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Senate advances Pete Hegseth as Trump’s defense secretary; he tells senator he paid woman $50,000 to settle accusation

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Jan 23, 2025 1:19 pm - The Senate advanced the nomination of Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump's defense secretary Thursday on a largely party-line vote, despite grave objections from Democrats and stirring unease among Republicans over his behavior and qualifications to lead the U.S. military.
State education board issues guidance to schools on Trump immigration actions

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Jan 23, 2025 1:15 pm - The Illinois State Board of Education has issued guidance to schools in the wake of President Donald Trump’s proposed mass deportations of immigrants without legal documentation living in the United States.
Trump revoked an antidiscrimination hiring rule. Here’s what it means.

By Vivian Ho
Jan 23, 2025 10:23 am - As part of his directives targeting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI), President Donald Trump revoked a landmark executive order signed by Lyndon B. Johns...
Saudi crown prince says kingdom intends to invest $600 billion in US during call with Trump

By JON GAMBRELL
Jan 23, 2025 8:59 am - Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Thursday the kingdom wants to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years, comments that came after President Donald Trump earlier put a price tag on returning to the kingdom as his first foreign trip.
Cracks emerge in House GOP after speaker’s threat to saddle California wildfire aid with conditions

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and KEVIN FREKING
Jan 23, 2025 7:43 am - California Republicans are pushing back against suggestions by President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans that federal disaster aid for victims of wildfires that ravaged Southern California should come with strings attached, possibly jeopardizing the president's policy agenda in a deeply divided Congress at the outset of his second term.
Afghans who fled Taliban rule urge Trump to lift refugee program suspension

By MUNIR AHMED
Jan 22, 2025 1:05 pm - Afghans who fled after the Taliban seized power appealed Wednesday to U.S. President Donald Trump to exempt them from an order suspending the relocation of refugees to the United States, some saying they risked their lives to support U.S. troops.
Trump’s perceived enemies worry about losing pensions, getting audited and paying steep legal bills

By BYRON TAU
Jan 22, 2025 1:01 pm - It’s not just criminal prosecutions that worry those who have crossed President Donald Trump. There are more prosaic kinds of retaliation: having difficulty renewing passports, getting audited by the IRS and losing federal pensions.
White House sidelines staffers detailed to National Security Council, aligning team to Trump agenda

By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI
Jan 22, 2025 11:57 am - President Donald Trump’s national security adviser has sidelined about 160 National Security Council staffers, telling them to work from home while the administration reviews staffing and tries to align it with Trump’s agenda, Trump administration officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
How Trump’s security clearances order could make the U.S. vulnerable

By Michael Birnbaum
Jan 22, 2025 8:32 am - President Donald Trump’s plan to grant temporary security clearances to anyone he chooses opens the door to breaches and even espionage, experts and former officials say.
Why is Israel launching a crackdown in the West Bank after the Gaza ceasefire?

By JOSEPH KRAUSS
Jan 22, 2025 8:06 am - In the days since a fragile ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched a major military operation in the occupied West Bank and suspected Jewish settlers have rampaged through two Palestinian towns.

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