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Abbey Fenbert / The Kyiv Independent:
Syrian rebels announce fall of Russia-backed Assad regime — Syrian rebels announced on Dec. 8 that they had ousted President Bashar al-Assad from the capital city of Damascus. — “The tyrant Bashar al-Assad has fled. We declare the city of Damascus free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad,” rebel leaders said in a statement.
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Reuters:
Syria rebels celebrate in captured Homs, set sights on Damascus — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flew out of Damascus for an unknown destination on Sunday, two senior army officers told Reuters, as rebels said they had entered the capital with no sign of army deployments.
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Reuters:
Russia says Syria's Assad has left country and gave orders for peaceful power handover — Russia said on Sunday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had left office and departed his country after giving orders for a peaceful transfer of power, but did not say where he was now or whether the Russian military planned to stay in Syria.
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Politico, Bloomberg, The Kyiv Independent and Reuters
Timothy Nerozzi / Washington Examiner:
Syria's sudden uprising is a stark reminder of Obama's failed foreign policy — The stunning events that have unfolded in Syria over the past week have culminated in the sudden end to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, more than a decade after he managed to hold on when civil war erupted.
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Associated Press:
Jubilation and gunfire as Syrians celebrate the end of the Assad family's half-century rule
Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
Trump details sweeping changes he'll carry out on day one and beyond in an exclusive interview — Trump vowed to launch a mass deportation effort, impose tariffs and pardon many convicted in the Jan. 6 attack in an interview with “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker.
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Simon J. Levien / New York Times:
Trump Transition Live Updates: Trump Gives First Televised Interview Since Election — Where Things Stand — President-elect Donald J. Trump insisted in an interview with NBC's “Meet the Press” to air on Sunday that he would not direct his administration to seek retribution …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump will ‘most likely’ pardon Capitol rioters on Day 1 and says Jan. 6 committee members should be jailed — The president-elect also said during an exclusive interview with “Meet the Press” that he won't request a special prosecutor to investigate outgoing President Joe Biden.
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Helen Ouyang / New York Times:
What Doctors Like Myself Know About Americans' Health Care Anger — I rushed around the patient as he lay motionless with his eyes closed in the emergency room. He was pale and sweaty, his T-shirt stained with vomit. You didn't have to be a health-care worker to know that he was in a dire state.
Arnab Datta / New York Times:
Climate Activists Need to Radically Change Their Approach Under Trump — Donald Trump's return to Washington might seem like a terrifying moment for the fight against climate change. The incoming administration is not just hostile to the energy transition; it's also expected to pull …
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Informed Comment and Energy Security and Freedom
Washington Post:
Federal employees scramble to insulate themselves from Trump's purge — Career civil servants are scrubbing social media, changing job titles and looking for private sector work over fear that Trump might fire them — Lisa Rein covers federal agencies and the management of government.
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Raw Story
David French / New York Times:
The Tennessee Trans Treatment Case Is About Age, Not Sex — I cannot begin to imagine the pain of feeling that your body does not match your gender. I cannot imagine the pain of parenting a child in such distress. Americans should feel immense sympathy for individuals in those circumstances …
Washington Post:
Youngkin: Jordanians ‘crashed’ Quantico. Feds: It was an Amazon delivery. — Virginia's governor has used the arrest of two undocumented men who misunderstood directions to stop at a check-in station to inflame fears over illegal immigration. — RICHMOND — There are two versions …
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump aims to end birthright citizenship, says American citizens with family here illegally may be deported — President-elect Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview with “Meet the Press,” also said he is open to working with Democrats on a legislative way to keep Dreamers in the United States.
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New York Times:
Want a Job in the Trump Administration? Be Prepared for the Loyalty Test. — Applicants for government posts, including inside the Pentagon and the intelligence agencies, say they have been asked about their thoughts on Jan. 6 and who they believe won the 2020 election.
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Raw Story and The Independent
Tara Copp / Associated Press:
US announces nearly $1 billion more in longer-term weapons support for Ukraine — The United States will provide nearly $1 billion more in longer-term weapons support to Ukraine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Saturday as the Biden administration rushes to spend all the congressionally approved money …
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