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By Tim Reid (Reuters) -The handgun used in the ambush of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday was a .357 Smith & Wesson revolver, Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, said on Thursday. Here are five facts about the weapon. IT’S A POWERFUL HANDGUN The handgun, which was …

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By Jana Winter, Ted Hesson and Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two National Guard soldiers were shot and critically wounded on Wednesday in downtown Washington near the White House in what officials described as a targeted ambush, and the suspect was in custody after suffering gunshot wounds during the incident. The suspect was identified by the …

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By Raphael Satter and AJ Vicens WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hackers are hijacking U.S. radio transmission equipment to broadcast bogus emergency messages and obscene language, the Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday. In a public notice, the FCC said a “recent string of cyber intrusions against various radio broadcasters” had occurred, resulting in the issuance of the U.S. …

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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. immigration authorities are detaining the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, officials said on Wednesday, a sign of the wide reach of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. A U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said in a statement that immigration authorities had arrested the woman, Brazilian …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A group of Democratic-led states sued on Wednesday to block U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from cutting off food aid benefits for tens of thousands of legal immigrants by declaring certain groups of non-citizens ineligible for the anti-hunger program. Attorneys general from 21 states and the District of Columbia filed a …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday that flights to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport were briefly paused following the shooting of two members of the National Guard near the White House.  The ground stop temporarily “paused arrivals into Reagan Washington International Airport because of the locations of aircraft involved in responding …

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