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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 26.02.2025.
It displays 234 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
26.02.2025 ⇢ Day Budget Passed While Musk Crashed Cabinet
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House Republicans narrowly passed Trump's $4.5T budget resolution in early morning hours after significant pressure. The plan includes deep tax cuts and federal spending reductions, particularly targeting Medicaid.
By midday, Trump's first Cabinet meeting dominated coverage, with Elon Musk's unexpected attendance drawing scrutiny. Some Cabinet members expressed disagreement with Musk's approach as agencies received directives to prepare for "large-scale" workforce reductions. The Washington Post's opinion editor resigned following Bezos's directive to focus on free markets.
Evening coverage centered on Ukraine developments, as Trump refused to guarantee Ukraine's security in the minerals deal scheduled for Zelensky's Friday signing. The EPA moved to repeal climate findings that underpin electric vehicle regulations, while federal agencies continued resisting Musk's workforce demands. Reports emerged of over 100 intelligence officials facing dismissal over inappropriate communications.
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Associated Press
Three senior Ukrainian officials say that Ukraine and the U.S. have reached an agreement on a framework for a broad economic deal that would include access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals.
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Rowdy town hall meetings have gone viral as Republican Congress members begin seeing more backlash over Musk’s firing frenzy
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The workers sacked on Monday were all "bargaining-unit probationary employees" in "non-mission critical roles," according to the VA.
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Rowdy town hall meetings have gone viral as Republican Congress members begin seeing more backlash over Musk’s firing frenzy
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Rowdy town hall meetings have gone viral as Republican Congress members begin seeing more backlash over Musk’s firing frenzy
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The New York Times
Details of the agreement were unclear. President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to go to Washington for a public signing ceremony with President Trump.
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04:17⇢Budget Passes While Moscow Pivots
⌨The newspapers report on House Republicans passing Trump's $4.5T budget resolution and tax cuts after significant drama (Boston Globe, Fox News, Daily Beast). A new foreign policy initiative emerges, with Trump attempting to separate Russia from China through diplomatic means (Breitbart), while finalizing a minerals deal with Ukraine (AP, NYTimes). Federal workforce changes continue as VA employees face layoffs (USA Today) and Musk faces congressional backlash (CNN).
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Associated Press
House Republicans have muscled their budget blueprint to passage, with a push from President Donald Trump.
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The measure's adoption appeared in doubt right up until the final vote.
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In polls and focus groups, Trump voters say they want the government to do something about big medical bills. It's a big change from 5 years ago, pollsters say, and may not be on Trump's agenda.
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Dan Kois
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Los Angeles Times
The buyouts and the Feb. 14 firing of probationary employees has cost the National Park Service at least 1,700 permanent staff members this month, roughly 9% of its workforce.
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The New York Times
The vote cleared the way to enact broad parts of President Trump’s domestic agenda and escalated a fight among Republicans over what programs to shrink.
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In the White House briefing room Tuesday, the Trump administration announced its latest steps to tighten its grip on the message it sends out and the news coverage it receives.
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USA Today
Elon Musk's DOGE team says it saved hundreds of millions of dollars at the Education Department. But a new analysis shows it's wasting money, too.
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“If I can do a backwards hand flip right now — and I’m 67-years-old next month — I would definitely do it,” one critic continued.
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Elon Musk's DOGE team says it saved hundreds of millions of dollars at the Education Department. But a new analysis shows it's wasting money, too.
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The Washington Post
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07:14⇢Budget Passes As Press Gets Muzzled
⌨The newspapers report extensively on House Republicans implementing Trump's agenda through budget measures (AP, CBS, Common Dreams, Newsweek), with specific focus on Medicaid cuts (Common Dreams). New restrictions on White House press access are being implemented (NPR, HuffPost). The administration expands immigration enforcement scope (Epoch Times, Boston Globe) while Trump prepares for a cabinet meeting with Musk (ABC News), whose companies received $38B in government funding (Washington Post).
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The Daily Wire
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The Daily Beast
“Donald Trump will set you free, bringing the light for all to see,” sings a voice on an up-tempo dance track that accompanies the bizarre video.
