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Tillis shouts at Vought, tired of picking up 'DOGE s--- because people did it wrong'
Tillis shouts at Vought, tired of picking up 'DOGE s--- because people did it wrong'
[The Hill] — 7/16/2026, 7:15:34 PMPolitics

GOP Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) on Thursday lambasted Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought over, in his view, the shuttered Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) lack of accomplishments. During a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing, Tillis asked...

Democrats dominate Senate fundraising, GOP holds own in House: 5 takeaways from new campaign filings
Democrats dominate Senate fundraising, GOP holds own in House: 5 takeaways from new campaign filings
[The Hill] — 7/16/2026, 7:14:26 PMPolitics

Senate Democratic candidates are fiercely outraising their GOP counterparts in a handful of must-win races as the party eyes flipping the upper chamber this fall, but House Republican contenders are still holding their own as they defend a narrow majority in the lower chamber. Candidates, PACs and...

Kaduna ADC Crisis: El-Rufai’s ally Salisu Lukman quits party
Kaduna ADC Crisis: El-Rufai’s ally Salisu Lukman quits party
[Premium Times Nigeria] — 7/16/2026, 7:12:08 PMAfrica

Mr Lukman lamented that decisions regarding leadership representation in Kaduna were being handled in a manner that "reduced (him) to the status of a bastard," forcing him to excuse himself from the party’s activities. The post Kaduna ADC Crisis: El-Rufai’s ally Salisu Lukman quits party appeared...

House of Reps says youth will determine Nigeria’s democratic future in 2027
House of Reps says youth will determine Nigeria’s democratic future in 2027
[Premium Times Nigeria] — 7/16/2026, 7:10:44 PMAfrica

The House said the quality of Nigeria’s democracy would depend largely on the choices and civic engagement of the young people. The post House of Reps says youth will determine Nigeria’s democratic future in 2027 appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

Third Master Plan for Chennai may take at least 6 months to be finalised: CMDA
[The Hindu] — 7/16/2026, 7:10:02 PMAsia

Inter-departmental consultations and statutory procedures are currently going on, say officials. Government has already issued order to expand Chennai Metropolitan Area, they add

Iran judiciary denies Trump statement that American prisoner was freed
[Middle East Eye] — 7/16/2026, 7:07:14 PMMiddle East

Iran judiciary denies Trump statement that American prisoner was freed Iran's judiciary said that no American prisoner had been released or exchanged from its prisons, Iranian state media reported on Thursday, after US President Donald Trump said a US citizen detained during the Biden administration...

Former diplomat complains of Triple Zero outages on Telstra's 'priority' service
[ABC News (Australia)] — 7/16/2026, 7:05:53 PMAustralia

Telstra promised Alastair Gaisford that his wife's healthcare was a priority. But he says 15 landline outages, including some that could have prevented the ability to call Triple Zero in an emergency, have convinced him otherwise.

Ebola spreading more quickly in DRC, while Uganda is close to being virus-free
[Al Jazeera] — 7/16/2026, 7:05:09 PMWorld

Uganda ⁠⁠discharges last-remaining patient, as WHO says Ebola has 'expanded faster than any previous outbreak' in DRC.

US military unleashes strikes on Iran for sixth consecutive day
US military unleashes strikes on Iran for sixth consecutive day
[The Hill] — 7/16/2026, 7:03:15 PMPolitics

The U.S. military began conducting another wave of airstrikes against Iran on Thursday, marking the sixth consecutive day Washington has launched attacks aimed at degrading Tehran’s military capabilities. The strikes, which began at 2 p.m. EDT, according to the U.S. Central Command, kicked off less...

John Fetterman says he would leave Democrats if they became ‘anti-Israel’
[The Guardian US] — 7/16/2026, 7:03:11 PMUS

His comments come after 103 House Democrats backed an unsuccessful bid to halt billions in military aid to Israel Israel’s support among Democrats is starting to buckle Senator John Fetterman said he would consider leaving the Democratic party it ever became “the anti-Israel party”, as more than 100...

South Korea wants to be an AI superpower. Here's why chips are key
[ABC News (Australia)] — 7/16/2026, 7:03:01 PMAustralia

South Korea is doubling down on its bid to lead in AI, unveiling plans last month to spend hundreds of billions on developing its chip manufacturing.

Nobody Is Getting the Data-Center Water Question Right
[The Atlantic] — 7/16/2026, 7:01:48 PMUS

There are two competing schools of thought over just how water-intensive AI is. In one, the technology is horribly thirsty. Data centers will exacerbate droughts throughout the country and “drain the great lakes,” as one popular Reddit thread puts it. The former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene...