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TL/DR - According to sources close to Donald Trump, the former president has plans to deploy potentially hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops to close the southern border and build new immigrant detention camps if he wins a second term. Trump's team reportedly wants to treat migrant crossings as a "war" on American soil and is seeking legal…

TL/DR - Jack Allen Case, a 39-year-old man from Grand Rapids, Michigan, was sentenced to a minimum of three years in prison for hitting a police cruiser head-on while driving with a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit. At the time of the crash, Case already had two other impaired driving convictions on his record and the…

TL/DR - The annual defense authorization bill passed the House by a vote of 310-118, despite opposition from conservatives who sought to embed the legislation with provisions targeting Pentagon policies on abortion, diversity, and LGBTQ+ rights. The $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) allows for expanded military partnerships…

TL/DR - A US intelligence assessment reports that nearly half of Israel's air-to-ground munitions used in its war with Hamas in Gaza since October 7 have been unguided or "dumb bombs". The use of these less precise munitions, which pose a greater threat to civilians, may be contributing to the high civilian death toll in the densely populated…