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New Jaguars HC Liam Coen calls job 'an opportunity that you just can't pass up,' but dodges questions about timeline
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New details on Musk's DOGE agency raise questions about its scope, transparency
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Microsoft's business development chief Chris Young resigns
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Elon Musk's DOGE has a new cost-cutting target: the U.S. penny
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Israel's Military Chief Resigns
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Trump Executive Order Creates DOGE, Trying to Dodge Lawsuits Challenging It
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Israeli military chief resigns over October 7 attacks
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Los Angeles Fire Chief Faces Calls for Resignation
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Texans' Mixon questionable to play against Chiefs
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Sonos’s New CEO Sent an Email to Employees. 7 Words Stood Out Most
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SafeSport CEO says in email: Knowing arrested investigator fooled them is 'just sickening'
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Chief Is Getting a New CEO: All About the New Head of the Women’s Leadership Network
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5 looming questions about California's devastating wildfires
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Why Elon Musk had to drop his ‘DOGE’ pledge to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget
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South Korea’s acting leader accepts resignation of presidential security chief
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Can Susie Wiles, Trump’s Chief of Staff, Survive?
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US imposes sanctions on Orbán’s chief of staff for alleged corruption
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Warner on Gabbard meeting: 'I had questions going in. I have questions coming out'
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Trump chief of staff praises Biden counterpart for transition work
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