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Gabbard slashing intelligence office workforce and cutting budget by over $700 million

Gabbard slashing intelligence office workforce and cutting budget by over $700 million

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence will dramatically reduce its workforce and cut its budget by more than $700 million annually, the Trump administration announced Wednesday.
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Judge denies Justice Department request to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts

Judge denies Justice Department request to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein ’s sex trafficking case, joining two other judges who declined to release similar records from investigatio
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Israel to mobilize 60,000 reservists ahead of an expanded Gaza City operation

Israel to mobilize 60,000 reservists ahead of an expanded Gaza City operation

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military said Wednesday it will call up 60,000 reservists ahead of an expanded military operation in Gaza City.
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Bus crash in Afghanistan kills more than 70 Afghans returning from Iran

Bus crash in Afghanistan kills more than 70 Afghans returning from Iran

A bus crash in northwestern Afghanistan killed at least 79 people returning from Iran, including 19 children, an official said. Two people were also injured in the crash, Ministry of Interior spokesperson Abdul Mateen Qani told The Associated Press.
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Nebraska announces plan for immigration detention center dubbed the 'Cornhusker Clink'

Nebraska announces plan for immigration detention center dubbed the 'Cornhusker Clink'

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska announced plans Tuesday for an immigration detention center in the remote southwest corner of the state as President Donald Trump's administration races to expand the infrastructure necessary for increasing deportations.
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Syria's top diplomat and an Israeli delegation meet in Paris as US pushes for normalizing ties

Syria's top diplomat and an Israeli delegation meet in Paris as US pushes for normalizing ties

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s foreign minister held a rare direct meeting with an Israeli delegation in Paris on Tuesday, talks that were brokered by the United States as part of a diplomatic push for Syria and Israel to normalize relations despite a recent
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Florida man executed for the 1982 killing of a woman abducted from an insurance office

Florida man executed for the 1982 killing of a woman abducted from an insurance office

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of abducting a woman from a Florida Panhandle insurance office and killing her received a lethal injection Tuesday evening in the state's 10th execution this year. Kayle Bates, 67, was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m.
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As out-of-state Guard troops arrive, Trump's federal crackdown ripples through DC neighborhoods

As out-of-state Guard troops arrive, Trump's federal crackdown ripples through DC neighborhoods

WASHINGTON (AP) — The main drag in Washington's Columbia Heights neighborhood is typically crammed with people peddling pupusas, fresh fruit, souvenirs and clothing.
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Trump's Justice Department is investigating whether DC police officials falsified crime data

Trump's Justice Department is investigating whether DC police officials falsified crime data

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether police officials in Washington, D.C.
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Trump administration revokes security clearances of 37 current and former government officials

Trump administration revokes security clearances of 37 current and former government officials

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has ordered the revocation of the security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials, including some who worked on the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia interfered in the
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