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US Deploys Carrier Strike Group to South America - Major Escalation

The Pentagon ordered a Gerald R Ford carrier strike group to South American waters amid strikes on suspected drug vessels and rising tensions with Venezuela, prompting Maduro to accuse the US of inventing a pretext for conflict

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130 million - Anonymous donation accepted to pay U S troops during the government shutdown

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"I am not done" — Kamala Harris

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