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The U.S. launched Tomahawk cruise missiles at two Islamic State bases, and the administration is claiming the deaths of multiple terrorists.

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Trump calls Nigeria strike his ‘Christmas present’ to ISIS

President Trump on Friday called the U.S. strikes in Nigeria a “Christmas present” for ISIS militants in Nigeria, citing violence against Christians in the African country’s northwest region. “I said yesterday, ‘Hit them on Christmas Day. It will be a Christmas present.’ We hit ISIS, who are terrible. They are butchers. We really hit them...