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NBC News:
Trump administration wants to un-fire some nuclear safety workers but can't figure out how to reach them  —  The individuals, who work in an agency that oversees the nation's nuclear stockpile, had been fired on Thursday and lost access to their federal government email accounts.
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CNN:
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country's weapons stockpile, sources say  —  Trump administration officials fired more than 300 staffers Thursday night at the National Nuclear Security Administration — the agency tasked with managing the nation's nuclear stockpile …
Ari Natter / Bloomberg:
Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department  — About 300-400 workers tied to nuclear programs were dismissed  — Agency seeks to bring back workers after chaotic terminations  —  The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists …
Discussion: Axios
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
Europe will not be part of Ukraine-Russia peace talks, US envoy says  —  Keith Kellogg tells countries to offer concrete solutions and boost spending instead of complaining about talks role  —  Europe will be consulted - but ultimately excluded - from the planned peace talks between Russia …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump strangles Europe … - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth perplexed and perturbed allies on his first visit to NATO by seemingly taking some of Ukraine's bargaining chips off the table before those talks began. … - Back at home, Trump announced “reciprocal” tariffs on every country …
Hans von der Burchard / Politico:
Macron calls emergency European summit on Trump, Polish minister says  —  MUNICH — French President Emmanuel Macron is convening European leaders for an emergency summit in Paris on Monday, according to Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.
Discussion: Reuters, Pravda EN and Financial Times
Joshua Posaner / Politico:
Zelenskyy: ‘The time has come’ for a European army
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump-Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Unnerving Turn With Vile Leaked Memo  —  Shockingly, it turns out that empowering the richest human being on the planet to maliciously and gratuitously heap additional misery on that planet's most poor, hungry, and desperate people might—just might …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Washington Post:
Records show how DOGE planned Trump's DEI purge — and who gets fired next  —  A DOGE team plans to fire federal workers who are not in DEI roles and employees in offices that protect equal rights, internal documents show.  —  A team of workers from the U.S. DOGE Service developed step …
Discussion: Althouse
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Washington Post:
As federal workers and aid recipients reel, Trump's team is unmoved  —  “They get the one starving kid in Sudan that isn't going to have a USAID bottle, and they make everything DOGE has done about the starving kid in Sudan,” a White House official said.  —  Federal and nonprofit employees …
Discussion: Inside Climate News
Washington Post:   See inside DOGE's playbook for eliminating DEI
Financial Times:
Ukraine rejects Trump bid to take rights to half its mineral reserves  —  Kyiv wants security guarantees to be tied to any natural resources deal  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected a US bid to take ownership of around 50 per cent of the rights to his country's rare earth minerals …
Discussion: Reuters, Pravda EN, CBS News and EADaily
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Washington Post:
Ukraine rejects Trump request for half its rare mineral wealth  —  The offer and Ukraine's consideration of it rippled through European diplomatic circles not only for its audacity but because the war-ravaged country appeared to be seriously considering how to reach a deal.
New York Times:
Don't Assume Trump Is Wrong About Birthright Citizenship  —  On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order that purports to end birthright citizenship for certain children.  It does so despite Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, which declares, “All persons born …
Discussion: ZeroHedge News
Gilad Edelman / The Atlantic:
‘The Gulf of America’ Is the Wrong Fight to Pick  —  The more that politicians mess around with place names, the more important it is to respond according to consistent principles.  —  The executive order rechristening the body of water known internationally as the “Gulf of Mexico” is not an easy document to take seriously.
