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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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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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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 backs off Musk's 5 things threat — sort of — An administration official said it is “not a one-size-fits-all” approach. — President Donald Trump on Monday defended the decision by some of his Cabinet to order their agencies to ignore Elon Musk's weekend edict that all federal …
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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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FDA moves to rehire medical device, food safety and other staffers fired days earlier — Barely a week after mass firings at the Food and Drug Administration, some probationary staffers received unexpected news over the weekend: The government wants them back.
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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 …
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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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More than 100 House Democrats Push Federal Agencies to Regain Order, Renounce Musk Chaos
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Live updates: Trump and France's Macron discuss Russia and Ukraine at the White House
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Musk threatens federal employees still working from home with administrative leave
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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 …


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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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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Trump Says Workers Who Don't Respond to Musk's Email Risk Being Fired
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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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Trump Names New Deputy Director of the FBI
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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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Trump administration in court over AP lawsuit on White House access — A federal judge was hearing arguments Monday afternoon in The Associated Press' lawsuit against three staff members of President Donald Trump, whose administration has barred the news agency from presidential events.
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Trump personally decided to limit Associated Press' access to White House
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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.


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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Despite the hype, DOGE hasn't found a shred of fraud
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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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Ron DeSantis talks up his wife as next Florida governor and takes a shot at Trump's pick — As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis approaches the end of his second term in office, he's talking up one potential heir to succeed him in 2026: his wife, Casey DeSantis. And he's taking a shot …
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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.


America Has a Rogue President — President Trump's decision to fire senior military leaders without cause is foolish and a disgrace. It politicizes our professional military in a dangerous and debilitating way. What frightens me even more is the removal of three judge advocates general …
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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 …


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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One Word Describes Trump — A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world. — What exactly is donald trump doing? — Since taking office, he has reduced his administration's effectiveness by appointing to essential agencies people …


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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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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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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Trump says tariffs on Canada and Mexico ‘will go forward’ … WATCH NOW — VIDEO 06:35 … - CNBC Councils — CNBC on Peacock — Join the CNBC Panel — Supply Chain Values — Select Shopping — Ad Choices — News Tips — Got a confidential news tip?
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