## Trump ousts remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission ahead of midterms

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The Democratic commissioners — Thomas Hicks and Benjamin W. Hovland — were fired by email, two people familiar with their terminations said.

“They will be replaced,” said a White House official who confirmed that all three commissioners are gone.

White House aide Morgan DeWitt Snow sent the Democratic commissioners a brief email of termination around 4 p.m.

“On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I’m writing to inform you that your position as Commissioner of the Election Assistance Commission is terminated effective immediately.

Hovland, one of the Democratic commissioners, told NBC News he was returning from a work trip to a Missouri election office when he was fired.

Taking away a key federal agency designed to help state and local election administrators will have a negative impact, Hovland said.

Still, Weil said, the commissioners are needed to adapt to changes, set new policies and coordinate with local election officials. »

### First human bladder transplant patient thrives one year after surgery

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At the time, Oscar Larrainzar was on dialysis and hadn't had a functioning bladder in seven years.

The work, the first-ever chronicling of a human bladder transplant, was reviewed by peers before publishing in The Lancet on June 23.

Nassiri already has identified patients for two additional bladder transplants in 2026, as part of the ongoing clinical trial at UCLA Health. »

### Israel shared intelligence with US of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump, sources say

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Another source said the US had picked up a steady drumbeat of intelligence in recent weeks about possible plans to assassinate Trump, but the warning from Israel was new and concerned a specific plot.

The details of the plot that Israel warned about were not immediately clear, and two sources familiar with the matter said the US had not vetted it themselves nor were they tracking it before the Israeli warning.

The aircraft carrier’s commanding officer, Dan Keeler, told the thousands of crew members on board things were heating up. »

### Lorenzo Salgado Araujo: Mexican man fatally shot by ICE was not target of immigration operation, source says

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2:22 • Source: CNN Son of Houston man fatally shot by ICE: ‘He did not deserve to die’ 2:22.

“He did not deserve to be reduced to a headline of ‘Mexican man shot and killed by ICE,’” he said Wednesday.

Flowers sit at the scene where an ICE agent fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Tuesday during a vehicle stop in Houston. »

### Ukrainian drones batter Russian oil facilities and set more oil tankers ablaze

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian drones hit more Russian oil facilities and set two oil tankers ablaze in the Sea of Azov on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to grant Kyiv a license to manufacture the Patriot air defense systems to protect its cities.

Oil reservoirs also were set ablaze by drones in Vyazniki, in the southern Stavropol region, said Gov. Vladimir Vladimirov, forcing the evacuation of nearby apartment buildings.

In the Sea of Azov, Ukrainian drones set two oil tankers on fire, according to Rostov Gov. Yuri Slusar, who said one of the ships was still burning and its crew evacuated. »

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