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• House Republicans continue Fani Willis investigation, requesting documents from DA employees

  07-02-2025 23:50 via foxnews.com
  
  Rep. Jim Jordan, GOP chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., sent employees from the Fulton County District Attorney's office requests Thursday to hand over documents and interviews related to the Jan. 6 Committee as they continue investigating District Attorney Fani Willis. "The committee previously wrote to District Attorney Willis requesting documents relating to her coordination with the January 6 Select Committee. Because District Attorney Willis has d
  
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• Top federal agency with history of wasteful spending could be next DOGE target

  07-02-2025 23:38 via foxnews.com
  
  Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk’s efforts to clean up waste and fraud in the federal government will soon shift its focus to the Social Security Administration (SSA) in a move likely to create a firestorm with Democrats similar to reactions to the recent measures taken against the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).The SSA, created by the Social Security Act under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 and tasked with establishing a fede
  
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• Mavericks GM getting boost in security for first home game since Luka Dončić trade after death threats: report

  07-02-2025 23:33 via foxnews.com
  
  The Dallas Mavericks will play their first home game since the organization traded Luka Dončić Saturday, and general manager Nico Harrison will be on alert.The trade took the entire sports world by surprise, and Mavs fans have made their displeasure known.The anger is understandable. A 25-year-old global superstar who led the NBA in scoring last year and helped the Mavs to an NBA Finals appearance was traded away.SIGN UP FOR TUBI AND STREAM SUPER BOWL LIX FOR FREEProtests took place ou
  
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• Science museum claims Legos push a 'heteronormative' agenda in LGBTQ tour

  07-02-2025 23:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Britain’s Science Museum has argued that the way children’s Lego bricks fit together reinforces gender and sexuality stereotypes.The Science Museum in the United Kingdom has recently made headlines for its self-guided tour that tells "stories of queer communities, experiences, and identities." This "Seeing Things Queerly" tour at the museum claims that Legos push a "heteronormative" agenda."Like other connectors and fasteners, Lego bricks are often described in a gendered way," the o
  
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• US approves $7.4bn sale of more weapons to Israel used to ravage Gaza

  07-02-2025 23:15 via theguardian.com
  
  State department signs off on bombs and missiles sales that the US claims would help Israel ‘defend its borders’The United States has announced the approval of the sale of more than $7.4bn in bombs, missiles and related equipment to Israel, which has used American-made weapons to devastating effect during the war in Gaza.The state department has signed off on the sale of $6.75bn in bombs, guidance kits and fuses, in addition to $660m in Hellfire missiles, according to the US Defense
  
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• Jessica Alba, Cash Warren file for divorce after 16 years of marriage

  07-02-2025 23:15 via foxnews.com
  
  Jessica Alba and Cash Warren filed paperwork to end their marriage after 16 years.The "Honey" actress submitted a petition for dissolution of marriage with minor children in the Superior Court of Los Angeles on Friday.In the divorce filing, obtained by Fox News Digital, Alba cited irreconcilable differences and listed Dec. 27, 2024, as the date of separation. JESSICA ALBA, CASH WARREN SPLIT AFTER 16 YEARS OF MARRIAGEThe pair requested joint custody for their three children — Honor, 16
  
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• Musk's next target? Trump says DOGE will look at Department of Education, Pentagon funding

  07-02-2025 23:02 via foxnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump has tasked SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk with scrutinizing wasteful spending at the Department of Education and the Pentagon through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Musk is leading.DOGE is tasked with eliminating government spending and waste and streamlining operations and is expected to influence White House policy on budget matters."I’ve instructed him to go check out Education, to check out the Pentagon … and, sadly, you’ll find some
  
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• Spinal cord stimulation restores movement for people with 'muscle wasting' disorder

  07-02-2025 22:55 via foxnews.com
  
  People with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease, usually experience muscle weakness that impacts movement.New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation could improve muscle function for these patients, even restoring the capability to walk.In studies at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, sessions of spinal cord stimulation were shown to restore motor neuron activity and improve muscle strength in the legs for patients with SMA.The finding
  
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• Hall of Fame voter says Eli Manning discussion was one of 'most contentious' ever among committee

