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U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war — BREAKING NEWS: U.S. sides with Russia to vote against a U.N. resolution condemning Moscow for the Ukraine — Washington's dramatic shift on the conflict marks a major break with its European allies and coincides …
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U.S. Clashes With European Allies at the U.N. Over Ukraine — The United States voted against a resolution, backed by most of Europe, demanding Russian withdrawal from Ukraine — a deep fissure between allies, and a sharp shift in American policy. — A showdown over Ukraine between …
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Axios, Reuters, Voice of America, Semafor, Fox News and The Kyiv Independent


US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia's war against Ukraine — The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia's war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, New York Post, The Diplomat, New Republic, Associated Press, Metro.co.uk and Reuters


Ukraine diplomacy live: UN assembly condemns Russia's Ukraine invasion despite US opposition — Vote came shortly after G7 leaders failed to agree on a joint statement condemning Russia's war — Edited by Alexandra White, Zehra Munir, Peter Wells — UN General Assembly passes resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine
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U.S. votes against UN resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine invasion
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Trump administration backs off Musk's 5 things threat — An administration official said it is “not a one-size-fits-all” approach. — The Trump administration is backing off Elon Musk's weekend mandate that federal employees submit five things they accomplished in the last week or face dismissal ahead of a Monday evening deadline.
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Trump administration tells agencies they can ignore Musk order on email reply — The Office of Personnel Management told HR officials that employees wouldn't be let go for not replying to an email asking what they did last week. — The Trump administration has told federal agency leaders …
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Federal workers and agencies push back against Elon Musk's email ultimatum — The revelation comes as federal workers face a midnight deadline to respond. — WASHINGTON — Responses to the Elon Musk-directed email to government employees about what work they'd accomplished over the past week …


Trump backs Musk as he roils the federal workforce with demands and threats — President Donald Trump voiced support for Elon Musk's demand that federal employees explain their recent accomplishments by the end of Monday or risk getting fired, an edict that has spawned new litigation and added …
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LGBTQ Federal Workers Brace for a McCarthyist Purge — “They're not asking people, ‘Are you gay? Are you lesbian?’ They're asking, ‘Who is participating in DEI?’” — When Michael first started working in the Department of the Interior over a decade ago, he hid the fact that he was gay from his co-workers.


FDA moves to rehire medical device, food safety and other staffers fired days earlier
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New York Times, STAT and The Independent

Live updates: Trump and France's Macron discuss Russia and Ukraine at the White House
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The Hill, NPR, Raw Story, The Independent, Washington Times and Breitbart

Musk threatens federal employees still working from home with administrative leave
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Bloomberg, New Republic, New Jersey Online, New York Post, The Independent, The Hill and Althouse


Trump names podcaster Dan Bongino as deputy FBI director — US President Donald Trump has appointed podcaster and commentator Dan Bongino as deputy director of the FBI. — Trump posted on social media that Bongino was “a man of incredible love and passion for our Country” …
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An Obituary for the FBI — America's dream of a politically independent bureau is officially dead — The 117-year-old Federal Bureau of Investigation, long heralded as the nation's premier national law enforcement agency — an avowedly nonpartisan, independent investigator that for decades …

Right-Wing Commentator Named F.B.I. Deputy Director
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AI Video of Trump Kissing Elon's Bare Feet Plays Throughout HUD Office — Federal workers are becoming increasingly incensed over DOGE's attacks on their departments — As Donald Trump and Elon Musk prepare to bring their next round of arbitrary cuts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development …
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AI video of Trump kissing Musk's feet plays on TVs in HUD building — An artificial intelligence (AI) produced video depicting President Trump rubbing and kissing Elon Musk's feet played on television screens in the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) building on Monday, in an apparent mocking of the relationship between the two men.
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Trump Says Workers Who Don't Respond to Musk's Email Risk Being Fired
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A new document undercuts Trump admin's denials about $400 million Tesla deal — The controversy started in a very Washington way: as a line item in a government spreadsheet buried on the State Department's website. — It appeared as if the State Department was taking steps to award Elon Musk's Tesla …


Johnson makes ‘prayer request’ ahead of critical vote on Trump agenda bill — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) asked for prayers as he prepares to bring the House's budget reconciliation resolution, the vehicle for President Trump's ambitious legislative agenda, for a floor vote as soon …
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Budget won't be changed to address Medicaid concerns, Johnson says
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Here's how Republicans are planning to throw millions off Medicaid and lie about it
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Politico, WisPolitics, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Hill


Rep. Mark Alford tells fired KC federal workers ‘God has a plan’ at hostile town hall — Ariel Mollhagen couldn't hear what U.S. Rep. Mark Alford was saying but she didn't really need to. The crowd's reaction told the story. — During an extraordinarily heated town hall on Monday …


