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Joint Chiefs, NATO counterparts to discuss Ukraine security guarantees after Trump suggests US air support

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Joint Chiefs, NATO counterparts to discuss Ukraine security guarantees after Trump suggests US air support

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine is hosting his military counterparts from Germany, the U.K., France, Finland and Italy in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday evening, to discuss potential security guarantees for Ukraine to prevent Russian aggression, U.S. officials confirm to Fox News.The high-level talks come on the eve of a NATO Chiefs of Defense meeting, where all 32 allied military leaders are invited to convene virtually […]

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‘Tired of Democracy dying’: Newsom redistricting push faces GOP backlash over voter rights

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‘Tired of Democracy dying’: Newsom redistricting push faces GOP backlash over voter rights

California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom’s redistricting effort is receiving pushback from Republicans in the state assembly who are accusing the Democrats of keeping them in the dark and of "disenfranchising Californians."GOP Assemblywoman Alexandra Macedo, vice chair of the California State Assembly Committee on Elections, slammed Democrats for giving her "barely 24 hours" to examine the redistricting bill before a Tuesday hearing – while Democrats, she claimed, had advance notice.Macedo vowed […]

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Your phone is tracking you even when you think it’s not

Tech/Gear

Your phone is tracking you even when you think it’s not

You know that little GPS icon that pops up when an app is using your location? That’s the polite part. The tip of the iceberg. The warm handshake before your phone whispers your every movement to Big Tech behind your back. Your phone has more than one way to know where you are. Cell towers, Wi-Fi networks, Bluetooth beacons and even background pings track you. If you have an old smartphone, […]

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Florida executes man for 1982 murder of insurance office worker abducted from office

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Florida executes man for 1982 murder of insurance office worker abducted from office

Florida on Tuesday put to death a man convicted of abducting a woman from an insurance office and fatally stabbing her. Kayle Bates, 67, was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m. after a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. His death sentence was handed down after his conviction on first-degree murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and attempted sexual battery charges in the June 14, 1982, killing of Janet White in Florida's […]

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Kristi Noem reveals striking new layer in Trump’s border wall strategy

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Kristi Noem reveals striking new layer in Trump’s border wall strategy

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Tuesday that the entire southern border wall will be painted black as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to increase the effectiveness of the wall as a deterrent.Speaking in front of a portion of the southern border wall in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, Noem explained that the wall would be painted entirely black for the dual purposes of making it heat up more […]

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Chinese national who overstayed visa learns fate for exporting weapons to North Korea

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Chinese national who overstayed visa learns fate for exporting weapons to North Korea

An illegal immigrant accused of exporting shipments of firearms, ammunition and other military items that were concealed inside shipping containers to North Korea was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison. Shenghua Wen, 42, of the Los Angeles suburb of Ontario, had been in federal custody since December 2024 before pleading guilty in June to one count of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and one count […]

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Firefighters cut open playground slide to rescue 40-year-old man stuck inside

Health

Firefighters cut open playground slide to rescue 40-year-old man stuck inside

A Connecticut man has been saved from a slippery situation.An unidentified 40-year-old got himself stuck inside a tube slide at an elementary school playground in Vernon, Connecticut, on Aug. 16.Just after 4:30 p.m., the Town of Vernon Fire Department, Vernon EMS and Vernon Police Department responded and were dispatched to Northeast Elementary School, according to a Facebook post by the fire department.AMERICAN TOURIST FALLS 30 FEET OFF CLIFFSIDE TRAIL IN […]

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Trump calls Smithsonian ‘OUT OF CONTROL’ and orders sweeping review of all museums and programming

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Trump calls Smithsonian ‘OUT OF CONTROL’ and orders sweeping review of all museums and programming

President Donald Trump escalated his battle for American culture with the Smithsonian Institution on Tuesday, ordering a broad review of the nation’s leading museums after blasting them on Truth Social as "the last remaining segment of WOKE."  The move was also formalized in a White House letter released in a letter Aug. 12 to Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch.Trump’s post accused the Smithsonian as well as other museums nationwide of pushing […]

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Trump administration to weigh US citizenship applicants’ ‘positive contributions,’ good moral character

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Trump administration to weigh US citizenship applicants’ ‘positive contributions,’ good moral character

Officers with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) must consider the "positive contributions" of immigrants applying to become U.S. citizens as part of a more "holistic" approach, according to an agency memo. The new policy directs USCIS officers to account for an applicant's positive attributes, rather than simply the absence of misconduct. "Becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen means being an active and responsible member of society instead of just having a right […]

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