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Gen. Kenneth "Frank" McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, told reporters Tuesday he doubted that intelligence of Russian bounties to Taliban fighters actually led to deaths of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, saying, "I found it very worrisome, I just didn't find that there was a causative link there."McKenzie, the top U.S. general in the Middle…

Two congressional "squad" members unveiled a wide-ranging proposal Tuesday to defund police departments and establish a reparations program for African Americans and people harmed by the police and the criminal justice system.Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, both Democrats, announced the BREATHE Act via a virtual conference call. Both lawmakers are part of…

The long twilight struggle for global supremacy between the U.S. and China may soon be fought out in 15-second increments. The Trump administration for the first time has floated the idea of banning the hugely popular video-sharing platform TikTok over concerns that the Chinese-owned social media app could be doubling as a surveillance tool for…

President Trump said Tuesday that he’ll pressure governors to reopen schools in the fall, warning state leaders against using education to “make political statements” about recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. “We’re very much going to put pressure on the governors and everybody else to open the schools,” Mr. Trump said at a White House summit…

ANALYSIS/OPINION: According to the Small Business Administration, there are about 30 million small businesses in the United States. Among them are 6 million companies that each employ up to 500 people. Regardless of which way you look at it, the small business voting bloc is very substantial. So will President Trump win over this group?…