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News Wrap: Key instruction missed before DC crash, NTSB says

Season 2025 Episode 45 | 5m 11s

In our news wrap Friday, NTSB investigators shared new details about the moments before last month’s deadly aircraft collision in D.C., a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to lift its funding freeze on foreign aid, Hamas named three more Israeli hostages it plans to release Saturday, and heavy rains caused mudslides in Los Angeles.

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U.S. strikes on Iranian tankers raise more questions over negotiations to end war
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New U.S. counterterror strategy focuses on drug cartels but omits right-wing extremism
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