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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned Thursday after clashing with President Donald Trump over the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria and after two years of deep disagreements over America's role in the world. Mattis, perhaps the most respected foreign policy official in Trump's administration, will leave by the end of February after two tumultuous years struggling to soften and moderate the president's hardline and sometimes sharply changing policies.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House has approved funding for President Donald Trump's border wall in legislation that pushes the government closer to a partial government shutdown. The House voted largely along party lines. The bill now goes to the Senate, where it has almost no chance of passing. Senators already passed their bill to avert a shutdown by extending funds to Feb. 8. It did not include the wall funding.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Pentagon is developing plans to withdraw up to half of the 14,000 American troops serving in Afghanistan, marking a sharp change in the Trump administration's policy aimed at forcing the Taliban to the peace table after more than 17 years of war. One official says the troops could be out by summer, but no final decision has been made. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have indicted two alleged Chinese hackers who are said to have carried out an extensive campaign on behalf of Beijing's main intelligence agency. The U.S. says the campaign was intended to steal trade secrets and other information from American government agencies and "a who's who" of major corporations in the United States and nearly a dozen other nations. It's the latest in a series of Justice Department indictments targeting Chinese cyberespionage.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jared Kushner's family company plans to buy another property in a New Jersey beach town where developers can get big tax breaks thanks to a federal program pushed by Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump. A Long Branch official says the company is negotiating to buy in one of thousands of Opportunity Zones in the country offering the tax cuts. It would be the fourth Kushner purchase in Long Branch this year. Ethics experts say Kushner's push for the program raises conflict-of-interest issues.
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