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Trump announces Strait of Hormuz blockade after Iran talks collapse
- President Donald Trump on Sunday announced a U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and threatened to destroy "the little that is left of Iran" after peace talks in Islamabad , Trump said the U.S. military would begin blockading ships entering or leaving the strait, and would also intercept any vessel that has paid tolls to Iran to transit it safely. He also said that any Iranian who fires on the U.S. military ...

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As Swalwell's campaign unravels, his rivals in California governor's race scramble for an opening
- against Rep. Eric Swalwell are , with former allies revoking their endorsements and a growing list of prominent Democrats telling him to withdraw. Less clear is who can claim the support he had amassed — and how they will do so. "Now it's pretty much back to ground zero," said Garry South, a longtime California Democratic strategist. "I don't know how this works out." scrambled an already wide-open field ...

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Stabbings on New York City subway leave 3 hurt as officers fatally shoot knife-wielding man
- NEW YORK (AP) — A man with a machete who attacked three people randomly at a major New York City subway station Saturday morning was shot and killed by police, authorities said. Officers responding to a 9:40 a.m. emergency call of an assault at the 42nd Street-Grand Central station encountered the man. He was behaving erratically, claiming he was "Lucifer," Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at an ...

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