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The small island-nation of Bahrain on Wednesday announced the discovery of 80 billion barrels of shale oil, its largest oil and gas find ever. Bahrain’s oil minister and energy executives
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Asserting the situation had reached “a point of crisis,” President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a proclamation directing the deployment of the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border to fight
A military jet crashed during exercises Wednesday over a vast U.S. Air Force reserve in central Nevada, officials said. The F-16 fighter from Nellis Air Force Base crashed on the
A mural depicting President Donald Trump holding a handgun and school children in pools of blood has been painted over after it appeared in an Alabama city. WAAY-TV quotes Florence
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