House passes third war powers resolution to end Iran war
House passes third Iran war powers resolution
Saudi Arabia’s air defenses intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca yesterday before it entered prohibited airspace over the holy city, a spokesperson for the kingdom said. The kingdom, which is fighting the Iran-aligned group in Yemen, said the security of Islam’s two holiest sites and of pilgrims was a “red line.” Mecca, home to shrines sacred to Muslims worldwide, is Islam’s holiest city and the focal point of the annual hajj pilgrimage.
In Washington, the US House of Representatives voted for a third time to end the war in Iran, approving a war powers resolution. The vote came a few hours after a Congressional Budget Office report showed the conflict had cost at least $38bn and left the US stockpile of defensive missiles so depleted it could take five years to rebuild.
Republican congressman Thomas Massie has proposed impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, alleging that Hegseth had repeatedly violated the constitution through his handling of the war with Iran and the deaths of civilians in conflicts worldwide.
Separately, Congress has been informally notified of a pending deal in which the US plans to deliver powerful 2,000lb bombs to Israel. The weapons prompted such concerns about the possibility of mass casualties in Gaza that the Biden administration paused their delivery two years ago.
The US has confirmed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space, in an announcement analysts warn will accelerate an arms race with Russia and China. The FBI has claimed Russia’s intelligence services are plotting to carry out targeted killings in the US and in European nations supporting Ukraine.
A news helicopter crash in a Los Angeles neighborhood killed at least three people after it hit the ground and burst into flames near the site of a bus crash that occurred hours earlier. The helicopter crashed near a one-storey commercial building in Chatsworth in the San Fernando Valley as news crews were covering the bus crash, which the Los Angeles Fire Department said left at least two people dead and six others injured.
A national study led by researchers from Tulane University’s Newcomb Institute and the University of California, San Diego, found that 52% of US adults have experienced physical violence during their lifetime, including cases involving a gun or knife, with the rate identical among women and men at 52% each. Nearly half of US adults have experienced sexual violence, the study found.
Nick Reiner will not face the death penalty if convicted of the killings of his parents, Rob and Michele Singer Reiner, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office announced.
Human remains have been discovered near Crystal Rapids in Arizona, more than two weeks after a flash flood tore through the Grand Canyon.
The European Commission president has told Canada she wants to open the door for the country to become the EU’s first associate member.
Donald Trump’s nominee for US surgeon general, Dr Nicole Saphier, has reported more than $200,000 in business income from a company she owns that sells dietary supplements, which some critics allege are akin to “snake oil.”
Experts aren’t sure exactly what causes dandruff, but a yeast called Malassezia is a leading suspect. If you’re seeing light flakes on your scalp, over-the-counter products can help. Keren Landman explains how.
ICE is arresting a record number of pregnant women and teenagers and placing them in detention centers where, they say, it can be exceedingly difficult to access medical care. The agency says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025 and appears to have lost count of how many suffered a miscarriage.
The rise of AI-generated tributes and bots designed for “talking” to the dead has experts concerned that more people will grieve in isolation. The trend includes an AI Dolly Parton joining a pantheon of reincarnations that already includes Robin Williams, Elvis Presley, and Martin Luther King.
Firefighters battling enormous wildfires in the US say the federal government is failing them at a time when supercharged blazes have made their jobs exponentially more dangerous.
Grammy-winning rapper Macklemore was removed from upcoming dates of Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour of the US and Latin America after onstage comments in support of Palestine. Macklemore had said on stage he wanted the people of Gaza and “the occupied West Bank” to know “we have not forgotten about them,” along with the words “free Palestine.” The remarks prompted a petition calling for his removal from the Israeli-American Council and the opposition of some venue owners — including Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots and a prominent donor to Israel. All four of Sheeran’s remaining supporting acts withdrew in solidarity with Macklemore. In a lengthy Instagram post, Sheeran wrote: “I have always used my platform and music to bring people from all backgrounds and cultures together … I am not complicit. I have my personal views on this devastating conflict. Just because I choose not to speak publicly, it doesn’t mean I don’t have them, and it doesn’t mean that I don’t care. Macklemore coming off tour was the promoter’s decision, it was not mine.”
The owner of a New York City bodega, Imad “Jimmy” Innab, was reunited with the store’s cat, Jabal, after a couple passing by the establishment five days earlier appeared to abduct the feline in plain view of a surveillance camera, igniting an intense grassroots search effort.