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Secret Service director, grilled by lawmakers on the Trump assassination attempt, says ‘we failed’

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said Monday that her agency failed in its mission to protect former President Donald Trump during a highly contentious congressional hearing with lawmakers of both major political parties demanding she resign over security failures that allowed a gunman to scale a roof and open fire

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Estonia’s new government is formally appointed. Its first priority is to improve state finances

Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s president has formally appointed a new government after lawmakers in the Baltic country gave the green light to Prime Minister-designate Kristen Michal’s three-party coalition Cabinet. The Cabinet will focus on improving Estonia’s ailing state finances, by raising income tax, value added tax and the excise tax on on alcohol,

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Bodycam video reveals chaotic scene of deputy fatally shooting Sonya Massey, who called 911 for help

Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Sonya Massey ducked and apologized to an Illinois sheriff’s deputy seconds before he shot the Black woman three times in her home, with one fatal blow to the head, as seen in body camera video released Monday. An Illinois grand jury indicted former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson,

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Brazil’s Lula urges Venezuela’s Maduro to respect vote results, is ‘frightened’ by talk of bloodbath

Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro should respect the results of the elections scheduled for Sunday. Lula also says he is frightened by Maduro’s reference to a possible bloodbath.  In recent weeks, Maduro and allies have increased their references to post-election violence.

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US ambassador announces $60 million in aid and new resources for police during visit to Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has announced $60 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Haiti during a trip to the troubled Caribbean country. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield also says the U.S. Department of Defense would provide a “significant number” of mine-resistant vehicles to a U,N.-backed, multinational security mission led by

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Pakistan police raid former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party office and arrest its spokesman

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Interior Ministry says police have raided the imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s political party office in Islamabad and arrested its spokesman for carrying out anti-state propaganda. In a statement on Monday, the ministry said officers also arrested Ahmad Janjua, a media coordinator for Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or PTI party. Janjua

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