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Dem senator accuses Pentagon of murder with boat strikes targeting drug traffickers

  • Sen. Tim Kaine accuses Trump administration of killing innocent people in boat strikes
  • Letter dated 3 August calls victims "murder victims"
  • White House defends strikes as action against drug cartels and narcoterrorism

Democratic Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia has accused the Trump administration of unlawfully killing innocent people through military strikes on boats suspected of drug trafficking. In a letter to President Donald Trump dated 3 August, Kaine said an examination of the evidence suggested some of those killed were…

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Trump taking economic message to California

President Trump will travel to California and Nevada to sell his economic message this week with stops in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. On Tuesday, the president will attend a Republican National Committee dinner at Trump National Golf Club in Los Angeles. He will then head to Las…

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Trump DOJ corners school district with 7-day ultimatum over trans policy keeping parents in the dark

  • DOJ threatens Maryland school district with lawsuit over parental notification
  • Harmeet Dhillon's letter alleges secret gender transition without parental consent
  • District given seven days to change its disclosure policy or face litigation

The US Department of Justice has threatened to sue a Maryland school district after alleging it secretly facilitated a student's gender transition without informing or obtaining consent from the child's parents. In a letter dated 29 July, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon accused Anne Arundel County Public Schools…

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Kamala Harris leaves Biden off list of top three ‘most effective’ presidents

  • Harris names FDR, JFK and Obama as top three presidents.
  • Biden, her former running mate, was left off the list.
  • Comments made at a public event on Friday.

Kamala Harris named Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama as the three most effective US presidents during a public appearance, notably omitting her former running mate Joe Biden from the list. The remark has drawn attention as it comes amid wider Democratic Party tensions over…

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Trump REJECTS Iran’s ‘duplicitous’ claims that peace talks aren’t happening… after desperate leaked email shows his war chiefs in panic mode

  • Trump denies Iran's claim that peace talks have stalled
  • Calls Iran's statements on the matter "duplicitous"
  • Leaked email reportedly shows Trump's war chiefs alarmed

Donald Trump has publicly rejected claims from Iran that peace negotiations between the two countries are not under way, branding Tehran's denials "duplicitous". The dispute comes after a leaked internal email reportedly revealed that senior US military and administration officials were in a state of alarm over the…

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Apple takes UK government to tribunal over iCloud encryption demand

  • Apple sues UK government at tribunal over renewed iCloud "back door" demand
  • New order covers only British users, unlike original UK/US request
  • Case runs alongside Privacy International and Liberty's related IPT complaint

Apple has filed a legal complaint at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) challenging a fresh UK government demand for "back door" access to encrypted iCloud data, after the Home Office previously abandoned a similar request last year following a transatlantic dispute with Washington. The company is disputing the…

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