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First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak that's infected more than 120 people — A person who was hospitalized has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center spokesperson Melissa Whitfield confirmed the death Wednesday.
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Unvaccinated Child Dies of Measles in Texas, Officials Say — At least 124 cases of measles have been identified in Texas since late January, mostly among children and teenagers who are either unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown, officials say.
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RFK Jr. Has Horrific Response to Measles Death — An unvaccinated child in west Texas died of measles on Wednesday, marking the first time that someone has died from the viral illness in the U.S. in a decade. — So far, 18 people have been hospitalized for the disease around Lubbock …
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Measles death of unvaccinated child in Texas outbreak is 1st fatality in US in a decade
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Trump and Musk's slash-and-burn tactics are a sticking point in talks to prevent a shutdown — Sen. Patty Murray, the top Democratic appropriator, urged Republicans to help stop Trump from usurping Congress' spending powers and not to “follow Elon towards a shutdown.”
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Senate Republicans say House budget won't fly with them — Tuesday's big win for Speaker Mike Johnson might not last long. — House Republicans spent weeks in painstaking negotiations before delivering a budget blueprint for “one big, beautiful bill.” Now Senate Republicans are preparing to tear it apart.


House Republicans hit the brakes on town halls after blowback over Trump's cuts — A number of Republican lawmakers faced significant pushback in their home districts over Trump and Elon Musk's slashing of the federal government. — WASHINGTON — House Republicans are becoming weary …
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71 percent of Trump voters oppose Medicaid cuts: Poll
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South Carolina Republican wants to put Trump on new $250 bill
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Jeff Bezos' Directive for Washington Post Opinion Pages Leads to Editor David Shipley's Exit — David Shipley, The Post's opinion editor, is resigning after trying to persuade Jeff Bezos to reconsider the new direction. — 1k — Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Washington Post …
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Legendary WaPo Editor Slams Bezos' ‘Disgusting’ MAGA Makeover — BETRAYAL — Former executive editor Marty Baron told the Daily Beast there was “no doubt in my mind” that Bezos was prioritizing his business interests over The Washington Post.
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Bezos directs Washington Post opinion pages to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’
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Musk's Ex-Twitter Workers Win Severance Over ‘Fork in the Road’ Email — Ex-employees prevail in challenges to ‘Fork in the Road’ email — Billionaire has Trump's support using similar tactics at DOGE — Former Twitter employees are scoring early victories in legal challenges …
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The Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in a new memo
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They voted for Trump, but now they're losing their U.S. government jobs
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Musk and Trump's federal layoffs are just getting started
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Forest Service chief retires after thousands of layoffs at the agency
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Trump Orders Federal Agencies To Submit Plans For ‘Large-Scale’ Firings, Per Memo
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DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator — Elon Musk's men at HUD come from the real estate sector. They have access to vast stores of personal and financial data—and control over who can access which HUD systems. — On February 10 …
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White House bars AP, Reuters and other media from covering Trump cabinet meeting — The White House on Wednesday denied reporters from Reuters and other news organizations access to President Donald Trump's first cabinet meeting in keeping with the administration's new policy regarding media coverage.
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White House Kicks Out HuffPost Reporter From Press Pool
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White House removes liberal outlet from press rotation
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Donald Trump's Extraordinary Act Of Weakness
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Elon Musk's business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding — Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk's wealth — Elon Musk and his cost-cutting U.S. DOGE Service team have been on a mission to trim government largesse.
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Social Security Administration Could Cut Half Its Workforce — Sources tell the Prospect that a meeting called for a 50 percent reduction in an agency that millions rely on for benefit implementation. — There are more than 1,200 Social Security field offices across the country.
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The Supreme Court is in “radical agreement” that a bizarre DEI rule needs to go — The proper term for a Supreme Court session where the justices hear verbal presentations by lawyers is an “oral argument,” but Wednesday's hearing in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services hardly qualified as an argument.
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Supreme Court leans toward reviving straight woman's reverse discrimination claim
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Trump Press Sec Seethes at Media over Musk as More Bad Econ News Hits … At Tuesday's media briefing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that the White House will now decide who attends briefings, an effort to insulate President Trump from tough scrutiny.
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Trump's nominee for solicitor general won't rule out ignoring court orders in ‘extreme cases’ — President Donald Trump's nominee to be solicitor general told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that presidents might rightfully defy court orders in “extreme cases.”
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Justice Dept. Nominees Suggest Some Court Orders Can Be Ignored
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Who Is the Anonymous Data Expert Telling Elon Which Cuts to Make? — Conservatives have used DataRepublican to spread misinformation about federal agencies. She's been working at a tech firm that's battled the CFPB … The account, and its alleged findings of mismanaged government agency spending …
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Trump faces Truth Social backlash over AI video of Gaza with topless Netanyahu and bearded bellydancers — Users of president's own social media site criticise video showing reimagined Gaza featuring Trump and Israeli PM sipping cocktails — Donald Trump is facing a backlash …
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White House point man at Homeland Security shared ‘martial law option’ post to keep Trump in office — The Trump administration's new point man for dealings with the Department of Homeland Security is a former far-right podcast host and election denier who once shared an article calling for …
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American Airlines flight from Boston aborts landing at D.C. airport to avoid departing plane — An American Airlines flight from Boston aborted its landing at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Tuesday morning to avoid another plane that was taking off on the same runway, authorities said.
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Multimillion-dollar Biden-era COVID-19 vax project halted by Trump's HHS — FIRST ON FOX: Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has paused a multimillion-dollar contract from the Biden administration to create a new COVID-19 vaccine, Fox News Digital has learned.


Decline of Christianity in the U.S. Has Slowed, May Have Leveled Off — Findings from the 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study — Table of Contents Table of Contents — Findings from the 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study — Pew Research Center conducts the Religious Landscape Study …
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“A woman is like a child”: MAGA quickly turns its sights on stripping Republican women of power — Conservative women believe complicity will save them. But an emboldened far-right is gunning for their rights — For decades, the anti-abortion movement has aggressively promoted women into visible leadership roles.
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Not known for political coverage, Wired takes a leading role in tracking Elon Musk's team — Shortly after becoming Wired's global editorial director in 2023, Katie Drummond acted on an early-morning idea. With a presidential election coming, the tech-focused news outlet needed a team …


Trump prepares to use controversial 1798 ‘Alien Enemies’ law to speed deportations — The Trump administration is preparing to invoke a sweeping wartime authority to speed up the president's mass deportation pledge, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions.


Bluesky Deletes AI Protest Video of Trump Sucking Musk's Toes, Calls It ‘Non-Consensual Explicit Material’ — Update: After this article was published, Bluesky restored Kabas' post and told 404 Media the following: “This was a case of our moderators applying the policy for non-consensual AI content strictly.


With his reelection chances in doubt, Adams to skip signature campaign event — The mayor has decided not to attend a candidate forum hosted by a union that endorsed him in 2021, citing legal advice. — NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams will skip a candidate forum hosted by a union central to his 2021 victory …
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Exclusive: Anti-Trump Podcaster Who Dethroned Joe Rogan Wants to Beat Fox News — The MeidasTouch Podcast, a progressive, anti-Trump show hosted by three brothers—Brett, Ben and Jordan Meiselas—became America's most popular podcast this month, knocking off

State Department Completes Foreign Funding Review, Identifying 15,000 Grants Worth $60 Billion for Elimination — President Donald Trump's State Department completed its review of U.S. foreign aid, identifying nearly 15,000 grants worth $60 billion for elimination, an internal memo reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon shows.
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