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Supporters of President Donald Trump that have been in line almost 40 hours to be near the front, wait for the arena doors to open for a campaign rally Tuesday, June 18, 2019, in Orlando, Fla. <br>John Raoux/AP

Trump campaign raises $24.8M in less than 24 hours

President Donald Trump raised $24.8 million less than 24 hours after kicking off his reelection campaign, a figure that dwarfs what the top Democratic contenders took in over the course of months.

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell searches through his notes during a Senate hearing in February, 2018.<br>Joe Gromelski/Stars and Stripes Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell searches through his notes during a Senate hearing in February, 2018.<br>Joe Gromelski/Stars and Stripes
Fed leaves its key rate unchanged but hints of future cuts
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Black veterans of Civil War added to Cleveland monument
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marine corps

Cpl. Tyler Wallingford.<br>
Cpl. Tyler Wallingford.<br>

9 weeks later, investigation still open in death of Marine shot at MCAS Beaufort

No charges have been publicly announced more than nine weeks after Marine Cpl. Tyler Wallingford, 21, was shot and killed in a barracks at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.

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air force

U.S. Forces Japan commander Lt. Gen. Kevin Schneider welcomes Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya to Yokota Air Base, Japan, Wednesday, June 19, 2019.<br>Theron Godbold/Stars and Stripes
U.S. Forces Japan commander Lt. Gen. Kevin Schneider welcomes Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya to Yokota Air Base, Japan, Wednesday, June 19, 2019.<br>Theron Godbold/Stars and Stripes

USFJ commander emphasizes ‘greater number of challenges’ during visit with Japan’s defense chief

Challenges are growing for the United States and Japan in the Far East, the commander of U.S. Forces Japan told his host nation’s defense minister Wednesday in western Tokyo.

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army

Sgt. Jashua Garcia, a Stryker gunner with the Army's 2nd Cavalry Regiment, looks out over his vehicle in a defensive position, during Exercise Saber Guardian in Cincu, Romania, Monday, June 17, 2019.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes
Sgt. Jashua Garcia, a Stryker gunner with the Army's 2nd Cavalry Regiment, looks out over his vehicle in a defensive position, during Exercise Saber Guardian in Cincu, Romania, Monday, June 17, 2019.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes

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US soldiers fight armor, heat, bugs in allied war games in Romania

Soldiers with the Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment began the almost 1,000-mile tactical road march back to Germany Wednesday, hours after battling Romanian “enemies” in an exercise aimed at testing NATO forces’ readiness in the Balkans and Black Sea region.

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navy

Marines with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit march to the beach from a Landing Craft Utility boat as part of preparation for an amphibious assault in support of exercise BALTOPS 2019 at Klaipeda, Lithuania, June 15, 2019.<br>Jack D. Aistrup/U.S. Navy
Marines with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit march to the beach from a Landing Craft Utility boat as part of preparation for an amphibious assault in support of exercise BALTOPS 2019 at Klaipeda, Lithuania, June 15, 2019.<br>Jack D. Aistrup/U.S. Navy

Reborn 2nd Fleet runs Baltic exercise as Russia keeps a close watch

The recently revived 2nd Fleet is leading the 18-nation Baltic Operations with an eye toward Russia, a former participant in the long-running exercise whose military movements in recent years have put the Baltic region’s former Soviet states on edge.

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coast guard

Petty Officer 1st Class Alex Major, an aviation survival technician aboard the Coast Guard cutter Bertholf, swims in the South China Sea during training on April 22, 2019.<br>John Masson/U.S. Navy
Petty Officer 1st Class Alex Major, an aviation survival technician aboard the Coast Guard cutter Bertholf, swims in the South China Sea during training on April 22, 2019.<br>John Masson/U.S. Navy

As one cutter departs, another deploys to maintain Coast Guard presence in Western Pacific

During a six-month deployment, the Coast Guard cutter Bertholf sailed with a Navy guided-missile destroyer through the Taiwan Strait and conducted exercises in the South China Sea.