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Amid an unprecedented surge in demand for US passport processing, the State Department is extending its application processing call center hours to weekends as at least one US Senator The US says the agency should take additional steps to increase staff.In a statement to NBC News, a department official said the agency now offers call center service on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET. The spokesman said the agency has also tripled the number of phone lines available at the National Passport Information Center, and is "aggressively" hiring and training additional staff to handle the influx…

Saquon Barkley and Josh Jacobs have big decisions to make as training camp approaches after failing to reach a new deal with the New York Giants and Las Vegas Raiders respectively at Monday's franchise tag extension deadline. . Barkley and Jacobs are not expected to attend the start of training camp, and may not show up for weeks as the regular season approaches because they haven't signed their $10.091 million franchise tag. There is a threat that they could hold out during the regular season, although they would be fined for catching up on the game they miss. With that…

A Texas soldier who went missing for 11 days earlier this year, and was found a day after his wife's death was announced, is not a person of interest in the case, military officials said.In a press release, the Army Criminal Investigation Division cleared Spc. Craig Chamberlain, 23, in Cam Chamberlain's death in May and said his cause and manner of death will be released after the autopsy is complete. The statement, which was released on Friday, added that because the investigation is active, no further details will be released.Cam Chamberlain.Courtesy of Jessica D'Lynn PylesIn a text message Monday, Craig…

ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday rejected Donald Trump's attempt to halt the Fulton County district attorney's investigation into whether the former president and his allies interfered in the state's 2020 presidential election.The rejected petition was one of two filed by Trump's lawyers in different Georgia courthouses last week, both seeking to effectively derail District Attorney Fani Willis' investigation into whether there were "coordinated attempts to unlawfully tamper with the election outcome." of 2020”.The Georgia high court petition sought to disqualify Willis from investigating Trump and to strike down a special grand jury report he used to help…