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A third wave of Iranian ballistic missiles have hit Israel. The IDF says "dozens of missiles" were launched from Iran toward Israel, and "some were intercepted" while others landed. Search and rescue personnel are working in "a number of locations" across Israel. President Trump met with the National Security Council earlier today after Israel first launched pre-emptive strikes on Iran that kicked off the missile back-and-forth between the countries.        The Marines are in Los Angeles. Hundred of Marines were mobilized to protect federal buildings and officials against anti-ICE protests. The U.S. Northern Command confirmed Marines participated in a mission orientation and familiarization in L-A. They could team-up with National Guard members already deployed in the city. This follows a decision by an appeals court allowing National Guard troops to be deployed by President Trump in Los Angeles.        "No Kings Day" protests are going to take place across the country tomorrow in opposition to President Trump's military parade. Trump's parade through Washington, DC is being held on Flag Day, which is also his 79th birthday. Protests against the parade are planned in over 18-hundred communities, and up to a million people are expected to show up.        A federal judge is issuing a temporary block on the mass layoffs by the U.S. State Department. The judge is preventing federal agencies from dismissing tens of thousands of employees under orders from the Trump administration. That direction applies to the planned overhaul of two-thousand employees announced by the State Department last month.        The jury will pick-up deliberations in Karen Read's murder retrial in Massachusetts on Monday. The defense says Read is being framed by police for the death of John O'Keefe. Read is accused of hitting her Boston cop boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm in 2022.        The Indiana Pacers will look to take a commanding three-games-to-one lead in the NBA Finals tonight. The Pacers are hosting the Oklahoma City Thunder in game four of the series. Indiana took the series lead with a 116-107 win over the Thunder on Wednesday.       

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