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Gen. Lloyd Austin retired from the U.S. Army in 2016. He'll need a waiver from Congress to serve as the top civilian at the Pentagon, which some key lawmakers may resist doing.

NBC's hiring and firing of former GOP chief Ronna McDaniel may inspire more distrust from conservatives. Yet journalists said her role in trying to overturn the 2020 election made her unacceptable.

The prime minister, whose Liberals lost their parliamentary majority in Monday's vote, says he will lead a minority government. Trudeau vowed to continue his policies despite the election setback.

The former president will headline the annual conservative conference with a Sunday address, his first speech since leaving office. His baseless election fraud claims could also get heavy play.

Rebecca (Bec) Fedhaus Adams is the first ever news director at WHRO Public Media. She leads the strategic vision for local journalism. Bec is an alumna of the Poynter Leadership Academy for Women in Media (2019) and a member of the Editorial Integrity and Leadership Initiative (2020) from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism. She is an outspoken advocate for diversity in public media and mentors young journalists to reach their goals. She is a member of the 2020 Next Generation Radio staff. Her work is driven by a conviction that the way we do our work is as important as the work we do, and that curiosity and humility are the cornerstones of that philosophy. She has served as an editor and project manager at WAMU in Washington, D.C., the talent director at the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR), a general assignment reporter at WKMS, an education reporter at The Paducah Sun and a freelancer and consultant. Bec's stories and collaborations have won multiple state, regional and national awards including in the "Best Use of Sound," category for a story about an evangelical horse whisperer. She holds two degrees from Murray State University. A homesick Kentuckian, Bec has been named both a roller derby MVP and Miss Congeniality in past lives. She lives in Virginia Beach with her spouse, Drew. When she’s not at work, she enjoys karaoke, hosting dinner parties and traveling.

In the fifth election in 3 1/2 years, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has partnered with fringe elements of Israel's far right to try to unseat centrist Prime Minister Yair Lapid.

President Trump and other top political figures paid tribute to Charlie Kirk at his memorial service. And, several Western countries are expected to recognize a Palestinian state today.

Even though the top four congressional leaders left their White House meeting with the president separately and silently Friday, they cast the hourlong encounter in a positive light back at the Capitol.

The recently stagnant charts are flooded with new releases this week, led by Bieber and Scott. Plus, Ravyn Lenae's slow-burning hit "Love Me Not" makes a play for song of the summer status.

Top Republicans, including President Trump, are criticizing the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office over its assessment that GOP's signature policy bill could add $2.4 trillion to the deficit.