There isn’t an official number of how many homes were damaged but 7 buildings have been deemed uninhabitable and 10 were yellow-tagged.
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House vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas fails, thwarted by Republican defections
The impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas landed quickly onto the House agenda after Republican efforts to impeach Biden over the business dealings of his son, Hunter Biden, hit a lull.
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IRS to collect hundreds of billions more in overdue and unpaid taxes thanks to new funding
Tax revenues are expected to rise by as much as $561 billion from 2024 to 2034, thanks to stepped-up enforcement made possible with money from the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act.
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Qatar gets ‘positive’ response from Hamas on cease-fire-for-hostages plan
However, the militant group reiterated its demand for an end to the war, something Israel has thus far ruled out.
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Tucker Carlson to interview Putin about Ukraine war
There’s no airdate yet but the former news anchor says it will be free to watch on his website.
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Border security and Ukraine aid collapses despite Biden urging Congress to ‘show some spine’
The White House has worked for months with senators on the carefully negotiated bipartisan compromise, but under pressure from Trump, even Republican senators who had previously been supportive came out against the bill.
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Authorities target 2 Texas firms over Biden deepfake robocall before New Hampshire primary
New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella described the episode as a real-life example of using AI in an attempt to interfere with an election.
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Jury finds Michigan school shooter’s mother guilty of manslaughter
The verdict came in a first-of-its-kind trial to determine whether Jennifer Crumbley had any responsibility in the deaths of 4 students shot by her son in 2021.
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Trump not immune from prosecution in 2020 election interference case, U.S. appeals court says
The ruling is significant not only for its stark repudiation of Trump’s novel immunity claims but also because it breathes life back into a landmark prosecution that had been effectively frozen for weeks.
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Blinken pushes for Gaza cease-fire-for-hostages deal in meetings with mediators
Israel has said its offensive will eventually reach Rafah, where more than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have sought refuge and are now living.