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When is RFK confirmation vote as HHS secretary?: What to know about full Senate vote
Senators voted on a party-line Wednesday to advance President Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as secretary of the Health and Human Services Department. Kennedy, the anti-vaccine guru who has drawn sharp criticism from Democrats, appears to be on track to lead the world’s largest public health system, which provides care for millions of Americans. He has...
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Trump says he and Putin have agreed to begin ‘negotiations' on ending Ukraine war
President Donald Trump says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to begin “negotiations” on ending the Ukraine war.
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Senate confirms Gabbard as Trump's director of national intelligence after Republicans fall in line
The Senate has confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence.
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Hygge to Hollywood: Petition for Denmark to buy California gets 200,000 signatures
Should Denmark buy California? A satirical counter offer to President Donald Trump’s proposal to buy Greenland is getting signatures.
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Hegseth to NATO: Return to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is an ‘unrealistic objective'
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told the Ukraine Defense Contact Group that the Russia-Ukraine war “must end” but said that returning Ukraine to its pre-2014 borders was an “unrealistic objective.”
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Democrat accuses Trump FBI pick Kash Patel of secretly ordering firings
The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee has sent a letter to the Justice Department Inspector General accusing Kash Patel, President Trump’s pick for FBI director, of secretly orchestrating the firings of FBI officials.
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White House fires USAID inspector general after warning about funding oversight, officials say
The White House fired the inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development on Tuesday.
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With Elon Musk watching, Trump says he's giving DOGE even more power
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was signing an executive order to give tech billionaire Elon Musk more power over the federal workforce, adding to Musk’s swift and sweeping consolidation of political influence.
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Appeals court rejects Trump administration bid to reinstate funding freeze
A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected the Trump administration’s bid to pause a lower court’s order that temporarily halted a massive freeze in federal funding.
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DOGE cuts $900 million from agency that tracks American students' academic progress
It’s unclear to what degree the Education Department’s Institute of Education Sciences will continue to exist after Musk’s team slashed scores of contracts.
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White House bars AP reporter because of AP style policy on ‘Gulf of America'
The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from an event in the Oval Office on Tuesday after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which President Trump has ordered renamed the Gulf of America. The reporter tried to enter the White House event as usual Tuesday afternoon and was turned away, AP executives said….
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Apple Maps renames Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America, follows similar Google decision
Apple Maps has renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in its software on Tuesday, as was seen by a number of users. The change follows an executive order by President Donald Trump to change the body of water on America’s Gulf Coast. Apple’s move follows a similar one by Google Maps earlier in the week....
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After Trump meeting, Jordan's king confirms opposition to moving Palestinians out of Gaza
Jordan’s King Abdullah II said he reiterated Tuesday during a meeting with President Donald Trump his country’s and the region’s “steadfast opposition” to the president’s plan to resettle millions of Palestinians out of Gaza.
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Dept. of Education asks NCAA to erase records set by transgender athletes
The Department of Education took another step Tuesday in advancing the Trump administration’s new transgender policy for sports by asking the NCAA and a key high-school sports organization to restore titles, awards and records it says have been “misappropriated by biological males competing in female categories.”
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Trump signs executive order to continue downsizing federal workforce
President Donald Trump made a rare appearance with Elon Musk in the Oval Office on Tuesday before signing an executive order to continue downsizing the federal workforce.
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Judge tells agencies to restore health websites following Trumps executive order
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered government agencies to restore public access to health-related webpages and datasets that they removed to comply with an executive order by President Trump.
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GOP congressman calls for Greenland to be renamed ‘Red, White, and Blueland'
A Republican member of Congress has introduced a bill to give President Donald Trump authorization to acquire Greenland and rename it “Red, White, and Blueland.”
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‘A lot of people will die': How Trump's USAID overhaul could lead to famine in Sudan
Ravaged by two years of brutal civil war and with over 30 million people — or more than half of the population — in need of humanitarian assistance, President Donald Trump’s 90-day freeze on all foreign aid could not have come at a worse time for Sudan.
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FEMA official ignores judge's latest order, demands freeze on grant funding
Federal workers are being swept into the fight between Donald Trump and federal courts, with four FEMA aides fired Tuesday for being “deep state activists.”
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All the potential conflicts of interest for Elon Musk as head of Tesla and DOGE
Elon Musk has long railed against the U.S. government, saying numerous investigations and safety programs have stymied Tesla, his electric car company, and its efforts to create fleets of robotaxis and other self-driving automobiles.