New York Post
The first 4 Nations Face-Off did not disappoint.
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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 21.02.2025.
It displays 213 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
21.02.2025 ⇢ Day Federal Work Force Lost Ground
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Morning reports focused on a judge's refusal to block federal worker layoffs, allowing Trump's mass dismissals to proceed. The IRS fired 6,000 employees while FDA medical device safety teams faced cuts. The administration defied court orders on foreign aid freezes.
By afternoon, the Senate approved a $340 billion budget framework in an overnight session, while Trump signaled openness to multiple budget bills. Hamas's deception regarding the Bibas family remains dominated Middle East coverage, with IDF confirming only the children's bodies were identified.
Evening brought institutional restructuring plans, with proposals to move USPS under Commerce Department control and gut USAID's workforce. Border Patrol reported steep declines in illegal crossings as ICE's acting director was removed for not meeting deportation targets. Los Angeles removed its fire chief following criticism over wildfire response.
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Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard has identified about $20 million a year in savings for taxpayers by ordering her department’s staff to cut all Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs in coordination with President Donald Trump’s executive order ending DEI, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.
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To help homes survive more intense disasters, FEMA has been developing recommendations for stronger building codes. The Trump administration has pulled them back.
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00:54⇢Budget Axe Falls As Hockey Burns
⌨The newspapers report on Trump's administrative changes, with DNI Tulsi Gabbard cutting DEI programs to save $20M annually (Breitbart), and more IRS firings expected beyond the initial 3,500 (Epoch Times). In foreign policy, European uncertainty grows over US stance on Ukraine as Rubio sends mixed signals about Russia (NYTimes). Canada's victory over USA in the 4 Nations Face-Off hockey championship generates political tension (Fox News, NBC News, NY Post).
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Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a victory lap on social media with a message pointed squarely at President Donald Trump.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a swipe at the US on Thursday night after his country’s hockey team defeated the Americans in the highly anticipated 4 Nations championship game.
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New York Post
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a shot at the US on Thursday night after his country’s hockey team defeated the Americans in the highly anticipated 4 Nations championship game.
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Hamas released four bodies, including the youngest captive taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack, Kfir Bibas, and his brother.
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Hamas released four bodies, including the youngest captive taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack, Kfir Bibas, and his brother.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a body that Hamas militants released during the handover of remains of Israeli hostages is that of a Gazan woman instead of that of Shiri Bibas, the mother of two young boys whose bodies were returned on Thursday.
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Associated Press
The Israeli military says the remains of two child hostages have been identified but another body released by Hamas was not the boys’ mother.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a body that Hamas militants released during the handover of remains of Israeli hostages is that of a woman from Gaza instead of that of Shiri Bibas, the mother of two young boys whose bodies were returned on Thursday.
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Zelensky’s refusal to sign away nearly half of his country’s rare earth minerals for few guarantees is one of many reasons why Trump is raging at his Kyiv counterpart
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The Daily Beast
Best-selling author Michael Wolff is dropping new bombshells in a book on Trump’s 2024 campaign.
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In a new development, the Department of Justice said Trump's pardon of Jan. 6 defendants should apply more broadly and include separate gun charges, as well.
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Newsweek
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Elon Musk compared Trump's mass firings to Clinton-era federal streamlining, but the architect of Clinton's plan says they're very different.
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The move came even though the president has endorsed the House GOP's one-bill approach while Senate Republicans want to separate his priorities into two bills.
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Critics say the president is on a scorched earth campaign to raze the federal government. The White House says he's delivering for voters.
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Associated Press
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed revenge for what he described as a “cruel and malicious violation” of the ceasefire agreement after a body that Hamas released as part of the deal was found to not be that of an Israeli mother of two young boys, as the militants had promised.
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Los Angeles Times
Nico Lang
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Associated Press
Republican senators pushed a $340 billion budget framework to passage over Democratic objections after a nearly all-night vote.
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Los Angeles Times
Some people are up in arms over potentially hazardous wildfire debris being sent to local landfills that typically don’t handle high levels of toxic chemicals.
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06:11⇢Senate's Midnight Budget Push
⌨The newspapers report on Senate Republicans pushing through a $340 billion budget framework in an overnight marathon session (AP, CBS, Fox, Epoch Times). Trump's foreign policy shifts continue, with focus on a rejected minerals deal with Ukraine (CNN) and potential implications for US-Russia-China relations (Newsweek). The Justice Department broadens January 6 pardons to include gun and drug charges (NPR), while tension builds over Trump's first month actions (USA Today).
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The Daily Beast
Best-selling author Michael Wolff’s new book on Trump and his 2024 campaign has been obtained by the Beast.
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The New York Times
In public, Secretary of State Marco Rubio signaled a rapprochement with Moscow. In private, he tried to reassure European leaders that U.S. policy wasn’t changing.
