media accounts Wednesday. Further details weren’t immediately available.
U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell helps introduce bipartisan legislation to address doctor shortage
U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Alabama) and U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pennsylvania) are introducing a bipartisan bill they hope will combat the doctor shortage.
Sly Stone, leader of funk band “Sly and the Family Stone,” dies at 82
Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and ’70s and beyond with such hits as “Everyday People,” “Stand!” and “Family Affair,” has died at 82.
Trump deploys California National Guard to Los Angeles to quell violent protests despite governor’s objections
President Trump is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom after more clashes between hundreds of protesters and federal immigration authorities.
Republicans urge President Trump and Elon Musk to end their feud
President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk are showing no signs of reconciling, but Republicans are increasingly urging them to settle their public dispute.
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Alabama’s appeal in bid to execute man found to be intellectually disabled
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider making it harder for convicted murderers to show their lives should be spared because they are intellectually disabled.
