Judge rejects subpoenas to Fed; America sends more marines to Middle East, and more

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  America is reportedly sending more than 2,000 Marines and at least one additional warship to the Middle East.

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  Earlier, the Trump administration warned that Friday would be the,

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  quote, heaviest day of strikes in Iran.

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  Pete Hegseth, America's war secretary,

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  claimed that Iran's new leader had been wounded and was probably, quote, disfigured.

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  A federal judge rejected subpoenas that America's Department of Justice served to the Federal Reserve over its criminal investigation into Jerome Powell.

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  The judge said the government had insufficient proof that the central bank's chair had committed a crime,

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  but that there was,

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  quote, amount of evidence that the probe is an attempt to,

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  quote, pressure Mr Powell into lowering interest rates or resigning.

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  The price of Brent crude, the global oil benchmark,

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  rose above $103 a barrel, the highest amount in almost four years.

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