Netanyahu said the pilot assaulted on a Dubai airline flight was an Indian national identified as Smit Majchahar.

The Senate failed a procedural vote on a Republican-backed bill aimed at limiting data-center-driven residential power increases, falling 57-43 short of the 60 votes needed to advance; only four Democrats supported it. The measure would have required state utility regulators to consider steps to prevent new data centers from raising household electricity rates; Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer called it political theater, saying it set only voluntary standards and did not compel regulatory action, while Republicans said it responds to public concern and had near-unanimous House approval. As AI data-center builds accelerate and power demand rises, the issue has emerged as a U.S. midterm campaign topic; Cook Political Report’s AdImpact-based analysis shows political ad spending on data-center issues has topped $53m.

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