In addition to being charged as criminals, Palestinians citizens of Israel – who make up around 20% of the country’s population – have lost jobs, been suspended from schools and faced police interrogations posting online or demonstrating, activists and rights watchdogs say.
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Trump taps Brooke Rollins as agriculture chief, completing proposed slate of Cabinet secretaries
Rollins, who graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in agricultural development, is a longtime Trump associate who served as his former domestic policy chief.
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Democrats rally behind first out transgender member of Congress, decry Republican attacks
Access to bathrooms has long been an issue for women at the Capitol, which originally operated on the presumption that legislators were men.
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Trump chooses Bessent to be treasury secretary, Vought as budget chief, Chavez-DeRemer for Labor
The announcements Friday evening showed how Trump was fleshing out the financial side of his new administration.
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Collins to chair Senate Appropriations Committee after McConnell chooses a new role
While the committee’s new leadership isn’t yet official, Collins says her priorities will include helping Maine’s communities, funding biomedical research, improving infrastructure and supporting rural economic development.
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A weird pattern over Alaska may help cook up wild Thanksgiving week weather
A weird pattern over Alaska may cause Mother Nature to cook up some wild weather next week. Here’s an early outlook for Thanksgiving.
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Trump chooses Pam Bondi for attorney general pick after Gaetz withdraws
The swift selection of Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, to be U.S. attorney general came about 6 hours after Matt Gaetz withdrew.
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Four takeaways from former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s exit as Trump attorney general pick
Gaetz announced suddenly Thursday that he’s withdrawing from consideration, amid continued revelations about sexual misconduct claims against him, questions about a looming House Ethics Committee report and resistance from his fellow Republicans.
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Former congressman Matt Gaetz withdraws as Trump’s pick for attorney general
As word of Gaetz’s decision to withdraw spread across the Capitol, Republican senators seemed divided. Sen. Susan Collins said Gaetz ‘put country first and I am pleased with his decision.’
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Russia fires new ballistic missile at Ukraine as Putin threatens West
A U.S. official, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the issue’s sensitivity, affirmed that this was an experimental missile and Russia has only limited stocks of it.