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Besson says it may take a while to see results from his attempt to calm the bond market. Anything that happens within a 24-hour period is noise and I think that once the market understands it we are focused on fiscal consolidation and that we are trying to bring the market back into equilibrium in a thinly traded market. I think you know I'm confident that bonds will continue to

climb. Besson announced Wednesday that Treasury would double the size of a bond buy-back program starting next month, but bond yields resumed climbing Thursday. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note to keep benchmark from mortgage rates rose back above 4.6% Thursday. The Trump administration says

dismantling Hezbollah is essential for an incredible path forward for

Lebanon. The U.S. describes a group as an Iranian proxy that stragged the country into two wars with Israel's emperors Michelle Kelliman reports. State Department spokesperson Tommy Piguet says the Iranian

regime has used as balaut to spread terror throughout the Middle East. That's why

the U.S. is renewing its designation of the Lebanese group as an Iranian proxy. The Treasury Department is also adding 10 individuals to a sanctions list accusing them of helping to transfer cash between Iran and his balaut. The State Department says couriers transfer cash on commercial flights and U.S. officials are working with Turkey to disrupt that. Israel invaded southern

Lebanon earlier this year to counter his balaut rocket fire and now the U.S.

is trying to mediate an end to the conflict. Michelle Kelliman and B.R. News

Washington. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier at the heart of the controversy over deteriorating conditions is returning home. The U.S. S. Abraham Lincoln is returning after a record setting deployment in the Middle East. U.S. Swords Washington carrier arrived Thursday to take over. For years, LA has been known to have the largest population of displaced military veterans in the

country. But it appears quail Lawrence reports that this year the region is

reporting a 26% decline in veteran homelessness advocates for homeless veterans in Los Angeles are celebrating win as the number of vets living on the street counted each year on a single night dropped by a quarter of this year. The improvement over the past three years is even better a 42% drop says the director

of veterans affairs for LA County Jim Zener. Since we started one team three

years ago with the VA County City and community partners with increased permanent housing placements by over 40%. The VA helped create what Zener called the one team which formulates a list of homeless vets in LA by name and then works to help them individually streamlining all available agencies and non-governmental groups in the effort. Quil Lawrence and Peehr News. This is in

PR. The U.S. military says the crash of a charter aircraft in Western Alaska Thursday killed all eight people on board. The crash happened at Cape New and Ham Airport at a radar site that tracks aircraft operating at Alaska's airspace. It's managed by the Pacific Air Force's regional support center. The plane had taken off from Anchorage. While Governor Josh Green urging

residents from fare for another big storm for a castor's keeping an eye on a system that they say could bring a tropical storm to the islands this week and a week after Hurricane Lala to our roofs from homes and left many without power. For decades, the U.S. has served adults with disabilities in their communities, rather than in institutions. It appears to document a report

that the Trump administration is trying to reverse course. So Blink's Kaylee and Cody Brandell grew up near the Jersey shore. Both of them are blind and Cody who's 27 also has autism. And after high school for years, he was in a kind of limbo until now. His family has found a community-based program funded by Medicaid where he learns life skills like job training at

Jersey mics, where he loves bopping lettuce.

You have to bang it down a couple times to loosen the court.

But now, the Justice Department has said it will no longer enforce a legal protection that says states must provide services for adults with disabilities in their community. Here's Cody Sister Kaylee. That affects everything. Integrated setting affects school, where you can work. It affects the community-based programs like my brother uses.

The law hasn't changed, but the administration may no longer enforce it. Chanaki Metha and Pyrenees. This is MPR News. This week on the MPR Politics podcast, the Trump administration is taking credit for a major drop in violent crime. Murder, robbery, assault, all-down in big cities and small towns. We're going to dig into the numbers and unpack whether this is really as simple

as the President claims it is on the MPR Politics podcast.

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