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‘The Least Transparent Midterm’: How Dark Money Is Washing Over the 2026 Election
At least $1 billion from anonymous donors is flowing into the midterm elections. Dark money is not new, but it now permeates nearly every major contest.
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More Mail Ballots Are Arriving Late This Year, and They’re Getting Tossed
State officials say they worry about the Postal Service’s ability to deliver votes this fall. They are urging voters to mail their ballots early or use drop boxes so their votes count.
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Google Maps now shows ‘Lake America’ in U.S., not ‘Lake Ontario’
Canadians will see ‘Lake Ontario’ and those outside U.S. and Canada will see both names, Google says, days after Donald Trump signed an order renaming the water body
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Pakistan’s Dar, Munir arrive in Turkiye ahead of first Makkah defence pact meeting
Under the agreement, an attack against one of the countries will be treated as an attack against all of them, amid increasing security concerns in the wake of escalating tensions in West Asia
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A watercolour window into old Madras
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U.S. Attacks Island in Strait of Hormuz; Iran Retaliates With Missile Fire
The exchange on Sunday was the first known military action between the two nations in a month, raising the risk of a renewed round of fighting.
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U.S. forces strike Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in first military action in weeks
A U.S. officials says that U.S. forces have struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in the first military action in a month
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Nepal-China flash flood disaster exposes fragility of Hindu Kush Himalayas: U.N. climate chief
The death toll from flash floods in Nepal rose to 788 with more bodies being recovered, even as more than 2,500 people are still missing
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Morning Digest: U.S. forces strike Iranian rocket launchers in Strait of Hormuz; Nepal struggles to preserve recovered bodies as flood toll touches 788, and more
Here is a select list of stories to start the day
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Nepal flash floods updates: Death toll reaches 788; rescuers drill through debris towards trapped tunnel workers
Nepal begins mass burials of unidentified flood victims as families seek missing