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Rep. Pete Stauber of Minnesota is making a run for the top Republican spot on the House Natural Resources Committee in the next Congress — teeing up a potential battle with the current chair, Bruce Westerman, who isn’t ruling out asking for a waiver to serve another term.“Congressman Stauber is running to serve as chair/ranking member of Natural Resources, and he is speaking to members of our Conference, including steering members,” his spokesperson said in an email Thursday.The GOP Steering Committee, composed of party leaders and members of the conference representing different geographic regions, will meet after the midterms to…

With up to 433 million cases annually, the problem disproportionately affects countries of the Global South, researchers found Nearly half of the world’s estimated 934 million farmers suffer unintentional pesticide poisoning each year, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Frontiers in Public Health.The study, conducted by researchers from the Pesticide Action Network (PAN), analyzed 214 publications from 2006 to 2023 alongside World Health Organization mortality data. It estimated up to 433 million cases of unintentional acute pesticide poisoning annually, affecting around 46% of agricultural workers worldwide. About 11,000 cases are fatal each year.The burden falls disproportionately on…

Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell is Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s top choice to replace Army Secretary Dan Driscoll. US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned from his role on Monday. Dan Driscoll resigned after months of tension with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Driscoll’s departure comes after US Army Chief of Staff Randy George was fired in April. “Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has submitted his resignation to President Trump following months of tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the direction of the service and the ouster of numerous senior Army officers,” The Wall Street Journal reported. Fox News also reported that Dan Driscoll…

KUOPIO, Finland (AP) – In a civil defense shelter hewn into rock, behind doors designed to withstand a nuclear or biological attack, two Finnish conscripts wearing hazmat suits and breathing masks are measuring radiation levels as they take part in an exercise to turn a cave into a place of safety for thousands of people. Inside, in what is normally a sports hall, hundreds of people are sleeping overnight on trestle beds. More than 2,000 people including volunteers and students are taking part in the biggest civil defense exercise in Europe since the end of World War II. In the…

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) called on President Donald Trump to replace Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, days after Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned. Tillis wrote on X that Hegseth has pushed senior officers out of the military and failed to keep the talent the Pentagon needs. Driscoll submitted his resignation to Trump on Monday after 18 months in the job. “I served on Senate Armed Services for 8 years and as chair or ranking member of the Personnel and Readiness subcommittee. I have never witnessed more inept management of the brave men and women who serve our country,” Tillis…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries declined Thursday to outline any specific consequences for two rogue members who joined Republicans on a key procedural vote earlier this week despite a swell of Democrats calling for swift punishment.Jeffries said at a news conference that he spoke to one of the defectors, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington, about her vote that advanced a slate of GOP-led bills. She did not inform party leaders ahead of time.Jeffries described their discussion as “productive” and “forward-looking” and said it addressed how they can move “in a direction that allows the team to continue to communicate…

Tehran launched retaliatory attacks on US military facilities across the region after the latest bombardment US President Donald Trump has congratulated Secretary of War Pete Hegseth over the latest American strikes on Iran, despite one of the attacks hitting a wedding and killing several civilians.Iranian authorities said two women and two children aged four and 16 were killed when a US munition hit a home hosting a wedding in Kuhestak, Hormozgan Province, on Tuesday. At least 67 others were wounded, many of them women and children.According to weapons experts cited by AP and the New York Times, the fragments recovered…

President Donald Trump delivered a brutal reality check to Britain. President Donald Trump sent shockwaves through the globalist establishment once again, letting foreign leaders know in no uncertain terms that the days of America being taken for a ride are officially OVER. During an interview with GB News, President Trump dropped a massive truth bomb when asked if the United States would step in to help the United Kingdom maintain control of the Falkland Islands if Argentina were to launch an invasion. Trump recalled Britain’s successful campaign to retake the islands following Argentina’s 1982 invasion, but then reminded the interviewer…

New York City’s Department of Education is announcing a new policy that bans generative AI tools for students from early childhood through eighth grade, along with new limits on classroom device use. The New York Daily News reports that the policy would bar student-facing generative AI for roughly 600,000 students in the system’s kindergarten through eighth grade programs. That’s about two-thirds of total enrollment. Students in prekindergarten through second grade would largely lose access to individual devices in class altogether. Third through fifth graders would face a recommended cap of 30 minutes of screentime on individual devices, and middle schoolers would…

U.S. President Donald Trump is “happy about it” that the peripatetic Duke and Duchess of Sussex have now moved to the UK, cautioning Wednesday “If I were the Royal family, I would not have taken them back.” “I was not a fan,” Trump told reporters of his reservations about the Royal couple during a question-and-answer session after a press conference with travel executives. “I had a very good relationship with the queen, really good. I got to know her very well. A really good relationship with King Charles – I knew him as Prince Charles and King Charles. I’ve known him for…