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An FBI agent last year tried to get colleagues to open a criminal investigation into Elon Musk after DOGE sent an email asking government employees to name five things they accomplished in a week.

A NATO fighter jet shot down a drone in Lithuanian airspace early Tuesday, a day after a Russian warship fired flares at a Danish military helicopter operating in the Baltic Sea.

FBI Director Kash Patel returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee expected to feature contentious exchanges with Democrats skeptical of his leadership.

A fuel shortage in Yemen is hampering the movement of people fleeing the country's escalating fighting and seeking safety across the Red Sea in Djibouti, with the U.N. migration agency warning that more Yemenis are ready to make the crossing by boat.

Houthi rebels said Tuesday that Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes on four of its enclaves in Yemen, after the Iran-backed militia attacked three cities in the kingdom.

In a number of California strip-mall restaurants, next to the hours-of-operation sticker and the contactless-payment logo, hangs a small window decal: a fork and knife inside a circle, alongside the words "We Accept EBT."

A Houthi official said Tuesday that Saudi warplanes struck Yemen, killing three people, including two children, while Human Rights Watch accused the Houthi rebels of possible war crimes with their attacks on commercial vessels.

"The Pitt" won the Emmy Award for best drama series for the second straight year on Monday night, along with best actor for star Noah Wyle.

The Pentagon is investing nearly half a billion dollars in a Maine-based defense manufacturing company to help break China's chokehold on tungsten, a chemical element used to produce armor-piercing ammunition and missile components.

The Supreme Court declined Monday to revive President Trump's attempt to use the post office to police mailed ballots in this year's election, delivering a major blow to his hopes of controlling voting practices.