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Plus: Fallout of a Trump administration resignation. Here is the news to know on Wednesday.
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Nicole Fallert here, bringing you the news to know on Wednesday, from a Trump administration official stepping down to Team USA's sadness following a World Baseball Classic loss.
The first top Trump administration official has quit over the U.S. war in Iran.
After less than a year on the job, Joe Kent, head of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center resigned March 17, saying he “cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran."
“Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby,” Kent, a decorated former Army Ranger and CIA paramilitary officer, wrote in a letter to President Donald Trump, who slammed Kent for his words.
Dolores Huerta alleges Cesar Chavez sexually assaulted her while both were leading the farmworker movement and co‑founding the United Farm Workers union.
TSA lines across the country are lengthening and terrorism threats are on the rise as the Department of Homeland Security remains partially shut down.
Cesar Chavez was heralded as a labor and civil rights icon. This is being questioned after allegations he sexually assaulted women and girls.
From propeller planes to high-tech jets, Air Force One has evolved into a flying White House, carrying presidents and American power worldwide.
National Republicans are sharing videos from inside the Atlanta airport blaming the partial government shutdown on Democrats. Long lines continue.
Intelligence leaders faced tense Senate questioning as Tulsi Gabbard defended the U.S. assessment of the Iran war.
Authorities have described the March 12 synagogue attack as a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.
Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta publicly alleges Cesar Chavez sexually assaulted her, following a New York Times investigation.
Head of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent resigned over the war in Iran. President Donald Trump called him 'weak on security.'
As DHS plans a major ICE detention center in Social Circle, GA, officials have cut off water to site. Oakwood also passes resolution to stop center.
A proposed voting bill, the SAVE Act, could require proof of citizenship like a birth certificate. Here's how to get one.
Here's how the Illinois House and Senate races are stacking up this midterm cycle.
Plus: Fallout of a Trump administration resignation. Here is the news to know on Wednesday.