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Lahaina wildfire survivors face bureaucratic nightmare as USPS eliminates mail delivery addresses

Two months after the August 2023 wildfire that destroyed large parts of Lahaina, Hawaii, resident Pam Reader returned to find her turquoise mailbox standing alone among the ruins. Now, more than three years later, Reader and other survivors who rebuilt their homes face a new obstacle: the United States Postal Service has eliminated their addresses, cutting off mail delivery even as houses that did not burn continue to receive mail normally.

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Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Mail Voting Plan Days Before Midterm Ballots Go Out

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's latest attempt to impose new restrictions on mail-in voting, issuing the order just days before ballots are set to go out for the midterm elections. The plan, which two dozen states had challenged as unconstitutional, would have imposed new requirements on who can receive mail ballots. The ruling adds to a string of legal defeats for the administration on voting access, coming after a Supreme Court decision that struck down a separate bid to limit birthright citizenship.

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Stopgap Spending Deal Blocks Political Control of Scientific Grants Until December

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a stopgap spending measure funding the US government through early December, a bill that includes a provision blocking the Office of Management and Budget from implementing new rules granting political appointees control over research funding and the power to cancel grants at any time — a move hailed by scientists as a crucial reprieve for peer-reviewed science.

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Judge Rules Death Penalty Eligible in Trial of Charlie Kirk Murder Accused

A Utah judge has ruled that Tyler Robinson, the man accused of murdering conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a campus debate in September 2025, can face the death penalty if convicted, after prosecutors presented evidence they called 'overwhelming' of a capital crime. The ruling was made at a hearing on Tuesday, local time, where prosecutors outlined their case that Robinson's actions endangered the lives of thousands at the event.

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Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll resigns after clashes with Pentagon chief Hegseth, amid warnings of leadership crisis

Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll has resigned after 18 months in the role, following months of internal clashes with Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth, the White House confirmed Monday night. The departure has prompted warnings from Senate Democrats that Hegseth is 'hollowing out' the Army's senior leadership, with no official reason provided for Driscoll's exit.

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CDC excludes two Pennsylvania measles deaths from national tally in break with precedent

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has excluded two measles deaths reported by Pennsylvania health officials from its latest national surveillance data, publicly challenging the state's determinations in a move that breaks with the long-standing precedent that states are the arbiters of case and death reporting. The decision, reported by The New York Times and The Washington Post, was ordered by the CDC's new director, Erica Schwartz, who is less than a month into the job.

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Whistleblower warns USPS mail-in ballot screening system could deny entire batches

A whistleblower has told Congress that a new system for screening millions of mail-in ballots ahead of November's US midterm elections was assembled so hastily, and tested so little, that a single scanning glitch could see entire batches of ballots rejected — prompting a US senator to warn that the project, described as a key part of Donald Trump's voting restrictions, is 'perilously rushed and potentially unlawful.'

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Vance calls Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed 'evil' at rally for rival Mike Rogers

US Vice-President JD Vance described Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed as a 'very, very evil' person at a campaign rally on Monday, escalating personal attacks in a race already defined by harsh rhetoric. Vance also demanded El-Sayed stop mentioning his wife, Second Lady Usha Vance, after the candidate appeared to question whether Vance's late grandfather would accept a Hindu daughter-in-law.

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US lawmakers call for probe into Trump administration's secret surveillance under obscure customs law

Two Democratic members of Congress have asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate the Trump administration's use of a little-known customs law to secretly collect records on journalists, non-profit organisations, and unions without court approval, amid growing scrutiny of the Department of Homeland Security's recent exercise of its administrative summons powers.

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Trump moves to scrap roadless rule protecting old-growth forests; Forest Service chief previously lobbied for timber industry

Donald Trump has announced plans to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a 25-year-old protection for old-growth forests on roughly 45 million acres of national land. The rollback is expected to benefit companies that US Forest Service chief Tom Schultz previously represented as a timber industry lobbyist and executive, according to the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen.

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Suspect named in Times Square stabbing spree that ended in police shooting

New details have emerged in the Times Square stabbing incident that ended with police fatally shooting the suspect. The woman has been identified as 49-year-old Pamela Cisneros, who was wielding two knives when she stabbed a woman—who later died in hospital—and a man, in what police described as random and unprovoked attacks. Commissioner Jessica Tisch noted Cisneros had a history of mental health problems. Footage of the confrontation has also been released.

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New York City moves to tighten cooling tower inspections after Legionnaires' outbreaks

New York lawmakers are seeking to strengthen regulations and inspections of cooling towers in the wake of two Legionnaires' disease outbreaks over the past two summers, which have also sparked a wave of lawsuits. The proposed measures aim to better protect residents from the potentially deadly pneumonia caused by legionella bacteria, often spread through large air-conditioning systems in hotels, hospitals and high-rise buildings.

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U.S. Military Shoots Down Three Suspected Cartel Drones with Laser Weapon at Southern Border

The U.S. military used an Army Multipurpose High Energy Laser System to shoot down three drones suspected of operating for Mexican cartels along the southern border earlier this week, U.S. Northern Command confirmed. The operation, conducted between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, marks the first time such lasers have been used against cartel-operated unmanned aerial vehicles.

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