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  The fall of Bashar Assad after 13 years of war in Syria brings to an end a decades-long dynasty

  Associated Press - By ZEINA KARAM and ABBY SEWELL

  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad fled the country on Sunday, bringing to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto control as his country fragmented in a brutal civil war that became a proxy battlefield for regional and international powers. The exit of the 59-year-old …

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  Senate passes bill to boost U.S. chip production and China competition, sending to House

  CNBC - Kevin Breuninger

  The Senate on Wednesday passed bipartisan legislation aimed to help the U.S. compete with China by injecting tens of billions of dollars into the …

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  Biden to announce drastic border action on Tuesday

  Axios - Stef W. Kight, Hans Nichols

  President Biden is expected to announce a sweeping executive action intended to crack down on illegal border crossings. Why it matters: The drastic …

• https://www.npr.org/2024/05/14/1250987721/biden-china-tariffs-electric-vehicles

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  NPR

  May 14, 2024
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  Biden signs TikTok ‘ban’ bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it

  The Verge - Lauren Feiner

  The legislation requires China-based parent company ByteDance to divest TikTok in nine months to a year in order to avoid an effective ban in the US. President Joe Biden signed a foreign aid package that includes a bill that would ban TikTok if China-based parent company ByteDance fails to divest …

• https://time.com/6898749/biden-state-of-the-union-biggest-moments-highlights-takeaways-border-gaza-trump/

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  TIME

  Mar 8, 2024