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Tensions rise in LA following Mayor’s Firing of Fire Chief amidst wildfire aftermath

Mixed reactions emerge from local Pacific Palisades residents as city leaders clash over fire response.
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Joint Chiefs Chair CQ Brown, CNO Franchetti Relieved

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti were removed from their positions late Friday. The Trump administration announced the reliefs in a series of messages on social media and a press statement from the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Two defense officials also confirmed their removals to USNI News. In a post on the social media network Truth Social, President Donald Trump thanked Brown for his service and announced he would nominate Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine to lead the Pentagon. “I want to thank General Charles
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8 things to know about LA’s new Interim Fire Chief Ronnie Villanueva

Villanueva retired just seven months ago after more than four decades with the Los Angeles Fire Department.
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His dream of playing basketball in the U.S. helped him find a second family

Ama Sow moved to Pennsylvania to fulfill his basketball dreams. But when his school closed unexpectedly, he was left penniless and homeless. That’s when a local family opened their home to him.
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Trump shakes up Pentagon, firing top general, nominating retired three-star

President Donald Trump on Friday fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General C.Q. Brown, and announced he would replace five other high level positions in an unprecedented shake-up of U.S. military leadership.
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Pause extended on NIH cuts that Minnesota scientists warn would harm research

A federal judge on Friday extended the temporary restraining order on the implementation of a Trump administration plan to cut medical research funds that the National Institutes of Health provides. Minnesota public and private institutions would be affected.
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Dan Caine, Trump’s Joint Chiefs Pick, Had Unusual Path to Command

The general made an impression on the president in 2018 when he said the Islamic State could be defeated in a week, according to the president.
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Trump says he is replacing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has vowed to purge the Pentagon of what he has called “woke” policies and personnel, and to reshape the military’s top ranks.
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Pentagon lays off 5,400 civilian workers, with tens of thousands more firings due

Pete Hegseth supports cuts of up to 8% of civilian workforce as Trump bids to institute massive government cuts
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Hamas releases another body after Shiri Bibas incident causes outrage

Israeli officials were furious after Hamas returned what it said was the mother’s body, but then turned out to not be her. The bodies of her two children were returned Thursday.