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Lawmakers revisit ‘breakdown’ of Afghanistan evacuations

House lawmakers reexamined shortfalls from the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Navy veteran convicted of obstruction in Capitol riot

A military veteran accused of telling an undercover FBI agent about a plan to “wipe out” the nation’s Jewish population was convicted on Tuesday of storming the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. A federal judge heard trial testimony without a jury before convicting Virginia resident Hatchet Speed, a former Navy reservist who was assigned to an agency that operates spy satellites. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden is scheduled to sentence Speed on May 8 for his role in a mob’s attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. McFadden convicted Speed of all five charges.

U.S., U.K., Australia big announcement coming next week re. nuclear-powered subs fleet, but technology co-operation in focus today

Britain and Australia fear that their nuclear-submarine and technology pact with the United States could be hindered by Washington’s export bureaucracy.