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JUST IN: ​Trump says American forces in Nigeria have killed ISIS' second-in-command

TRUMP: U.S. AND NIGERIAN FORCES ELIMINATED ABU-BILAL AL-MINUKI, SECOND-IN-COMMAND OF ISIS GLOBALLY, IN JOINT OPERATION IN AFRICA.

JUST IN: The US is now projected to criminally charge 94-year-old former leader of Cuba, Raul Castro. 57% chance. polymarket.com/event/us-feder…

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 Jerome Powell officially steps down after 8 years as Federal Reserve Chair.

BREAKING: U.S. and Israeli defense officials are actively engaged in intense preparations and formulating target banks for the possible resumption of combat operations against Iran as early as next week, per CNN

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇱 US and Israeli military officials prepare targets for possible strikes on Iran as early as next week, CNN reports.

Jerome Powell's tenure as Federal Reserve Chair officially ends after 8 years.

BREAKING UPDATE: A firefighter is dead and several others are in serious or critical condition after a fire led to an explosion at a Maine lumber mill, authorities say. on.nbcboston.com/4wd7EC8

BREAKING: Multiple casualties in fire and explosion at lumber mill in Searsmont, Maine. - Spectrum News/WMTW

BREAKING: Israeli assassination attempt of Ezzadin Al-Hadad in Rimal, Gaza. He is the head of the military wing of Hamas.

BREAKING: Israel has conducted a targeted assassination against the leader of Hamas' military wing Izz al-Din al-Haddad in Gaza Initial assessments that the attack was successful

A federal appeals court rules this week that President Trump doesn’t need to pay an $83 million defamation award to writer E. Jean Carroll until the Supreme Court either reviews the case or decides to pass on it. nbcnews.com/politics/donal…

🇺🇸⚡- According to Jesse Watters, the CIA raided Tulsi Gabbard’s office, taking boxes of files relating to the JFK assassination and MK Ultra, which were set to be declassified.

CIA seized 40 boxes of JFK and MK-ULTRA files that were being processed by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) for declassification.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇨🇳 President Trump says Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Apple's Tim Cook, and other top US CEOs are on Air Force One heading to China.

81 Labour MPs have publicly called for UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign, according to The Times.

BREAKING: Number of Labour MPs who are calling for UK PM Keir Starmer to resign have reached 70, including Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, according to BBC.

NEW: Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, California, has been charged with acting as an illegal foreign agent for China, the Justice Department announced on Monday. Wang agreed to plead guilty, the Justice Department said. abcnews.link/IntbpBy

The mayor of Arcadia, Eileen Wang, 58, has been charged in federal court with acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Details: justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/a…

Arcadia mayor Eileen Wang admits acting as foreign agent for China in plea deal trib.al/sEhGV17