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After outbreaks, Trump admin restarts Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy: report
The OPPR was created to coordinate responses across federal agencies to major public health risks, but the office has been empty since 2025 when all of its employees from the Biden administration left and its head, Gerald Parker, resigned.
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Federal government awards housing contract for ongoing National Guard D.C. deployment
Troops deployed for President Donald Trump's crime emergency declaration in D.C. have been staying in hotels scattered over the area, and the contract will ensure stable, secure housing, while lowering costs, a National Guard spokesperson said.
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National Intelligence completes fourth round of layoffs since Pulte taking office
Shortly after Pulte took over from former DNI Tulsi Gabbard, Pulte executed a round of layoffs within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
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Iranian hackers target US industrial systems in attempt to disrupt American infrastructure
The hackers have targeted victims in government services, water and wastewater services and the energy sector, the alert said.
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Math manipulation? Immigration statistics tracker swapped detainees’ criminal record for convictions
Defining down what it means to be a criminal alien: The new method, which was also adopted by the other standard immigration tracking database, provides figures that may suggest the Trump administration is detaining large numbers of illegal immigrants not suspected of breaking additional laws. That may lower the bar on accuracy.
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Sen Johnson says staff untangling Biden 'coverup' of COVID vax injuries across millions of files
"We're just scratching the surface in terms of what they covered up," Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations chair says.
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Iranian UN envoy rejects temporary ceasefire
Earlier on Tuesday, Trump warned that "a whole civilization will die tonight" if Iran failed to reopen the strait.
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Pakistan asks Trump to delay Iran deadline by two weeks amid negotiations
Trump has given Iran until 8 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday to agree to reopen the strait or face serious repercussions that could include the elimination of a "whole civilization."
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Iraqi militia releases kidnapped journalist Shelly Kittleson: AP
Kittleson's release reportedly came in exchange for Baghdad releasing several of the militia's own members from custody.
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Acting AG Blanche announces creation of 'National Fraud Enforcement Division'
"There will be an additional 93 prosecutors in every district across the country devoted to the mission of combating fraud with the National Fraud Enforcement Division," he told reporters.
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Russia, China veto UNSC resolution on Strait of Hormuz
The vote comes ahead of a looming Tuesday evening deadline that President Donald Trump set for the Iranians to reopen the strait or face the destruction of their civil and energy infrastructure.
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Bolton defends Trump pledge to destroy Iranian infrastructure: 'We have every right'
Trump himself on Tuesday issued a warning to Iran to make a deal by the evening in order to avoid what he called the destruction of a civilization.
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MTG calls to oust Trump after 'civilization will die' comments
Greene was formerly a close ally of Trump while in Congress, but grew increasingly critical of what she deemed to be his drift towards establishment GOP politics and foreign adventurism.