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Brett McGurk breaks down complex negotiations to reach Israel-Hamas ceasefire

The negotiations that led to the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement took months and months. At the center of the talks representing the United States was Brett McGurk, the White House coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa. He joined Amna

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Biden White House says enforcement of TikTok ban will fall to Trump

The Supreme Court unanimously upheld a law that threatens to shut down TikTok as soon as Sunday. The justices ruled free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the popular social media app creates a national security

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News Wrap: Noem faces questions about Trump’s immigration policies

In our news wrap Friday, Department of Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem faced questions from senators at a confirmation hearing, President-elect Trump says he and Chinese President Xi Jinping will ‘solve many problems together’ after the two leaders spoke on

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How businesses are preparing for the tariffs Trump has promised to impose

Countries and businesses around the world will be watching to see just how quickly President-elect Donald Trump imposes new tariffs and just how steep they may be. News Hour special correspondent and Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell reports on how

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Brooks and Capehart on Biden’s legacy and what to expect from Trump’s 2nd term

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including how the ceasefire agreement affects President Biden’s legacy, his warning about an oligarchy in America, the confirmation

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Israel’s cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire deal

Israel’s full cabinet has approved the Gaza ceasefire deal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has said.

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Thank God Cameron Diaz Is Back

As a culture, we’re hard on our beautiful blondes. We may automatically presume everything should be easy for a conventionally gorgeous, flaxen-haired performer with a visible-from-space smile. We may even assume that because she’s beautiful, she can’t be all that

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Blinken tells AP he’s worried Trump team may abandon key Biden foreign policies

Outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken told The Associated Press that he hopes the incoming Trump administration will press forward with key points in Biden’s foreign policy, including on the Middle East and Ukraine, but expressed concern that the Trump

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Blinken tells AP he’s worried Trump team may abandon key Biden foreign policies

Outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken told The Associated Press that he hopes the incoming Trump administration will press forward with key points in Biden’s foreign policy, including on the Middle East and Ukraine, but expressed concern that the Trump

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A protest against America’s TikTok ban is mired in contradiction

Another Chinese app is not the alternative some young Americans think it is

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