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Trump Revokes Security Detail for Pompeo and Others Despite Threats From Iran — The officials had been part of an aggressive posture against Iran during President Trump's first term. — President Trump revoked security protection for his former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo …
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CNN Plots Major Overhaul as It Enters a New Trump Era — Mark Thompson has promised to reinvent CNN since he arrived in 2023. Now, he is remaking the network's TV lineup and its work force. — Give people news when and where they want it. — That, says Mark Thompson, CNN's chief executive …
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‘Next phase of change’ at CNN — CNN is announcing several major changes this morning - job cuts, restructurings, new products, and digital investments. — “Our objective is a simple one: to shift CNN's gravity towards the platforms and products where the audience themselves are shifting and …
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CNN to lay off hundreds of employees as post-inauguration transformation begins, sources say … Warner Bros. Discovery's CNN plans to lay off hundreds of employees Thursday as it refocuses the business around a global digital audience, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Trump Administration Temporarily Mutes Federal Health Officials — Scientific meetings were canceled, and research data on the bird flu outbreak was delayed, amid confusion over the directive. — The Trump administration, moving quickly to clamp down on health and science agencies …
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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring — Researchers facing “a lot uncertainty, fear and panic” — Donald Trump's return to the White House is already having a big impact at the $47.4 billion U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) …
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Trump administration's abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern
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Immigrants rush to prepare for Trump deportation raids … - Trump's executive orders that began laying the groundwork for his mass deportations reversed several longstanding policies. … - The New Mexico-based immigrant rights advocacy group Somos Un Pueblo Unido said it's launching a …
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ICE Watch Programs Can Protect Immigrants in Your Neighborhood — Here's What to Know
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Trump's Immigration Plans Are Already Wrecking the Food Industry
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The shitcoin presidency — $TRUMP is taking corruption to new levels. — Donald Trump declared on the campaign trail that he'd be a “crypto president” during his second term. He said he'd make America “the crypto capital of the planet” and a “bitcoin superpower.”
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Trump's D.E.I. Order Creates ‘Fear and Confusion’ Among Corporate Leaders — The executive order signals that private businesses and organizations could be investigated over their diversity policies. — More than 200 diversity officers, some from Fortune 500 companies and some from nonprofits …
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Donald Trump's war on DEI is not about “merit”
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Trump threatens to withhold aid for California wildfires in first TV interview since inauguration — “I don't think we should give California anything until they let water flow down,” he told Sean Hannity — Trump slams Biden over prosecutions, pardons — President Donald Trump threatened …
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Playbook: Donny does Davos — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — Good Thursday morning. This is Jack Blanchard, four days in and already running dangerously low on supplies of Yorkshire Tea. Messages of support to [email protected]. — DRIVING THE DAY
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F.B.I. Pick Pushed False and Misleading Claims About Trump Investigations — Kash Patel, Donald J. Trump's choice to run the bureau, has made a series of spurious assertions about the Russia, Jan. 6 and classified documents inquiries. — Kash Patel, President Trump's pick to lead the F.B.I. …


Justice Dept. Cancels Entry-Level Job Offers in Honors Program — The program, which has functioned quietly for decades, is the latest target of Trump administration appointees who are eager to exert more control over who gets government jobs. — The Justice Department has abruptly rescinded job offers …


CBS 58 weather reporter Sam Kuffel is out after criticizing Elon Musk arm gesture — Daniel Bice Mary SpicuzzaMilwaukee Journal Sentinel — A Milwaukee TV weather forecaster has been dropped by her station one day after she criticized Elon Musk on social media for his straight-arm gesture that many have likened to a Nazi salute.
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Musk mocks Nazi salute accusations with puns
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What Republicans Could Cut to Pay for Trump's Tax Cuts: Medicaid and More — President Trump wants a massive tax cut and immigration crackdown bill. Now Republicans must decide what to cut to help pay for it. — Top Republicans are passing around an extensive menu of ideas to cover …
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ChatGPT down: AI chat app not working as website goes offline — Your support helps us to tell the story — From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro …
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Justice Department Halts New Civil Rights Cases — Where Things Stand — Civil rights: The Justice Department has ordered an immediate halt to all new civil rights cases or investigations — and signaled that it might back out of Biden-era agreements …
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Justice Department freezes all cases in civil rights division
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Hegseth's ex-wife gives new statement to FBI amid scrutiny over his nomination — Pete Hegseth's ex-wife recently gave a new statement to the FBI about the defense nominee's alcohol use, according to two sources familiar with the matter, an issue that has become a source of controversy during his confirmation process.
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Donald Trump Is Running Riot — I have never been more concerned about the rule of law in the United States. — I was born in 1969 — five years after the Civil Rights Act was passed — and I have no memory of the legal system operated in the Jim Crow South, when there was one code …
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President Donald Trump says he'll ‘demand that interest rates drop immediately’ — WATCH NOW — President Donald Trump lobbed his first volley at the Federal Reserve, saying Thursday that he will apply pressure to bring down interest rates. — Speaking to an assembly of global leaders …
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The Vibes They Are a-Shiftin' — But it's really not clear what they are shifting to — Donald Trump winning a presidential election is, obviously, nothing new. It literally happened in 2016. What I think is new, eight years later, is the “vibe shift” first named by Tyler Cowen in July of 2024 and confirmed by Trump's victory.


Three Disturbing Signs of Fourth Estate Failure — Corporate executives behaving obsequiously towards Donald Trump and his lackeys may be disturbing to witness, but it is squarely within their primary charge of increasing shareholder value. Sucking up to a transactional president who uses power …


How DOGE could succeed — or fail miserably — The Washington Post's essential guide to tech policy news — Happy Thursday! Send news tips to: will.oremus@washpost.com. — Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post — Save on unmatched reporting. — every four weeks


Antioch school shooting: Nashville suspect, 17, posted alt-right paraphernalia, photos from past school shootings — Two students are dead and one injured after a 17-year-old male student armed with a handgun opened fire in the cafeteria of Antioch High School in Nashville on Wednesday morning.
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Trump's agenda rests in the hands of a 91-year-old — With the gerontocracy under a microscope, the Senate Judiciary chair holds the keys to Donald Trump's agenda. — The core of President Donald Trump's agenda runs through Chuck Grassley, who has been in the chamber longer than his vice president has been alive.


Trump, Energy and MAGA Brain — One key to understanding many of the destructive policies coming down the pike is to realize that Donald Trump suffers from what I've been calling MAGA brain, although it actually predates Trump. I'd define it as the belief that effective governance comes …


Trump undercuts enforcement of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — For decades, the political right has purported to broadly support the goals of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s. In recent years, Republicans sought to pare back perceived excesses benefiting minority groups and women …
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