  07-02-2025 22:50 via foxnews.com
  
  Eli Manning came up short of Pro Football Hall of Fame induction on Thursday night, and as a matter of fact, he wasn't particularly close.Manning was not inside the top 10 of voting for this year's class, which features just four players: Jared Allen, Eric Allen, Antonio Gates and Sterling Sharpe.The New York Giants legend has been a polarizing figure for the Hall of Fame, even well before he retired. On the one hand, he was never an All-Pro or got an MVP vote. On the other hand, he's responsibl
  
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• Brazil's socialist president tells citizens not to buy expensive grocery items as food prices rise

  07-02-2025 22:43 via foxnews.com
  
  Brazil's leftist president recently told the country's citizens not to purchase expensive grocery items in an effort to combat soaring food prices. In a video being shared online, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva urged Brazilians to be frugal when grocery shopping. "If you go to the supermarket in Salvador and you suspect that a certain product is expensive, don't buy it," he said. "Look, if everyone thought like that and didn't buy things they thought were expensiv
  
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• Priest attacked during service in Washington Catholic church, says Holy Spirit helped him respond

  07-02-2025 22:36 via foxnews.com
  
  A Washington church service was interrupted on Tuesday night as a man stormed the altar, attempting to punch a reverend.Livestream footage shows the moment when Joshua James Sommers ran toward Rev. David Gaines, arms swinging.Gaines was able to largely deflect the attack, but did take some hits.REVEREND WHO URGED TRUMP TO ‘HAVE MERCY’ SAYS HIS CRITICISM OF HER WAS ‘RESPECTFUL’"I've been called athletic, all sorts of things that I've never been called before – but in
  
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• Trump admin makes aggressive move to expand illegal immigrant detention: 'Outside the box'

  07-02-2025 22:33 via foxnews.com
  
  The Trump administration is using federal prisons to house illegal immigrants as part of an expansive deportation operation, Fox News Digital confirmed on Friday.In a statement, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) said it is helping Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) "by housing detainees and will continue to support our law enforcement partners to fulfill the administration's policy objectives."The bureau said that for privacy, safety and security reasons, it does not comment on the legal status
  
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• AOC tells followers to 'lock in' as Trump administration tries to 'flood the zone'

  07-02-2025 22:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., released a blistering 92-minute video condemning the Trump administration and advising followers on how to resist it. Ocasio-Cortez did a livestream on Tuesday where she lamented the Trump administration’s numerous initiatives, telling her followers, "The first order of business is to self-regulate. What authoritarian regimes try to do is that they often try to, what is known as ‘flood the zone,’ do so much at once or try t
  
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• Bill Belichick's girlfriend clarifies jewelry drama, reveals dress motivation

  07-02-2025 22:29 via foxnews.com
  
  After not working in the NFL this season for the first time in nearly five decades, Bill Belichick had to remind everyone who the GOAT is.Belichick attended the NFL Honors wearing all eight of his Super Bowl rings, but his girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, was also showing off some jewelry of her own.It was initially thought Hudson was wearing one of Belichick's eight rings, six of which he won as Patriots head coach and two he won as Giants defensive coordinator.SIGN UP FOR TUBI AND STREAM SUPER BOWL
  
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• Fox News True Crime Newsletter: Bryan Kohberger trial, Menendez brothers resentencing, Ellen Greenberg death

  07-02-2025 22:24 via foxnews.com
  
  SHOPPING TO DIE FOR: Luxury mall's string of murders have one thing in common: retired FBI agent.‘IT WAS O.J.’: Witness testimony suppressed from infamous murder trial casts shadow over verdict.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X‘RETALIATION’: Prosecutors who pushed Menendez brothers resentencing plan to sue new DA.POINT BLANK: Idaho makes key move on firing squad executions ahead of Bryan Kohberger trial.SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER ‘DOESN'T MAKE
  
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• CDC staff told to remove terms like 'non-binary,' 'they/them,' 'pregnant people' from public health material

  07-02-2025 22:21 via foxnews.com
  
  Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been told to remove words frequently associated with progressive gender ideology from research manuscripts that they intend to publish.A screenshot of a leaked internal email sent out to CDC staff, obtained by the newsletter Inside Medicine, showed a list of terms and phrases that must be removed from scientific manuscripts produced by the agency's researchers and intended for publication. Those terms included: "gender
  
