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Some host city officials raised the alarm last week that fan plans would be canceled or scaled back if federal money didn't come through. L.A. officials seem less concerned.
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Dozens of teachers, parents and union leaders showed up at a meeting Thursday to oppose the layoff decision.
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His remarks are the first public ones to reporters since the U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran began Saturday despite weeks of talks designed to stave off a conflict. -
The war over Iran engulfed more of the Middle East and beyond as strikes intensified, Iran-backed groups stepped up attacks and a fourth U.S. service member was killed.
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Rep. James Comer, Republican Chair of the Oversight Committee, joined Democrats in pledging to investigate the Justice Department for its handling of missing Epstein files related to President Trump.
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