Name: Trump Threatens Strike on Iran's Pickaxe Mountain; US Pauses $1 Billion in Medicaid Funding to California, Minnesota
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Description: President Donald Trump threatens an attack on Iran's Pickaxe Mountain after reports that the Islamic Republic moved centrifuges there. That's as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth faces questions about war funding on Capitol Hill.

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President Donald Trump threatens an attack on Iran's Pickaxe Mountain after reports that the Islamic Republic moved centrifuges there. That's as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth faces questions about war funding on Capitol Hill.

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