Speaker Mike Johnson explained why his 'adopted' Black son is not involved in his public life

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Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana at a press conference on Capitol Hill on May 11, 2022.
Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana at a press conference on Capitol Hill on May 11, 2022.

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Hamas militants were high on 'poor man's cocaine' during the October 7 terrorist attacks, report says

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A Lebanese security official with a handful of confiscated Captagon pills in his palm at the judicial police headquarters in the city of Zahle in Lebanon's central Bekaa valley on July 21, 2022
A Lebanese security official with a handful of confiscated Captagon pills in his palm at the judicial police headquarters in the city of Zahlé in Lebanon's central Bekaa valley on July 21, 2022

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Israeli soldiers are relying on donations for necessities including underwear, as critics say government is failing to supply its forces, report says

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Israeli soldiers patrol near Kibbutz Beeri, where 270 festival attendees were killed by Hamas militants

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Al Jazeera journalist goes back on air from Gaza after his wife, son, daughter were killed by an Israeli airstrike

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Al-Jazeera correspondent Wael Al-Dahdouh (R) mourns over the body of one of his children who were killed along with his wife in an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat camp, at Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir Al-Balah on the southern Gaza Strip, on October 25, 2023.
Al-Jazeera correspondent Wael Al-Dahdouh (R) mourns over the body of one of his children who were killed along with his wife in an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat camp, on October 25, 2023.

Israel is now fighting on 3 fronts as airstrikes and violence escalate across the Palestinian territories, Lebanon, and Syria

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An Israeli tank and military vehicles are seen near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel.
An Israeli tank and military vehicles near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel.

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Russia has likely suffered up to 480,000 soldiers killed or wounded in the war against Ukraine, says UK Ministry of Defence

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Remains of killed Russian armed forces' soldiers buried in Luhansk.
Remains of killed Russian armed forces' soldiers buried in Luhansk.

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Hamas militants likely used North Korean RPGs and assault rifles in the October 7 attacks on Israel, reports say

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Suspected North Korean-made F-7 rocket-propelled grenades seen at an Israeli military base in southern Israel on October 15, 2023.
Suspected North Korean-made F-7 rocket-propelled grenades at an Israeli military base in southern Israel on October 15, 2023.

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How Ukraine is beating the Russian airforce with US missiles

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A military sapper inspects remains of a Russian Sukhoi Su-25 fighting aircraft
A military sapper inspects remains of a Russian Sukhoi Su-25 fighting aircraft hit by Ukrainian Armed Forces in Ukraine's Kyiv Region in April 2022.

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Russian casualties soar by 90% as Putin's generals order furious attacks on small city in east, UK intelligence says

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A Ukrainian soldier fires during battle in Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, August 18, 2023.
A Ukrainian soldier fires during battle in Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, August 18, 2023.

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Israeli doctors saved the life of Hamas leader, whom they now blame for the October 7 terrorist attacks, when he was in prison, reports say

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Yahya Sinwar
Yahya Sinwar.

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