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The Senate Judiciary Committee postponed its vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination after Republican senators sought written assurances about a settlement involving President Donald Trump and the IRS.
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Jordan intercepted five missiles launched from Iran after the U.S. said it struck dozens of Revolutionary Guard targets, while casualties were reported in Qeshm and fires hit two vessels in Egypt.
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Asian markets mostly declined as investors sold chipmaker stocks, while oil prices fell amid continuing U.S.-Iran attacks and limited traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
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A Lebanese judge issued a 30-day notice directing security forces to locate and question banker Antoun Sehnaoui over allegations tied to his dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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The conflict widened as Saudi Arabia joined U.S. strikes against Iran-backed militias, while renewed attacks and deepening mistrust further weakened prospects for diplomacy.
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More than 1,000 pages of Anthony Fauci’s diary were released ahead of a contentious Senate hearing in which he invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times.
oag.ca.gov
Operation Iron Justice led to 27 arrests of sex buyers and the recovery of seven adult and two juvenile trafficking victims in San Diego County.
openai.com
OpenAI reports that retaining reasoning and enabling compaction raised GPT‑5.6 Sol’s ARC-AGI-3 public-set score from 13.3% to 38.3% while reducing output tokens.
justice.gov
Erik Ventura-Castro received a 30-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to conspiring to smuggle aliens for financial gain and launder money.
justice.gov
Hadi Matar was convicted of federal terrorism offenses tied to his 2022 attack on Salman Rushdie and faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.
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Iran fired missiles at American forces in the Middle East as the United States and Saudi Arabia struck Tehran-backed militias in Iraq, killing at least 20 fighters and six Iranian advisers.
aboutamazon.com
Amazon’s 2026 community initiatives in Virginia include youth education, affordable housing, transportation pilots, cultural programming, and support for regional organizations.
nvidianews.nvidia.com
NVIDIA will discuss its second-quarter fiscal 2027 results on August 26, following the public release of written CFO commentary and financial results.
dhs.gov
HSI and the DHS Center for Countering Human Trafficking, with federal, state, and local partners, arrested 905 suspects and rescued 180 victims during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
sec.gov
The SEC charged RAD Diversified REIT, its founders, and The Seminar Solution, LLC, over an alleged $152 million investment scheme involving more than 5,500 retail investors.
openai.com
OpenAI describes model, inference, and agentic-harness optimizations behind GPT‑5.6, including lower serving costs and more efficient token generation.
news.gm.com
GM has begun rolling out software enhancements for eligible Cadillac vehicles, adding changes to media controls, driver profiles, touch targets, comfort settings and charging notifications.
