DOD Reaches Plea Deal with Three 9/11 Defendants, Including Mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammad

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

The deal was made with the attacks’ alleged masterminds Walid Muhammad, Salih Mubarak bin Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, at Guantanamo Bay.

The United States’ Department of Defense announced Wednesday that it has reached a plea deal with three defendants related to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001.

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Sherrod Brown Leading by Four Points over GOP challenger in Ohio Despite Trump’s Lead in State

Washington Examiner Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is polling better than his Republican challenger while former President Donald Trump has a much larger lead in the same state. Brown is leading Republican nominee Bernie Moreno by 4 points, with Brown getting 46% of the support and Moreno getting 42% of the support, according to a new…

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U.S. Journalist Evan Gershkovich Freed from Russian Prison as Part of Major Exchange

NBC News Four U.S. residents wrongly imprisoned in Russia — including journalist Evan Gershkovich and Marine veteran Paul Whelan — were released and on their way home Thursday, part of a major multinational prisoner exchange the likes of which has not been seen since the Cold War. The massive deal, cut among seven nations, involves…

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Federal Court Rules Texas Can Keep Its Floating Border Barriers in Place

Texas Floating Border Barrier

The Fifth Circuit ruled Tuesday that Texas will be able to continue using its floating barriers in the Rio Grande river in order to deter illegal immigrant crossings.

Last June Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced the installment of the floating line of buoys as he signed a series of border security bills, giving the state $5.1 billion in funding as it continues to be at the epicenter of the border crisis.

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