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Iranian threats to US have 'metastasized' as proxies employ tactics targeting homeland: House hearing

Iran and its terror proxies continue to threaten the U.S., including assassination attempts on U.S. leaders and residents, according to a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing Wednesday. “The security threats from Iran and their proxies have metastasized even more. These threats include assassination plots on former Trump administration officials, targeting and attacking U.S. service members abroad, disrupting trade and …

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Why members of Congress decide they 'gotta get out of this place'

It is unclear if Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., and several dozen other lawmakers are channeling The Animals’ frontman Eric Burdon. However, they certainly share the same sentiments. Congress is not a very fun place to be anymore, and that is why lawmakers are skipping out early, retiring even before their term completes next January. A reporter asked Buck about what …

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Milley and McKenzie critical of delays in decision making during Afghanistan withdrawal: 'Far too late'

Former U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie (Ret.) argued that the decision to authorize a non-combatant evacuation during the final days of the U.S. war in Afghanistan came too late during testimony in front of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday. McKenzie, who was in command of all U.S. forces in Afghanistan in the war’s final days noted …

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