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Maryland school district that bought electric buses is now ordering more than 100 diesel buses
“Current electric bus technology is not fully capable of meeting all of our transportation demands, particularly for longer routes, field trips and midday services that exceed charging capacities,” Montgomery County school district spokesperson Liliana López said
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United States in assault on Iran launches for first time low-cost, no-return attack drones
“These low-cost drones, modeled after Iran's Shahed drones, are now delivering American-made retribution.”
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Rubio, Hegseth, other top Trump officials go to Capitol Hill to brief members on Iran mission
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Gen. Dan Caine, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reportedly will brief members in both chambers, according to The Hill newspaper.
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U.S. border patrol seizes $500K in mixed narcotics at Mexico border
Border agents seized the drugs from a 'lawful permanent U.S. resident'
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Senate passes bipartisan online child safety bills
The legislation cleared a hurdle last week in an 86-1 vote and passed on Tuesday 91-3
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Watch Live: Joint Senate hearing on security failures leading to Trump assassination attempt
The Senate's Judiciary and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee on Tuesday hold a rare joint hearing on the security failures leading to the assassination attempt on former President Trump.
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Possible social media posts of Trump shooter have 'anti-semitic', 'anti-immigrant' themes, FBI says
Abbate told Senate investigators that this social media account was used to leave about 700 comments online in 2019 and 2020.
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Freedom Caucus's Andy Ogles faces tight primary challenge
Courtney Johnston has accused Ogles of being a "do-nothing" member of Congress.
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‘A failure on multiple levels’: acting Secret Service director promises changes, accountability
“The attempted assassination on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania was a failure on multiple levels,” Acting Director Ronald Rowe told the Senate Tuesday.
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IRS only removed 20 out of 70 employees with 'substantiated willful' tax violations since Oct. 2021
There's a law on the books requiring removal of IRS employees with willful tax compliance problems but it's only enforced at the IRS commissioners discretion
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William Calley, ex-Army officer convicted over the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, died at 80
Calley reportedly died in April
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House Republicans attempt to ban private funding of state attorneys general offices
"I introduced the Ensuring State Attorney General Accountability Act to keep out-of-state billionaires in check and out of our state attorney general’s office," Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis., said.
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'Medical malpractice martial law'? HHS bird-flu 'declaration' spurs fears of liability-free vaccines
HHS rebuts RFK Jr.'s claim that Becerra "just issued a PREP Act declaration for bird flu," but secretary said his update to 2013 declaration will "help facilitate the availability of medical countermeasures," which include vaccines shielded from liability.