Hegseth summons generals to mysterious meeting

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered hundreds of generals to a mysterious meeting, new details reveal the Dallas ICE shooter was targeting agents, and Trump signs order approving new TikTok deal

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1 | Hegseth has ordered hundreds of generals to a meeting. Nobody knows what it's about

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2 | Trump signs executive order paving way for China's sale of TikTok to US 

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3 | Dallas shooter left notes that he wanted to 'maximize lethality' against ICE

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4 | 'Every day, every hour, I get closer to coming home,' Diddy says as judge hears arguments for his acquittal

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5 | Oklahoma's education chief, who mandated Bibles in public schools, resigns

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The moment Pam Bondi's Justice Department and the FBI quietly dropped a memo on the Fourth of July weekend, attempting to draw a line under the Jeffrey Epstein files saga, it was "like a bomb went off" in the White House, a new report reveals.

For President Donald Trump's administration, the handling of the Epstein case has been a chaotic summer of "disorganization," high-stakes strategy meetings in the Situation Room, "finger-pointing," and a series of "unforced errors," The Wall Street Journal reports.

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