We begin the day's other headlines in Australia, where the surviving suspect in the mass shooting at Bondi Beach has been charged with 15 counts of murder, one for each of the victims, and 59 charges in all.

It comes as hundreds gathered to mourn at the first funerals today for the victims. Among them,

Rabbi Eli Schlanger, a father of five, and an organizer of Sunday's Hanukkah event where the

shooting took place. The youngest victim, 10-year-old Matilda, whose last name was withheld.

She immigrated with her parents from Ukraine to escape the war. Her funeral will be held tomorrow.

The oldest killed 87-year-old Alex Klytman, who was also a native of Ukraine and a Holocaust survivor.

He died shielding his wife from harm.

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith testified privately to lawmakers today and reportedly said his investigators

developed proof beyond a reasonable

doubt that President Trump criminally conspired to overturn the 2020 election. According to press

reports, Smith also told lawmakers in his closed deposition that the president repeatedly tried

to obstruct government efforts to recover classified documents from his Mar-a-Lago resort.

Smith had asked to testify publicly, something President Trump has said he supported.

House judiciary Republicans, however, rejected that request.

The U.S. Senate today passed a massive defense bill, even as it's causing some friction with

the White House and Pentagon.

Inside the National Defense Authorization Act

is a record $901 billion, including a nearly 4% pay raise for troops. At odds with the administration,

the 3,000-page bill pressures Defense Secretary Pete Hegeseth to turn over unedited footage of an

alleged drugboat strike from September. The bill also reigns in the

president's ability to limit troop numbers abroad and authorizes more U.S. money for weapons to

Ukraine. Warner Brothers' discovery has urged its shareholders to reject Paramount Skydances

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