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US tells Ukraine to ‘look hard’ at lowering draft age in Russia war

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US tells Ukraine to ‘look hard’ at lowering draft age in Russia war

The United States is urging Ukraine to “look hard” at removing policy mandates that limit the nation to drafting soldiers aged 25 and up, a senior administration official told Blue Light News on Wednesday. Instead, they’ve suggested lowering the age to 18 which would expand their manpower in the fight against its Russian adversaries…
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Education Department rescinds previous Title IX agreements with schools over gender identity

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Education Department rescinds previous Title IX agreements with schools over gender identity

The Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights said Monday it would rescind Title IX agreements that six schools made with the federal government under past administrations over gender identity. The department said the previous administrations’ enforcement of Title IX was “illegal and burdensome” over “improper use of preferred pronouns” or “asking questions about a student’s preferred ‘gender.’”    Title IX is…
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Trump suggests US could charge toll for Strait of Hormuz passage

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Trump suggests US could charge toll for Strait of Hormuz passage

President Trump suggested Monday that the U.S. could impose its own tolls on vessels trying to transit through the Strait of Hormuz — a strategy employed by Iran as it continues to control the key energy shipping choke point. During a White House press conference, a reporter asked Trump whether he would end the war…
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Trump brushes off questions about potential war crimes in Iran

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Trump brushes off questions about potential war crimes in Iran

President Trump on Monday brushed off questions from reporters about whether strikes on civilian infrastructure in Iran would constitute war crimes. When asked by a New York Times reporter at the White House press briefing if he was concerned that bombing power plants and bridges, as he had threatened to do…
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