Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era
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Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Mark Zuckerberg kept the circle of people who knew his thinking small. Last month, Mr. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, tapped a handful of top policy and communications executives and others to discuss the company’s approach to online speech. He had decided…

With Hearings Imminent, Partisan Fight Escalates Over Trump Cabinet
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With Hearings Imminent, Partisan Fight Escalates Over Trump Cabinet

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A quiet but bitter partisan clash is underway on Capitol Hill over President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choices for key cabinet posts, as Republicans face immense pressure to fast-track confirmations and Democrats charge that they are cutting corners on vetting for critical administration jobs….

U.S. Imposes New Sanctions to Squeeze Russia’s Energy Sector
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U.S. Imposes New Sanctions to Squeeze Russia’s Energy Sector

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The United States on Friday announced new sanctions targeting Russia’s energy sector and its “shadow fleet” of oil tankers in what could be a final attempt by the Biden administration to cripple the Russian economy in response to Moscow’s war in Ukraine. President…

Opinion | Can Democrats Be the Party of the Future Again?
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Opinion | Can Democrats Be the Party of the Future Again?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “The government hasn’t often delivered the things we said it should deliver,” said Khanna. In the CHIPS Act, which he co-wrote, “money was allocated for rural broadband, but we don’t have much evidence that it’s actually been dispersed and working.” Joe Biden’s Inflation…

Appeals Court Declines to Block Release of Special Counsel Report on Trump Cases
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Appeals Court Declines to Block Release of Special Counsel Report on Trump Cases

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal appeals court on Thursday said that it would not block the Justice Department from releasing a report by the special counsel Jack Smith about the two now-closed investigations he conducted into President-elect Donald J. Trump. In a brief and unsigned order,…

U.S. Court Halts Guilty Plea Hearing for Accused 9/11 Mastermind
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U.S. Court Halts Guilty Plea Hearing for Accused 9/11 Mastermind

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily halted a guilty plea hearing for the man accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks while it considers whether the deal he reached to avoid a death-penalty trial remains valid. The U.S. Court of Appeals for…

Jimmy Carter Remembered in Washington as a ‘Practitioner of Good Works’
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Jimmy Carter Remembered in Washington as a ‘Practitioner of Good Works’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The nation bade farewell to former President Jimmy Carter on Thursday with a majestic state funeral for a man who saw himself as anything but, remembering a peanut farmer from Georgia who rose to the heights of power and used it to fight…

How a Phone Call Drew Alito Into a Trump Loyalty Squabble
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How a Phone Call Drew Alito Into a Trump Loyalty Squabble

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. received a call on his cellphone Tuesday. It was President-elect Donald J. Trump, calling from Florida. Hours later, Mr. Trump’s legal team would ask Justice Alito and his eight colleagues on the Supreme Court to block his sentencing…

Judge Rejects Biden’s Title IX Rules, Scrapping Protections for Trans Students
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Judge Rejects Biden’s Title IX Rules, Scrapping Protections for Trans Students

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge in Kentucky on Thursday struck down President Biden’s effort to expand protections for transgender students and make other changes to the rules governing sex discrimination in schools, ruling that the Education Department had overstepped and violated teachers’ rights by requiring…

Fetterman Accepts Trump’s Invitation to Meet
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Fetterman Accepts Trump’s Invitation to Meet

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Senator John Fetterman, the Pennsylvania Democrat who used to court progressives and now routinely takes aim at the left, said Thursday that he had accepted an invitation to meet with President-elect Donald J. Trump ahead of his swearing-in, becoming the first Democratic senator…