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Israeli ground incursion into Lebanon as front boils over amid wider war
- The Israeli military has said its troops "are operating in southern Lebanon" in a new ground incursion as it continues strikes in what it described in a statement as a "forward defence" measure along the border, with another front igniting in the regional war prompted by United States-Israel attacks on Iran. A Lebanese military source has told Al Jazeera on Tuesday that the army has pulled its troops back from the ...

Source: aljazeera.com
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Takeaways from the Clintons' Epstein depositions
- The House Oversight Committee on Monday released full videos of the depositions it took of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. In a combined roughly nine hours of questioning last week -- about 4 1/2 for each -- Republicans and Democrats grilled the Clintons about their relationships with the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender ...

Source: bostonglobe.com
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Trump Rattles Top Law Firms Before Bowing Out of Court Fight
- President Donald Trump is walking away from a fight against law firms, but not before shaking the legal industry with threats that have proved effective outside of the courtroom. The Justice Department on Monday moved to withdraw its appeals of court rulings blocking Trump's executive orders against four law firms. The appeals were seen as long shots after federal judges struck down the orders—targeting firms ...

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'President' Melania Trump Promoted Peace At The UN, And You Know What Happened Next
- With the administration challenging the Court and Congress, independent reporting is the only thing standing between you and the noise. Your membership funds the courage to ask the hard questions. Don't let the truth be sidelined, join Huff Already a member? Critics were scratching their heads over Melania Trump 's appearance at the United Nations on Monday, and in particular over her preaching of peace. The first ...

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Supreme Court bars redrawing only Republican-held NYC congressional district for 2026 election
- The Supreme Court effectively barred the redrawing of the boundary lines of the only congressional district in New York City currently held by a Republican for the 2026 midterm elections. The decision is a victory for the incumbent, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, the Staten Island Republican, who had asked the Supreme Court to hear her bid to block the new lines for November's election. The GOP has a majority in the ...

Source: cnbc.com
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Supreme Court wrestles with gun rights, marijuana, and the right to own a gun
- Guns, drugs, and the Second Amendment right to bear arms all merged at the Supreme Court on Monday in a case that could dramatically undermine the Gun Control Act of 1968. First a few basics: Marijuana use is legal , to one degree or another, in 40 states, but at the same time it's illegal  under federal law and is classified a schedule one drug, among the most dangerous. Just to make things even more ...

Source: npr.org
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Federal appeals court rejects Trump administration's push to delay start of tariff refund process after Supreme Court ruling
- Washington — A federal appeals court on Monday declined to delay implementation of the Supreme Court ruling that invalidated most of President Trump's tariffs, allowing next steps in processing of tariff refunds to begin swiftly, following the high court's decision last month. The decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clears the way for the lower court, the U.S. Court of ...

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