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President Trump said he complained to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel about the attack, which sent energy markets reeling. But Israeli officials said the Americans were informed beforehand.
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Democrats on the House Oversight Committee walked out of a closed-door briefing on the Epstein files with Attorney General Pam Bondi and her deputy, Todd Blanche, less than an hour after it began Wednesday, after Bondi repeatedly declined to say whether she would comply with a subpoena requiring her to appear for a sworn deposition on April 14. Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna, who attended the briefing, said Bondi will have to answer "why there are still 3 million documents being hidden" and "why there was a cover-up of those files that implicated Donald Trump."
Khanna also comments on the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, noting that Trump's military actions are "a total betrayal of his promise that he was going to focus on American needs."
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At his confirmation hearing, Markwayne Mullin said he would pull back on some contested policies but reaffirmed his support for President Trump's immigration goals.
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The nominee for homeland security secretary suggested that he had observed war firsthand but declined to provide details, which he said were "classified."
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The president's nominee, Markwayne Mullin, said he would avoid "micromanaging" FEMA.
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Senator Rand Paul was assaulted in 2017. Markwayne Mullin acknowledged that he once said he understood the reason for the attack, but did not apologize.
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Under the rules of the oversight committee, Attorney General Pam Bondi received a subpoena requiring her to appear. The panel's Republican chairman said he sent the summons reluctantly.
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