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Nigeria’s government, as well as experts and scholars, have previously said that Trump’s portrayal of the security situation in the West African country is misleading, as members of all faiths have suffered at the hands of Islamist extremists and other groups. On Wednesday night, a blast at a mosque in northeast Nigeria killed five people and injured 35. -
Years after the United States formally shelved its electromagnetic railgun program, there appears to be renewed interest in the technology, a weapon system no nation has yet mastered. This purported revival aligns with the bold new Trump-class battleships.
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Eighty years ago, American troops were home for Christmas for the first time in years. For the previous four years, troops had faced holidays away from family, and in whatever conditions the war presented, from snowless tropics to brutal winters of northern Europe. But even in the most expansive footprint of the war, cooks, supply troops, and even frontline leaders did their best to make sure Christmas dinner wasn’t forgotten.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against President Trump on Tuesday, refusing to reinstate, for now, Trump’s ability to send National Guard troops into the state of Illinois over the objections of the governor.
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The Posse Comitatus Act (PCA), codified in 18 U.S.C. 1385, is a federal law limiting the use of the U.S. military as part of domestic law enforcement. It prohibits the president from unilaterally deploying federal troops or the National Guard to states in order to fight local crime. An exception is based on the Insurrection Act, allowing the president exclusive authority to deploy troops to prevent rebellions intended to overthrow the government.
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