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• Justice Department report rebukes Uvalde, Texas law enforcement school shooting response.
• Congress passes stopgap government funding bill just ahead of partial shutdown deadline.
• Trump defamation trial continues in New York, Trump not in attendance.
• Report says idle California oil wells badly in need of environmental cleanup.
• Supporters of menthol cigarette ban urge Biden Administration to make good on ban pledge.
• Tensions flare up in Middle East as Pakistan and Iran trade missile strikes.
• Gazan residents face shelter issues during Israeli Hamas war. 

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