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• Maxine Waters, House Dems ripped for 'unhinged' clash with security guard at Education Dept

  07-02-2025 22:20 via foxnews.com
  
  Conservatives on social media blasted Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., after she and other Democrats protesting President Donald Trump attempted to enter the Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., while accosting a security guard in the process. Thirty House Democrats attempted to enter the Department of Education building on Friday morning to meet with acting Education Secretary Denise L. Carter regarding Trump’s plans to significantly downsize or even eliminate the
  
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• Young girl with heart conditions denied being added to transplant list over vaccination status, family says

  07-02-2025 22:18 via foxnews.com
  
  A mother is speaking out after she says her 12-year-old daughter was denied a place on the heart transplant list at Cincinnati Children's Hospital because of her vaccination status.Brayton and Jeneen Deal, who adopted Adaline from China, said she was born with two heart conditions that will now require a transplant.When the Deals were in the process of adopting Adaline, the adoption agency told them to pick another child because "her heart was so bad, she wasn't going to make it," they wrote in
  
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• Taylor Swift super fan Nikki Glaser gets real about why she’s not following Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni drama

  07-02-2025 22:16 via foxnews.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS — Nikki Glaser is staying neutral when it comes to the legal drama between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.During an interview with Fox News Digital, Glaser, who recently received rave reviews for hosting the Golden Globe Awards, shared that she hasn't been keeping up with the legal drama between the "It Ends With Us" co-stars."It's too much reading for me," Glaser explained. "Every time I go, ‘Let me see what’s going on,' I go, 'I don't … I should read an ac
  
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• Trudeau says Trump is serious about wanting to annex Canada

  07-02-2025 22:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister says US president covets northern neighbour’s vast resources as Canadians rally against threatDonald Trump’s recent fixation on absorbing Canada is “a real thing”, Justin Trudeau has told business leaders, warning that the US president wants access to his northern neighbour’s vast supply of critical minerals.The outgoing prime minister was in Toronto for a hastily called summit of business and labour leaders, seeking to coordinate a response Trump&rsq
  
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• Tom Brady speaks glowingly of his parents, gives advice on facing challenges

  07-02-2025 22:09 via foxnews.com
  
  Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady spoke glowingly about his parents and provided great advice for young people who hope to follow in his footsteps one day.FOX’s NFL lead analyst appeared on "Fox & Friends" and recalled a moment before Super Bowl LI against the Atlanta Falcons when he mentioned that his father, Tom Sr., was his hero. Brady was emotional when talking to reporters before that game, and he explained on Friday that his father was helping his mom, Galynn, go through b
  
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• I am a USAID whistleblower. I've got to admit, Musk is mostly right about agency's waste

  07-02-2025 22:04 via foxnews.com
  
  PROGRAMMING ALERT: Watch the author discuss this topic and more on "Jesse Watters Primetime" on Feb. 7 at 8 pm ET.I’m a physician who was suddenly laid off from USAID last month after Elon Musk fed "USAID into the wood chipper."  I should be livid about what Musk is doing to my former employer.  But I’m not; I’m a whistleblower who worked at USAID for eight years, and Musk is (mostly) right about USAID’s dysfunction.As USAID’s fate to be shrunk and subsume
  
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• Trump seems to declare Travis Kelce 'best tight end' even after Taylor Swift's Biden, Harris endorsements

  07-02-2025 21:56 via foxnews.com
  
  It's safe to say the president is looking forward to the Super Bowl.President Donald Trump is expected to attend the Super Bowl in New Orleans Sunday, the first time a sitting president will attend the big game.He's getting a great matchup too, with the Kansas City Chiefs looking become the first team to win three consecutive Lombardi Trophies.SIGN UP FOR TUBI AND STREAM SUPER BOWL LIX FOR FREEOn the other sideline will be the Philadelphia Eagles, who will be playing in their third Super Bowl in
  
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• Sotomayor criticizes presidential immunity case as putting the high court’s legitimacy on the line

