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US Institute of Peace says DOGE has broken into its building — President Trump targeted the organization and a few others in a Feb. 19 executive order aiming to shrink the federal government — Employees of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency entered the U.S. Institute …
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Trump administration guts board of US Institute of Peace. Group says DOGE arrives — The Trump administration fired most of the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace and sent its new leader into the Washington headquarters of the independent organization on Monday, in its latest effort …
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DOGE gains access to US Institute of Peace after Trump administration overhauls board — Personnel from the Department of Government Efficiency, accompanied by DC police officers, gained access to the US Institute of Peace Monday after being turned away last week.


Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Plans to Press White House Over Deportation Flights — Where Things Stand — Deportation flights: A federal judge is set to press Trump administration lawyers at a 5 p.m. hearing about whether the White House had violated a court order in deporting migrants with little to no due process.

DOGE Staff Marches Into U.S. Institute of Peace and Evicts Its Officials
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Judge in Alien Enemies Act case chides DOJ lawyer over refusal to answer key questions about deportations — The court fight focuses on the Trump administration's use of a 1798 law to deport people it claims are part of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. — WASHINGTON — A federal judge pressed …
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The judge who tried to stop the deportation planes is not happy with the Trump administration
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Relatives of missing Venezuelan migrants desperate for answers after US deportations to El Salvador
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Timeline of Trump's Deportation Flights, From Alien Enemies Act to Judge's Order
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'We're not stopping': Trump officials raise the stakes in showdowns with judges
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Elon Musk's Starlink Expands Across White House Complex — Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel's Office. — Starlink, the satellite internet service operated …


Chinese Nationalists Praise Trump's Cuts to Voice of America — Beijing has long criticized the outlet, as well as Radio Free Asia, for highlighting human rights abuses in China. — Chinese state media is gloating about drastic budget cuts to Voice of America and Radio Free Asia …
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Silencing the Voice of America — Data from the Asia Power Index shows just how successful the Voice of America has been. — The Trump administration cares little for soft power. The abrupt shuttering of the Voice of America and other US-funded media outlets including Radio Free Asia attest to this.
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Voice of America journalists placed on leave due to ‘bias against Trump Admin’
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Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order — Articles about the renowned Native American Code Talkers have disappeared from some military websites, with several broken URLs now labeled “DEI.” — Why it matters: From 1942 to 1945 …
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Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser — Pages celebrating Navajo code talkers and other minority service members were also erased. — Jon Swaine is an investigative reporter on Signal at jonswaine.55. Alex Horton is a national security reporter on Signal at alexhorton.85.
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Leaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support — An internal memo from the Social Security Administration proposes changes to its phone service that could derail the benefits application process for many Americans. — Why it matters: The Trump administration has repeatedly …
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Trump to end Secret Service protection for Hunter and Ashley Biden — When President Joe Biden took office, he extended protections to Trump's adult children for six months. — President Donald Trump said Monday that he is terminating Secret Service protection for his predecessor's two adult children: Hunter and Ashley Biden.
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Trump revokes Secret Service detail for Joe Biden's children
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Trump revokes secret service protection for Biden's children Hunter and Ashley
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Trump Insists He Was Being “Sarcastic” About Major Campaign Promise — One month before the election, 70 percent of Americans felt that foreign affairs comprised either a “very important” or “extremely important” component of their vote. But as it turns out, Donald Trump's repeat campaign promises …
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Trump's Lust for Canada Echoes Putin's Lust for Ukraine
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Gabbard says Trump and Putin are ‘very good friends’ focused on strengthening ties
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Israel resumes war in Gaza with a series of massive airstrikes against Hamas — Israel resumed the war in Gaza with a series of massive airstrikes against what it described as Hamas targets all across the enclave overnight. — The big picture: The strikes come exactly two months …
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Israel Carries Out ‘Extensive Strikes’ in Gaza, Imperiling Cease-Fire
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At Kennedy Center, Trump envisions remaking Honors, suggests he could host — Trump and his board suggested several artists for the awards, including Sylvester Stallone, Andrea Bocelli, Elvis Presley and Babe Ruth. — President Donald Trump visited the Kennedy Center on Monday …
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Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.'s Scientific Research Arm — More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development. — The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research arm …
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Trump appoints Charlie Kirk, Walt Nauta, Michael Flynn to military boards — President Trump on Monday announced a slew of allies would be appointed to the Board of Visitors at the nation's military academies, including lawmakers and conservative media personalities.
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Trump stacks military academy boards with MAGA loyalists, including Michael Flynn and Charlie Kirk
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New York Times

EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas Sends Letters to 20 Law Firms Requesting Information About DEI-Related Employment Practices — WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea Lucas sent letters to 20 law firms requesting information about their diversity …
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STAT+: NIH cancels funding for landmark diabetes study at a time of focus on chronic disease — The Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes, researchers said, at a time when top officials have emphasized …


Schumer is doing damage control. It isn't working. — The Senate minority leader and his aides have been talking privately with liberal groups. — Chuck Schumer is in damage-control mode. It isn't going great. — The Senate minority leader and his aides in recent days …
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Europe courts US scientists fleeing Trump crackdown — Cambridge university among institutions seeing chance to hire talent unsettled by US spending cuts — Science institutions in Europe and beyond are racing to hire researchers from the US looking to flee the Donald Trump administration's crackdown on research agencies.


GUEST POST: We Are Professors at Columbia. Here is How We Would Respond. — Five Columbia University political scientists offer their unofficial response to the Trump administration's demands on their university. — Everything that has been posted on Drezner's World over the past …


3/18/25 ☀️ AM: — Paxton plots to take on Cornyn in Texas battle royale — Senate Budget Republicans to huddle with parliamentarian — The Vault: Inside the scramble to save CDFIs — Paxton plots to take on Cornyn in Texas battle royale


'Don't Tell Melania': Trump Once Offered Rising MAGA Star His Bed — The alleged comments cast new light on the president's eyebrow-raising marriage to Melania Trump.
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Trump Says a Recession Might Be Worth the Cost. Economists Disagree. — President Trump and his advisers say his policies may cause short-term pain but will produce big gains over time. Many economists are skeptical of those arguments. — Presidents usually do all they can to avoid recessions …
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