Associated Press
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country wants âsecurity guaranteesâ before any talks to end the Ukraine-Russia war.
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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 15.02.2025.
It displays 95 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
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The Department of Justice's dismissal of corruption charges against NYC Mayor Adams triggered resignations of seven prosecutors, marking a new phase in the Trump administration's judicial realignment. By mid-morning, widespread federal workforce reductions began, particularly affecting HUD and other agencies, despite court intervention blocking CFPB layoffs.
DOGE's role expanded as federal judges granted Musk's team access to agency data, while reports emerged of $1.9 billion in "misplaced" federal funds discovered by the organization. Vice President Vance's controversial meeting with German far-right leaders generated diplomatic tension.
In the afternoon, Ukraine rejected Trump's request for mineral rights, while Zelensky called for creation of European armed forces at Munich Security Conference. The evening brought reports of chaos across federal agencies as mass terminations continued, with fired workers speaking publicly against the administration.
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Associated Press
Three Israeli men held hostage in the Gaza Strip are set to be released on Saturday in exchange for more than 300 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
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The Daily Beast
Ashley St. Clair shared the news on Muskâs X on Friday evening.
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As federal layoffs mount, sources say the Trump administration plans a 50% staffing cut at the federal housing agency. The moves come amid an affordable housing shortage and record high homelessness.
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Three Israeli men held hostage in the Gaza Strip are set to be released on Saturday in exchange for more than 300 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
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NBC News
American Israeli among three hostages set to be freed by Hamas
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03:18â˘Prosecutors Walk, HUD Shrinks
â¨The newspapers report on another DOJ controversy, with charges against NYC Mayor Adams being dropped after seven prosecutors resigned in protest (NYTimes, Yahoo, CBS, Newsweek). Federal workforce cuts continue, with HUD facing potential 50% staff reduction amid housing crisis (NPR, HuffPost). Three Israeli hostages are set for release in a prisoner exchange (AP, NBC News), while conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair claims to have had Elon Musk's 13th child (NY Post, Daily Beast).
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NBC News
American Israeli among three hostages handed over by Hamas
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Hamas has handed over three Israeli men held hostage in the Gaza Strip in exchange for more than 300 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
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Associated Press
Hamas has handed over three Israeli men held hostage in the Gaza Strip in exchange for more than 300 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
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Associated Press
Hamas-led militants have released three male Israeli hostages, parading them before a crowd in the southern Gaza Strip before handing them over to the Red Cross as part of a shaky ceasefire deal that requires Israel to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange.
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Israel has begun releasing dozens of Palestinian prisoners after Hamas freed three more hostages in the Gaza Strip, keeping a fragile ceasefire intact for now.
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Yahoo! News
Trump administration begins mass firings as it aims to cut 10% of federal workforce
The cuts are the latest step in plans by Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk to slash the size of the government.
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Associated Press
Itâs been nearly a month in office for President Donald Trump, and heâs acted with dizzying speed to reorder the American economy and global diplomacy.
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Breitbart News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for the formation of an âArmed Forces of Europeâ in a speech delivered before the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday.
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The Trump administration is firing thousands of federal workers on probationary status, or those without civil service protections.
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The Daily Beast
Haters be damned, the quintessential Millennial style is back, supported by Prada, influencer extraordinaire Alix Earle, and even the first lady.
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Today 4,000 Amazon workers at a North Carolina warehouse will finish voting on a union. Employees say the company âmobilized an armyâ ahead of the election, siccing local police on organizers and trying to pit black and Hispanic workers against each other.
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The toll might not have been as bad if extra engines had been pre-positioned much closer to the most fire-prone areas, former fire chiefs said.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Deborah Rutter, former head of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in her first interview since the board installed President Trump as its new chair.
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The New York Times
President Trumpâs swift moves underscore the confidence of an administration with a much firmer grip on the levers of government than during his first term.
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The explosive, headline-making incident in February 2024 resulted in assault charges for the Gottis, but the case was dropped in October on a technicality.
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Three more Israeli hostages have been released and reunited with their families following a 15 month captivity.
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DOGE Needs Data To Survive. These Lawsuits Are Trying To Starve It of Information.
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The first few weeks of the Trump presidency have left some college leaders reminded of the uncertainty they felt during the early days of COVID-19.
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Yahoo! News
Trump officials begin mass firings across government, including at critical agencies
The cuts are the latest step in plans by Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk to slash the size of the government.
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The Washington Post
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13:15â˘Federal Workers Fall As DOGE Rises
â¨The newspapers report extensively on a wave of federal workforce reductions led by Trump and Musk, with mass firings of probationary employees and critical agency staff (CBS, Yahoo, AP, NYTimes). Trump's administration moves rapidly on multiple fronts, including foreign policy shifts, with Ukraine rejecting his request for mineral rights (Washington Post) and Zelensky calling for European armed forces (Breitbart). A legal battle continues over DOGE's data access (ABC News, Epoch Times, Reason).
