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Trump cancels news conference with Zelensky after contentious Oval Office meeting — President Donald Trump on Friday canceled a planned news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after a contentious meeting in the White House. During the meeting, Trump …
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Russian state media briefly enters Oval Office during Zelenskyy meeting — The White House did not address how the unapproved reporter was able to gain access to the Oval Office. — The White House last week announced that “all journalists deserve a seat” in the Oval Office press pool.


Democrats Are About to Eat Their Own — Expect a bizarre scene at the White House today, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is showing up to sign an agreement pledging some Ukrainian rare-mineral rights to the United States—theoretically in exchange for further U.S. opposition to Vladimir Putin engulfing his country.
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Trump-Zelensky meeting cut short after contentious Oval Office exchange — The Ukrainian leader came to Washington to prevent Trump from abandoning Kyiv in favor of Moscow three years into Russia's war on his country, but was met with vocal anger from the American president.
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Trump, Zelensky and Vance Argue Over Ukraine War
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Trump ends talks with Zelensky, accuses him of not being ‘ready for peace’
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Live updates: Trump cuts short talks with Ukraine's Zelenskyy after Oval Office blow up
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Trump and Zelenskyy's meeting turns into a heated argument
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Trump tells Zelensky 'make a deal or we're out' in angry White House meeting
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Trump to Sign Executive Order Making English Official U.S. Language — The U.S. has never had a national language in its nearly 250-year history — WASHINGTON—President Trump is planning to sign an executive order that would for the first time make English the official language of the U.S., according to White House officials.
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Trump to sign order Friday designating English as the official language of the US — President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Friday designating English as the official language of the United States, according to the White House. — The order will allow government agencies …

Democratic National Committee Files Lawsuit Against Trump
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Bezos' changes at ‘Washington Post’ lead to mass subscription cancellations — again — More than 75,000 digital subscribers to The Washington Post have cancelled since its owner, billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced on Wednesday that he would radically overhaul the paper's opinion pages …


How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy — The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of government agencies. — On the last Friday of September 2023 …
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Exclusive: US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say — Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security …
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Trump's Assault on Social Security — Social Security is our biggest and most successful safety net program. The annual $1.6 trillion in benefits constitutes 21% of federal spending and 40% of older adults' income. It lifts more people out of poverty than any other government program.
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Lies, Cuts, Closures: Trump and Musk Ravage Social Security Administration
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What to know about the Epstein files release, from redactions to ‘Rickrolling’ — The Justice Department released a batch of files from its investigation into the late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, after considerable fanfare.
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RFK Jr. moves to eliminate public comment on HHS decisions — In notice to Federal Register, health agency says public participation is not needed in many decisions — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — Friday proposing to strip public participation from much of the business his department conducts.
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DOJ demotes top prosecutors of Jan. 6 defendants, Trump allies — The veteran lawyers who were reassigned include those who prosecuted Steve Bannon, Peter Navarro and leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. — The Justice Department has demoted some of the most senior federal prosecutors …
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Musk Makes Big Mistake While Trying to Smear CNN Legal Analyst Norm Eisen — CARELESS — The billionaire DOGE chief found a woman with the same last name as a lawyer he hates. Cue the conspiracy.
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Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor's Secretive Influence Campaign — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — In 2021, Steve Berger …
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Ex-Biden staffer: Campaign was ‘gaslighting’ public with ‘denial’ of age, ability concerns — A former staffer for the Biden White House argued that then-President Biden's campaign was “gaslighting” the public by denying concerns about his cognitive fitness for office.
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Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts — Hundreds of weather forecasters and other federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees on probationary status were fired Thursday, lawmakers and weather experts said. Federal workers who were not let …
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NOAA fires about 800 employees, with more possible Friday
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MAGA's Orwellian notion of “free speech” — 🗣️ 💬 📣 With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever. Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.
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Feds to start getting weekly emails asking what they did. Bosses will see if it fits Trump goals. — The new strategy is in part meant to allow supervisors and agency heads to check whether employees' work fits into the Trump administration's goals and priorities, according to people familiar with it and records obtained by The Post.
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Here's the real threat to ‘personal liberties and free markets’ — The rapidly spreading authoritarianism coming from this administration threatens all of our freedoms. — Over the last 48 hours, I've been receiving from readers and friends the sort of notes one gets upon losing a loved one …
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Republicans consider major budget change to obscure deficit impact of extending Trump's tax cuts — GOP leaders argue that extending Trump's expiring 2017 tax cuts shouldn't be treated as costing any money. Democrats compare the tactic to nuking the 60-vote filibuster rule.
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Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats — Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’ — Don't let a billionaire's algorithm control what you read.


A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.” — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — A few months ago …


FBI takes up EPA probe amid pushback from judge, prosecutors — While career prosecutors in two U.S. attorney offices and a U.S. judge balked at a court-ordered freeze, Citibank has locked down billions without explanation — FBI agents this week questioned Environmental Protection Agency …
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Elon Musk Is South African. It Explains a Lot. — Elon Musk is everywhere. — He is firing federal employees, gaining access to important government data, popping into the Oval Office, appearing on Fox News alongside President Trump and even attending a White House cabinet meeting.
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A top DOJ spokesperson says he is resigning due to a ‘hostile and toxic work environment’ — Sarah Fitzpatrick — Michael Kosnar — Ken Dilanian and Rebecca Shabad — One of the Justice Department's highest-ranking spokespeople, Joshua Stueve, submitted a resignation letter today, citing a “hostile and toxic work environment.”


Pressed at the Pentagon — Inside a tense off-the-record meeting, the Pentagon's new press chief confronted reporters and indicated they will do away with the regular travel pool, doubling down on Pete Hegseth's anti-media approach. — Inside the Pentagon on Thursday afternoon …
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State Department terminates U.S. support of Ukraine energy grid restoration — The USAID initiative had invested hundreds of millions of dollars in helping Ukraine's energy grid recover from attacks from Russia. — WASHINGTON — The State Department this week terminated a U.S. Agency …
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