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Pentagon appeals order blocking Sen. Mark Kelly’s punishment for call to resist unlawful ordersFeb 24, 2026 9:09 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is appealing a judge's order that blocks him from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders, according to a court filing on Tuesday.
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From Cabinet secretary to doomsday president: What being the designated survivor is likeFeb 24, 2026 9:05 pm - They typically start the day as low-profile Cabinet secretaries. They end it that way, too, God willing. But when the rest of the government is gathered together for a big event, like President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday night, a designated survivor is kept away to ensure someone in the line of leadership succession stays alive.
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House rejects bill requiring aircraft locator systems to prevent midair collisions like last year’sFeb 24, 2026 7:30 pm - The House failed to approve a bill Tuesday that was crafted after last year’s tragic midair collision near Washington, D.C., to require all aircraft flying around busy airports to have key locator systems to prevent such crashes. The collision of an airliner and an Army helicopter killed 67 people in January 2025.
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Hegseth warns Anthropic to let the military use the company’s AI tech as it sees fit, AP sources sayFeb 24, 2026 7:24 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic's CEO a Friday deadline to open the company's artificial intelligence technology for unrestricted military use or risk losing its government contract, according to a person familiar with their meeting Tuesday.
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Ex-ICE instructor testifies that agency slashed officer training, lied to CongressFeb 24, 2026 4:39 pm - A former instructor for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday accused the agency of dramatically slashing training standards for new officers and lying to Congress about it as the Trump administration seeks to rapidly expand its mass deportation operation.
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Even though marijuana is legal in Illinois, clearing old criminal records still a challengeFeb 22, 2026 3:55 pm - Illinois residents can face long delays in clearing their marijuana-related records even after judges approve expungement and sealing orders. Although law enforcement agencies have 60 days to comply with court orders, records can still appear in background checks until the state police update their database and issue a confirmation letter.
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Ghislaine Maxwell fights release of more Epstein documents, calling disclosure law unconstitutionalFeb 21, 2026 9:32 pm - Lawyers for imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell are fighting the requested release of 90,000 pages related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell, saying a law used to force the public release of millions of documents is unconstitutional.
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US ambassador causes uproar by claiming Israel has a right to much of the Middle EastFeb 21, 2026 9:29 pm - Arab and Muslim nations on Saturday sharply condemned comments by the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who said Israel has a right to much of the Middle East.
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Trump banner on Justice Dept. building draws authoritarian comparisonsFeb 21, 2026 7:43 pm - A new banner hanging along the facade of the Justice Department’s headquarters in Washington is sparking criticism from Democrats and a former FBI director, who suggest that it exemplifies President Donald Trump’s encroachment on the agency, which has long prided itself on being independent from the White House.
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JPMorgan concedes it closed Trump’s accounts after Jan. 6 attackFeb 21, 2026 7:34 pm - JPMorgan Chase acknowledged for the first time that it closed the bank accounts of President Donald Trump and several of his businesses in the political and legal aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021 attacks on the U.S. Capitol, the latest development in a legal saga over the controversial practice of “debanking.”