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Four Republicans crossed over, and it still wasn't enough: 49-50. A grounded flight carrying 70 people is now the government's exhibit at the Supreme Court. And a watchdog dug into ICE's $45 billion buildout, starting with nearly $3 million in Guantanamo tents nobody ever used.

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The Senate narrowly rejected a war powers resolution 49-50 on Thursday, falling one vote short of demanding an end to President Donald Trump's military campaign against Iran. It was the chamber's 14th such vote since the war began Feb. 28, and likely its last before November's midterms.

Four Republicans, Thom Tillis, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Rand Paul, voted yes, while Democrat John Fetterman voted no. Some GOP candidates in tight races have recently broken with Trump over the war's economic toll, with diesel prices nearly doubling to top $6 a gallon, according to AAA.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to again clear the way for quick deportations of immigrants to third countries where they have no ties. It wants an immediate halt to lower court orders requiring that migrants first get a meaningful chance to argue they would face persecution or torture there.

The justices let the flights temporarily continue when the case reached them last year, but an appeals court has since upheld a Boston judge's final ruling, which lengthens the process without banning it. The government says the ruling has already canceled a flight carrying 70 people with criminal convictions to three countries.

ICE and other agencies wasted tens of millions of dollars on ill-conceived plans to rapidly expand detention capacity, the Government Accountability Office warned Thursday, and the total will likely rise. The misspending included nearly $3 million for Guantanamo Bay tents that were never used and $20 million to maintain warehouses now being sold without ever housing a detainee.

Congress gave ICE an unprecedented $45 billion last year through the One Big Beautiful Bill to expand detention, but the report found the agency still lacks a comprehensive strategic plan for spending it wisely. Meanwhile, the detainee population has climbed from 39,000 in January 2025 to 67,000 as of July 30.

Pakistani air strikes hit Afghanistan's Kandahar and other provinces, killing four civilians, Taliban officials said, while Pakistan said its forces struck 10 targets in the latest escalation between the neighbors.

Italy's government approved a ban on burqas and niqabs in schools, plus a 30% cap on first-year pupils lacking citizenship or strong Italian, which Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called "common-sense tools."

At least 41 people died after a boat carrying about 100 passengers capsized on Lake Tanganyika Thursday while sailing from Kigoma, Tanzania, to Kalemie, Congo; 49 were rescued and the search continues.

An Iowa judge tossed Trump's lawsuit against The Des Moines Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer, ruling that a 2024 poll showing him trailing Kamala Harris was protected by the Constitution.

More than 83 tons of meat are being recalled nationwide over fake inspection stickers, as North Carolina's Star Meat Delivery pulls raw pork, beef and goat; no illnesses have been reported so far.

The FAFSA opened ahead of schedule, giving families a head start on college aid before the expected Oct. 1 launch, and experts say earlier filers have better chances of receiving money.

The average 30-year mortgage rate jumped to 7.03% Thursday, topping 7% for the first time since January 2025, per Freddie Mac, likely deepening the freeze on a stagnant housing market.

Hyundai is poised to outsell Ford in quarterly sales for the first time, with Cox Automotive forecasting 511,421 third-quarter Hyundai sales against Ford's 504,172, which would make it America's No. 3 automaker.

New York sued Polymarket U.S. Thursday, with Attorney General Letitia James calling it an illegal gambling platform operating without a state license, nearly two months after suing rival Kalshi.

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Chinese automaker Geely unveiled charging tech that takes an EV battery from 10% to 70% in 4.5 minutes, while some of the fastest-charging EVs in the U.S. need roughly 20 minutes, analysts said.

The nation's cybersecurity agency released its election infrastructure security plan Thursday, 40 days before the midterms, after election officials said last year's cuts to its election work sent them to private services.

Long Island Sound's water is improving, with a new Save the Sound report tying billions in wastewater upgrades to better grades, including New York City's western narrows rising from an F to a D.

The Chicago White Sox clinched a playoff berth, becoming the first team to reach the postseason after back-to-back 100-loss seasons by throttling the Kansas City Royals 9-1 on Thursday.

Cubs star Pete Crow-Armstrong joined baseball's 40/40 club on Thursday, stealing his 40th base against Miami to go with 45 homers, the seventh player in MLB history to do it.

Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will finally meet Dec. 11 at Cardiff's Principality Stadium, promoter Turki Alalshikh announced, in what ESPN calls arguably the biggest fight in British boxing history.

A24 and The New York Times are the latest suitors eyeing Letterboxd, according to a Times report, with any deal for the film-review app expected to value it above $300 million.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled a 20%-30% federal film production incentive that would stack on state tax credits, after a production slump cost Los Angeles more than 50,000 jobs in four years.

U2 will release its first album of new material in nine years on Nov. 13, with the 12-track "Carnaval De Luz" featuring a song with Dolly Parton.

What it is: The poverty rate among Americans 65 and older rose for a fifth straight year in 2025, according to an AARP Foundation analysis of new Census Bureau data, "a trend no other age group experienced." It now stands at 15.4%, and nearly 17% for women, with 3 million more seniors in poverty since 2019.

The detail: The analysis uses the Census Bureau's supplemental poverty measure, which accounts for taxes, government benefits and additional expenses. It cuts against the broader picture: overall poverty fell to a record low last year, and the average family earned more.

The squeeze starts earlier, too. One in eight Americans ages 50 to 64 now lives in poverty. In the foundation's summer survey of low-income older adults, nearly a third said their household ran out of food before they had money to buy more, and a third lacked savings to cover a $100 emergency.

Why it matters: Census data shows Social Security kept nearly 29 million people out of poverty last year. Federal data also finds older adults are the fastest-growing homeless population, and half of the oldest women who head households are burdened by high housing costs, per Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies.

What to watch: Newly expanded work requirements for food aid and Medicaid now reach many older adults. SNAP enrollment has already dropped by an estimated five million people, according to the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Republicans say the changes reduce fraud; AARP Foundation President Claire Casey worries the added paperwork will push off many who qualify.

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A 78-year-old Scottish grandmother streaming as grumpygran48 earned a Guinness World Record as Twitch's oldest female Fortnite streamer, after getting hooked watching her grandson play in 2017.

Police in Moriyama, Japan, spent two hours chasing an emu that escaped a mobile zoo through a residential neighborhood, after callers first reported the fugitive as an ostrich.

Officials in Trotwood, Ohio, are warning residents to steer clear of an at-large ram that has wandered several neighborhoods for days, and not to capture, corner or feed it.

Vasco Núñez de Balboa becomes the first European to sight the Pacific Ocean (1513) · Publick Occurrences, the first newspaper in the British-American colonies, is published (1690) · Congress sends 12 proposed amendments to the states (1789) ·

The Little Rock Nine attend their first full day at Central High School under federal troop escort (1957) · Sonny Liston becomes world heavyweight champion (1962) · Tommy John surgery is performed for the first time (1974)

"Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts." — Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States, in his Sept. 24, 1957, address on Little Rock

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