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Trump meets with Syria’s new president amid push to restore ties

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President Trump met Wednesday in Saudi Arabia with Syria’s interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, highlighting the stunning reversal in fortunes for a former Islamist militant with ties to al Qaeda who spent years with a U.S. government bounty on his head. Al-Sharaa’s rebel forces led the charge on Damascus last year that toppled the decades-long, iron-fisted

Buttigieg suggests Biden’s 2024 run was “maybe” a mistake

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa — Pete Buttigieg, who served as transportation secretary under former President Joe Biden, appeared to acknowledge Tuesday that he believed Biden should not have run for a second White House term.  When asked by reporters if the Democratic party would have been better off without Biden as the nominee, Buttigieg responded, “Maybe,

Left-wing commentator Hasan Piker says he was questioned inappropriately at O’Hare

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Popular Twitch streamer and political commentator Hasan Piker, who has more than 2 million followers on the live-streaming platform, said he was detained and questioned by federal authorities at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport for more than two hours after arriving in the U.S. on an international flight. This happened as Piker, 33, was headed to speak

USAID to hire lawyers to investigate employees who talked to the press, alleged job posting shows

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The U.S. Agency for International Development is trying to hire more lawyers to conduct investigations into employee misconduct, including “unauthorized communications with the media,” according to a job posting reviewed by CBS News.  “Lawyers will be expected to conduct investigations into general employee misconduct, and more specifically violations of various federal government regulations and policies,