U.S. strikes ISIS in Nigeria. And, holiday shopping was higher than expected
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The U.S. has launched a "deadly strike" against Islamic State fighters in northwest Nigeria, President Trump announced yesterday. Trump said in a Truth Social post that the strike was directed at "ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not see for many years, and even Centuries!"
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🎧 The attack is a "significant intervention and inflection point" in U.S.
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