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USDA confirms second screwworm fly found in Texas

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Published on: June 6, 2026, 2:59 am

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed a second case of a flesh-eating screwworm parasite in Texas on Friday, as it races to contain and eradicate the outbreak before it severely impacts the cattle population. A New World screwworm was detected in a one-month-old calf in Zavala County after testing a “number of suspected cases,” according...

Ex-CIA officer accused of stealing gold bars must stay jailed: Judge

By: The Hill

Published on: June 6, 2026, 2:31 am

The judge told the defense they can request another hearing if new evidence supporting Rush's release is found.

DOJ confirms in court filing 'anti-weaponization' fund 'will not' continue

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Published on: June 6, 2026, 1:57 am

The Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund is effectively dead, the Justice Department (DOJ) told a federal court on Friday, while also asking it to reject a challenge brought by a former federal prosecutor and several others. Two DOJ attorneys wrote in a filing in the Eastern District of Virginia that the compensation fund...

New York passes data center moratorium and consumer protections

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Published on: June 6, 2026, 1:11 am

The New York State Senate and Assembly passed three bills regulating data centers, surveillance pricing, and digital stalking, while abandoning other environmental, housing, and entertainment measures, leaving them to be signed by Governor Kathy Hochul.

DOGE plan would have marked 2.7M living people as dead: Whistleblower

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Published on: June 6, 2026, 12:24 am

A plan to mark 2.7M living people as dead was part of an immigration enforcement push, a whistleblower alleges.

Texas GOP House member's chief of staff faces firearm charges

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Published on: June 5, 2026, 11:26 pm

A top staffer for Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) is facing several firearm charges months after he allegedly attempted to bring a firearm into the U.S. Capitol complex. Luis Vega, Sessions’s chief of staff, was charged on Wednesday with two counts in connection with the alleged incident that happened days before Christmas last year, according to...

US military shoots down 4 Iranian drones heading toward Strait of Hormuz

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Published on: June 5, 2026, 11:01 pm

The U.S. military shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones Friday that were heading toward the Strait of Hormuz and posed an imminent threat to maritime traffic, according to the U.S. Central Command (Centcom). The U.S. military then struck an Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in Goruk, a city in Hormozgan province, and on Qeshm...

FDA to review abortion pill safety after sustained GOP ire

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Published on: June 5, 2026, 10:56 pm

Presented by Planned Parenthood {beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story FDA to review abortion pill safety after sustained GOP ire The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday said it will be following through with plans to conduct a safety review of the abortion pill mifepristone, responding to months of pressure...

House Democrat says Platner has 'disqualified himself' from Maine Senate race

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Published on: June 5, 2026, 10:42 pm

Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) said Friday that she believes Democrat Graham Platner has “disqualified himself” from the Maine Senate race amid a series of escalating allegations about his past behavior toward women. “I think it’s so distressing, all of the stories that are coming out, and they’re more and more it seems by the hour,”...

ANWR auction gets limited interest

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Published on: June 5, 2026, 10:09 pm

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story ANWR auction gets limited interest The Trump administration on Friday auctioned off rights to drill in a pristine wildlife refuge in Alaska, but the lease sale attracted only two bidders on a few tracts of land. © U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Getty Images...

Trump talks fertilizer, fuel to farmers in Wisconsin, but also Reflecting Pool, fountains

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Published on: June 5, 2026, 10:09 pm

President Trump sought to appeal to farmers at a roundtable in Wisconsin on Friday amid skyrocketing fertilizer and energy prices as a result of the U.S. war in Iran. “We’re going to come out, and your fertilizer prices are going to go way down, just like they were four months ago,” Trump told farmers in...

DOJ prosecutor in California opens 'multiple election fraud' probes

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Published on: June 5, 2026, 9:49 pm

A federal prosecutor in California has opened probes into alleged voter fraud in the state after President Trump accused Democrats of “cheating” in the primary elections this week. Bill Essayli, the first assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, announced Friday that his office had “multiple election fraud investigations underway” but did not...

Putin pours cold water on Zelensky meeting

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Published on: June 5, 2026, 9:09 pm

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Putin pours cold water on Zelensky meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin poured cold water on the prospect of meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in person, arguing there is no reason to have diplomatic talks to...

DC, Silicon Valley brace for AI job losses

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Published on: June 5, 2026, 8:30 pm

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Washington, Silicon Valley brace for AI job losses Washington and Silicon Valley are bracing for the fallout from AI’s potential displacement of workers, floating everything from transition assistance to universal basic income as Americans express growing discontent with the technology. © AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana AI leaders have...

Strong jobs report fuels inflation fears

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Published on: June 5, 2026, 8:30 pm

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Trump responds to hot jobs report, inflation concerns President Trump on Friday pushed back on inflation concerns driven by a strong jobs report, arguing robust growth should be viewed as a positive for markets. © The...