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State Department appeals board, now with limited authority, gains new members

The Trump administration recently limited the board’s authority to challenge employee removals and other adverse personnel actions, asserting that the secretary of state has final say on these decisions.

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Government Executive· Oct 2, 9:39 PMState Department appeals board, now with limited authority, gains new members

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Leader of $1.7M Hamas fundraising scheme bragged about 'friends' in NY: fedsSaleem Alzaq, who works in Hamas' "media office," boasted that he had “so many” friends in the Big Apple in a 2025 exchange with an undercover NYPD agent over Snapchat, federal prosecutors alleged.

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Ex-congressman and Rubio ally gets 10 years for secret Venezuela lobbyingA former Florida congressman and political mentor to Secretary of State Marco Rubio was sentenced to a decade in federal prison Friday for his role in a secret $50 million campaign to lobby officials in Washington on behalf of the Venezuelan government. David Rivera, a Republican from Miami who served one term in the U.S. House from 2011 to 2013, was…

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State Department accuses Senate Democrats of 'grandstanding' on oil dealSenate Democrats face congressional scrutiny over a Venezuela oil deal giving the Pentagon an equity stake in oil company NABEP, as the State Department accuses them of grandstanding.

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NYC Mayor Mamdani to receive ‘peacemaker award’ alongside controversial Iranian lobbying groupNYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a controversial Iranian-American lobbying group will be honored with "peacemaker" awards by a New York state non-profit group next week.

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Jared Kushner Secretly Uses Another War to Boost His BuddiesJared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have used peace negotiations with Russia to concoct a multibillion-dollar deal to benefit their foreign business partners and political allies. In the latest installment of the most corrupt administration in history, the dynamic duo behind multiple botched peace agreements has secured a massive deal to purchase a series of…

The New Republic12h agoWhole story →

MSF Says Israel Is 'Asphyxiating' Gaza, With Palestinians Pushed Into 'Smaller and Smaller Area'A year after a so-called "ceasefire" deal established the Israel Defense Forces' "yellow line" in Gaza, separating the IDF-controlled eastern part of Gaza from about 47% of the strip that was originally set aside for Palestinians, the Israeli military has crept westward, block by block—effectively "asphyxiating" Gaza's population of 2.1 million people,…

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Trump Finds a New Way to Blame Gas Prices on Anyone But HimselfSuddenly, gas prices have absolutely nothing to do with the Iran war, according to the U.S. president. After spending months denying and downplaying the fact that gas and diesel prices have become more expensive, Donald Trump finally conceded Monday. The only catch to his admission: The rising price tag is definitely not his fault. “What’s driving up…

The New Republic11h agoWhole story →

Trump Had a Practice Run for Iran. He Messed It Up Too.President Trump’s ill-advised, poorly executed war in Iran was foreshadowed months before. The Washington Post reports that the Trump administration’s handling of Yemen’s Houthi militia attacking ships in the area in 2025 had Pentagon leaders raising concerns that would come to fruition during the Iran war the next year. Specifically, Department of…

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EE.UU. arresta a presunta espía china por vigilar al hijo del presidente de TaiwánUna mujer sospechosa de espiar para China al vigilar al hijo del presidente de Taiwán y a su familia fue detenida por las autoridades estadounidenses antes de abordar un vuelo a Shanghái, según el FBI, en momentos en que persisten las tensiones entre EE.UU. y China.

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