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Derrick Van Orden
personRep. Derrick Van Orden allegedly called teenage Senate pages 'pieces of s–t' for 'defiling the space' The pages are typically 16 and 17-year-olds who assist senators, often staying late into the night with them.
House
organizationHawaii is the first state in the U.S. to remove a requirement that a person be a victim of sex trafficking to have a prostitution conviction erased. Maryland students may be allowed to learn a programming language to fulfill foreign language requirements.
Senate
organizationRep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., allegedly called teenage Senate pages 'pieces of s–t' for 'defiling the space' The pages are typically 16 and 17-year-olds who assist senators, often staying late into the night with them. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell indirectly rebuked van Orden.
Bhasker Patel
personRishi Sharma, played by Bhasker Patel, died at the end of last night's episode. Fans following the show on Twitter were heartbroken by Rishi's surprise exit.
Tim Scott
personSouth Carolina Senator Tim Scott criticised Florida's Black history teaching policy. The policy says enslaved people ‘developed skills’ which benefited them. Scott said there was no upside to the system whatsoever.
Senate
organizationThe National Defense Authorization Act cleared the Senate's 60-vote threshold by 86-11. The House passed its own version along party lines. The measure now heads to the House.
Carlos De Oliveira
personCarlos De Oliveira, the Mar-a-Lago head of maintenance, allegedly admitted to prosecutors that he falsely claimed he did not help Trump move boxes out of his residence. Trump's spokesman Steven Cheung slammed the Justice Department over the new charges. The property manager is charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice and altering, destroying or mutilating a document.
Donald Trump
personThe Justice Department brought new charges against the former president in a superseding indictment Thursday night. The new indictment brings the total number of charges against Trump in the classified documents case to 40. Mar-a-Lago employee Carlos De Oliveira also joined Trump and his aide Walt Nauta as an additional co-defendant.
Mar-a-Lago
organizationIndictment released on Thursday contains new counts of obstruction as well as willful retention of national defense records. Trump campaign called the new charges ‘nothing more than a continued desperate and flailing attempt by the Biden Crime Family to harass President Trump and those around him’ Two of the new obstruction counts stem from alleged efforts to have the director of information technology at Mar-a-Lago delete security camera footage.
Lauren James
personLauren James scored the only goal of the game in the first half. The Chelsea forward had started on the bench for England’s clash with Haiti at the weekend. James is the sister of Chelsea and England men's player Reece James.
Eagles
organizationU.S. forward John Quill has been suspended for the remainder of the group stage. Quill admitted to a dangerous tackle that resulted in his red card in the Eagles’ opening loss to England. Australian winger Reece Hodge was suspended for three games for making contact with the head of a Fijian rival.
Keira Walsh
personKeira Walsh suffered suspected anterior cruciate ligament injury in England's World Cup clash with Denmark. Barcelona midfielder slid in to make an interception but appeared to catch her studs in the ground and she stayed down in agony. England already without captain Leah Williamson and forward Beth Mead.
Senate
organizationDerrick Van Orden, a Republican from Wisconsin, reportedly screamed at a group of teens resting in the Capitol Rotunda late on Thursday night. The teens were reportedly Senate pages, who are tasked with delivering legislation and preparing the Senate chambers for sessions.
Sinéad O’Connor
personO'Connor wrote about her son Shane Lunny in a series of heart-wrenching tweets. Her son was 17 when he died by suicide in 2022. She was working with Shane MacGowan on a re-recording of Haunted.
Lindsey Horan
personThe United States Women's National Team and the Netherlands came to a 1-1 draw on Thursday at the 2023 Women's World Cup. Midfielder Jill Roord put the Netherlands on the board in the 17th minute, finding the back of the net past USWNT goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher. US captain Lindsey Horan scored the equalizer in the 62nd minute.
Jordan Henderson
personJordan Henderson has left Liverpool for Saudi Arabian club Al-Ettifaq. The 33-year-old has signed a three-year contract worth £700,000-a-week. LGBT+ groups claim he has 'lost the respect' of a community he championed.
Mitch McConnell
personMitch McConnell, the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, faces calls to resign. The 81-year-old appeared to freeze and stare off into the distance for several seconds during a press conference at the Capitol on Wednesday. He was led away by his Republican colleagues, but later returned, saying he was fine.
Sinéad O'Connor
personGrammy-winning singer found unresponsive at a home in south London. Her death is not being treated as suspicious, police say. She shot to international stardom in 1990 with the hit ballad Nothing Compares 2 U.
Peter Flavel
personNatWest Group chief executive Dame Alison Rose resigned yesterday. She admitted leaking Nigel Farage's private banking details to BBC. Coutts CEO Peter Flavel is expected to resign today, sources say.
Jordan Henderson
personJordan Henderson will join Saudi Pro League side Al-Ettifaq in a deal worth £12m. The 33-year-old has signed a three-year deal worth around £700k-per-week. Henderson will be reunited with former Liverpool team mate Steven Gerrard.