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Trump Pauses Military Aid to Ukraine After Clash With Zelenskiy — Move halts all aid currently in transit to help Ukraine — Pause comes after Trump and Zelenskiy sparred in Oval Office — President Donald Trump ordered a pause to all military aid to Ukraine …
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U.S. Hitting Brakes on Flow of Arms to Ukraine — Military financing has been stopped, and officials are meeting to consider suspending another type of assistance — The Trump administration has stopped financing new weapons sales to Ukraine and is considering freezing weapons shipments …
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Digby's Hullabaloo, RedState, Daily Caller News Foundation and Semafor


Trump slams Zelenskyy for saying the end of the Russia war ‘is still very, very far away’ — President Donald Trump slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday for suggesting that the end of Russia's war against Ukraine likely “is still very, very far away.”


Trump administration pauses U.S. military aid to Ukraine — The Trump administration has paused U.S. military aid to Ukraine, the White House confirmed to CBS News on Monday. It's the latest fallout days after a contentious meeting between President Trump, Vice President JD Vance …
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Reuters, The Guardian, Daily Mail and The Post Millennial


Ukraine's Zelenskyy says end of war with Russia is ‘very, very far away’ — A deal to end the war between Ukraine and Russia “is still very, very far away,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, adding that he expects to keep receiving American support despite his recent fraught relations with U.S. President Donald Trump.


Trump pauses aid to Ukraine after fiery meeting with Zelenskyy
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Trump's ‘indecency’ endangers transatlantic alliance: French PM
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France's prime minister tears into Trump's attack on Zelenskyy as a staggering show of ‘brutality’
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Raw Story, New Jersey Online, Althouse and ABC News


Dow tumbles more than 600 points, S&P 500 posts biggest loss since December as Trump says tariffs will proceed — The S&P 500 retreated on Monday, extending February's rout and turning red for the year after President Donald Trump's confirmation of forthcoming tariffs ratcheted up economic concerns.
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Exclusive: Honda to produce next Civic in Indiana, not Mexico, due to US tariffs, sources say — Honda (7267.T) has decided to produce its next-generation Civic hybrid in the U.S. state of Indiana, instead of Mexico, to avoid potential tariffs on one of its top-selling car models, according to three people familiar with the matter.


Dow tumbles 650 points as Trump confirms tariffs on Mexico and Canada will start Tuesday
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Trump says 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports will start Tuesday, with ‘no room’ for delay
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Car Prices Are Poised for $12,000 Surge on Trump's New Tariffs
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Gizmodo, New York Post, Daily Kos and Raw Story

Trump's tariffs, whether implemented or not, have already hurt the U.S. auto industry
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Detroit Free Press and The Daily Caller


Top FBI official forced out after criticizing Trump pursuit of agents who investigated Jan. 6 — James Dennehy, the head of the FBI's New York office, is out one month after he urged colleagues to “dig in” after the new administration requested the names of all agents who worked on Capitol riot cases.
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DOGE moves to cancel NOAA leases on key weather buildings … - It was designed to integrate multiple forecasting centers in one building to improve operating efficiency. … - Two ex-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials also confirmed the list.
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Politico, The Verge, Breaking the News and Washington Post


Struggling With Errors, DOGE Deletes Billions More From List of Savings — For the second time in a week, Elon Musk's government overhaul effort updated its “wall of receipts” to remove mistakes that inflated its success. — Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has deleted hundreds …
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Ontario will cut off U.S. electricity exports ‘with a smile on my face,’ Ford says — “They rely on our energy, they need to feel the pain,” Premier Doug Ford said Monday on cutting Ontario electricity exports to U.S. — OTTAWA — As Canada prepares for U.S. President Donald Trump to unleash …
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Canadian premier says he will cut off electricity exports to US ‘with a smile on my face’ — Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday he is prepared to cut off electricity exports to the U.S. if President Trump's 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods go through.
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Politico, Canadian Press and Atlantic Council


Top HHS spokesperson quits after clashing with RFK Jr. — Thomas Corry resigned over disagreements with the HHS secretary and his approach to the measles outbreak. — The top spokesperson at the Health and Human Services Department has abruptly quit after clashing with Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
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Flights to Reagan National Airport in D.C. receive false collision alerts while landing — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after several airliners on approach to land at Washington Reagan National Airport Saturday morning received what appear to be false alarms from their onboard Traffic Collision Avoidance System.
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Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber — President's move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species — Donald Trump has ordered that swathes of America's forests be felled for timber, evading rules to protect endangered species …
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Axios, Inside Climate News, Heatmap News, E&E News, corps ‘r’ people, UPI and New York Times


Poll: Majorities say state of the union is not strong, and Trump is rushing change — Majorities say the state of the union is not strong, that the country is headed in the wrong direction and President Trump is rushing to make changes without considering their impact, a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds.
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Marist Poll and PBS NewsHour
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Senate Confirms Linda McMahon as Education Secretary
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Negotiations to avert a shutdown sputter as disputes persist over DOGE cuts — Trump and congressional leaders have lost hope in a full government funding deal and pivoted toward a stopgap bill for the rest of the fiscal year. Even that is proving difficult.
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Theme of Trump's address to Congress revealed — President scheduled to speak before full Congress on Tuesday at 9 pm EST — Join Fox News for access to this content — FIRST ON FOX: The “Renewal of the American Dream” is the theme of President Donald Trump's first address of his second term …
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Majority disapproves of Trump job performance ahead of address to Congress: Survey
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Emerson Polling, Twitchy and USA Today


CFPB to Employees: When We Said Stop Work, We Didn't Mean Stop Work! — The illegal plan to dismantle the consumer agency is failing. So Russ Vought and his charges are engaging in some CYA. — Russell Vought speaks during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on his nomination to lead …
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What a Weekend for Putin! — It was a hell of a weekend for bad men getting what they paid for out of Donald Trump. And while we'll focus on Vladimir Putin here, we don't want to fully ignore venture capitalist David Sacks, Donald Trump's “crypto czar,” who seemingly stands …
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Raw Story, New Republic and Washington Post


Trump Orders Permanent Govt Shutdown - No, Really ... It hasn't gotten a lot of attention but Donald Trump's February 11th “workforce optimization” executive order provides a very clear framework for the end stage goal of all the cutting. After a bunch of specific imperatives listed under Section 3-C …


Trump Administration Live Updates: Taiwanese Chipmaker to Announce $100 Billion Investment With Trump — Where things stand: — Chipmaker announcement: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest chip manufacturer, is set to announce plans to invest $100 billion in the United States over the next four years.
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Trump, Chip Maker TSMC Expected to Announce $100 Billion Investment in U.S.
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O'Malley: DOGE cuts could soon trigger Social Security system ‘collapse’ — Martin O'Malley, the former commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), said Monday the recent cuts made by tech billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at the agency could result in the …
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Former Social Security Chief Warns Musk's Meddling Could Lead To ‘System Collapse’


Trump Bid to Take Over Postal Service Could Threaten Mail Voting — President Donald Trump may soon attempt to absorb the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), an independent agency, into his administration by issuing an executive order that reportedly would dissolve the service's leadership.
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Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit