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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threaten US commanders in Qatar: ‘Watch your heads’ + Walz, Frey subpoenaed as DOJ probes ICE crackdown on protesters + Ukraine’s peace team lands in US for Miami talks with Kushner, WitkoffDOJ Launches Probe - Walz and Frey Investigated
The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged obstruction of federal immigration enforcement, issuing subpoenas and escalating a major federal state clash.
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3,000 - Reported deaths in Iran protests according to rights groups
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"I may put a tariff on countries if they don’t go along with Greenland" — President Donald Trump
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