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Good afternoon and welcome to your afternoon news update from AP. Today, the FBI searches the home of a Washington Post reporter in a classified documents probe; Greenland and Denmark officials meet at the White House; and the U.S. is to suspend immigrant visa processing from 75 countries over public assistance concerns.

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A person walks into the One Franklin Square Building, home of The Washington Post newspaper, in 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) 

FBI searches home of Washington Post reporter in classified documents probe, newspaper says

FBI agents searched a Washington Post reporter’s home on Wednesday as part of a leak investigation involving a Pentagon contractor accused of sharing classified information, the Justice Department said. Hannah Natanson, who has been covering President Donald Trump’s transformation of the federal government, had a phone and a Garmin watch seized in the search of her Virginia home, the Post reported. Read more.

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Live updates: Greenland and Denmark officials meet at White House

Officials from Greenland and Denmark met in Washington on Wednesday with top White House officials as President Donald Trump moved to ratchet up the pressure by suggesting that NATO should help the United States acquire the world’s largest island and saying anything less than it being under American control is unacceptable. Read more.

US to suspend immigrant visa processing from 75 countries over public assistance concerns

The State Department said Wednesday it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration has deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States. Read more.

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