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Trump shrinks National Security Council in major foreign policy shakeup
By Tom Bowman , Franco Ordoñez President Trump has ordered massive cuts to the White House National Security Council, sending dozens of policy experts packing on Friday, one of the officials who was let go told NPR. The official said that the dismissals were abrupt. Staffers were notified at 4:30 p.m. and asked to leave…
Carney names new foreign minister in Canada cabinet shake-up
PM, who led Liberals to re-election, replaces Mélanie Joly – who becomes industry minister – with Anita Anand Mark Carney, the prime minister of Canada, has announced a major cabinet shake-up, including a new foreign minister, as he shapes a newly re-elected Liberal government. Carney, who replaced Justin Trudeau earlier this year and won the…
Texas Lottery faces scrutiny amid jackpot controversies and leadership shakeup
From The Texas Newsroom By Lucio Vasquez ROSENBERG, TEXAS – At Lucky Rudy’s, a convenience store outside of Houston, 30-year-old Eli Sierra holds up a fresh scratch-off. Buying lottery and scratch-off tickets has been a simple tradition he shares with his wife — a little spark of excitement, not a serious investment. “I’ll go buy…
Trump fires top general in Pentagon shake-up
US President Donald Trump has fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff CQ Brown, the highest-ranking officer in the country, as part of a major shake-up of top military leadership. “I want to thank General Charles ‘CQ’ Brown for his over 40 years of service to our country,” Trump posted on social media.…
The Papers: Sara Sharif’s dad ‘attacked in prison’ and social care ‘shake-up’
Health Secretary Wes Streeting writes in the Guardian that the new commission on adult social care in England will “finally grasp the nettle”. He says it will set the country on the path to building a service which “meets the urgent need of our generation”. The Daily Mirror it is “imperative” that the commission succeeds.…
Ministers plan biggest shake-up of adult social care in England for decades
But final report on reforms would not emerge until 2028, which health leaders say is kicking crisis ‘into the long grass’ Ministers are to launch a historic independent commission to reform adult social care, as they warned older people could be left without vital help and the NHS overwhelmed unless a “national consensus” was reached…