— 🇺🇸 NEW: The United States national debt has reached $38 trillion, marking a $1 trillion increase since mid-August.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇵🇸 WATCH: American journalist Jasper Nathaniel has released the full footage of an armed attack by Israeli settlers on Palestinian farmers in the West Bank, during which a masked Israeli brutally beat an elderly woman

Nathaniel says that the IDF lured them into the settler ambush.

When contacted, the U.S. Embassy in Israel refused to assist him, and the U.S. State Department has also declined to discuss Nathaniel's claims.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: A congressional letter signed by 27 U.S. senators and representatives urges Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ambassador Mike Huckabee to intervene for the release of 16-year-old Palestinian-American Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim

He has been held without trial by Israel since February.

He is currently being held in 'Ofer' Prison, and his family reports that his condition has 'significantly worsened' recently.

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇶 NEW: Iraqi National Security Adviser Qasim al-Araji met with multiple high-ranking Iranian officials in Tehran over the past two days, including Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces; President Pezeshkian; SNSC Chairman Ali Larijani; Parliament Speaker Qalibaf; and Foreign Minister Araqchi

The discussions focused on increasing economic and security ties, as well as the completion of the Iran-Iraq Railroad.

Iran and Iraq signed a new security agreement in August.

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