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Skadden, a Top Law Firm, Is in Talks to Avert an Executive Order — The discussions come as other major firms are said to be trying to cut deals with the White House. — The elite law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has had discussions with President Trump's advisers about a deal …
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Trump signs order targeting law firm with ties to Robert Mueller — President Trump on Thursday signed a proclamation targeting WilmerHale, a law firm with ties to former special counsel Robert Mueller, making it the latest law firm to be a target for retribution.
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Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with ‘improper ideology’ — President Donald Trump revealed his intentions to reshape the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order Thursday that targets funding to programs with “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
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Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: — Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Over the past decade, Americans have witnessed a concerted …
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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Truth and Sanity to American History — RESTORING TRUTH IN AMERICAN HISTORY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order restoring truth and sanity to American history by revitalizing key cultural institutions and reversing the spread of divisive ideology.
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Trump issues executive order to eliminate ‘anti-American ideology’ from Smithsonian — The executive order also calls for the replacement of memorials and monuments removed since 2020. — President Donald Trump issued an executive order Thursday evening promising to eliminate “improper …
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Trump Asks Stefanik to Withdraw Bid to Be U.N. Ambassador — The president said he wanted the New York Republican to stay in Congress to bolster the party's slim House margin and protect her seat. — President Trump on Thursday said he had asked Representative Elise Stefanik …
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Elise Stefanik's nomination to be U.N. ambassador withdrawn, Trump says
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Trump pulls Elise Stefanik's nomination after last-minute panic
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Top Republicans Break With Trump Over Leaked War Plans
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Trump withdraws Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination for UN ambassador, citing tight GOP House margin
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The disappearing of Rumeysa Ozturk is something I never thought I'd see in America — You've probably seen something like this before — but only in a movie, and only in a film that was seeking to capture the horrors of daily life under Joseph Stalin at the peak of his 1930s purges across the USSR …
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Tufts graduate student already transferred out of state before judge issued order to stay in Mass., prosecutor says

Ambush arrest of Tufts student sparks new concerns about immigration crackdown
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A clarifying moment for democracy
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Bondi Indicates Signal Chat Episode Will Not Be Criminally Investigated — The attorney general said the focus should be on the success of the U.S. military strike in Yemen, not that military information was shared in advance in a group text among top officials.
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Internal White House document details layoff plans across U.S. agencies — While officials stressed the estimates were subject to change, the snapshot suggests how agencies are working to meet Trump's mandate to shrink government. — Just now — Federal officials are preparing for agencies …
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RFK Jr. Plans 10,000 Job Cuts in Major Restructuring of Health Department — Changes would reshape the nation's health agencies and close regional offices — WASHINGTON—Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to significantly cut the size of the department he leads …
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An ‘Apple Store’ government and other takeaways from Musk's interview on Fox News
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Russian scientist working at Harvard detained by Ice at Boston airport — Kseniya Petrova was returning to the US from a trip to France when officials revoked her visa and detained her — A Russian scientist from Harvard Medical School has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
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Israel Supplied Intelligence in Airstrike Discussed in Signal Chat, Officials say — Houthi missile expert was tracked with help of Israeli human source in Yemen — WASHINGTON—Israel provided sensitive intelligence from a human source in Yemen on a key Houthi military operative targeted …
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Signal Chat Caught Trump Officials Cheering Destruction Of Entire Building To Kill 1 Man
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A DHS staffer faces serious punishment for accidentally adding a reporter to a group email — The episode, which has not been previously reported, raises questions about unequal punishment for inadvertent leakers in the Trump administration. — A federal worker accidentally includes …
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Kennedy Turns to a Discredited Vaccine Skeptic for Autism Study — David Geier has been hired as a senior data analyst at H.H.S. According to several people, he will examine any potential links between vaccines and autism that were debunked long ago. — A steadfast figure in the anti-vaccine movement …
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How Kristi Noem's $50,000 Rolex in a Salvadoran prison became a political flashpoint — The high-end Swiss watch lent a striking contrast to her tour of a notoriously overcrowded mega-prison in one of Latin America's poorest countries. — Just now — When Homeland Security Secretary …
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Kristi Noem appears to wear $60K Rolex Cosmograph Daytona watch during visit to infamous hellhole El Salvador prison
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Signal Chat Leak Angers U.S. Military Pilots — Men and women who have taken to the air on behalf of the United States expressed bewilderment after the leak of attack plans. “You're going to kill somebody,” one pilot said. — The intelligence breach was bad enough, current and former fighter pilots said.
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Trump Accidentally Reveals Just How Clueless He Is on Basic Intel — The American public knew before Donald Trump that top administration officials had conducted airstrikes on Yemen via a Signal chat, and now it appears that the president has been left in the dark on other intelligence matters too.
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President Bystander: Trump appears out of the loop in his own White House
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UA student reportedly detained by ICE — Senior send-off: Sarah Ashlee Barker's storied college career coming to an end — Alabama head coach Rob Vaughn ejected in 9-2 loss over Tennessee — City Council approves business alcohol license despite concerns
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ICE Makes Another Student Disappear—and No One Knows Why
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This Is the Land of Wolves Now — 1. POWs — Two weeks ago Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act, a law that grants the president extraordinary powers during times of war. Here's his proclamation: … Some of the individuals who have been apprehended under the Alien Enemies Act …


What's next for Waltz and Hegseth — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — Good Thursday morning. This is Jack Blanchard, already excited for my first cup of tea with Marjorie Taylor Greene. — More importantly ... This is my first Opening Day and the forecast looks great.
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Top Senate Republican Protests Trump Bid to Withhold Spending — Senator Susan Collins of Maine, the chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, joined top Democrats in insisting that the president does not have the power to “pick and choose” what to fund. — A top Senate Republican …
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Even More Venmo Accounts Tied to Trump Officials in Signal Group Chat Left Data Public — WIRED has found four new Venmo accounts that appear to be associated with Trump officials who were in an infamous Signal chat. One made a payment with a note consisting solely of an eggplant emoji.
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Trump says US will ‘go as far as we have to’ to get control of Greenland — The president suggested that “the world needs us to have Greenland.” — President Donald Trump speaks to the press before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Mar. 26, 2025 in Washington.
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