Name: FBI Thwarts Plot Targeting UFC at White House; Trump Fires Back at Claims the US Is Investing in Iran
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Description: The FBI cracks a drone plot targeting the UFC event at the White House, and the Department of Justice is releasing the evidence. How many were involved, and what is Vice President JD Vance saying?

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