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North Korea tests new strategic missiles from destroyer as leader Kim Jong-un looks on
North Korea has been unusually active in testing weapons systems this month
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Secretary of State Rubio to host high-level talks between Israel and Lebanon Tuesday
Clashes between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah have threatened the U.S.-Iran ceasefire. But Hezbollah says it won't abide by agreements made during at the talks.
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Vance says future of Middle East peace talks are in Iran's 'court'
The vice president claimed Iran has the U.S.'s "best and final offer" but chose not to accept it, and that further negotiations are now up to Tehran.
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White House staff told not to place bets on prediction markets using insider info, amid ongoing war
The email, which was sent from the White House Management Office, explained that it's a criminal offense to use nonpublic information to buy or sell prediction-market contracts.
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Judge blocks Pentagon from imposing new press restrictions
U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman last month dismissed parts of the Pentagon's guidelines released last year and ordered it to restore the press passes of seven journalists for the New York Times.
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Exclusive: ICE arrests violent illegal migrants on anniversary of reopening VOICE program
The roundup comes on the one-year anniversary of the reopening of ICE's Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement office, which was launched by President Donald Trump in his first term and closed during the Biden administration.
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State Department to oversee ceasefire meeting between Israel, Lebanon next week
The U.S., Israel and Iran reached a two-week ceasefire agreement on Tuesday after Iran agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but the ceasefire went into jeopardy after Israel continued firing into Lebanon.
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Fragile ceasefire may hinge on Iran’s demand to control the Strait of Hormuz
President Trump said Iran had agreed to open the strait during the two-week ceasefire, but Iran has instead moved to exert greater control over the crucial shipping lane, perhaps the only leverage the theocracy has.
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Senator opens probe into tech giants over alleged online child exploitation reporting failures
Senator Chuck Grassley’s new probe will examine how tech giants report suspected child exploitation online. Eight companies, namely, Meta, Amazon AI Services, TikTok, Snapchat, Discord, X.AI, Grindr and Roblox, are collectively responsible for 81% of all suspected child exploitation reports received.
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Chip Roy introduces legislation to label CAIR as a 'specially designated global terrorist'
The legislation seeks to label CAIR as a Hamas affiliate and prohibit Americans from dealing with the organization, which is considered one of the largest Muslim Civil Rights advocacy groups in the country.
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CA Supreme Court blocks investigation into special election ballots
Bianco is running for governor as a Republican and previously seized hundreds of thousands of ballots as part of the investigation.
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House Democratic leadership schedules 25th Amendment briefing for caucus members on Friday
The presidential cabinet would need to invoke the 25th Amendment, which would remove the sitting president and hand the office to the vice president.
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Mojtaba Khamenei declares victory in 'Third Sacred Defense' of Iran
Khamenei was chosen as the Iranian supreme leader after his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, died in the first U.S.-Israeli strikes of the war.