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Republican Matt Van Epps won a special election for a U.S. House seat from Tennessee.

His margin of victory was slimmer than President Donald Trump's in that district last year.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended a follow-up strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean.

He says an admiral ordered the strike and 'made the right decision.'

Lawmakers have opened investigations, after a published report said Hegseth gave a verbal order to 'kill everybody' on the boat.

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Federal authorities are planning an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota.

It will focus primarily on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U-S.

This follows President Trump’s recent rhetoric about the Somali community.

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The Northeast’s first major snowstorm of the season made roads hazardous and closed schools.

Many areas got less snow than expected.