Trump orders Pentagon to restart nuclear weapons testing “on an equal basis” with other countries after 33-year halt

[ad_1] Washington — President Trump directed the Pentagon on Wednesday to resume testing of nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with other countries’ tests, possibly ending a decades-long U.S. pause that stretches back to the end of the Cold War. The announcement came moments before Mr. Trump walked into a high-stakes meeting with Chinese President…

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Justice Department puts 2 prosecutors on leave after they signed court docs that described “mob of rioters” on Jan. 6

[ad_1] The Justice Department placed two D.C.-based federal prosecutors on leave after they filed court papers calling the Jan. 6 Capitol siege a “riot” perpetrated by a “mob,” three sources familiar with the matter told CBS News on Wednesday. The papers were submitted Tuesday in the case of Taylor Taranto, who was pardoned by President…

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Trump administration says it struck another alleged drug boat in Pacific, killing 4

[ad_1] The U.S. military carried out another strike on an alleged “narco-trafficking vessel” in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, killing four people, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said — marking the latest boat strike in the Trump administration’s two-month-long campaign of strikes that have killed more than 60 people.  Hegseth posted a video of a boat…

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Former senior DHS official Miles Taylor launches new web tool to plan protests against Trump administration

[ad_1] A former high-ranking homeland security official in the first Trump administration is launching a new online hub Wednesday to facilitate protests and other resistance efforts against President Trump and his policies.  Miles Taylor, a former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, is leading a group of dozens of former national security…

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