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Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, appeared on Sunday in her first authorized image after having stomach surgery in January. Her noticeable absence from public events has led to unlikely rumors online about her location and raised concerns about her health. In the picture, Middleton sits in a chair with two children beside her and one behind her embracing her.

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A floating pier intended to be used to deliver critical humanitarian aid by sea to Gaza is expected to take up to two months to construct and require as many as 1,000 U.S. servicemembers to complete, the Pentagon’s top spokesperson said Friday.  The Defense Department will undertake the emergency mission to establish a temporary pier off the shore…

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Friday that a Senate-passed foreign aid package is the “only” path forward as Congress scrambles to break the months-long impasse over new military funding for Ukraine.  “The only way forward with respect to meeting the national security needs of the American people is for House Republicans to put…

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At least five individuals have died and several others injured in Gaza following a malfunction of an aid airdrop on Friday, as reported by multiple sources. The defective airdrops struck individuals and landed on houses on Friday, The Associated Press reported, citing Palestinian officials. This follows the commitment of the United States and several other countries to increase aid efforts…

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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Sunday made a guess about what might happen in the Russia-Ukraine war, saying that neither side will win in the way people hope. When asked by “Fox News Sunday” anchor Shannon Bream how much “pressure” the U.S. or other international leaders should put on Russia and Ukraine to find…