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Iran Launches Ballistic Missile Attack Against Israel, Bibi Says Jewish State ‘Facing Challenging Times as It Battles Iran’s Axis of Evil’

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White House says any assault from Tehran will ‘carry severe consequences’ Iranian missiles intercepted by Israel above Jerusalem on Tuesday. (Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images) Iran has launched a major ballistic missile strike on Israel, with American forces mobilizing to defend the Jewish state from an onslaught by Tehran and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning of

Harris Won’t Say If She Still Supports Closing Private Prisons

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Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is silent on her earlier advocacy for closing private prisons for citizens and illegal immigrants, a position she championed in her 2020 campaign and 2016 Senate race, Axios reported Tuesday. Harris’s campaign did not respond to Axios’s inquiry about her stance on closing private prisons and declined to make Harris

Debate Gives Red State Senate Democrat Chance to Stem Montana GOP Challenger’s Momentum

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Three-term Sen. John Tester and poll-ascending Tim Sheehy clash on the border, abortion policy, public lands management, health care programs, Ukraine support. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) said the Biden administration has “not done a good job” on the border, and Republican challenger Tim Sheehy declined to confirm or deny support for federal abortion restrictions, during

Jimmy Carter’s Secret Service detail reflects on the assignment of a lifetime

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Plains, Georgia — When former President Jimmy Carter exited the White House in 1981, few expected his no-frills hometown of Plains, Georgia — population 557 — to become his launch pad to the world — including his U.S. Secret Service detail.  “We’d fly from the middle of nowhere Africa all the way back to nearby Americus, Georgia,” recalled Alex

‘Staging Grounds for an Oct. 7-Style Invasion’: Israeli Officials Say Ground Assault Prevented Hezbollah Terror Attack, Admonish Biden-Harris Admin for Leaking Raid

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‘We didn’t like it, the leaks were a dangerous move, they endangered the fighting forces,’ senior Israeli official says (Erik Marmor/Getty Images) Hezbollah was preparing Lebanon’s borderlands with Israel for an “Oct. 7-style invasion” before the Jewish state’s special forces dismantled its underground tunnel system in “targeted ground raids,” the Israeli Defense Forces said Tuesday.

Thousands of East Coast Dockworkers Hit the Picket Line, Jeopardizing US Economy

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Thousands of port workers from Maine to Texas went on strike early Tuesday morning, which economists warn could spark nationwide shortages and higher prices for American consumers. Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, which represents 45,000 dockworkers at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, walked off their jobs early Tuesday after failing to reach a

Hicks Speaks at Defense Security Cooperation Services Launch

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Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks delivers remarks during the official launch of the Defense Security Cooperation Services (DSCS) at the Pentagon at 11:30 a.m. ET on Oct. 1. The DSCS’s mission is to ensure overseas U.S. security cooperation organizations are staffed with enough people with the necessary skills to work … Original News Source