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Biden Trimming Forces Sent to Mideast to Help Saudi Arabia

The Pentagon will begin removing some military capabilities and forces from the Gulf region in the first steps of an effort to realign the U.S. global military footprint away from the Mideast.

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Progressives say Biden’s foreign policy is the same as Trump’s. They’re wrong.

Former President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden during the final 2020 presidential debate. | Brendan Smialowski, Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images Sure, there are some similarities. But Biden’s foreign policy is very, very different from Trump’s. There’s a growing argument,

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Joint List’s Odeh and Tibi meet with Lapid, say they could back him for PM

Arab faction leaders and Yesh Atid chief discuss controversial nation-state law, violence in Arab towns; meeting comes as head of rival Ra’am set to give primetime address

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Collabio lets you co-edit documents without the cloud

Meet Collabio Spaces: An office suite app with a cloudless co-authoring twist that looks helpful if you need to collaborate on documents without having to worry about losing control of your data or the thread of changes. The p2p software

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Prosecution says PM should appear in court, pushing back against defense request

Lawyers say Netanyahu should hear proceedings in person when evidentiary phase of corruption trial starts Monday, but acknowledge it’s up to the court

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Biden Administration Considers Overhaul Of Asylum System At Southern Border – NPR

Biden Administration Considers Overhaul Of Asylum System At Southern Border  NPR Migrants stream through gaps in border wall following Biden’s order to halt construction  Fox News Biden’s halt of border wall construction sends migrants flooding into US: official  New York Post Opinion |

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Controversial test flight aimed at cooling the planet cancelled

US and European scientists have called off a controversial balloon test flight that was to take place in Sweden’s far north in June, part of a disputed solar geoengineering experiment to artificially cool the planet. A team of Harvard scientists

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Pair Eyewear raises $12M to bring more personality to your glasses

Pair Eyewear has raised a $12 million Series A to help glasses-wearing kids and adults turn those glasses into what co-CEO Sophia Edelstein called “a form of self-expression.” After all, Edelstein (who founded the company with her co-CEO Nathan Kondamuri)

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Joe Biden wants to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure and jobs. These 4 charts show where the money would go. – USA TODAY

Joe Biden wants to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure and jobs. These 4 charts show where the money would go.  USA TODAY Biden’s infrastructure plan takes aim at Trump’s biggest economic achievement  POLITICO Biden’s Infrastructure Plan: What’s Best and Worst  Bloomberg Republicans are

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‘A Big Asterisk on the Future.’ High School Counselors on Challenges Facing the Class of 2021

Having wreaked havoc on their final year of high school, the pandemic proceeded to disrupt the Class of 2021’s postgraduation plans. Some students answered the uncertainty by applying to more colleges than they’d previously planned, perhaps aiming higher. Others saw

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