Trump just blew up Ron DeSantis' succession plans — Now DeSantis, who has arguably risen to become the most powerful governor in Florida history, may leave office without someone determined to preserve his legacy. — TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis and first lady Casey DeSantis …
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DOGE is the Theranos of Cost-Cutting — And other notes from the Chaos — Today's post will really be two short posts on different but related topics: The failure of DOGE to make any progress on its stated goals, and what's beginning to look like a rapid loss of confidence in Donald Trump's economic policies.
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Musk Watch and Newsweek
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Despite the hype, DOGE hasn't found a shred of fraud
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Poynter, The Gateway Pundit and Kevin Drum


MSNBC drama intensifies as network axes shows hosted by 3 more lefty anchors in wake of Joy Reid's ouster: sources — MSNBC's new president continued to overhaul the embattled network Monday — canceling shows hosted by anchors left-wing anchors Ayman Mohyeldin, Katie Phang and Jonathan Capehart, The Post has learned.


Fair or Not, Zelensky Is Angering Trump. Is His Style Hurting Ukraine? — Through three years of wartime leadership, Ukraine's president has mostly played weak hands wisely. But his approach has fallen flat with the Trump administration. — When the secretary of the treasury …
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Putin's Three Years of Humiliation
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Let's fire all the lawyers — The ominous removal of the judge advocates general by the Trump administration. — Buried in the headlines surrounding Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's firing of Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Charles Q. Brown and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti …
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America Has a Rogue President
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Oversight agency finds Trump's federal worker firings unlawful, asks for some employees to be reinstated — An independent federal oversight agency has deemed at least some of President Trump's mass firings of probationary period employees unlawful, creating a pathway for those employees to regain their jobs.
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Federal News Network, Talking Points Memo and American Greatness


New Idaho bill would cost you $100K, five years in jail for lying about someone — BOISE — House Speaker Mike Moyle on Friday introduced a bill to make it a felony crime to knowingly communicate a false statement about another person. — “I'm a firm believer in our First Amendment right …


Trump repeals Biden directive linking U.S. arms to human rights — Rescission of the order, imposed as Biden struggled to support Israel's war in Gaza, comes as the new administration puts its mark on U.S. foreign policy. — The Trump administration has rescinded a Biden-era regulation …


Angry Democratic donors turn off the flow of money — Democrats are anxious to rebuild their party on the heels of President Trump's victory in November. But they have a major problem as they try to refashion their brand: The money isn't there. — Democratic donors …
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The NSA's Secret Sex Chats — Intelligence officials maintained a chatroom to discuss polyamory and transgender surgeries, internal documents reveal. — / Eye on the News / Politics and law, The Social Order — The “intelligence community” is one of the most powerful parts of the American national security apparatus.
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RedState, Townhall, The Post Millennial and The Gateway Pundit


Stonewall, UK's Largest Trans Rights Organization, Turned Out to Be a USAID Front — Stonewall UK, which in recent years has been at the tip of the spear in the fight to transify the UK, is slashing their staffing by 50% and even then may be in trouble. — Why? USAID cuts.
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Farmers Sue Over Deletion of Climate Data From Government Websites — The data, which disappeared from Agriculture Department sites in recent weeks, was useful to farmers for business planning, the lawsuit said. — Organic farmers and environmental groups sued the Agriculture Department …
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Bloomberg and Common Dreams


Lester Holt is stepping down as anchor of ‘NBC Nightly News’ after a decade — Holt will move full time to NBC's news magazine show “Dateline” at the beginning of the summer. — Lester Holt, the anchor and managing editor of “NBC Nightly News” for a decade, announced Monday that he is stepping …
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US halts plan to house migrants in tents at Guantanamo amid concerns over conditions — The Trump administration has halted efforts to place migrants in tent structures built at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amid concerns that the emerging facilities don't meet detention standards …
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Stars & Stripes and New York Times


Roberta Flack, '70s R&B Vocalist Known for ‘Killing Me Softly,’ Dies at 88 — Legendary pop/R&B vocalist Roberta Flack, who was launched to stardom in the early '70s by the Grammy-winning hits “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” has died …


Warner, Who Said CIA Stole Election, Now Leads DOJ Civil Rights — The Justice Department has inserted Mac Warner, who last year espoused false claims that the CIA stole Trump's 2020 presidential victory with the FBI's help, to run the civil rights division, replacing an ousted career official …


NYC Mayor Eric Adams to close Roosevelt Hotel migrant center targeted by Musk, Trump administration — The hotel's closure comes as Adams promises to close another 53 emergency shelter sites by June. — New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday that the city will close …


Trump Just Fired 6,700 I.R.S. Workers in the Middle of Tax Season. That's a Huge Mistake. — If you were to ask the top chief executives in the world to name the best strategy to attack waste in their organizations and balance the books, there is one answer you would be very …
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