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has died at the age of 84.

Cheney served as White House chief of staff, a defense secretary, and in Congress.

He was vice president under the George W. Bush administration and is credited as being the chief architect of the war on terror.

Cheney was a hardline conservative and critic of President Trump.

He voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in 2024.

Firings continue at the Justice Department.

Four FBI special agents who worked on the investigation into Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election have lost their jobs.

The Pentagon says the military has attacked another small boat in the eastern Pacific.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says two people were killed in the latest strike that brings to at least 66.

The number of people killed in U.S.

strikes on suspected drug boats in the Pacific and in the Caribbean.

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futures are lower in after-hours trading on Wall Street following Tuesday's losses.

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President Trump has heaped praise on Japan's new leader, Sanae Takeuchi, during their meeting in Tokyo.

Trump said Takeuchi would be one of the great prime ministers and welcomed her pledge to accelerate Japan's military buildup and to buy U.S.-made defense equipment.

The two leaders signed deals on trade in critical minerals, and the BBC's Tokyo correspondent Shama Khalil has details.