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Defense Department preparing $6 billion weapons contract for Ukraine: Report
The new package could be announced as early as Friday, and will include Patriot air defense munitions, artillery ammunition, drones, anti-drone weapons, and air-to-air missiles for fighter planes.
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White House says it will not send National Guard to end protests at Columbia
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that the activation of the National Guard was a state’s responsibility, and declined to say whether the president supported deploying the guard if asked to do so.
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President Biden pardons and reduces sentences of people jailed for non-violent drug crimes
The president said his pardons will give the non-violent drug offenders a “second chance,” and said the sentences that were imposed on those who received clemency were much longer than they would be if convicted now.