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Hamas said it had returned the bodies of Shiri Bibas and her two sons. Israel said that the boys were murdered in Gaza and that none of the bodies matched Ms. Bibas.
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In a new development, the Department of Justice said Trump's pardon of Jan. 6 defendants should apply more broadly and include separate gun charges, as well.
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The Atlantic
Trump’s cruelty and lies about Ukraine send a dark message to America’s other allies.
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A 74-year-old woman has been charged after silently praying outside an abortion clinic in Scotland less than a week after U.S. Vice President JD Vance highlighted the draconian thought crime laws in the UK.
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Hamas is under pressure from Israel and the U.S. at a crucial time for the Gaza ceasefire as it claims it could have misidentified a hostage's remains.
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A wealthy hospital system is caving to Donald Trump on LGBTQ and immigrant rights, writes socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani — while receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks from the city.
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Los Angeles Times
A Times analysis shows that half the homes destroyed in Pacific Palisades and Altadena were rentals, raising questions about the future of affordable housing in the communities.
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NPR rounds up what happened this week, the fourth week of President Trump's administration, and takes a look at some developments that have been overlooked.
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New York Post
Hamas terrorists brutally murdered Israeli brothers Ariel and Kfir Bibas with their bare hands, Israel declared Friday — despite the terrorist group long-claiming the youngsters were killed in a targeted airstrike carried out by the Jewish state.
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Los Angeles Times
Nico Lang
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Americans Say Government Is Corrupt and Inefficient but Are Lukewarm About DOGE
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The best answer — AI has “jagged intelligence” — lies in between hype and skepticism.
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10:00⇢Bibas Brothers' Murder Shakes Gaza Talks
⌨The newspapers report intensively on the Bibas family case in Gaza, with Israel and Hamas providing conflicting accounts about the fate of the hostages (NY Times, NY Post, CBS). Trump's first month in office continues to generate coverage, with focus on immigration enforcement changes (Boston Globe, Mother Jones) and plans to restructure the Postal Service (Washington Post, Common Dreams). Senate Minority Leader McConnell's retirement announcement adds to the political developments (MSNBC).
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The Atlantic
The far-right AfD seems destined for a strong showing in Sunday’s federal parliamentary election.
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Breitbart News
A rescission package is absolutely necessary to actually to end the waste uncovered by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said during an interview on Breitbart News Daily.
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Trump appears to pivot away from Ukraine and America's NATO allies, as the alliance rehearses for a theoretical invasion of Europe.
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The Epoch Times
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A focus on GDP and national accounts gives a misleading picture of US economic power. In the age of globalization, production can be based in countries like China while most of the profits flow back to American firms, reinforcing US economic hegemony.
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As the Trump administration works toward a halt in the fighting, many experts fear that Ukraine will be forced to accept a ceasefire deal that will only give Russian forces a badly needed breather.
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New York Post
One of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ defense lawyers quit the disgraced music producer’s criminal sex-trafficking case, new court papers show.
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The Senate adopted a $340 billion budget blueprint on Friday morning that will help increase funding for President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement, energy production and the military.
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Los Angeles Times
Mary Ziegler
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Trump raised the topic of another term Thursday during a Black History Month event at the White House and during a speech to Republican governors.
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A “wholesale decimation of expertise” threatens the natural resources we all rely on, a former top government official tells Vox.
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Zelensky’s refusal to sign away nearly half of his country’s rare earth minerals for few guarantees is one of many reasons why Trump is raging at his Kyiv counterpart
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The Washington Post
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President Trump appears to pivot away from Ukraine and America's NATO allies, as the alliance rehearses for a theoretical invasion of Europe.
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13:05⇢Minerals Deal Splits Trump and Zelenskyy
⌨The newspapers report heavily on Trump's Ukraine policy shift, with multiple sources covering his criticism of Zelenskyy and a rejected minerals deal (CNN, CBS, NPR, Boston Globe). NATO conducts war games near Ukraine as Trump pivots away from allies (CBS). In domestic news, Sean 'Diddy' Combs' legal troubles deepen as his lawyer quits the sex trafficking case (NBC, NY Post). Trump signals openness to multiple budget bills (AP) while threatening to cut federal funding to states opposing his policies (Fox, Daily Wire).
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President Donald Trump has appointed Alice Marie Johnson, a woman whom he pardoned during his first term, as his “pardon czar.”
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The US president said he’s ‘sick’ of Ukraine’s leader and claimed Zelensky isn’t ‘important’ to take part in negotiating the end of Russia’s war against his country
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New York Post
Adams’ criminal case will stay in limbo for several more weeks – as a federal judge said Friday he wants to hear from an independent lawyer before deciding whether to toss the charges.
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New York Post
Adams’ criminal case will stay in limbo for several more weeks – as a federal judge said Friday he wants to hear from an independent lawyer before deciding whether to toss the charges.
