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House to vote on measure making daylight saving time permanent

07/10/26 12:27 PM ET The House will vote next week on legislation making daylight saving time permanent nationwide, reviving a years-long effort to eliminate the twice-yearly clock changes. Daylight saving time has been observed throughout most of the U.S. since the 1960s, shifting clocks forward one hour from March to November. Most states observe daylight saving time, with the exceptions of Arizona and Hawaii. The Sunshine Protection Act, an effort supported by President Trump, passed the ...

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The White House is upgrading its front door to fortify the entrance

The White House is making security-focused upgrades to its front door, an official told CNN, in a project that’s expected to take months. The changes, which sources said have long been advocated by the US Secret Service, are aimed at fortifying the White House entrance at the North Portico, which has recently been obscured by scaffolding and a tarp as workers repair the exterior columns at President Donald Trump’s request. But unlike many of Trump’s projects around the White House — from hangi ...

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New Mexico's Epstein investigation is being obstructed by Trump's DOJ, officials claim

Friday 10 July 2026 13:49 EDT New Mexico officials are accusing Donald Trump’s Department of Justice of obstructing access to documents connected to the federal government’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein as the state performs its own probe into the sex offender’s alleged crimes at his Zorro Ranch property. The state’s Attorney General Raúl Torrez is demanding immediate access to files requested by his office several months ago and suggested the Justice Department is now withholding those ...

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University of Chicago bans use of phones laptops for law students to curb AI use

Beginning this fall, first year law students at the University of Chicago will be banned from using phones, tablets and laptops in class. This is a new policy at the university to curb AI use. -snip- Some of the feedback that was received is that the university wants to ensure students learn to think critically, strategically, and independently without relying on artificial intelligence. The university will teach students AI, but that will be in upper level courses. Faculty will be able to e ...

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Trump's CDC Stopped Monitoring Explosive Diarrhea Parasite Before Outbreak

Published Jul 10, 2026 at 08:17 AM EDT updated Jul 10, 2026 at 09:40 AM EDT The Trump administration’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scaled back a federal-state partnership that monitors foodborne illnesses, including cyclospora, a year before several states began reporting an outbreak of cyclospora infection, a foodborne illness that can cause "explosive" diarrhea. In July of 2025, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, known as FoodNet, reduced a p ...

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Police investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to fly to US to speak to Virginia Giuffre's family

(The Independent) UK detectives are set to fly to the US to speak to family members of Virginia Giuffre as part of their investigation into alleged misconduct by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Thames Valley Police (TVP) want to talk to relatives of Giuffre, who died by suicide aged 41 in April last year, about her allegations of sexual assault against the former prince, The Independent understands. Giuffre claims she was sexually assaulted by Mr Mountbatten-Windsor three times when she was under the age of 18 after she was trafficked by paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

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Why the House's Epstein investigation isn't going away

(Politico) The House Oversight Committee's Jeffrey Epstein investigation will hit the one-year mark later this month, and the saga isn't ending anytime soon. No matter which party ends up in control in the next Congress, the Oversight panel will remain under pressure to continue to investigate the late convicted sex offender and the web of power players who may have been complicit in his crimes. Democrats are making clear that they view the committee's work under Republican leadership as incomplete and that the Epstein case will be central to their oversight of President Donald Trump's administration if they win the majority in the midterms.

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Man killed by ICE not intended target, DHS says

(The Guardian) Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a man killed by federal immigration agents during a traffic stop in Houston this week, was not the intended target of the “enforcement operation”, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were reportedly seeking two people from Guatemala when they attempted to stop Salgado Araujo, a Mexican immigrant who had lived in the United States for 35 years, the New York Times reported.

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GOP charging guests $20,000 to attend 'Trumpapalooza' convention

(The Independent) The Republican Party’s unprecedented “midterm convention” will see guests charged tens of thousands of dollars to attend, with state party websites offering “honorary delegate” status for $20,000. While the two main political parties typically only hold large-scale conventions around presidential elections to certify their candidates and whip up voter enthusiasm, Donald Trump has pushed for one ahead of this year’s elections marking the midway point in his second term, hoping for a similar boost.

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DHS was granted $20M for body cameras. ICE agents in fatal Houston shooting had none

48 min ago - Updated 4:35 PM EDT, July 10, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — In the days after two American citizens were shot and killed in Minneapolis earlier this year, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the department would “rapidly acquire an ... (AP)

John Fetterman joins forces with Republican counterpart in Senate for fundraising committee

51 min ago - The Democratic senator John Fetterman, who has faced mounting political challenges, is joining forces with the Republican senator Dave McCormick to launch a new joint fundraising committee, a move that is likely to fuel additional questions about Fet ... (The Guardian, posted Fri 10 Jul 2026 17.17 EDT)

Vance family to rent home in Virginia countryside

1 hr ago - Updated on: July 10, 2026 / 2:17 PM EDT Washington — The Secret Service has been providing security measures to accommodate an additional residence for Vice President JD Vance and his family in Middleburg, Virginia, two senior law enforcement of ... (CBS News)

DOJ must end Memphis law enforcement surge as questions linger in deaths of Black men, says NAACP

