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Immigration and Customs Enforcement had ordered its officers to halt most vehicle stops across the country after they shot two people over the past week. New York Times
Grocery Outlet is opening an Ontario Ranch location after announcing the closure of nine California stores earlier this year. LA Times
CENTCOM released footage showing the first combat use of U.S. sea drones, saying three Corsair unmanned surface vessels struck a submarine and ship maintenance facility at Iran’s Bandar Abbas Naval Base during a broader wave of strikes targeting Iranian military infrastructure. New York Post
Scholars and scribes from the Poetry Society of America have chosen the most beautiful word in the English language: “diaphanous.” New York Post
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A Northern California University head refused to say under oath that it is only women who can get pregnant, insisting that transgenders people could give birth. New York Post
Even a single Republican “no” vote would block Mr. Blanche’s nomination from consideration by the full Senate, which could sink his confirmation. New York Times
Dr. Erica Schwartz told senators in a confirmation hearing that she did not think Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or President Trump would ask her to do anything to hurt public health. Some senators were incredulous. New York Times
The U.S. military said on Wednesday it had attacked Iranian cruise missile storage and launch sites on Greater Tunb, one of several small islands in the Strait of Hormuz subject to a decades-old territorial dispute. New York Times
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After striking roads and railways, Kyiv is now focusing on sea routes as it tries to disrupt fuel supplies and pressure Russia to end the war. New York Times
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Critics question whether the coins are legal and argue that President Trump is using the currency to celebrate himself. New York Times
Elon Musk gave $5 million to back Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign for Ohio governor, seemingly moving past tensions around the effort to downsize the federal work force. New York Times
Smoke from wildfires in Ontario, Canada, and Minnesota is drifting east across the United States, causing poor air quality that can be harmful to residents. Washington Times
Two teenage minors shot six members of an extended family in an Illinois town over the weekend, killing four. Washington Times
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Slow-moving storms with heavy rain were drenching a large swath of South Texas on Wednesday, spawning a tornado in San Antonio a day after downpours washed out roads and farmland and led to dozens of high-water rescues in the region. Washington Times
U.S. wholesale inflation fell from May to June on plunging energy prices, but intensifying hostilities with Iran are clouding the outlook. Washington Times
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that it has confirmed 1,645 cases of cyclosporiasis acquired in the U.S. since May 1. Washington Times
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Federal officials said Tuesday that a Philadelphia construction worker who was shot and killed last week in a dispute with a homeowner was a member of a global gang of con artists. Washington Times
A Louisiana man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a deputy U.S. marshal who joined other officers in trying to arrest him. CBS
Heavy smoke from several large wildfires blazing in Canada and Minnesota is expected to engulf large swaths of the Midwest and Northeast U.S. this week. CBS
The Iraqi leader was in Washington to meet with President Trump. CBS
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is set to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee at 9 a.m. for his confirmation hearing to lead the Justice Department in a permanent capacity. CBS
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Every ICE arrest team will have at least one law enforcement officer equipped with a body-worn camera going forward, DHS said Tuesday, after two fatal shootings by agents who didn't have cameras. CBS
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Officials are still searching for the source of the outbreak, prompting consumers to seek advice on social media about which foods to avoid. CBS
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Heavy storms caused chaos in Central Texas this week, triggering a flash flood emergency, and more than a foot of rain swelled rivers. Jason Allen reports and Rob Marciano has the forecast. CBS
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Fighting in the Middle East has intensified in recent days, but could escalate further if Iran fails to cooperate, President Donald Trump said. CNBC
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Mortgage rates moved higher last week, causing buyers to pull back, but refinancing did see small gains. CNBC
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Warsh pledged Tuesday to "get monetary policy right" and defeat the inflation that has bedeviled the central bank for the past five years. CNBC
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The consumer price index rose 3.5% in June from a year earlier, a deceleration after several months of upward moves. CNBC
ICE officer Curtland Sawyer applied a tourniquet to stop life-threatening bleeding after witnessing a tractor-trailer crash outside Festus, Missouri. FOX News
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Two Supreme Court Justices testified before Congress Tuesday about the Court's request for extra security funding amid growing threats. UPI
Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the pilot who landed an airliner in the Hudson River in 2009, announced that he's been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. UPI
United Airlines announced a new feature for its passengers with the addition of rows that block off the middle seat to offer extra elbow room. UPI
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India will supply its BrahMos and Astra missiles to Indonesia, the country’s third such agreement in the Indo-Pacific, underscoring New Delhi’s rise as a defense supplier in the region amid growing concerns over China’s assertiveness. China is a danger.
BrahMos, which is a supersonic cruise missile with an anti-ship capability, has garnered strong interest from buyers in the Indo-Pacific region as these countries with limited naval forces need to defend disputed territories in the South China Sea, experts told CNBC.
“BrahMos and the air-to-air missiles are the areas that are new in our collaboration [with Indonesia],” an Indian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday, adding that BrahMos was an important area of collaboration and commercial terms were yet be decided between the two sides. Buyers are particularly interested in the anti-ship version of BrahMos, which has a range of 300 kilometers and an extremely high speed that makes it difficult to intercept, Siemon Wezeman, senior researcher in the Arms Transfers Programme at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, told CNBC.
It is “one of the largest and fastest available on the market just now,” he added. BrahMos Aerospace is a joint venture between India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyenia. The only other missile similar to BrahMos is China’s YJ-12, Douglas Barrie, a senior fellow for military aerospace at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, told CNBC in an email.
Philippines was the first buyer of BrahMos in 2022. In May this year, India’s defense secretary said the country had signed a deal to sell the missile to Vietnam, Reuters reported. India’s Ministry of Defence and BrahMos Aerospace did not respond to CNBC’s requests for comment. Both these deals are motivated by “the perception of China’s growing threat in the South China Sea,” Collin Koh, a senior fellow at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, told CNBC.
While Indonesia does not see China as a primary security threat, it does have differences with Beijing over the “North Natuna Sea claim,” Koh added. On Monday, the Chinese navy test-fired a ballistic missile into the Pacific, a move expected to push countries in the region to deepen defense ties with one another amid China’s growing military might.
