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The Black Hawk pilots who collided with an American Airlines plane last month may not have heard vital information given by air traffic control to fly behind the passenger jet seconds before the crash, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) revealed Friday. Seventeen seconds before impact, a radio transmission from the control tower directed the Black Hawk to pass behind the jet. But data from the Army helicopter indicated …
Vance says Trump has ‘broad’ range of options in talks with Russia on Ukraine war
Full StoryUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday the U.S. did not want Ukraine to join NATO even before the Trump administration began changing the country’s approach toward the Russia-Ukraine war. “The U.S. never saw us in NATO, they just spoke about it. They really didn’t want us in NATO,” Zelensky said at the Munich Security Conference. He went on to say that if Ukraine is not able to join the actual …
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in the Middle East over the weekend, with stops in Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.Eric Adams preparing ‘for ICE agents to operate on Rikers Island’
Full Story Hegseth team invites far-right activist Jack Posobiec on overseas trip (The Washington Post) Pentagon offers few details on Hegseth's $137,000 housing upgrades, but secretary will pay rent (Military.com)Interior Department fires 2,300 employees after OPM directive
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said she will file a resolution to censure Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) over his comment to “bring actual weapons to this … Read more
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