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What happens if TikTok is banned?

Will there be ways to bypass the ban – or could president-elect Donald Trump find a way to stop the law?
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Analysis: Why Pete Hegseth is a perfect fit to be Trump’s Pentagon chief

Pete Hegseth could hardly be more suited to be Donald Trump’s secretary of Defense — even though he’d surely be deemed unqualified by any conventional president.
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Analysis: Why Pete Hegseth is a perfect fit to be Trump’s Pentagon chief

Pete Hegseth could hardly be more suited to be Donald Trump’s secretary of Defense — even though he’d surely be deemed unqualified by any conventional president.
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Pam Bondi confirmation hearing for attorney general set for today

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Tribal Lenders Say They Can Charge Over 600% Interest. These States Stopped Them.

by Joel Jacobs and Megan O’Matz ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. A decade ago, strange billboards started showing up, including in New York’s Times Square. They weren’t advertising a product. They were vilifying Connecticut’s then-governor, Dannel Malloy. And they could be…
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Democrats fail to land decisive blow against Hegseth

Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee failed to land a decisive blow against Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of Defense, after several hours of tense …
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President’s Arrest Shows South Korea in Peril as Trump Returns

South Korean investigators managed to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday while avoiding a violent clash in the middle of Seoul. But the nation’s troubles are far from over.
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How South Korean president’s arrest could cause more turmoil

South Korea’s impeached president has been arrested, accused of leading an insurrection after his short-lived attempt to impose martial law. Thousands of police officers were involved in the operation to detain Yoon Suk-yeol.
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Is Pete Hegseth Qualified to Run the Military? Wrong Question.

That antagonistic confirmation hearing completely broke with norms.
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Hopes grow for Gaza ceasefire as official says Hamas and Israel are on the ‘verge’ of agreement

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said most figures within the coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu would back the agreement being discussed.