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Will Absorbing the ATF Into the FBI Rein in Each Agency's Abuses?
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The party-line vote came after a dramatic day of arm-twisting in the House, with all but one Republican ultimately backing the resolution.
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Democrats have leverage even as the minority party, and they are using it to demand guardrails to limit the executive branch’s discretion.
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American democracy is more resilient than you might think.
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The Daily Beast
“Donald Trump will set you free, bringing the light for all to see,” sings a voice on an up-tempo dance track that accompanies the bizarre video.
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The Atlantic
Unemployment is low, but workers aren’t quitting and businesses aren’t hiring. What’s going on?
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Zelensky will sign a rare earths deal with Trump on Friday, formalising the future economic relationship between the two countries.
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The New York Times
The vote was a first step in advancing major elements of President Trump’s domestic agenda and escalated a fight among Republicans over what programs to shrink.
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09:32⇢Budget Passes As Musk-Trump Split
⌨The newspapers report on House Republicans passing Trump's budget plan (NYTimes, NBC, AP), while coverage emerges of a rare earth minerals agreement with Ukraine (Breitbart). FBI investigations into alleged Comey-era operations against Trump's 2016 campaign gain attention (Fox News, The Blaze). New tensions surface between Trump and Musk over federal workforce policies (Newsweek), while The Atlantic notes a stagnating job market despite low unemployment.
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In the decades after 1945, European leftists disillusioned with workers’ parties created new protest movements and countercultures. Their efforts were boundlessly creative — but also reflected an erosion of the mass politics that had sustained the old left.
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The New York Times
The administration is positioning itself to clamp down on Chinese investment and access to technology. But the wild card may be President Trump himself.
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New York Post
Maddow, MSNBC’s most prominent anchor and top-rated host, will retain her executive producer, Cory Gnazzo, along with several senior producers.
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Associated Press
The turmoil that enveloped the federal workforce over the last few days is unlikely to cease anytime soon as the U.S. government’s human resources agency…
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The issue is different than the question of whether the Trump administration can end DEI policies. Will the Supreme Court tune out the background noise?
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Despite not being a member, he will be at the meeting as ‘secretaries take the advice and direction of DOGE,’ the press secretary says
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Rural postal workers don’t just deliver mail. They put out fires, help elderly people who’ve fallen, and ensure veterans receive medication during storms. Trump’s proposed USPS privatization threatens these care networks in areas already lacking services.
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The New York Times
A copy of the agreement obtained by The Times says that the U.S. “supports Ukraine’s effort to obtain security guarantees needed to establish lasting peace.”
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Los Angeles Times
Dan Kois
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One America News
Highly controversial Illinois “super mayor” Tiffany Henyard is out after suffering a devastating defeat Tuesday night.
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President Trump is holding his first Cabinet meeting at the White House on Wednesday, with his Cabinet nominees largely confirmed.
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The percentage of Christians in the U.S. has dropped dramatically, though that loss may have leveled off in recent years.
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Hizzoner lashed out at critics amid calls from lefty pols to have him ousted or resign over his willingness to work with the White House on the border crisis.
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Polls show DOGE’s federal government purge is politically polarizing.
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11:19⇢Musk Crashes Cabinet
⌨The newspapers report on Trump's first Cabinet meeting, with Elon Musk's unexpected attendance drawing significant coverage (CBS, CNN, ABC). The White House explains Musk's presence through cryptic references to DOGE's influence (CNN, Vox). Federal workforce tensions continue as over 100 intelligence officials face dismissal (Epoch Times), while federal employees confront new job justification requirements (AP). NYC Mayor Adams defends cooperation with Trump on immigration enforcement (NY Post), as Ukrainian minerals deal advances with vague security guarantees (NYTimes).
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The death, confirmed as a school-age child, is the first measles death in the U.S. since 2015.
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Hizzoner lashed out at critics amid calls from lefty pols to have him ousted or resign over his willingness to work with the White House on the border crisis.
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The death, confirmed as a school-age child, is the first measles death in the U.S. since 2015.
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President Trump is holding his first Cabinet meeting at the White House on Wednesday, with his Cabinet nominees largely confirmed.
