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Israel stares down ‘ring of fire’ as Iran pledges retaliation

Security officials in Israel and the U.S. have been scrambling for days to bolster the Jewish state’s defenses following the back-to-back assassinations of Hezbollah and Hamas terror leaders last week. Iran on Monday gave credence to security concerns after it claimed stability in the region could only be achieved by “punishing” Israel for its alleged...

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‘Deeply disappointing’: Durbin calls on Austin to reinstate controversial plea deals for 9/11 terrorists

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., pleaded with Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to reinstate plea deals that were struck with three accused masterminds behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks after they were revoked last week. “I urge Secretary Austin to reverse this deeply disappointing decision, which denies finality and justice to...

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How the US used AI to take on the Taliban amid drawdown

Many have questioned the lessons learned from the 20-year war in Afghanistan following the chaotic withdrawal and subsequent Taliban takeover, but one major accomplishment from the U.S.’s time fighting the Taliban has emerged – the use of Artificial Intelligence to track terrorist attacks. In 2019, U.S. and coalition forces began drawing down their troop presence...

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Plea deal reversal for 9/11 terrorists wins praise and demands for justice from victims groups, Republicans

The stunning reversal Friday of a plea deal for the mastermind behind the Sept. 11 terror attacks and his accomplices won praise and demands for justice from victims groups and Republican lawmakers. “The Biden-Harris Administration is correct to reverse course after receiving letters from @GOPoversight and @HASCRepublicans launching investigations into this terrible plea deal,” House...

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Watchdog claims victory over Pentagon animal testing as lawmakers demand accounting of taxpayer funds

After several lawmakers criticized the Pentagon for sanctioning painful experiments on dogs, an animal-testing watchdog group said the Defense Department is only the latest agency to be exposed. Now, one-by-one, departments have been forced to put a stop to it. One month after Fox News reported on the matter, representatives Young Kim, R-Calif., and Donald...

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'Band of killers': Major House committee launches probe into 'unconscionable' 9/11 plea deal

FIRST ON FOX: A top House committee is launching an investigation into the U.S. government’s plea deal with the three alleged terrorists behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., of the House Armed Services Committee, wrote to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday demanding documents related to the plea deal, including...

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Iran reportedly convenes terror proxies to plot assassination response, Israel 'strongly prepared in defense'

Two high-profile assassinations in the Middle East prompted Iran to hold a meeting with representatives from its proxy groups to plan a response to those deaths, for which Iranian officials have blamed Israel. Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, speaking Thursday at a funeral for the group’s “No.2” commander Fuad Shukr, claimed that “Israelis are happy now”...