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Trump announces Morgan Ortagus as deputy Mideast envoy, while criticizing her

President-elect Donald Trump expressed uncertainty about appointing former State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus as deputy special envoy for Middle East peace – while announcing his decision to give her the role. Trump said in an unusually tepid statement posted to his Truth Social platform on Friday that he was “pleased to announce” that Ortagus would… Read More
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Meta taps Republican Joel Kaplan to head global affairs

Meta’s most senior Republican, Joel Kaplan, will replace Nick Clegg as the social media giant’s chief global affairs officer, three weeks ahead of President-elect Donald Trumps inauguration. The move was announced on Thursday in a social media post by Clegg, a former British deputy prime minister and a previous leader of the countrys Liberal Democrats,… Read More
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Risch dismisses striking Iranian nuclear facilities

Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), the incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, expressed doubt in a recent interview with The Free Press that Iran would try to obtain a nuclear weapon or that the United States would need to act to take out Iran’s nuclear program. “I dont think we need to finish [Iran]… Read More