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Bernie Sanders pivots from sympathy toward Sydney shooting victims to criticizing Netanyahu
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, after Netanyahu linked the terror attack in which 15 people were killed at a Hanukkah celebration in…
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5mHouse Appropriations Committee approves $40 million boost for 2027 NSGP funding proposal
The House Appropriations Committee approved a $40 million increase in its funding proposal for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program for 2027, boosting its recommendation to $355 million, in a Tuesday night session that stretched into Wednesday morning. The funding increase was approved as part of a negotiated bipartisan package of amendments during an Appropriations Committee... <a href="">Read More</a>
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4mGraham Platner survives scandals to win Dem nomination, will face Sen. Susan Collins
Maine Democrats rallied behind scandal-plagued oyster farmer Graham Platner as their Senate nominee against Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in Tuesday’s primary, turning to a left-wing outsider running against the political and institutional establishment as its standard-bearer for the general election. Platner — whose controversies, including his now-covered Nazi tattoo and abuse allegations, have unnerved many... <a href="">Read More</a>
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U.S. launches ‘proportional’ strikes against Iran in response to downing of Army helicopter
The U.S. military launched what it called “self-defense strikes” in Iran on Tuesday evening in retaliation for the downing of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter by an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. A U.S. official told Politico and Axios that the strikes targeted Iranian radar and air-defense sites. In announcing the... <a href="">Read More</a>
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9mHelicopter down, Iran tensions up
President Trump navigates escalating tensions with Iran after a helicopter incident while primary elections and nuclear negotiations shape the geopolitical landscape in Washington and Jerusalem.
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8mTop GOP lawmakers call for ‘powerful response’ to Iran downing U.S. Army helicopter
President Donald Trump’s declaration that the U.S. “must, of necessity, respond” to Iran’s downing of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter off the coast of Oman on Monday evening received support from GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill, several of whom called for a powerful military retaliation. U.S. officials confirmed to CNN that the attack helicopter —... <a href="">Read More</a>