Caine is a career fighter jet pilot who defended Washington, D.C., during the 9/11 attacks and been adored by Trump since they met in Iraq during Trump's first term.
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The 88-year-old Francis has been hospitalized for a week with a complex lung infection.
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A judge in Mississippi has ordered a small town newspaper to take down an editorial critical of city officials. The paper's owner calls it a violation of free speech.
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We look at Friday night's shakeup at the Pentagon, with the announcement of more staff cuts and a change in a top leadership position.
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This week New York State prisons saw strikes, prison unrest and correctional officer charges in the beating death of an inmate.
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In an executive order this week, President Trump called to shrink the trust that manages the iconic park known as Presidio in San Francisco.
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Staffing at the HUD office that pays for housing and support services across the country is slated to be cut by 84%. Advocates warn such heavy cuts could make record-high homelessness even worse.
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Students in an elementary school broadcasting club in California are among the youngest winners of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge.
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Hamas releases six live hostages whose freedom they agreed to under the current ceasefire deal.
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Leaders from Egypt, Jordan and other Arab states met in Saudi Arabia to discuss alternative plans for Gaza's future than the one laid out by President Trump, which calls for displacing Palestinians.
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The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to transfer transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.
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Trump announced the dismissal of Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. and said he would nominate Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, a retired three-star general, to succeed him as the top U.S. military officer.
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A U.S. district judge granted a preliminary injunction blocking the administration from terminating or changing federal contracts they consider equity-related.