Security
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Secret Service failed to secure comms, risking safety to U.S. leaders: IG
The report found that agencies often used their personal mobile devices because agency-issued options were not equipped for their operations. Secret Service does not secure or manage the personal devices of agents.
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Israel, Lebanon agree to initial peace framework
Israel reportedly committed to withdrawing from two locations in southern Lebanon as part of the agreement.
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DHS to start removing Haitians immediately after TPS ruling
Roughly 1.3 million people are on TPS, including more than 300,000 Haitians and about 600,000 Venezuelans.
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Iranian president denies assassination plots against Trump, blasts 'Iranophobia'
“We have never attempted this to begin with and we never will," he told NBC News's Lester Holt.
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Hegseth says 'warrior culture will be restored to Pentagon if he is confirmed as Defense secretary
During his opening statements, Hegesth said that the hearing was for all people who had served in the U.S. military.
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Smuggling tunnel found in the border wall in El Paso, Texas
The tunnel is reportedly six feet tall and four feet wide.
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Jake Sullivan says 'history has judged well' Biden's call to withdraw from Afghanistan
Tapper had no follow-up questions about the chaos surrounding the withdrawal, the abandonment of Bagram Air Base, the billions of dollars of military hardware left behind, or the 13 Americans killed by a terrorist attack during the withdrawal.
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Tulsi Gabbard says she supports reauthorizing surveillance law that she was once against
Gabbard has often been critical of U.S. security policies and while still in Congress, she introduced legislation to repeal the Patriot Act.
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New Orleans police release bodycam footage of New Year's shootout, says officers acted within policy
Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said the police officers, identified as Sgt. Nigel Daggs and Officers Christian Beyer and Jacobie Jordan, were "national heroes" who acted within law and department policy.
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Capitol Police arrest man who was attempting to set car on fire, second major incident on Wednesday
The police confirmed on X that it took a second man into custody because of a suspicious vehicle, but the bomb squad has since cleared the vehicle.
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CBP seizes rocket launcher at Arizona port
CBP explained that the weapons taken on Dec. 28 would likely be used to support the drug cartels.
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Study finds TikTok suppresses anti-China content, influences opinions as Trump moves to delay ban
The new data fuels long-held suspicions that the embattled app may intentionally influence public opinion in favor of China.
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Trump border czar Tom Homan pushes back on CBS’s Margaret Brennan over Trump admin deportation plans
Homan turned the conversation to the Biden administration. He argued that 80 percent of the Biden administration’s deportation numbers are from Border Patrol arrests that were moved back across the southern border.