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Where did the experts go? State Department cuts limit the Iran war effort

By BYRON TAU Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the escalating war in Iran, the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs would ordinarily be at the center of the geopolitical fray. Typically led by a veteran diplomat, the bureau's role would be to coordinate U.S. foreign ...

States seek to unmask federal immigration agents -- and their own police

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Proposals to prohibit federal immigration agents from masking their faces have gained new life in states — thanks in part to a court ruling that blocked the nation's first such law, in California. A little over a month after the California law was ...