  07-02-2025 21:48 via foxnews.com
  
  Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor criticized the Court's 2024 presidential immunity case in her first public appearance since the start of the second Trump term, saying it places the Court's legitimacy on the line. Sotomayor made the comments during an appearance in Louisville, Kentucky, during which she was asked a range of questions, including the public's perception of the high court, according to the Associated Press. Sotomayor's comments are her first in public since President Dona
  
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• Oddsmaker says it is 'an aberration' that Vegas, NFL are in cahoots to benefit Chiefs

  07-02-2025 21:32 via foxnews.com
  
  The consensus is that the Kansas City Chiefs have gotten the benefit of the whistle, but some have taken it a bit far.Rob Gronkowski even admitted in a recent interview with Fox News Digital that he thought "something" was up with the officials.But another about whether the NFL has been benefiting the Chiefs, which in turn is giving sportsbooks some extra money.SIGN UP FOR TUBI AND STREAM SUPER BOWL LIX FOR FREEBut that's not happening, said one longtime oddsmaker."Not buying it. I just think it
  
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• House Republican introduces transgender lawmaker as 'the gentleman ... Mr. McBride' for floor speech

  07-02-2025 21:25 via foxnews.com
  
  Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., referred to Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del. — who identifies as a transgender woman — as "Mr. McBride.""The chair recognizes the gentleman from Delaware, Mr. McBride, for five minutes," Miller said in the House chamber on Thursday."Thank you, Madam Speaker," McBride replied, before proceeding to deliver a speech.While McBride did not respond to Miller's comment, when Miller next recognized Rep. Nanette Barragán, D- Calif., to deliver a speech, Barrag&aacut
  
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• What's on menu for King's Italian dinner with Tucci?

  07-02-2025 21:24 via bbc.com
  
  King Charles praises the culture of Italian cooking as he hosts a dinner ahead of a state visit to Italy.
  
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• Baltimore sues Trump for ditching DEI: ‘Attacks anyone who dares to celebrate diversity’

  07-02-2025 21:20 via foxnews.com
  
  Baltimore and its Democratic mayor have teamed up with progressive groups to file a lawsuit aimed at stopping President Donald Trump’s executive orders that dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion "programs and preferencing" as the president described in one of his directives.Baltimore's Mayor Brandon Scott – along with the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, American Association of University Professors, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United – f
  
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• Hamas names next hostages to be freed in exchange for Palestinian prisoners

  07-02-2025 21:19 via bbc.com
  
  The three civilians will be exchanged for more Palestinian prisoners in the latest swap on Saturday.
  
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• Eagles vs. Chiefs: Why some fans are hoping neither team wins the Super Bowl

  07-02-2025 21:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  Haters are going to hate both the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs as they shake it into the Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday.
  
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• Swedish school shooting victims were seven women and three men

  07-02-2025 21:02 via bbc.com
  
  Families have been identifying victims of the attack - all between 28 and 68 years old.
  
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• British couple named after deaths at French home

  07-02-2025 20:42 via bbc.com
  
  Police are investigating after the bodies of Andrew and Dawn Searle were found by a neighbour.
  
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• Trump delays key piece of China tariff plan amid threats to other countries

  07-02-2025 20:18 via theguardian.com
  
  President halts plan to put tariffs on low-value packages but says he will impose duties on more countries next weekDonald Trump halted a key part of his tariff attack on China on Friday, as he threatened to impose new US duties on goods from many more countries next week.Plans to ensure shipments from China to the US worth less than $800 still face tariffs – removing the longstanding duty-free status of low-cast packages – have been delayed to give more time to federal agencies to p
  
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• Andrew aide asks court to withhold testimony on alleged spy

  07-02-2025 20:14 via bbc.com
  
  Dominic Hampshire said he would not have given evidence had he known it could be made public.
  
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• Netanyahu: 'No future' in Gaza unless 'Hamas destroyed' amid concern for hostages

  07-02-2025 20:13 via foxnews.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday warned that the only way Gaza can see a peaceful future is if Hamas is "destroyed," though the tough rhetoric out of Washington this week has hostage families, and at least one former hostage, concerned that it could jeopardize the safe return of the hostages still held by the terrorist group."I was deeply moved by the reception that we got, the substantive things that we discussed, making sure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon, and also ma
  
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• U.S. government spending items have always been searchable. Why this time is different.

