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Israeli authorities arrested a 20-year-old American citizen living in the Jerusalem area and accused him of carrying out paid intelligence-gathering missions for Iran, as part of the latest in a series of alleged Iranian recruitment cases inside Israel. The man was arrested June 9 after information from international security partners,…

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A recent $87.6 billion supplemental funding request from the White House to pay for the Iran war and other expenses complicates an already tense budget process in Washington. The supplemental follows the release of a record $1.5 trillion defense budget request in April, putting additional pressure on Congress to sort…

Two Tennessee National Guard members assigned to a crime-fighting patrol in Memphis fatally shot a man Sunday who turned toward the soldiers with a gun during a downtown pursuit, authorities said. The Guard members were part of a troop deployment the Trump administration launched in Tennessee’s second-largest city last fall.…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump mixed partisan politics with patriotic appeals on Saturday as he commemorated the 250th anniversary of American independence, a moment he declared “one of the most joyous and glorious milestones of all time.” Speaking in Washington after storms prompted a roughly two-hour evacuation of the…

A malfunction involving a backup diesel generator aboard a U.S. ballistic missile submarine sent more than 60 sailors and civilian workers for medical evaluation after they were exposed to exhaust fumes, highlighting how systems can pose serious risks inside the confined environment of a submarine. The incident occurred June 22…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s military promoted two officers to the rank of general in what may be a precursor to a reorganization at the top following the removal of several of its leaders in a long-running anti-corruption drive. The shake-up is believed to be part of an effort to reform…

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