
Lebanon's Hariri steps down as prime minister-designate pushing crisis-ridden country further into uncertainty
CNN
Lebanon's Prime Minister designate Saad Hariri has stepped down nearly nine months after he was tasked with forming the crisis-ridden's next government.
On Thursday, Hariri told reporters that President Michel Aoun had not accepted his latest Cabinet lineup less than 24 hours after the three-time prime minister submitted the proposal. "During the conversation we proposed that the president take more time to think about the proposal, and (Aoun) said that it looks like we're not going to agree," Hariri told reporters following the 20-minute meeting.
Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











