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This is a Fox News alert. I'm Chris DeMeo. The U.S. and Israel launching a joint attack on Iran this morning. Israel's defense minister declaring a state of emergency across the country.
What recent military actions have occurred between the U.S. and Iran?
Witnesses also report seeing thick smoke from an explosion in downtown Tehran, Iran's capital. Iranian state TV acknowledging the blast without providing more details. The apparent strike in Iran's capital happening near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. It wasn't immediately clear whether the 86-year-old Hamani had been in his offices at the time. He hasn't been seen publicly in days as tensions with the U.S. have grown. Israeli airspace has also been shut down. Former President Bill Clinton has wrapped up his deposition before the House Oversight Committee about his ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Former President Bill Clinton, who is not accused of any wrongdoing, faced hours of grilling by Congress members, telling them he, quote, did nothing wrong in his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Committee Chair James Comer said videos of testimony from the former president, as well as that of his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will be released. He also called on the Trump administration for more information from the Epstein files.
My advice to the Department of Justice is release the documents and unredact the names of Anyone who wasn't a victim.
It's the first time a former president has been compelled to testify before Congress. In New York, Tanya J. Powers, Fox News.
A federal judge extending an order protecting refugees in Minnesota from being arrested and deported. The decision U.S. District Judge John Tunham issued grants a motion by refugee advocates to convert a temporary restraining order into a more permanent preliminary injunction. The Trump administration asserts it has the right to arrest potentially tens of thousands of refugees. America's listening to Fox News.
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Recapping our top story, the U.S. and Israel launching an attack, a joint attack, on Iran this morning. Israel's defense minister declaring a state of emergency across the country. Well, the Justice Department is prepared to sue over 30 states over voter roll records.
Fox's David Spunt reports from Washington. Pro-Trump attorneys and supporters proposed an executive order that would have the president declare a national emergency, giving him sweeping power over how the midterms are conducted. Legal sources confirm... The president has reviewed the outside draft that mandates voter ID and hand counted ballots. He tamped down expectations of such an executive order. He said, no, he's not looking at an executive order. The president's comments come 24 hours after the DOJ sued Utah, Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia and New Jersey for their voter rolls. It's part of the administration's effort to tackle what White House officials perceive as voter fraud. The five states join a growing list of 29 states, plus the District of Columbia facing such lawsuits.
What is the significance of Bill Clinton's deposition regarding Jeffrey Epstein?
Under the U.S. Constitution, states regulate federal elections. A child predator in California was granted parole before a last-minute arrest kept him behind bars.
The California Board of Parole was ready to set 64-year-old David Funston free through its elderly parole program. Now, this despite the graphic thoughts he admitted to still having in a hearing last September, according to transcripts obtained by Fox News, Bunston explaining that as recently as 2021, he'd repeated fantasies about an eight-year-old girl who used to live across the street from him, also admitting that he raped a little boy because he was, quote, vulnerable and available, and saying he targeted children because he enjoyed the power he had over them. Fortunately, just as he was about to be set free, though, Placer County D.A.
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