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Hegseth won't commit to releasing video of second strike on drug boat: 'We'll see'
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article "Whatever we were to decide to release, we'd have to be very responsible about reviewing that right now," Hegseth said. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth refused to commit to releasing video footage of the controversial second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea. ...

Source: independent.co.uk
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case That Could End Birthright Citizenship
- The United States Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether US President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship — as guaranteed under the 14th Amendment for more than 150 years — is constitutional. Next spring, the justices will hear oral arguments in Trump's appeal of a lower court ruling that struck down parts of an executive order — titled Protecting the Meaning and ...

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Federal judge orders release of Jeffrey Epstein grand jury records in Florida
- Federal Judge Orders Release of Jeffrey Epstein Grand Jury Records in Florida The big question is whether, as another judge suspected, this is just a DOJ distraction. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. A Trump-appointed federal judge in Florida has ordered the public release of grand jury transcripts from the first federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of underage ...

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National parks add Trump's birthday to list of fee-free days and remove MLK Day, Juneteenth
- Free days at the U.S. National Parks have been changed to no longer include Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, just weeks after the Trump administration announced it would be raising fees for visitors who are not American citizens or permanent residents.  June 14, which is both Flag Day and President Trump's birthday, will be included, according to a list shared by the NPS.  Previously, Martin ...

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Rep. Adelita Grijalva says ICE agents shoved, pepper-sprayed her
- Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pushed and pepper-sprayed Rep. Adelita Grijalva during an immigration enforcement action outside a Tucson restaurant on Friday, she alleges. Grijalva, D-Ariz., said she identified herself and was "asking for clarification" after finding about 40 ICE agents and their vehicles in the street outside a restaurant that she frequents, NBC News reported. The ...

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Trump slams Jimmy Kimmel during Kennedy Center Honors address
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article "I'm sure they'll give me great reviews, right?" Trump said. joked that he shouldn't be in office if he can't outperform comedian Jimmy Kimmel when hosting the Kennedy Center Honors this weekend. "I've watched some of the people that host; Jimmy Kimmel was horrible," Trump said on ...

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Trump's New Security Strategy Described as 'Far Right Pamphlet'
- A new released by the White House calls for asserting U.S. dominance in the Western Hemisphere and "cultivating resistance" within Europe, while reestablishing "strategic stability" with Russia and accepting the Middle East and its leaders "as they are." The strategy released late Thursday, which builds on President Donald Trump's " America First " maxim, marks a sharp escalation of his Administration's criticism ...

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Indiana Republicans advance Trump-backed congressional map, fate in Senate unclear
- Dec 5 (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled Indiana House of Representatives on Friday approved a new congressional map targeting the state's two incumbent Democrats, setting up a showdown next week in the state Senate, where the mid-decade redistricting faces ​more opposition. Friday's vote was 57 to 41 in favor, mostly along party lines. Still, 12 Republicans, including four in leadership positions, ...

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