## Suspect arrested in killings of couple hiking with daughters in Arkansas

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A suspect has been arrested in the killings of a couple who were attacked on an Arkansas hiking trail Saturday, state police said Wednesday.

James Andrew McGann, 28, of Springdale, was arrested at 4:57 p.m. Wednesday at a business in Springdale and is charged with two counts of capital murder, Arkansas State Police said in a statement.

He is accused of killing Clinton David Brink, 43, and Cristen Amanda Brink, 41, who were attacked Saturday afternoon in front of their daughters while they were hiking at Devil’s Den State Park, police have said.

Col. Mike Hagar, the state police director, thanked state police for working long hours in the search for a suspect, as well as federal agencies for their assistance.

“We’re still exploring and determining exactly what that motive was,” Arkansas State Police Maj. Stacie Rhoads told reporters Wednesday night.

McGann had recently moved to Arkansas from Oklahoma and had gotten a job to work at a local school, she said.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said northwest Arkansas has been “a community that has been absolutely heartbroken.". »

### Sen. Josh Hawley wants to exclude ‘Biden voters’ from $600 Trump tariff rebate checks

Authored by independent.co.uk

Senator Josh Hawley says the legislation he proposes will send $600 tariff rebate checks to Americans, but not to “Biden voters,” only to “Trump blue-collar voters.”.

open image in gallery Josh Hawley says not all Americans should benefit from his proposed rebate ( Getty ).

Hawley’s plan, like the pandemic stimulus checks of the first Trump administration, has strict caps on who is eligible for a rebate payment. »

### Trump accused of ‘attack on Brazilian democracy’ after sanctioning Bolsonaro trial judge

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Announcing the Magnitsky sanctions, Bessent accused Moraes of being “responsible for an oppressive campaign of censorship, arbitrary detentions that violate human rights and politicized prosecutions – including against former president Jair Bolsonaro”.

“Alexandre de Moraes has taken it upon himself to be judge and jury in an unlawful witch-hunt against US and Brazilian citizens and companies,” Bessent claimed.

Legal experts and human rights activists voiced astonishment and consternation that such sanctions had been used to target a judge in Latin America’s largest democracy. »

### Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20 Per Cent) Bill 2025

Authored by aph.gov.au

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.

Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill. »

### House Democrats force Republicans to take vote after vote on Epstein files

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Across several committees Wednesday, Democrats brought up amendments on whether the government’s files on the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein should be released.

A motion by Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., to compel the Justice Department to release files tied to Epstein was approved in a House Oversight subcommittee hearing.

Several Republicans have shot back at Democrats, asking why they did not pursue the Epstein files while President Joe Biden was in office. »

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