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Trump's defense secretary pick once slammed him for 'shallowness' on foreign policy
Donald Trump this week tapped Pete Hegseth to be his secretary of defense -- despite the Fox News host having previously criticized him before he was elected in 2016.Top stories - ABC News - November 13 -
Trump's pick of Huckabee and Witkoff a clue to Middle East policy
The former Arkansas governor and the New York real estate investor are staunch supporters of Israel.Top stories - BBC News - November 14 -
UN special committee likens Israeli policy in Gaza to genocide
Report also refers to Israel ‘using starvation as a weapon of war’ and running ‘apartheid system’ in West Bank. Middle East crisis – live updates A UN special committee has said that Israeli ...World - The Guardian - November 14 -
Why Businesses Should ‘Expect the Unexpected’ for Trump’s Second-Term Tax Policy
Republicans will have a trifecta in Washington, but that doesn’t mean policy is a sure thing.Business - Inc. - November 14 -
Democratic Latino groups wrestle with Trump's election gains
A group of Democratic-leaning advocates say their polling shows that Trump did not win a majority of Latino men and that Latinos still support progressive policies.Politics - NBC News - November 14 -
How RFK Jr. could reshape U.S. health policy
President-elect Donald Trump has offered Robert F. Kennedy Jr. the Health and Human Services secretary role. Kennedy faced several controversies during his White House bid, including a conspiracy ...Top stories - CBS News - November 14 -
Cop summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’, say leading climate policy experts
Future UN conferences should only be held in countries that show support for climate action, urge influential group. Over 1,700 coal, oil and gas lobbyists granted access to Cop29, says report ...World - The Guardian - November 15 -
China faces crucial decisions on climate policy during second Trump term
After rare accord with Biden White House on climate, China may now be more wary of adopting robust policy measures. China is facing crucial decisions on its climate policies as its hard-won ...World - The Guardian - November 15 -
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What Donald Trump’s Team Picks Say About His Foreign Policy
The world has changed since Donald J. Trump’s last term as president. Mark Landler, the London bureau chief of The New York Times, describes what Mr. Trump’s choices so far say about his foreign ...Top stories - The New York Times - November 15 -
How Strict Return-to-Office Policies Like Amazon’s Impact Women
RTO mandates amplify many of the systemic workplace barriers that have held women back. And more women are quitting because of them.Business - Inc. - November 16 -
3 unanswered questions that will shape Trump’s Middle East policy
Donald Trump’s election victory was a clarifying moment. But in terms of Middle East policy, months on the campaign trail still left three key questions unanswered.Politics - The Hill - November 16 -
Biden’s Policies Offer a Starting Point for Trump’s Border Crackdown
Mr. Trump has criticized the Biden administration for what he calls its lax handling of the border — but it has left him with tools he can use to shut down the border.Top stories - The New York Times - November 17 -
Stock-market investors cheered the end of election uncertainty. Policy uncertainty remains.
Investors asked themselves whether the postelection rally could continue, and if Trump is really as good for the market as some think.Business - MarketWatch - November 18 -
Abuse survivors urge the Vatican to globalize the zero-tolerance policy it approved in the US
Survivors of clergy sexual abuse are urging the Vatican to adopt the same zero-tolerance policy that it approved for the U.S. Catholic Church in 2002World - ABC News - November 19 -
How oil ‘wildcatters’ ended up in charge of Trump’s energy policy
Shale barons are jubilant about the Republican’s plan for US ‘energy dominance’. Climate campaigners are notBusiness - Financial Times - November 20 -
Speaker Johnson announces policy barring trans women from Capitol bathrooms
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced Wednesday that transgender women are not permitted to use bathrooms in the Capitol that match their gender identity, taking a stance on the hot-button issue ...Politics - The Hill - November 20 -
Treasury yields steady as traders weigh increased Russia-Ukraine tensions
Thursday’s rally in U.S. government debt faded as trading progressed, leaving yields little changed again, as market participants assessed media reports that Russia had fired missiles on Ukraine.Business - MarketWatch - November 21 -
Bill O'Reilly: Donald Trump Cabinet will have zero policy input
Bill O'Reilly tells NewsNation's "CUOMO" that Trump just wants people in his Cabinet that will do exactly as he tells them to do.Politics - The Hill - November 21 -
The Democrats must radically rethink foreign policy | Anatol Lieven
A deep and searching debate on the Democratic party’s approach to foreign affairs is now urgent. In domestic political terms, the foreign policy of the Biden administration has proved almost ...World - The Guardian - November 21 -
U.S. Enlists Allies on AI Safety as Trump Vows to Undo Current Policy
A San Francisco summit focuses on creating guardrails for AI development, even as the future of Biden’s AI Safety Institute is in doubt.Business - Inc. - November 21 -
Former X Policy Chief Goes to Work for Sam Altman
Nick Pickles, who headed global affairs for Elon Musk’s social platform, will join OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman’s eyball-scanning crypto project.Business - Inc. - November 21 -
Sam Altman's Startup Appoints Former X Executive as Policy Chief
Tools for Humanity named X’s former vice president of global affairs Nick Pickles as its head of policy, the latest executive from what was formerly Twitter to join the startup.Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 21 -
Transgender people prepare for sweeping policy changes under Trump
Transgender people told NBC News they have a variety of concerns about Donald Trump's second term but said they're better prepared than they were eight years ago.Politics - NBC News - November 22 -
Why we can’t litigate our way into AI policy in schools
Recent lawsuit against a school for punishing a student for using AI in a class assignment highlights the need for clear policies and trust in educators to determine when AI is appropriate.Politics - The Hill - November 22 -
A Lesson for America? Reversing Populist Policies Is Tough, Poland Finds.
The country’s new leaders are trying to undo changes, like abortion restrictions and politicized courts, made by their hard-right predecessors. It “takes longer than you expect,” one minister said.World - The New York Times - November 23 -
Biden aims to Trump-proof his legacy with policy blitz in final days
Outgoing president makes last push on Ukraine and seeks new judicial appointments and manufacturing subsidiesBusiness - Financial Times - November 23 -
US and Europe diverge on monetary policy as Trump scrambles outlook
Big central banks’ rates trajectories part ways as Eurozone wrestles with sluggish growthBusiness - Financial Times - 5 days ago