Senate Confirms Dan Caine as Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Senate Confirms Dan Caine as Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Senate confirmed early Friday Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, the former National Guardsman and fighter pilot, to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Caine is replacing another Air Force fighter pilot, Gen. Charles Brown, known as C.Q., whom President Trump…

Graydon Carter Looks Back on a Glossy Career of Parties and Feuds
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Graydon Carter Looks Back on a Glossy Career of Parties and Feuds

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Ms. Brown added that she accepted the job only after her mother agreed to move to New York to help with the children. “Never at any time throughout all this did Graydon’s name come up to me as a possible alternate candidate,” she…

Opinion | There Is a Liberal Answer to Elon Musk
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Opinion | There Is a Liberal Answer to Elon Musk

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Democrats have a problem that runs deeper than the 2024 election. They have a problem that runs deeper than Elon Musk’s assault on the government. Look at the places they govern: strongholds like New York and Illinois and where I’m from, California. They’re…

Betty Bonney, 100, Dies; Her Paean to Joe DiMaggio Was a Big-Band Hit
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Betty Bonney, 100, Dies; Her Paean to Joe DiMaggio Was a Big-Band Hit

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Betty Bonney was already a veteran big-band vocalist at 17 when she joined Les Brown and His Orchestra in 1941 — in time to sing the praises of the New York Yankees star Joe DiMaggio as he was racking up his major-league-record 56-game…

Problems With New California Bar Exam Spark Lawsuit and Enrage Test Takers
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Problems With New California Bar Exam Spark Lawsuit and Enrage Test Takers

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Even under normal circumstances, the California bar exam is one final harrowing hurdle before aspiring lawyers can practice. But last week was worse than any other, as they were thrown into limbo by technical glitches, delays and what many said were bizarrely written…

Trump’s Frustration With Generals Resulted in an Unconventional Pick
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Trump’s Frustration With Generals Resulted in an Unconventional Pick

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines By late last week, President Trump had decided to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and replace him with one of two very different candidates, according to two administration officials. One was Gen. Michael E….

Trump’s Firing of Gen. Charles Q. Brown May Have Roots in George Floyd Protests
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Trump’s Firing of Gen. Charles Q. Brown May Have Roots in George Floyd Protests

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For the second time, the killing of George Floyd by a police officer has brought about a breakage between President Trump and the American military’s most senior leader. In abruptly firing Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of…

Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon
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Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump fired the country’s senior military officer on Friday after weeks of turmoil at the Pentagon, injecting politics into selecting the nation’s top military leader. Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., a four-star fighter pilot known as C.Q. who became only the second…

Mike Hynson, Surfing Star of ‘The Endless Summer,’ Dies at 82
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Mike Hynson, Surfing Star of ‘The Endless Summer,’ Dies at 82

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Mike Hynson, who epitomized the image of the bronzed surf god as a star of the hit 1966 surfing documentary “The Endless Summer” and, with his outlaw instincts, embodied the rebel ethos of the sport on his way to being hailed a colossus…