Politico:
Stunned federal workers brace for the real-world repercussions of Trump's purges  —  The Trump administration could face political backlash from voters in Republican and Democratic states who suddenly find a host of services vanish.  —  Americans could soon start to feel the repercussions …
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
German Chancellor Rebukes Vance for Supporting Party That Downplays Nazis  —  At the Munich Security Conference, Olaf Scholz accused the U.S. vice president of unacceptable interference in Germany's coming elections.  —  Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany on Saturday accused Vice President JD Vance …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Breaking Defense and Reuters
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Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
JD Vance's Munich speech laid bare the collapse of the transatlantic alliance
New York Times:
Vance Tells Europeans to Stop Shunning Parties Deemed Extreme
Washington Post:
Justice officials move to drop Adams case after 7 lawyers refuse, resign in protest  —  Acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove told prosecutors in Washington to find someone who would seek to have the case dismissed, or risk losing their jobs  —  The Justice Department on Friday filed …
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Brenda Wintrode / The Baltimore Banner:
Maryland National Guard out of Frederick Douglass parade after DoD order declares Black History Month ‘dead’  —  Strict guidance from the national defense department crushed plans for an Eastern Shore parade held in honor of Frederick Douglass' 207th birthday because it was being held during …
Bloomberg:
Trump's Threats and Statehood Taunts Reset Race to Lead Canada  — ‘The enemy is not in Ottawa, the enemy is in Washington’  — Conservatives pivot to ‘Canada First’ message as polls narrow  —  For over a year, Canada's Conservative Party seemed on track to win a decisive victory …
Discussion: UnHerd
Susan Snyder / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Penn scrubs diversity initiatives from its website to comply with Trump order  —  The University of Pennsylvania's medical school plans to dissolve committees having to do with diversity, equity, and inclusion and any roles that implement such efforts.That's what Roy Hamilton, vice dean for inclusion …
Kiera Butler / Mother Jones:
RFK Jr. Is Already Taking Aim at Antidepressants  —  The new HHS secretary has made baseless claims that the drugs are addictive and cause violent behavior.  —  Hours after being confirmed as Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy …
Financial Times:
Is corporate America already souring on Trump?  —  Optimism at the prospect of tax cuts and lighter regulation has given way to anxiety over trade policies
Discussion: The Daily Wire
Adam Wren / Politico:
Playbook: GOP confronts a continental divide  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  Happy Saturday from Indiana, where I have a bit of FOMO about not being in Munich at the POLITICO Pub.  I'll try to remedy that today by having the Hoosier classic breaded pork tenderloin sandwich …
Aaron Wiener / Washington Post:
Federal workers are being rushed back to the office.  It's causing chaos.  —  Some need to win a coin flip to use a desk.  Others say they're killing time when workstations aren't available.  —  As the Federal Emergency Management Agency prepared for its full workforce to report in person this month …
Discussion: Raw Story
CBS News:
How a Vermont border agent's death exposed violence linked to the cultlike Zizian group  —  In the wooded outskirts of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a perplexed landlord noticed odd sights at two of his rental properties.  —  Tenants wore long black coats and parked box trucks outside the duplexes.
Discussion: The Guardian and SFGATE
Ellie Wolfe / The Baltimore Banner:
Naval Academy faculty told to avoid ‘divisive concepts’ like ‘systemic racism’  —  The guidance from the provost follows President Trump's recent DEI-focused executive order, which some say seeks to erase history and diversity.  —  Faculty at the Naval Academy are no longer permitted …
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
How Trump's MAGA Agenda Is Already Sticking It To Red America  —  The effects of DOGE and potential cuts to Medicaid are likely to hit communities where Donald Trump is popular.  —  LOADING  —  Early in Donald Trump's first term, Steve Bannon met with some House Republicans who were wavering …
Politico:
Kindergarteners could learn gun safety in school under a bill gaining momentum in Utah  —  The measure places an undue burden on children instead of parents, some gun violence prevention advocates say.  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah students in as early as kindergarten would be required to learn …
Discussion: Deseret News
 
 
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Bloomberg:
Poland Presidential Hopeful Decries Trump War Move as ‘Weakness’
Ashley Holt / HuffPost:
Trump Supporters Shared How He Could Lose Their Support, And There's One Issue That's Verrrrry Important To Them
Discussion: New York Daily News
Aline Barros / Voice of America:
Trump administration moves quickly with mass deportation plans
Discussion: HuffPost
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
74 Lawsuits Have Been Filed to Stop Trump, Most in a Handful of Courts
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Missouri judge moves to temporarily block ‘discriminatory’ abortion restrictions
Discussion: ACLU of Missouri
Steff Danielle Thomas / The Hill:
Palin keeping door open to joining Trump administration
Elizabeth Dias / New York Times:
In Trump's Cuts to Aid and Refugees, a Clash Over Christian Values
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Mother Jones:
National Archives Head Resigns as Trump Takes Control of Records
Discussion: CBS News