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Hegseth boosts battleground Republican during Wisconsin trip

DAYTON, Ohio, and EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boosted a front-line House Republican on Tuesday during a day trip to Midwest battlegrounds two weeks before the midterm elections, in which Republicans are facing an uphill fight to keep control of Congress. Hegseth, who completed his second visit to Wisconsin this year, talked...

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Russia Frees American Stephen Hubbard After 4-Year DetentionStephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired American teacher from Michigan, is now on his way back to the United States after being detained in a Russian prison for more than four years. Russia accused him of fighting with the Ukrainian military, an allegation his family has always denied. NBC's Raf Sanchez reports for TODAY.

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How Saudi Arabia's defense vulnerabilities could become Trump's problem amid Houthi onslaughtSaudi Arabia seeks foreign allies to counter Houthi missiles and drones as Trump weighs whether to launch direct U.S. military strikes on Yemen.

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Burkina Faso Revives Death Penalty as Junta Battles InsurgencyBurkina Faso’s military rulers reinstated the death penalty for terrorism, treason and espionage, giving the junta a powerful legal tool it can use against perceived threats to its rule.

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New data show cleared employees are bigger targets than everThe FBI alerted contractors that North Korean IT workers are trying to obtain positions with cleared defense companies and others with government contracts.

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Military’s Sci-Fi Heat Ray Weapon Could Soon Be Headed To Southern Border‘continually evaluating new technology’

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US pulls personnel from Saudi Arabia as kingdom comes under Houthi fireTrump weighs direct military strikes against the Houthis as deadly attacks on Saudi Arabia escalate and Riyadh urgently seeks U.S. interceptors.

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GOP's midterm headaches just got worse as JD Vance defends ‘atrocious’ ad: conservativeCNN conservative commentator S.E. Cupp warned Wednesday that Vice President JD Vance only made Republicans’ election headaches worse by defending a controversial campaign ad targeting a Democratic gubernatorial candidate. “Seems an odd choice to not only double down and defend such an atrocious and impolitic ad, but to reprimand any Republicans who have…

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Turning defense data chaos into mission advantage: The necessity of federated AIThe next mission-critical dataset a warfighter needs will rarely be sitting in the platform built to serve them.

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