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How Canadian wildfire smoke is affecting July Fourth celebrations across the US

As hundreds of wildfires continue to burn throughout Canada and choke out large swaths of the United States, many cities have changed or even canceled their planned Fourth of July fireworks displays over air quality concerns and fears of worsening pollution.

Stimulus check update: Applications for California county’s monthly $1,000 direct payment close today

Los Angeles County, California, residents have until tonight to apply for a guaranteed income program that will provide monthly payments of $1,000 for two years.

Food stamps: Final Virginia direct payment for July worth average of $181 to go out in four days

All recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Virginia will have their benefits for the month of July distributed in just four days.

Pentagon won’t help filmmakers who cooperate with Chinese censorship

The Department of Defense will no longer work with filmmakers on their movies if there is “demonstrable evidence” that they will kowtow to the Chinese Communist Party regarding censorship.

Newsom hits campaign trail for Biden while seeking to build national profile

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is hitting the campaign trail to meet with Democrats in Republican-heavy states to help motivate voter turnout among his party in the 2024 elections.

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin to build international launch site

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos intends to build an international launch facility to compete with Elon Musk and SpaceX.

White House greenlights research into reflecting sunlight to address climate change

The White House released a research framework last week for a process that would block the sun's rays in order to mitigate some of the adverse effects attributed to climate change.

Rudy Giuliani testified in Trump special counsel election inquiry for eight hours: Report

Special counsel Jack Smith reportedly interviewed Rudy Giuliani for eight hours concerning his role in former President Donald Trump's alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

International office investigating Russian war crimes ramps up operations

Authorities in Ukraine, the European Union, and the United States opened an international office to build criminal cases against Russian leaders for the war in Ukraine.

McCarthy doing better job as speaker than initial expectations, staffers say

After the House took four days to elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as its speaker in January, several lawmakers wondered aloud whether the dragged-out election would be a foreshadowing of his leadership: disagreements within the GOP stalling any action on the floor.
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