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Nepal Flood Death Toll Passes One Thousand After Glacial Collapse

More than three thousand people remain missing after catastrophic flash floods triggered by a glacial collapse in Nepal, leaving authorities confronting a major humanitarian disaster across affected mountain communities.
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Gloria Steinem Dies at 92 as US Lawmakers Pay Tribute
George W. Bush Left Off Republican National Convention Speaker List
Trump Backs Federal Tax Incentives to Bring Film and Television Production Back to US
George Santos Banned and Fined Over Political Prediction Market Manipulation
Majority of Republican Voters Now Approve of Labor Unions, Gallup Poll Shows
House Democratic Leaders Threaten Discipline After Moderates Back Republican Procedural Vote
Ed Markey Defeats Seth Moulton in Massachusetts Democratic Senate Primary
Federal Prosecutors Charge ICE Agent Over Alleged Minneapolis Shooting Cover-Up
Hung Cao Nominated to Serve as US Secretary of the Navy
House Censures Republican Chuck Edwards After Sexual Harassment Findings
EPA Grants Small Refineries Exemptions Covering Nearly 1.8 Billion Renewable Fuel Credits
Trump Announces New Drug Pricing Agreements With Pharmaceutical Companies
Trump Administration Freezes $87 Million in New York Counterterrorism Funding
Bernie Sanders Floats Federal Ban on Superintelligent AI Systems
Bipartisan House Bill Targets Security Risks From Autonomous AI Agents
Simultaneous ChatGPT, Claude and Grok Outages Prompt Federal Technology Review
OpenAI Offers Subsidized AI Security Tools to US Critical Infrastructure Operators
Trump Administration Moves Toward Ending Tax-Exempt Status for Universities Using Race in Admissions
Democrats Accuse Homeland Security of Interfering With Elections Through Postal Service Changes
Trump Administration Presses Congress to Ban Mail-In Voting Through SAVE America Act
US Immigration Agency Acknowledges Detaining More Than 130 American Citizens in Minnesota Sweep
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll Resigns Ahead of House Hearing
White House Summons Oil Executives as US Gasoline Prices Rise Above $4 a Gallon
US Justice Department Expands Price-Fixing Investigation Into Eight Major Grocers
Supreme Court Signals Possible Limits on Federal Agency Enforcement Powers
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