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• World at Large: House Speaker rejects Senate Homeland Security funding bill leaving TSA unfunded
  US Forces at Saudi Air Base Suffer Iranian Attack
  US, Israel Hit Iran Nuclear Sites as Houthis Threaten Neighbors - Bloomberg
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: Devastating' fire at northern Iowa egg farm one of largest cage free egg farms in US
  Senate unanimously moves to fund most of DHS, except ICE and border patrol, in rare overnight session
  Judge Blocks Trump Admin's 'Orwellian' Supply Chain Risk Label On Anthropic
• China: US Pres Trump trip to meet China Pres Xi Jinping in China rescheduled for May due to Iran war
  Iran Conflict Drives Surge In China EV Demand
  
• Russia: Drone attack kills child in Russia’s Yaroslavl Region, governor says
  Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy says US has linked security guarantees to ceding of Donbas
  EU Accuses Hungary Of 'Pro-Russian Espionage'
• United Kingdom: UK armed forces authorised to board Russian tankers in British waters
  
  
• India: India: Parliamentary Committee examining Bills to remove PM and CMs get more time to submit report
  
  
• France: Rubio says Iran war to last weeks, no US ground troops needed
  
  
• Australia: Bank of America agrees to pay $105 million to settle Epstein-related lawsuit
  
  
• South and Central America: Nicolás Maduro appears again in New York court on ‘narco-terrorism’ charges
  
  
• Saudi Arabia Rare UAE storm paralyses travel and floods Dubai
  Saudi Arabia urging US to ramp up Iran attacks, intelligence source confirms
  
• Israel: Middle East war live: Houthis claim first attack on Israel destroy 21 tanks (maybe)
  
  

• White House:
  New White House App Delivers Unparalleled Access to the Trump Administration
  Medal of Honor to: USMC J Caper (Vietnam), Army N. Dockery (OEF), and John W. Ripley
  Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Addresses DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors
• State Department:
  Sec of State Marco Rubio says US will be done in Iran in the next couple of weeks
  Marco Rubio meets G7 counterparts in France amid Iran war
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Changes Everything': The A-10 'Warthog' Proves Its Worth Again Over The Strait Of Hormuz
  Leaders Say Nuclear Forces, Space Domain Paramount to National Security
  Hegseth Relays Death of Iranian Navy Commander, Provides Additional Epic Fury Updates
• Energy:
  Education Dept. to relocate headquarters as PresidentTrump dismantles agency
  
  
• Senate:
  Democrat Brian Nathan wins Hillsborough special state Senate race in Florida
  
  
• House:
  The latest: Trump signs executive order to pay TSA after funding bill collapses in Congress
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Court to hear argument on claim of racial discrimination in jury selection
  Court repudiates extension of federal supervised release while a defendant absconds
  Justices debate arbitration exemption for “last-mile” drivers

• AirGas Declares Force Majeure On Helium Shipments As Qatar Production Collapses
  Asian Oil Prices Crash After Mystery Trader Who Bid Dubai Oil To $170, Identified
  

• Earth's magnetic field creates a previously undetected pocket of protection from radiation on the moon
  Sperm Get Lost in Microgravity, And It Could Seriously Impact Space Travel : ScienceAlert
  OpenAI is throwing everything into building a fully automated researcher | MIT Technology Review

• Giant armadillo, mastodon, and sloth fossils found in flooded Texas cave
  
  

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