Lebanon at ‘Tipping Point’ as It Seeks to Disarm Hezbollah

The country is waiting to see if the government seizes on this moment to disarm the Iranian-backed armed group and how the militants will respond.Hezbollah supporters gathering in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday to mourn the death of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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Jesse Jackson Chicago Funeral: Obama, Biden, Clinton to Attend

The large-scale, public event in Chicago on Friday caps two weeks of memorials for Mr. Jackson, the civil rights leader, who died at 84.The casket of the Rev. Jesse Jackson arrived at the House of Hope for a service in Chicago on Friday morning.

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Jesse Jackson, Charismatic Champion of Civil Rights, Dies at 84

An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force, forming a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people and seeking the presidency. His mission, he said, was “to transform the mind of America.”The Rev. Jesse Jackson acknowledged the applause of delegates at the 2000 Democratic Nati

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Senator Blumenthal Pushes to Investigate Kristi Noem for Perjury

Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said Democrats had evidence to suggest Kristi Noem lied under oath during a Senate hearing on Tuesday.Senator Richard Blumenthal speaking on Capitol Hill in January. Blumenthal said that Kristi Noem’s removal did not protect her from an investigation.

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Georgia Candidate Colton Moore Copies Marjorie Taylor Greene Playbook

Colton Moore, who hopes to win a special election on Tuesday to replace Ms. Greene, has the same flair for the dramatic and the ultra-MAGA persona, but he lacks one thing: a Trump endorsement.Other politicians tend to “hide under the desk,” said Colton Moore who is running in Tuesday’s special elect

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Representative Tony Gonzales Will Not Seek Re-election

Several House members had called for Mr. Gonzales, a Texas Republican, to step down after texts emerged showing his pursuit of a staff member who later killed herself.Representative Tony Gonzales at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in Washington last month.

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He Had a Purple Heart, PTSD and a Rap Sheet. He Had to Leave the U.S.

After a long battle with drug addiction, Sae Joon Park felt settled in a new life. But he was deported last year and is now fighting to get back to Hawaii.Sae Joon Park in his apartment in Busan, South Korea, in February. Despite living in the U.S. for nearly 50 years, Park was ordered to move back

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Axel Springer Agrees to Buy U.K.’s Telegraph

The $766 million takeover is the latest twist for The Telegraph, an influential British newspaper whose ownership had been in limbo for years.The British newspaper The Daily Telegraph agreed to sell itself to Axel Springer, the European media giant.

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