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The New York Times
Judge Dale Ho said that with Mayor Eric Adams of New York and federal prosecutors agreeing to end the case, he needed to hear independent arguments.
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Breitbart News
A rescission package is absolutely necessary to actually to end the waste uncovered by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said during an interview on Breitbart News Daily.
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Prospective senators have begun launching their campaign to succeed Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, following his announcement of retirement.
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His moves on Ukraine, ethics, and the rule of law have spurred some conservative criticism. Will it matter?
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One America News
The Sunshine State has filed a federal lawsuit against Target, claiming the retail chain misled investors by failing to disclose that they would be selling diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) merchandise, specifically for its LGBTQ+ Pride merchandise line in 2023.
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Associated Press
An idea first proposed on social media has bubbled up to the White House and received President Donald Trump’s enthusiastic endorsement: Take some of the savings from billionaire Elon Musk’s drive to cut government spending and return it to taxpayers.
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The Daily Beast
It’s the latest lashing the president has received from a Rupert Murdoch publication over his stance on Russia.
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14:44⇢Putin Talks While Ukraine Waits
⌨The newspapers report extensively on Trump's negotiations with Putin while excluding Ukraine, with Trump openly criticizing Zelensky (ABC News, CNN, Daily Beast). In domestic policy, the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) reveals wasteful COVID relief spending (Fox News, Breitbart, AP News). DEI programs face challenges as Florida sues Target (One America News, Boston Globe), while NYC Mayor Adams' trial remains in limbo as judge appoints independent counsel (NY Post, Epoch Times).
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Jennifer Young had a baby girl with the Foo Fighters frontman, 56, on Aug. 1 of last year — and the tot has Grohl’s last name, according to records obtained by The Post.
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Los Angeles Times
Frank Bowman
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The Daily Beast
An upcoming book details the president’s withering put downs.
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The New York Times
The move would be a drastic escalation by the White House to militarize immigration enforcement.
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One America News
President Donald Trump said this week that he will be collaborating with Republicans in Congress to alleviate the pain that Americans are facing financially at the gas pump.
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L.A. Mayor Karen Bass fired L.A. Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley on Friday, claiming that she failed to pre-deploy firefighters ahead of the Palisades Fire and refused to allow an investigation.
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Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks revealed that illegal border crossings are now down 94% across the southern border, compared to the same time last year.
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L.A. Mayor Karen Bass fired L.A. Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley on Friday, claiming that she failed to pre-deploy firefighters ahead of the Palisades Fire and refused to allow an investigation.
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The Senate's budget framework is at odds with the House's approach, and both chambers ultimately have to be on the same page to get the legislation across the finish line.
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Job cuts, ideology, and a sharpie: Trump’s beef with an important scientific agency, explained.
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16:10⇢LA Fire Chief Falls As Flames Rise
⌨The newspapers report on Los Angeles' removal of Fire Chief Kristin Crowley following massive wildfires (ABC News, Breitbart, LA Times), with Mayor Bass citing failure to pre-deploy firefighters. Trump's immigration plans generate coverage, with proposals to use military sites for detention (NYTimes) while Border Patrol reports steep decline in crossings (OANN). The Senate advances a budget resolution through vote-a-rama (NPR, AP), though disagreements with House approach persist.
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Associated Press
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The Associated Press is suing three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events.
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A judge allowed mass layoffs to proceed, while a key appeals court ruling on the president's order to halt birthright citizenship won't come until at least June.
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One America News
In a heated exchange with Maine's Democrat governor, President Donald Trump threatened to halt federal aid from the state if she does not comply with his prohibition on biological male athletes participating in girl's and women's sports.
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The Washington Post
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President Donald Trump told a group of governors that Apple CEO Tim Cook promised him that the company’s manufacturing would shift from Mexico to the U.S. during a meeting at the White House on Friday.
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Moving the U.S. Postal Service into the Commerce Department, should it take place, would happen through an executive action, source say.
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Moving the U.S. Postal Service into the Commerce Department, should it take place, would happen through an executive action, source say.
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One America News
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has exposed some of the worst foreigners who have been removed from the country.
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17:33⇢Federal Agencies Reshuffle As AP Sues
⌨The newspapers report on Trump administration's institutional changes, with new plans to move USPS under Commerce Department control (CBS) and reduce USAID workforce (NBC). AP files lawsuit against administration officials over reporter access (AP, Common Dreams). Meanwhile, DEI programs face uncertainty as retail chains review their Black entrepreneur initiatives (Boston Globe). The administration's immigration enforcement intensifies with ICE director's removal (Washington Post) and Homeland Security's deportation announcements (OANN).
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One America News
Texas Democrat Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, who has previously supported slavery reparation payments for Black Americans, has come under fire for being "wildly out-of-touch" and "hypocritical" after rejecting the notion of giving $5,000 DOGE checks to U.S. citizens.
