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What We’re Following
Military Matters: The White House announced that U.S. troops would remain in Syria without a clear timeline for withdrawal, despite a series of statements by President Trump that appeared to indicate that he wanted the troops back home. The president has frequently pointed to the military in the past two weeks as a possible solution for challenges such as securing the U.S.–Mexico border—yet the situation in Syria illustrates how completing a military mission may be more complicated than he might expect.
Two Senate Democrats are calling on the inspector general of the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate Scott Pruitt, the agency’s head, that was first reported by Meanwhile, after a series of data-breach scandals, federal regulators are considering that could help keep Facebook and other social-media networks in check.