1 hr ago - Jul. 10, 2026, 12:48 PM EDT The NAACP is demanding acting Attorney General Todd Blanche end the Memphis Safe Task Force, alleging the law enforcement surge has carried out violence against Black men in Tennessee. In a letter obtained first by MS NOW, ... (MS NOW News)

CNN Statement Makes Clear Scott Jennings' Mitch McConnell Claim Is Not Network's 'Reporting'

2 hrs ago - Jul 10th, 2026, 5:17 pm CNN moved Friday to clarify that Scott Jennings’ claims about Senator Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) health and his account of speaking with the Republican lawmaker do “not” constitute its own reporting. McConne ... (MEDIAite)

School in Minn. faces threats after Trump posts clip of Somali kindergartners

2 hrs ago - School in Minn. faces threats after Trump posts clip of Somali kindergartners The president's post clearly showed the students' faces. Replies filled with anti-Muslim invectives, including one user who labeled the children "future terrorists." July 1 ... (The Washington Post)

CBO: House highway bill would widen trust fund deficit

2 hrs ago - Posted July 10, 2026 at 6:23am The House version of this year’s mega surface transportation reauthorization bill could increase the deficit anticipated in the Highway Trust Fund over the next five years despite the inclusion of new fees on elect ... (Roll Call)

Crews draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool again as part of troubled revamp

2 hrs ago - July 10, 2026, 12:58 PM WASHINGTON -- Crews are again draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as President Donald Trump’s problem-plagued efforts to revamp the waterway pushes well past his initial goal of having it ready by July 4 to mark ... (ABC News/AP)

Apple files lawsuit accusing ChatGPT maker OpenAI of stealing trade secrets

3 hrs ago - Updated 5:29 PM EDT, July 10, 2026 Apple on Friday accused OpenAI of stealing trade secrets as it seeks to build its own hardware for ChatGPT, a major rupture in a partnership between the iPhone maker and the artificial intelligence company. Apple sa ... (AP)

Trump urges Iowa judge to keep 2024 political poll lawsuit alive

3 hrs ago - July 10, 2026 DES MOINES, Iowa (CN) — President Donald Trump fought Friday to keep alive his lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer over a poll published days before the 2024 election that showed former Vice President ... (Courthouse News Service)

Trump's Justice Department to send election monitors to Mass., New Hampshire

3 hrs ago - President Trump's Department of Justice plans to deploy election monitors to at least two cities in Massachusetts and two in New Hampshire for their respective state primaries. The Massachusetts primary is set for Sept. 1, and New Hampshire's is sche ... (WBUR)

Graham Platner officially drops out of the Maine Senate race

4 hrs ago - Jul. 10, 2026, 4:55 PM EDT Embattled Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner on Friday officially dropped out of the race, paving the way for Democrats to select a new nominee just days before the deadline. “I write to formally withdraw my candida ... (NBC News)

Judge blocks Trump anti-DEI conditions on California, Oregon grants

4 hrs ago - 07/10/2026 01:26 PM EDT A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from imposing “anti-DEI” conditions on grants sought by 11 cities and counties in California and Oregon from the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, ... (Politico)

University of Chicago bans use of phones laptops for law students to curb AI use

4 hrs ago - Beginning this fall, first year law students at the University of Chicago will be banned from using phones, tablets and laptops in class. This is a new policy at the university to curb AI use. -snip- Some of the feedback that was received is that the ... (ABC 7 Chicago)

House to vote on measure making daylight saving time permanent

4 hrs ago - 07/10/26 12:27 PM ET The House will vote next week on legislation making daylight saving time permanent nationwide, reviving a years-long effort to eliminate the twice-yearly clock changes. Daylight saving time has been observed throughout most of t ... (The Hill)

Detroit-Canada bridge to open by late July after delay due to issues between countries, sources say

4 hrs ago - A completed bridge linking Detroit and Canada is expected to open by the end of the month after U.S. and Canadian officials reached an agreement to resolve the dispute that delayed its debut, according to two people directly involved in the negotiati ... (AP News)

Trump's CDC Stopped Monitoring Explosive Diarrhea Parasite Before Outbreak

5 hrs ago - Published Jul 10, 2026 at 08:17 AM EDT updated Jul 10, 2026 at 09:40 AM EDT The Trump administration’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scaled back a federal-state partnership that monitors foodborne illnesses, including cyclospo ... (Newsweek)

New Mexico's Epstein investigation is being obstructed by Trump's DOJ, officials claim

5 hrs ago - Friday 10 July 2026 13:49 EDT New Mexico officials are accusing Donald Trump’s Department of Justice of obstructing access to documents connected to the federal government’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein as the state performs its own p ... (The Independent)

Who's in the mix to replace Graham Platner. And who isn't.

6 hrs ago - RUNNING Shenna Bellows -- Running ... David Costello -- Running ... Troy Jackson -- Running .... Dan Kleban -- Running ... Andrea LaFlamme -- Running ... Paige Loud -- Running ... Nirav Shah -- Running .... Jordan Wood -- Running ... MAYBE Valli Gieg ... (The Maine Monitor)

The White House is upgrading its front door to fortify the entrance

6 hrs ago - The White House is making security-focused upgrades to its front door, an official told CNN, in a project that’s expected to take months. The changes, which sources said have long been advocated by the US Secret Service, are aimed at fortifying ... (CNN)