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Trump nominees Pam Bondi, Marco Rubio and more face Senate grilling today

President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees for the Department of Justice, State Department and more will sit for Senate confirmation hearings Wednesday morning.
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Americans are using the Chinese Red Note app to express their frustration with the TikTok ban

The deliberate choice to seek refuge on another app of Chinese origin says what TikTok’s users think of the plan to ban it in five days’ time.
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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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Supreme Court weighs challenge to Texas adult website restriction

The pornography industry says an age-verification requirement violates adult users’ free speech rights.
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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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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.