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Lawmakers move to limit Trump’s war powers as Israel

Washington — Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are looking to limit President Trump’s ability to order U.S. strikes on Iran amid its ongoing war with Israel, emphasizing that only Congress has the power to declare war under the Constitution. “This is not our war,” Republican Rep. Thomas Massie …

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Death toll in Air India plane crash rises to 270 as more bodies are located by recovery teams

Search and recovery teams continued scouring the site of one of India’s worst aviation disasters for a third day after the Air India flight fell from the sky and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday. The London-bound Boeing 787 struck a medical college hostel in …

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Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman killed, state Sen. John Hoffman injured in targeted shootings. Here’s what we know.

A suspect in custody has been charged with murder following targeted shootings that killed one Minnesota lawmaker and injured another. Gov. Tim Walz called the shootings “politically motivated” in a news briefing on Saturday.  State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were fatally shot at their home in Brooklyn Park, Walz …

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