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The top Senate Democrat said Hegseth’s spending in the final month of fiscal year 2025, $93.4 billion, which included millions of dollars on steak, seafood and furniture, could have instead been used to extend the Affordable Care Act.

Social media users panned Schumer online for the remarks, accusing him of cherry-picking a politically convenient area to care about spending, lambasting him for not supporting feeding high-quality meals to military members and citing similar defense spending during the Biden era.

During the Biden administration, Austin’s spending nearly mirrored Hegseth’s. Food expenses across administrations went toward feeding members of the military, according to the nonprofit Open the Books, which conducted the spending analyses.

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Pakistan has announced that its navy will begin escorting commercial vessels through the Middle East as tensions tied to the Iran conflict threaten global energy routes. The move is aimed at protecting the country’s critical oil shipments and ensuring essential fuel supplies continue reaching the country.

As reported by The New York Times, the growing conflict in the region is disrupting shipping routes and raising concerns about the stability of global oil markets. Pakistan has largely tried to remain neutral in the broader regional tensions, but its economy depends heavily on imported energy.

The country imports much of its natural gas from Qatar and a significant share of its crude oil from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Nearly all of those supplies arrive by sea, making maritime routes critical to Pakistan’s energy security.

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More countries will be taking sides here. Just a thought.

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Scott MacFarlane joined CBS News as a correspondent in 2021 and rose to prominence at the network with his coverage of the aftermath of the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.

His final article for the network, dated last Friday, was an article about the incident.
According to Guardian U.S. media reporter Jeremy Barr, “it was known that MacFarlane was unhappy with the network’s very brief mention of the Jan. 6 anniversary on the CBS Evening News.”

Last month, CBS Evening News producer Alicia Hastey and 60 Minutes correspondent Anderson Cooper also resigned from the network.
“There has been a sweeping new vision prioritizing a break from traditional broadcast norms to embrace what has been described as ‘heterodox’ journalism,” said Hastey in her resignation note. 

“Stories may be instead be evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations — a dynamic that pressures producers and reporters to self-censor or avoid challenging narratives that might trigger backlash or unfavorable headlines.”

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Three US bombers have returned to Britain after completing the first UK-approved attacks on Iran since Sir Keir Starmer’s policy shift.

The supersonic B-1 Lancers touched down on a bright morning in Gloucestershire after contributing to what US War Secretary Pete Hegseth had insisted would be the ‘most intense night of bombing’ of the conflict.

Previously the Prime Minister had denied Donald Trump permission to use RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia as part of the campaign – over fears the US’s intentions to cause regime change in Iran were illegal under international law.

Downing Street’s position shifted after an Iranian drone targeted the British airbase on Cyprus. Following that attack on 1st March, the UK approved the build up of B-1s and B-52s at Fairford.

The base is vital to the United States Air Force due to its extended runway and as it shortens the journey for long-range bombers from the US.

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