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Australian soldier killed, five injured in training exercise
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Australian soldier killed, five injured in training exercise

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Australian soldier killed, five injured in training exercise
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Australian soldier killed, five injured in training exercise

An Australian soldier was killed and five others were injured during a training exercise this week, officials said Tuesday.

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Tillis says Trump impeachment over Jan 6 was ‘weighty,’ a ‘vote of no confidence’
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Tillis says Trump impeachment over Jan 6 was ‘weighty,’ a ‘vote of no confidence’

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Monday said President Trump’s impeachment in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill attack was “weighty” and his impeachment trial was a “vote of no confidence.” MS NOW’s Ari Melber spoke with Tillis on “The Beat,” where the two talked about Tillis’s upcoming book “How to Lose Friends and…

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Trump says he will pay for ‘Patriotic Ads’ himself after facing backlash from Democrats
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Trump says he will pay for ‘Patriotic Ads’ himself after facing backlash from Democrats

President Trump on Monday said he will pay for the controversial “Patriotic Ads” after backlash mounted in response to the ads being funded by taxpayers. “The Radical Left is upset with the fact that I am taking Ads, which I consider to be a positive promotion for our Great U.S.A., and paying for them with…

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Trump approves death by firing squad for convicted terrorist
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Trump approves death by firing squad for convicted terrorist

Nidal Malik Hasan, a convicted terrorist who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Ft. Hood in 2009, has been sentenced to death by firing squad, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announced Monday on the social platform X. Parnell said that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “recommended” it, and President Trump “approved” it. Hasan killed 13 people…

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Trump announces steps to lower high cost of diesel
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Trump announces steps to lower high cost of diesel

President Trump announced on Monday that his administration will take a series of steps aimed at lowering high diesel costs. The president had been expected to announce a directive aiming to increase the availability of red-dyed diesel. This diesel simply has red dye added to it to signal that it is tax exempt and is…

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Tillis calls Hegseth vote his ‘biggest regret’
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Tillis calls Hegseth vote his ‘biggest regret’

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) wrote in his upcoming book that he views his confirmation vote for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as the “biggest regret of my career.” Tillis’s upcoming memoir “How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents,” out Tuesday, breaks down how he was skeptical of allegations made about Hegseth’s treatment of women, style of…

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