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The Justice Department says an Iranian operative has been charged in a plot to murder former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton.

The Justice Department says Shahram Poursafi tried to arrange the murder of John Bolton as part of an alleged plot to retaliate for the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general. (Image credit: AP)

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Investors signed off on a plan that will save Kyiv up to about $6 billion over the next two years.

Children were made eligible for booster doses after health authorities reported finding evidence the virus has spread in multiple areas of London but found no cases of the paralytic disease in people. (Image credit: Fareed Khan/AP)

The US Justice Department said Wednesday it had uncovered an Iranian plot to kill former White House National Security Advisor John Bolton, and announced charges against a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The Justice Department said 45-year-old Shahram