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Iranian militia leader Hadi al-Amiri, one of several identified as leading an attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, reportedly visited the White House in 2011 during the presidency of Barack Obama. On Tuesday, a mob in Baghdad attacked the U.S. embassy in retaliation against last weekend’s U.S. airstrikes against the Iran-backed Shiite militia Kataib Hezbollah (KH), responsible for killing an American civilian contractor. KH is one of a number of pro-Iran militias that make up the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF/PMU), which legally became a wing of the Iraqi military after fighting the Sunni Islamic State terrorist group....

Katherine Harris has taken back $100,000 of the $3.5 million she gave her campaign for Senate. The reason: she's finishing renovating her home in Washington, D.C. The Harris campaign says the Republican congresswoman would sell the house, if necessary, to fund her embattled Senate race. The campaign announced Harris repaid some of the money she already gave the campaign in a press release detailing fund-raising for the three months ending June 30. The campaign says Harris has raised $1.1 million in donations during the quarter. By comparison, Senator Bill Nelson, D-Fla., raised $2.5 in the same quarter. The announcement comes...