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Justice Department will deploy a record number of poll monitors on Election Day
The DOJ is sending more than 1,000 people to serve as election monitors in all 50 states on Tuesday, which is more than previous years when 289 were deployed in 2022 and 714 were deployed in 2024.
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Snapchat parent company settles social media lawsuit with teens accusing it of causing depression
The plaintiffs are KDB, who is described as an 18-year-old from Mississippi, and the other plaintiff has been identified as SJ, a 16-year-old girl from Illinois. Both have claimed they started using YouTube at age 3 and other platforms at age 9.
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Hacking attack in Europe raised temps on refrigerators and freezers, forcing stores to toss food
A sales manager at a store in Stockholm told Reuters that the attack occurred around 2 a.m., raising the freezers' temperatures, which wasn't noticed until hours later.
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Ex-FBI agent says he witnessed politicization of bureau, warned about improper surveillance
Retired Special Agent Bassem Youssef, who ran the FBI’s Communications Analysis Unit from late 2004 until late 2014, witnessed agents hired under Jim Comey's watch, for political leanings and warned of potential for abuse of surveillance programs. Those warnings were ignored.
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FBI warns California that Iran could try to attack West Coast with drones in retaliation for war
Iran has not attacked the U.S. mainland since conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran broke out late last month, but it has attacked American military bases in the Middle East, killing at least seven U.S. service members so far.
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State Department says 43K Americans have returned from Middle East amid Iran conflict
The department said it has completed more than three dozen charter flights in the region since Israel and the United States launched missiles at Iran on Feb. 28, and the U.S. has evacuated at least 30,000 Americans from the Middle East.
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Amid war, FBI confirms longest-held American hostage in U.S. history died in Iran
The hostage, retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, has been missing since March 7, 2007 when he disappeared on the Iranian island of Kish.
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White House blasts Mamdani for hosting pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil at Gracie Mansion
"No one should be feting the anti-American, pro-terrorist activities of Mahmoud Khalil," White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said
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With landmark Voter ID legislation in limbo, gridlocked in Senate, Americans don’t seem to care
In new survey, just 23% of registered voters could accurately describe the act
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Spain yanks its ambassador to Israel amid Iran conflict
The country declined to permit the U.S. to use its bases for strikes on Iran, leading President Donald Trump to declare a trade embargo against Madrid.
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South Carolina Democrat lawmaker calls Moms for Liberty 'terrorist group'
South Carolina state Democrat Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter made the comment on the House floor.
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Van drives through barricade near White House, driver detained: authorities
The Secret Service said that the driver was detained and being questioned
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Epstein's accountant to testify before House Oversight panel
Richard Kahn was Jeffrey Epstein's accountant for more than 10 years and became an executor of his estate after his death