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Democratic senator John Fetterman broke with his party in support of reopening the DHS; this is the fourth failed SenateSign up for Breaking US News emailsUS defense officials told senators on the armed services committee that the cost of the war on Iran totaled more than $11.3bn in the first six days alone, according to multiple reports.The New York Times was first to break the news about the conflict’s price tag, citing three people familiar with the closed-door briefing on Tuesday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/mar/12/republicans-trump-iran-senate-majority-leader-john-thune-voter-id-bill-save-america-act-politics-live-news-updates Author : Robert Mackey (now); Shrai Popat, Lucy Campbell and Tom Ambrose (earlier)

Angela Lipps spent nearly six months in jail after AI software linked her to a North Dakota bank fraud caseA Tennessee grandmother says she is trying to rebuild her life after an incident of mistaken identity by an artificial intelligence (AI) facial recognition system tied her to a North Dakota bank fraud investigation.Angela Lipps, 50, spent nearly six months in jail after Fargo police identified her as a suspect in an organized bank fraud case using facial recognition software, according to south-east North Dakota news outlet InForum. Lipps told the outlet she had never been to North Dakota and did

Figures recorded by Femicide Census in past 12 months indicate highest rate of matricide in 16 yearsThe names of 19 women believed to have been killed by their sons in the last year will be read out in parliament on Thursday, as research showed that almost one in five women killed by men since the last International Women’s Day were suspected victims of matricide.For the 11th year running, Jess Phillips will read out the names of the 108 women killed in the UK by men – or where a man has been charged – in the last 12 months. In

Golestan Palace in Tehran, a world heritage site, and buildings in historic city of Isfahan harmed, despite Unesco sending coordinatesMiddle East crisis – latest updatesThe governor of the historic Iranian city of Isfahan has accused the US and Israel of a “declaration of war on a civilization” as heritage sites across the country suffer damage in their bombing campaign.The most serious confirmed damage to date has been to Tehran’s Golestan Palace, dating back to the 14th century, and the 17th-century Chehel Sotoon Palace in Isfahan. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/12/dismay-as-ancient-heritage-sites-across-iran-damaged-in-us-israel-bombing Author : Julian Borger and Deepa Parent Publish date