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President Trump and Maine Gov. Janet Mills clashed over Trump's order banning transgender athletes from playing in girl and women sports.
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New York Post
Under Kennedy’s leadership, the CDC pulled the plug on its “Wild to Mild initiative” — which was aimed at encouraging high-risk folks to get vaxxed — Wednesday as one of worst flu seasons in decades rages.
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Uncertainty about the fate of the Trump tax cuts, especially bonus depreciation, may already be weighing down investment.
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris may have a future in Hollywood.
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Uncertainty about the fate of the Trump tax cuts, especially bonus depreciation, may already be weighing down investment.
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With a measles outbreak growing in West Texas, and cases popping up across the country, experts say vaccination is your best protection. And it's not just for kids. Some adults may need a booster.
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New York Post
An agreement that would give the US rights to rare earth minerals in Ukraine believed to be worth hundreds of billions of dollars was close to being done Friday night.
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President Trump and Maine Gov. Janet Mills clashed over Trump's order banning transgender athletes from playing in girl and women sports.
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One America News
The acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Caleb Vitello, has been removed from his post, with administration officials explaining that the current deportation numbers are not meeting expectations.
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President Trump on Friday said the Ukrainian president had been negotiating “with no cards” and did not need to participate in all the diplomatic meetings to end the war.
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Will FBI Director Kash Patel Be a Principled Reformer or a Trump Hatchet Man?
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Trump has been deeply critical of the Ukrainian president in recent days while offering friendlier words about his Russian counterpart.
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Associated Press
New FBI Director Kash Patel has told senior officials that he plans to relocate 1,000 employees at FBI headquarters to field offices around the country and move an additional 500 to a bureau facility in Huntsville, Alabama.
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The Daily Beast
Communications chief says Michael Wolff is a “sack of s---.”
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The New York Times
The decision to fire Gen. Charles Brown Jr. reflects President Trump’s insistence that the military’s leadership is too mired in diversity issues.
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19:55⇢Security Chiefs Fall As Trump Reshuffles
⌨The newspapers report on major institutional changes under Trump, with multiple military and security leadership shifts. These include the firing of Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Brown (NYTimes), new FBI Director Kash Patel's plans to relocate 1,500 employees (AP, Fox), and ICE director's removal (OANN, Washington Post). A significant Ukraine minerals deal is being negotiated (NY Post), while Trump faces Supreme Court pushback on whistleblower office control (Boston Globe).
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Lawmakers, including some Republicans, are facing crowds furious about the sweeping budget cuts and mass firings of federal workers.
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has fired Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley over the chief’s handling of the Palisades fire.
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The Washington Post
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President Donald Trump and Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) had a contentious exchange over her refusal to enforce his executive order protecting women’s sports.
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Associated Press
A federal judge has largely blocked sweeping executive orders from President Donald Trump that sought to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
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President Donald Trump's new U.S. attorney general, Pam Bondi, alluded to plans on Friday to soon make the explosive documents pertaining to pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's case publicly accessible.
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Brown is among the senior military officials the Trump administration has linked to Biden-era diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
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One America News
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced that LAFD Fire Chief Kristin Crowley has been fired “in the best interests of Los Angeles’ public safety.”
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The Washington Post
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The Daily Beast
The legal action marks the latest development sparked by the news outlet’s refusal to use ‘Gulf of America.’
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has fired Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley over the chief’s handling of the Palisades fire.
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Per Congress' directive, the occupant of the position can only be fired for "inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office."
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The New York Times
Gen. Charles Brown Jr. and Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the naval chief, were among those fired as President Trump moved to root out diversity initiatives in the military.
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New York Post
President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday.
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22:11⇢Pentagon Purge Claims Joint Chiefs Chair
⌨The newspapers report extensively on Trump's firing of Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. CQ Brown and other military leaders (ABC, NY Times, Washington Post, USA Today, HuffPost), linking the purge to diversity initiatives in the military. A federal judge blocks Trump's executive orders on DEI programs (AP, Boston Globe), while the Supreme Court considers limits on special counsel dismissal powers (NPR). In Los Angeles, Mayor Bass removes Fire Chief Crowley over handling of Palisades fire (LA Times, OANN).
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Los Angeles Times
To me, the firing of the Los Angeles Fire Department chief looks like an act of political desperation as much as a take-charge moment by Bass.
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The Daily Beast
Air Force Lieutenant General Dan ‘Razin’ Caine knew what he was doing when he told Trump: “I love you, sir. I think you’re great, sir. I’ll kill for you, sir.”
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The president fired Joint Chiefs chairman moments before his defense secretary fired the chief of the US Navy and others
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Trump announced the dismissal of Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. and said he would nominate Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, a retired three-star general, to succeed him as the top U.S. military officer.
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