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Trump must hunt ISIS's Somali ghost caliph before Africa's jihad consolidates

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The twin crises burning through France right now

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Warren warns of 'enormous risk' to US if Musk throttled Starshield in Ukraine

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Trump unveils semiconductor manufacturing effort to boost Whatley's Senate campaign

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Left-wing foundations quietly fund UN human rights 'experts,' watchdog says

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Alleged leftist militants charged with gun crime just before Trump stopped enforcement

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DOJ case attacks mass murder fandom culture behind Canadian school shooting

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Rampant terrorism ties run through transnational pro-Palestinian protest group

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Justice Department investigating TV networks that briefly suspended Trump press pool coverage

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Two Americans win Nobel for economic model challenging government response to 2020s economic shocks

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Trump to give $90 one-time payment to 20 million Medicare beneficiaries

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Fed expected to raise interest rates again, against Trump's wishes

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The details of September's jobs report are more encouraging

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Trump administration offers first-ever deep-sea mining leases near American Samoa

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Trump using defense authority to spend up to $42 million to develop controversial New York pipeline

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French PM says far-left groups forged 'insurrectionary plan' against government

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UK deploying fighter jets to defend Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks

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Alberta votes overwhelmingly to remain part of Canada in referendum

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