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The French government has collapsed after Prime Minister Michel Barnier lost a vote of no confidence.

Two children were wounded in a shooting Wednesday at a small religious K-8 school in Northern California and the shooter died from a suspected self-inflicted gunshot, sheriff’s officials said.

One of President-elect Trump’s most embattled nominees, Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth, met with Republican senators Wednesday on Capitol Hill. It comes as Trump revealed more of his picks key positions to assist him in his next term. Lisa Desjardins reports.

The White House said that a broad Chinese hacking operation had infiltrated at least eight American telecommunications companies and that none of them have managed to remove the Chinese hackers from their systems. Nick Schifrin reports.

While it might seem glib to compare the thwarted coup attempt in South Korea to the United States, columnist and editor James Downie warned that the two countries share “eerie” similarities. Writing for MSNBC, Downie walked through President Yoon Suk

Deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger offered new details about the breadth of the sprawling Chinese hacking campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans.

French parliament votes to oust Michel Barnier’s government  Financial Times French government collapses after no-confidence vote passes against Prime Minister Michel Barnier  Fox News French government collapsed after no-confidence vote. What happens now?  The Washington Post Macron’s Grand Project in Ruins After French

Georgia’s prime minister had vowed to punish those participating in the anti-government protests that have engulfed the capital Tbilisi. On Wednesday, it seems, the crackdown began.

White House press corps recoils at Trump’s threat to shake up briefing room  The Hill

Trump’s children won’t have White House roles in his second term  NBC News