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âSo much for âtraditional valuesâ and setting a good example,â one social media user wrote.
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D.C. plane crash investigators have stated that the Black Hawk crew may not have heard the order to go behind the plane.
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$1.9 billion was âmisplacedâ by the Biden administration, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced this week in detailing the startling discovery.
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Yahoo! News
Trump offered federal workers a buyout. Here's why they took it.
More than 70,000 U.S. federal workers who accepted a resignation buyout offer from President Trump had their own reasons for doing so. Here are five of their stories.
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By Anthea Butler
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New York Post
This seems to make her happy.
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Yahoo! News
Mann sticht auf Passanten ein â 14-Jähriger stirbt
In der Ăśsterreichischen Stadt Villach hat ein Mann aus Syrien auf mehrere Passanten eingestochen.
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A Peruvian policeman dressed as a capybara to make an arrest in a drug probe.
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In the Northeast, sleet and freezing rain may occur, affecting driving conditions and possibly creating power outages.
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17:03â˘Federal Workers' Pink Slip Symphony
â¨The newspapers report extensively on mass federal worker terminations, with fired employees speaking out against the administration (ABC News, Yahoo, CBS, HuffPost). A legal battle over DOGE's access to agency data reaches a turning point, with a federal judge ruling in Musk's favor (Fox News, Epoch Times). Meanwhile, significant protests in London target Trump's Gaza policy (Common Dreams), while severe winter weather affects the Northeast (USA Today, Boston Globe).
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Donald Trump has championed tariffs as a way to revive American manufacturing. But without a real industrial strategy, Catalyst editor Vivek Chibber argues, theyâre little more than a handout to capital.
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Los Angeles Times
FEMA is doubling down on its decision to not test soil after cleanup of toxic wildfire ash and debris in Los Angeles County, despite public outrage.
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A 14-year-old has died and four others were injured during a stabbing attack in Austria.
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New York Post
âItâs probably time that he move aside,â State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Westchester) exclusively told The Post Saturday.
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âItâs probably time that he move aside,â State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Westchester) exclusively told The Post Saturday.
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âItâs probably time that he move aside,â State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Westchester) exclusively told The Post Saturday.
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Apple Maps has officially updated the âGulf of Mexicoâ to the âGulf of Americaâ following President Donald Trumpâs executive order entitled âRestoring Names That Honor American Greatness.â
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The Blaze
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âMy child is the most perfect thing that happened to me. I wouldnât change anything,â Ashley St. Clair gushed to The Post Saturday.
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GOP Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan push to change Mount McKinley's name back to Denali following President Donald Trump's move to change the name.
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The IRS will lay off thousands of probationary workers in the middle of tax season, according to two sources familiar with the agencyâs plans, and cuts could come as soon as next week.
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The presidentâs cryptic social media post set off alarm bells for his criticsâand cheers from MAGA nation.
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A committee of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is critical in setting national vaccine policy. It's also vulnerable to political interference.
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Millions of Americans are in the path of a storm that is hitting parts of Tennessee and Kentucky the hardest, with rainfall reaching several inches.
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â¨The newspapers report on federal workforce cuts expanding to the IRS and probationary workers during tax season (AP, Yahoo, ABC, CBS). Trump's administration implements geographical renaming initiatives, including the Gulf of Mexico and Mount McKinley, drawing pushback from GOP senators (Breitbart, OANN). A CDC vaccine advisory panel faces potential restructuring under RFK Jr. (NPR), while severe weather affects multiple eastern states (USA Today, Boston Globe).
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The meeting comes days after President Trump spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Musk has yet to confirm the MAGA influencerâs claim that he is the father of her five-month-old child.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that he has seen the social media chatter about him running beside âthe Hulk,â and is taking it in stride.
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Millions of Americans are in the path of a storm that is hitting parts of Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia the hardest, with rainfall reaching several inches.
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The New York Times
The talks would be the first between American and Russian delegations since the start of Russiaâs full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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Over the last week, thousands of federal employees were fired or laid off as part of President Trump's cost-cutting plan.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Elon Musk was 'welcome' to the Pentagon. How will he approach its deep budget problems?
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The Daily Beast
The controversial comedian is known for speaking his mindâbut Lorne Michaels wasnât taking any chances with his latest âSNLâ hosting gig.
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Yahoo! News
'This has been slash and burn': Federal workers stunned by mass layoffs
David Rice, a disabled Army paratrooper who joined the Department of Energy in September, was among thousands who were let go.
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Saturdayâs USA-Canada match in the 4 Nations Face-Off showdown started with three consecutive fights in the gameâs first nine seconds.
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Yahoo! News
Anger, chaos, confusion for federal workers as mass layoffs begin
David Rice, a disabled Army paratrooper who joined the Department of Energy in September, was among thousands who were let go.
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