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Ben LaBolt to replace Kate Bedingfield as White House communications director

Longtime Biden aide Kate Bedingfield is leaving the White House and her role as communications director — for real this time — and will be replaced by another longtime Biden ally, Ben LaBolt.  The White House had previously announced that Bedingfield would be departing last summer, but she made a last-minute …

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7 more Memphis police officers may face discipline in Tyre Nichols case, city attorney says

Seven more officers with the Memphis Police Department may be disciplined in the aftermath of Tyre Nichols’ death last month, officials said on Tuesday, bringing to 13 the number whose actions are in focus. During a city council meeting, which focused on officers’ conduct during the violent arrest that left Nichols …

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Tech layoffs: Paypal, Google, Microsoft and more are cutting jobs

The high-flying tech industry is facing a reckoning as the economy slows and customers pull back on spending. In the past month alone, tech companies have cut nearly 60,000 jobs, reversing a hiring spree that surged during the pandemic as millions of Americans moved their lives online. IBM was one of …

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