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Hegseth blisters predecessor Lloyd Austin in Senate testimony
Hegseth appeared in front of the panel to discuss his department's $80 billion supplemental funding request, which includes $67 billion for the conflict with Iran, but also addressed larger plans for the war.
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Trump says direct flights between US-Lebanon can resume for first time in over 40 years
President Ronald Reagan's administration suspended direct flights between the U.S. and Lebanon in 1985 following the hijacking of TWA Flight 847.
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Senate Intelligence panel advance Clayton's nomination for Director of National Intelligence
President Donald Trump nominated Clayton, who was serving as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York at the time, for the role last month. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte is currently serving as acting DNI in the interim.
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Justice Department approves Paramount-Warner Brothers merger
The two companies signed the paperwork for the deal in February, which will see Paramount acquire Warner Bros., but it still needs final approval from the Trump administration before it can go through.
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Federal appeals court upholds Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud conviction
Bankman-Fried is hoping President Donald Trump will pardon him after the completion of his sentence, but the president said in January that he does not have any plans to pardon the FTX founder.
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Pentagon releases 3rd batch of UFO files, showing that sightings around the world were investigated
The 72 latest unearthed files consist of 29 reports from the FBI, 18 from the CIA, 12 from the Department of Defense, 11 from NASA, one from the intelligence community and one document from an unspecified U.S. government agency.
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Bystander injured in Secret Service-involved shooting near White House identified as Army soldier
He has been identified as 25-year-old U.S. Army soldier Benjamin Del Real.
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Judge halts Ken Paxton's lawsuit against ActBlue, citing political retaliation
Paxton sued ActBlue in April, alleging that the organization misled consumers and that it maintained unlawful practices that allowed for foreign and fraudulent donations. He is seeking $1 million in monetary relief.
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Pakistan says US, Iran have agreed upon the 'final' text of peace deal framework
The confirmation comes amid mixed reports on the details of the framework and whether it included a ban on Iran developing nuclear weapons.
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Judge declines to change deadline for taking Trump's name off Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center order the removal of Trump's name last week to comply with Cooper's order.
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Freezing crypto and dropping missiles: the inside story of how Trump got Iran to bend
Economic warfare: Trump targets Iran’s cryptocurrency networks to enforce preexisting sanctions and starve the theocratic regime of revenue.
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On her way out, DNI Tulsi Gabbard drops a bio-labs truth bomb on Mitt Romney and news media
Gabbard's declassified revelation that U.S. has funded 120 bio-labs in 30 countries puts a definitive end to a years-long campaign to diminish the threat of an accidental release of pathogens from one of those locations, especially in war-torn Ukraine.
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Judge declines to block UFC White House fight
The DOJ this week urged Mehta to rule against a stay, arguing that it was too late to make alternative plans.