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Hamas has said it will release Israeli hostages as planned and will implement the Gaza ceasefire deal.

Opinion | Trump Dares the Courts to Stop Him  The New York Times

How Trump Is Gutting Regulatory Agencies Like the SEC, CFPB and EEOC  The New York Times

Watch: Confirmation hearing for Linda McMahon, Trump’s education secretary pick  NPRView Full Coverage on Google News

Trump’s pick for secretary of education is Linda McMahon. Here’s what to know  NPR Into the ring: Trump education chief pick McMahon to testify on cutting ‘red tape’ amid DOGE sweeps  Fox News Linda McMahon auditions to lead Education Department Trump wants

Special government employees, or SGEs, are typically hired on a temporary basis as experts or consultants or serve as members of federal advisory committees. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik)

Roe v. Wade, making it certain abortion would become illegal in Texas. The state is among nearly a dozen with laws criminalizing abortion that report zero or only a handful of abortions in 2023.’/> The reports are from 2023, in

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McMahon’s confirmation proceedings are likely to focus on how she would handle Donald Trump’s plans to dissolve the U.S. Education Department. (Image credit: Anna Moneymaker)

By the standards of other cities I have been in or visited shortly after a revolution, Damascus seems on the face of it relatively calm.