Syria’s Ahmed al-Shara Named as President During Transitional Period
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Syria’s Ahmed al-Shara Named as President During Transitional Period

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The rebel coalition that seized control of Syria last month appointed its leader, Ahmed al-Shara, as president of the country to preside over a transitional period, Syrian state media reported on Wednesday. A spokesman for the coalition, Col. Hassan Abdel Ghani, also declared…

Caroline Kennedy Urges Senators to Reject RFK Jr. for Health Secretary
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Caroline Kennedy Urges Senators to Reject RFK Jr. for Health Secretary

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Caroline Kennedy wrote a scathing letter to key senators on Tuesday, calling her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a “predator” addicted to attention from airing dangerous views on vaccinations and who is unfit to be the nation’s health secretary. She urged lawmakers, who…

Trump Stocks E.P.A. With Oil, Gas and Chemical Lobbyists
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Trump Stocks E.P.A. With Oil, Gas and Chemical Lobbyists

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump is stocking the Environmental Protection Agency with officials who have served as lawyers and lobbyists for the oil and chemical industries, many of whom worked in his first administration to weaken climate and pollution protections. Lee Zeldin, Mr. Trump’s choice to…

C.I.A. Now Favors Lab Leak Theory to Explain Covid’s Origins
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C.I.A. Now Favors Lab Leak Theory to Explain Covid’s Origins

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The C.I.A. has said for years that it did not have enough information to conclude whether the Covid pandemic emerged naturally from a wet market in Wuhan, China, or from an accidental leak at a research lab there. But the agency issued a…

Hegseth Is Second Cabinet Secretary to Need Tiebreaker Vote, After DeVos
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Hegseth Is Second Cabinet Secretary to Need Tiebreaker Vote, After DeVos

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Nearly eight years ago, another Trump administration cabinet secretary barely survived her confirmation vote, advancing only after a vice president’s tiebreaker vote. That nominee was Betsy DeVos, the wealthy Republican donor who had almost no experience in public education and who was confirmed…

Senate to Vote on Pete Hegseth’s Confirmation, With Outcome Uncertain
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Senate to Vote on Pete Hegseth’s Confirmation, With Outcome Uncertain

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Senate barreled on Friday toward a late-night vote on whether to confirm Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense, with the outcome still uncertain as a handful of Republicans weighed whether to back President Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon. Mr. Hegseth’s confirmation…

Hegseth Ex-Sister-in-Law Tells Senators He Was ‘Abusive’ to Second Wife
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Hegseth Ex-Sister-in-Law Tells Senators He Was ‘Abusive’ to Second Wife

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines An ex-sister-in-law of Pete Hegseth’s submitted a sworn statement to senators on Tuesday that accused Mr. Hegseth, President Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, of being so “abusive” toward his second wife that she once hid in a closet from him and had…

Opinion | Pete Hegseth Is the Secretary of Defense We Deserve
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Opinion | Pete Hegseth Is the Secretary of Defense We Deserve

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines First let me hit you with some realities: The secretary general of NATO, Mark Rutte, has said that the West is not prepared for the challenges that will come over the next five years and that it’s time to “shift to a wartime…