Politics
Political Tensions and Incidents
The Productivity Commission criticized attacks on its integrity, while the U.S. Capitol Police seized a guillotine from a pickup truck near the Capitol building. Additionally, Alex Pretti's family called for accountability in a case involving CBP agents who fatally shot an ICU nurse during an immigration crackdown.
Coverage timeline — 3 articles
The Hill
The family of Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse who was fatally shot by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents during a January crackdown on immigration in Minnesota, called for answers from the Trump administration on Tuesday — seven months after his death. "I was not shocked that he helped somebody.
2026-08-26 01:00 UTC
The Hill
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested a man after discovering a guillotine in the bed of a pickup truck parked on the eastern edge of the National Mall. Officers first spotted an illegally parked pickup truck along the 100 block of East Capitol St. —near the Capitol building, the Supreme Court and
2026-08-26 01:17 UTC
The Guardian
Angela Jackson, a PC commissioner, also said it was ‘disappointing’ that Anthony Albanese had ruled out changes to Western Australia’s GST arrangementsThe Productivity Commission has slammed attacks on its integrity as “unacceptable”, after its <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australi
2026-08-26 01:22 UTC