  07-02-2025 19:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  It took more than eight years for former Clinton administration adviser Elaine Kamarck to cut approximately 426,000 jobs, 16,000 pages and $136 billion — in 1990s dollars — from the federal government.
  
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• If the UK has more renewable energy, why aren't bills coming down?

  07-02-2025 19:10 via bbc.com
  
  The government has pledged to reduce energy bills by using more renewables, but bills are currently rising.
  
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• 'He was trying to get on top of me' - woman accuses surviving Fayed brother of sexual assault

  07-02-2025 18:54 via bbc.com
  
  Frances is one woman accusing Ali Fayed of sexually assaulting them. He denies the claims and says the incidents "never took place".
  
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• Weekend winter storm to drop snow and freezing rain from Midwest to Northeast

  07-02-2025 18:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  A weekend winter storm will bring biting temperatures and dump several inches of snow on areas from the Midwest to Northeast.
  
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• 15 things Trump and his team did this week

  07-02-2025 18:47 via bbc.com
  
  In his third week back in office, Trump took action on issues from transgender competitors in women's sports to Gaza.
  
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• Woman arrested after sports reporter in Louisiana covering Super Bowl is found dead in hotel room

  07-02-2025 18:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Louisiana woman with a history of "drugging men" and stealing their credit cards was arrested following the death of a TV reporter who was in town for the Super Bowl, police said Friday.
  
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• Man City launch new legal claim against Premier League rules

  07-02-2025 18:26 via bbc.com
  
  Manchester City launch a fresh legal challenge against the Premier League over new rules governing sponsorship deals.
  
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• House Democrats denied entry to the Department of Education

  07-02-2025 18:22 via nbcnews.com
  Democratic members of Congress were denied entry to the Department of Education for a meeting with acting Secretary Denise Carter when a security officer would not allow them inside.
  
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• Gino D'Acampo's ITV shows removed from schedule

  07-02-2025 18:21 via bbc.com
  
  Family Fortunes and Secrets of the South are pulled as the chef faces inappropriate behaviour claims.
  
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• What do Trump’s tariffs mean for US-China trade?

  07-02-2025 18:11 via theguardian.com
  
  The US president hopes tariffs will help close the huge trade gap by potentially pressuring Beijing into a new dealDonald Trump postponed his threat to tax all imports from Mexico and Canada this week, citing action by those countries against migration and drug smuggling; but it was telling that tariffs on China went ahead.When it comes to the US’s neighbours, Trump’s Treasury secretary, the hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, made clear in a Fox News interview that tariffs are essenti
  
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• UK and dozens of countries back International Criminal Court after Trump sanctions

  07-02-2025 18:07 via bbc.com
  
  A majority of member states, including the UK, Germany and France, said the court was "vital" for international justice.
  
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• Trump sanctions on ICC protects US military and government officials, former NSC staffer says

  07-02-2025 18:07 via foxnews.com
  
  JERUSALEM - President Donald Trump's executive order sanctioning the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) will prevent a slippery slope of U.S. military and government officials facing prosecution from a nebulous judicial bureaucracy in the Netherlands, argue critics of the global criminal body.Richard Goldberg, a former Trump official who served on his first National Security Council, told Fox News Digital, "This is a critical first step in defending American soldiers and officials fr
  
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• No 'needle' with Ireland despite winless run - Townsend

  07-02-2025 17:42 via bbc.com
  
  Gregor Townsend says he does not view Scotland's Six Nations showdown with Ireland on Sunday as a "needle game", and insists ending a 10-match losing run to the Irish provides no extra motivation.
  
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• Class is in session at HillmanTok, TikTok’s accidental university

  07-02-2025 17:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  A network of Black educators, experts and content creators have worked together to form HillmanTok University, where people can find expertise on more than 400 subjects.
  
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• Sweden plans tighter gun laws after deadly school shooting

  07-02-2025 17:37 via bbc.com
  
  Police confirm seven women and three men - aged between 28 and 68 - were killed in the country's worst mass shooting.
  
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