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Jack Smith team secretly sought years of Kash Patel phone records, new docs show

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former special counsel Jack Smith sought more than two years’ worth of phone records for now-FBI Director Kash Patel while Smith was investigating President Donald Trump, according to a tranche of documents released Tuesday by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. Two subpoenas showed Smith’s team asked Verizon for … Read more

Worst Hawaii flooding in 20 years leaves some homes in mud as recovery begins:

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O’ahu resident Melanie Lee saw what’s left of her house for the first time on Monday after the worst flooding Hawaii has seen in two decades turned parts of the islands’ emerald communities into mud.  “We’ve been here almost 20 years. I lost … We lost everything,” Lee told CBS News. “My children’s pictures. Just … Read more

Blast off for NASA’s Artemis II has been years in the making

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No Americans have stepped foot on the moon’s surface since 1972, the last year of NASA’s Apollo lunar missions, which safely landed Neil Armstrong and 11 more astronauts on the surface of the moon. For years, NASA’s Artemis mission has aimed toward sending people back to the moon to land on its south pole. When … Read more

As the U.S. invests in rare earths, a mine that was broke and underwater 10 years ago is now a game-changer

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About a decade after he bought a shuttered rare earths mine that was, literally, partially underwater, MP Materials CEO James Litinsky has transformed his business into a pivotal player in America’s national security.  Since taking over the rare earth industry from the United States in the 1990s, China has dominated the entire supply chain. That … Read more

Hawaii suffers its worst flooding in 20 years and forecasters warn more rain is coming

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HONOLULU — Hawaii suffered its worst flooding in more than 20 years as heavy rains fell on soil already saturated by downpours from a winter storm a week ago, officials said Friday while warning that still more rain was expected during the weekend. Muddy floodwaters smothered vast stretches of Oahu’s North Shore, a community world-renowned … Read more

US Navy lags in minesweeping, despite years of warnings and big defense budgets

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The United States military is the mightiest and most well-funded in the world. Earlier this week, the administration requested a record $200 billion from Congress for the war in Iran, which followed an announcement last year of a plan to raise the base defense budget to $1 trillion. That doesn’t mean it can get whatever … Read more