Hegseth heckling goes on as banks face de-banking charges

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe Washington Times says the protesters interrupted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's autonomous warfare panel repeatedly, accusing him of war crimes and condemning U.S. operations abroad.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe panel was about the future of autonomous weapons, with military officials on stage beside him, and the audience had its own agenda.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe Pentagon has not said how long the disruptions lasted, and the convention itself carried on in Washington this afternoon.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA convention about machines that decide for themselves, interrupted by people who decided for themselves. Fair enough.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNow to banking.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA federal agency says nine major U.S. banks limited or denied accounts to customers over their beliefs or business activities, according to TheBlaze.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOne example is a payment processor owned by a bank that closed a merchant's account. The report is long on accusation so far.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe government says this touches ordinary customers, and the banks have yet to answer in the details we have.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the banks that wouldn't open your account are now the ones being asked to explain themselves.