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Trump suggests other nations aid Hormuz operation as Iran launches strikes
The war is technically in a state of ceasefire, though negotiations have failed thus far to result in a permanent end to the conflict and it remains unclear whether a full return to active fighting will occur.
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Iranian drone strike hits UAE industrial site, local government confirms
Images on social media purporting to show the fire revealed a large column of black smoke rising from an industrial building.
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UAE claims Iran launched 4 missiles at its territory
The statement comes as the U.S. denies claims from Iran to have struck American warships attempting to escort merchant ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Jordan invites UK's Nigel Farage to House Judiciary panel's free speech hearing
The hearing comes after President Trump threatened to hit nations with additional tariffs if they do not remove their digital taxes
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House Republicans seek to amend Title IX to keep trans students from competing in female sports
The legislation, which was cosponsored by nine other Republican lawmakers, seeks to amend Title IX to define "male," and "female" by reproductive organs, in the same manner that the Trump administration has defined an individual's gender.
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Monarez' legal team disputes HHS' claim their client is no longer CDC director
The twist comes after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) earlier Wednesday announced that Monarez was no longer in the role of CDC director less than a month into her term.
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Trump slams Utah judge who ordered state to redraw congressional map ahead of 2026 midterms
U.S. District Court Judge Dianna Gibson ruled on Monday that the map needs to be redrawn after it appeared that state lawmakers ignored safeguards voters put in place to ensure districts aren’t gerrymandered.
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Trump admin to propose rule seeking to limit how long international students can study in US
Foreign students can currently stay in the United States on a student visa for as long as they are enrolled at a college full-time, but the proposed rule would limit their stay to the duration of their program, with a cap at four years.
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Trump's idea to accept more Chinese students appears to contradict earlier admin policy
Earlier, administration officials had planned to revoke Chinese student visas over security concerns following repeated warnings from lawmakers, intelligence agencies about how China exploits the university programs.
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Milley crafted Biden Admin's fiction that Afghanistan fell in just 'eleven days'
Once the Taliban had taken over Afghanistan, the Biden Administration settled on a false narrative that the collapse of Afghanistan had occurred in just eleven days, and thus could not have been predicted. Milley led the charge in promoting it, despite experts and military personnel on the ground in Afghanistan saying otherwise.
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Trump administration announces Susan Monarez is no longer CDC director
HHS did not give a reason for Monarez's departure and no interim replacement has yet been named.
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State Department's Michael Anton to leave post in the fall: Report
The Trump administration selected Anton, who leads the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, to oversee technical discussions with Iran in April, when the U.S. and Iran were discussing the Middle Eastern country's nuclear program.
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Senator calls for more military in Alaska after NORAD detects Russian aircraft near US airspace
NORAD said the plane was flying in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone on Tuesday, and did not actually penetrate United States sovereign airspace.