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Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash — The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision …
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Hundreds of FAA probationary workers fired by Trump administration, union says — The Trump administration has started firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration probationary employees who maintain critical air traffic control infrastructure, according to their union.
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Our Government Is Experiencing a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly — Musk is moving fast and breaking important things — Last month SpaceX carried out a test launch of its in-development Starship rocket. Liftoff was achieved, but as the company later announced, “Starship experienced …


4 Top Officials Resign Over Adams's Cooperation With Trump — Four deputy mayors to Eric Adams are leaving “to stay faithful to the oaths we swore to New Yorkers and our families,” they said in a statement. — Four top New York City officials are resigning after the Justice Department moved …
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Mass resignations from Eric Adams' administration spark chaos in NYC government — The departures follow the Democratic mayor's increasing closeness to Republican president Donald Trump, who provided him a legal reprieve. — NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams' administration is falling apart …
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Four Adams Deputy Mayors Quit Following Trump Deal — Adams begged Maria Torres-Springer, Anne Williams-Isom, Meera Joshi and Chauncey Parker to stay, but they announced their resignation following the mayor's agreement to aid immigration enforcement in exchange for dropping his corruption prosecution.

Four senior aides to New York mayor Adams to resign, media report
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Judge calls rare hearing on a holiday in case against Musk's DOGE — A U.S. judge has scheduled a rare holiday court hearing on Monday, in a case brought by Democratic state attorneys general seeking to protect major federal agencies from Elon Musk's government cost-cutting team known as DOGE.
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Judge seems unwilling to immediately bar Musk from meddling in federal agencies — Blue states have not provided enough initial evidence to justify a temporary restraining order, Judge Tanya Chutkan said at a court hearing. — U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Monday appeared poised …
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‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk's purge is cutting more than costs, say experts — In slashing staff and disabling entire agencies the administration is lacerating the structures of US democracy — Donald Trump and Elon Musk's radical drive to slash billions of dollars in annual federal spending …
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Musk's DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS — The unusual request would put sensitive data about millions of American taxpayers in the hands of Trump political appointees. — Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service is seeking access to a heavily-guarded Internal Revenue Service system …
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We confronted Speaker Johnson over DOGE. His response is cause for concern. — This is not a time where business as usual can be our strategy. — Insults toward women in politics are nothing new, so we are wearing being called “rude,” “aggressive” and “unhinged” last week as a badge of honor.
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‘Five alarm warning’: Possible DOGE access to private taxpayer data sparks outcry — The Elon Musk-run effort wants to study a system that includes tax returns, Social Security numbers and other information. — Democrats and tax experts are sounding alarms about a plan by Elon Musk's DOGE team …
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The Hill, Staten Island Advance and Raw Story


Trump Voters Splinter Over His Rapid Shake-Up of Washington — Some core supporters love his no-holds-barred approach, but several swing voters are taken aback at his early moves
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Scoop: Why Trump targets AP
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Trump administration pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Tate brothers — Tristan and Andrew Tate have been charged with sexual misconduct, organised crime and money laundering — The Trump administration has pressured Romanian authorities to lift travel restrictions …
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Elon Musk's X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging service — Signal has been a primary method of communication for federal workers looking to blow the whistle on DOGE. — Elon Musk's social media platform, X, is currently banning links to “Signal.me,” a URL used by the encrypted messaging service Signal.
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Rubio spars with Brennan over Vance's Munich speech — Secretary of State Marco Rubio sparred with CBS host Margaret Brennan over Vice President Vance's speech in Munich. — Rubio joined Brennan on “Face the Nation” on Sunday, where he was asked what Vance accomplished by meeting with a leader …
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Elon Musk ridiculed a blind person on X. Then a mob went to work. — Musk's unparalleled online reach on X has given him a powerful tool to attack individuals who criticize DOGE. — Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette works at the Project on Government Oversight, a nonpartisan watchdog group focused on reducing bureaucratic waste.


‘Turned out the lights’: Fury hits Washington Post as it refuses to run $115K anti-Musk ad — The Washington Post canceled plans to run a front-and back-page advertisement that would have earned the paper $115,000 — and ran straight into fresh fury. — The ad, reportedly sponsored …
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'Can't be saved': Former Canadian defense official says relationship with U.S. is over — Retired Vice Admiral Mark Norman, who once served as Canada's Vice Chief of the Defense Staff, does not believe that the relationship between his nation and the United States is salvageable …


American arrested in Moscow on drug smuggling charges is freed ahead of Russia-US talks — Russia has freed a U.S. citizen arrested earlier this month on drug smuggling charges, according to Russian media reports and a U.S. official. — The move appears to be an effort to ease tensions between Moscow …
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Top Russian and American officials will hold talks on ending the Ukraine war without Kyiv
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Trump shares poll showing Donalds leading Florida governor's race — President Trump is touting a internal poll showing Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) leading in a hypothetical Florida governor's race. — Trump touted the poll, which was conducted by the Florida-based Republican pollster Victory Insights, in a post on Truth Social.
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The Death of Government Expertise — Why Trump and Musk are on a firing spree — One of the greatest tricks that Donald Trump and Elon Musk ever pulled is to convince millions of people that DOGE, the self-styled Department of Government Efficiency, is about government efficiency.
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The Daily Beast


The Marco Rubio Guide to Survival is Not Working Well — The secretary of State is taking positions that were once anathema and sounding very Trumpy online. — It is becoming increasingly clear that Marco Rubio is secretary of State in name only. — Since taking over Foggy Bottom …
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