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Mandel Ngan/GettyPolice have confirmed the death of an active-duty airman who set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., in a protest against the “genocide” in Gaza.Aaron Bushnell, a 25-year-old based in San Antonio, Texas, walked up to the embassy building on Sunday afternoon in combat uniform, carrying a flask of inflammable liquid and a selfie stick with which he livestreamed his actions.“My name is Aaron Bushnell,” he said. “I am an active-duty member of the United States Air Force and I will no longer be complicit in genocide.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Yuri Gripas/Reuters The under-fire chair of the Republican National Committee, Ronna McDaniel, has announced her intention to step down to allow Donald Trump to install a new party leader once he is confirmed as the GOP presidential nominee.McDaniel said she would step aside on Friday March 8, three days after a slew of Super Tuesday primaries which are expected to seal Trump’s nomination.Appointed to the post in 2017 soon after Trump entered the White House, McDaniel, 50, has become a lightning rod for MAGA frustrations despite being seen as a competent fundraiser. She is the niece of Trump-foe and former GOP nominee Mitt Romney.Read more at The Daily Beast.