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WATCH: Vance says Trump likes to 'switch it up' by posting AI video of Kharg Island bombing

The vice president spoke to reporters before he flew to Michigan on Monday about the AI video that President Donald Trump posted on social media over the weekend that featured a stylized imaginary attack on Iran's Kharg Island, which is key to its oil exports and Trump has repeatedly threatened.

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Hosting G20 meeting, Bessent tries to rally allies on Iran as tariffs strain ties

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is meeting with finance ministers of the world's largest economies this week at a time when the United States has disrupted the international order with aggressive tariffs on major allies and an unpopular war on Iran.

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Treasury Department blocks certain journalists from covering G20 meeting

The New York Times said in a statement that denying American journalists access to an event in the U.S. is "not just another disturbing effort by the administration to undermine independent journalism, but a blatant attempt to evade public scrutiny."

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Trump says U.S. has entered deal with Venezuela to control 65 billion barrels of its oil reserves

The announcement of the deal comes nearly nine months after the U.S. military at Trump's direction carried out an operation toΒ capture Venezuela's president NicolΓ‘s MaduroΒ and spirit him to the United States to face federal narcoterrorism and drug trafficking charges.

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National parks under strain from Trump's construction projects and political pressure

Americans continue to flock to the national parks, with more than 320 million visitors in the last year alone. But that broad appeal is facing new political pressures, from orders to revise exhibits to President Trump's construction projects. Amna Nawaz discussed the state of national parks with Tiernan Sittenfeld, the president and CEO of the National Parks Conservation Association.

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National Park Service backs Trump's arch, despite its impact on key Washington sightlines

A new National Park Service report backs President Donald Trump's proposed arch, despite what it says are adverse effects to the sightline between a host of iconic landmarks in Washington, including the Washington Monument and Lincoln and Jefferson memorials.

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Judge says Pentagon's measures against Anthropic were 'illegal and baseless'

A federal judge has ruled in favor of artificial intelligence company Anthropic in its legal battle against the Pentagon after the government labeled the company as a supply chain risk earlier this year.

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Judge questions why Kennedy Center is moving so quickly to return Trump's name to building

Just seconds after the Trump administration's lawyer, Bradley Mayers, began making his case at a nearly two-hour hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Cooper interrupted to ask why the center needed to begin inscribing the president's name on the institution's facade as soon as Sept. 8.

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