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Despite not being a member, Musk is at the meeting as ‘secretaries take the advice and direction of DOGE,’ the press secretary says
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Breitbart News
Washington Post opinion editor David Shipley resigned Tuesday after the paper’s owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced that, going forward, on the opinion pages, “We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.”
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One America News
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to unveil a new online registry for illegal migrants as early as this week that would force undocumented people to submit personal information or face fines and arrest.
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New York Post
Trachtenberg starred in a variety of kid-oriented movies and shows, making her film debut in 1996’s “Harriet the Spy,”
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The Washington Post
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12:18⇢Musk Crashes Cabinet As Post Editor Quits
⌨The newspapers extensively report on Trump's first Cabinet meeting of his second term, notably featuring Elon Musk's presence despite not being a Cabinet member (ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, Newsweek, Boston Globe). Separately, the Washington Post reports internal turmoil as its opinion editor resigns following Bezos's directive to focus on free markets (Breitbart), while a new immigrant registry policy emerges requiring fingerprints from undocumented residents (OAN).
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Associated Press
Federal agencies must develop plans to eliminate employee positions, according to a memo distributed by President Donald Trump‘s administration that sets in motion what could become a sweeping realignment of American government.
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The Daily Beast
Former executive editor Marty Baron told the Daily Beast there was “no doubt in my mind” that Bezos was prioritizing his business interests over The Washington Post.
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The comments were made during his first Cabinet meeting, which Musk is attending after an email sent to federal workers caught some secretaries off guard
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Breitbart News
Washington Post opinion editor David Shipley resigned Tuesday after the paper’s owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced that, going forward, on the opinion pages, “We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.”
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In a seemingly AI-generated video that the president posted on social media, images of destruction due to the war in Gaza are transformed into a glitzy resort called "TRUMP GAZA."
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Mother Jones
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The president’s memo comes after thousands of federal workers have already been fired over the last few weeks.
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Breitbart News
Washington Post opinion editor David Shipley resigned Tuesday after the paper’s owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced that, going forward, on the opinion pages, “We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.”
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President Trump held his first Cabinet meeting at the White House on Wednesday and weighed in on a wide range of topics.
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Associated Press
Follow the latest news from President Donald Trump’s administration | February 26, 2025
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The Daily Beast
Former executive editor Marty Baron told the Daily Beast there was “no doubt in my mind” that Bezos was prioritizing his business interests over The Washington Post.
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Trump’s Cabinet members were largely supportive spectators as the president discussed his agenda.
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One America News
Three people are reportedly injured after a small plane crashed in a remote area of southern Vermont, as medical personnel are battling “difficult conditions” to find them.
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Los Angeles Times
Ben Mathis-Lilley
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13:34⇢Musk Crashes Cabinet As Post Editor Quits
⌨The newspapers extensively cover Trump's first Cabinet meeting, notably featuring Elon Musk's presence (ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, Boston Globe, Newsweek). Washington Post faces internal turmoil as opinion editor resigns following Bezos's directive to defend free markets (Breitbart, Daily Beast). Trump posts controversial AI-generated video about Gaza (NPR, Mother Jones), while announcing Ukraine won't join NATO (AP).
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The Trump administration Wednesday ordered heads of federal departments and agencies to prepare to initiate "large-scale reductions in force" by March 13
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One America News
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has announced that over 100 intelligence officers will be fired after they engaged in sending sexually-explicit messages in National Security Agency (NSA) chat rooms while "on government time."
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The first DEI case of Trump’s second term turns out to be an easy win against a rule that no one likes.
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Detroit Police Wrongly Arrested Woman After Facial Recognition Tech Misidentified Her as Shooting Culprit
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Republican Representative Byron Donalds has announced his intention to run for Florida's gubernatorial position.
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Five weeks in, there's an emerging pattern in how the Trump administration moves to target federal employees. And it begins with Elon Musk bringing in tactics he's employed at his various businesses.
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One America News
Actress Michelle Trachtenberg, best known for her roles in hit television shows like "Gossip Girl," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," and in films like "Eurotrip" and "Harriet the Spy" -- has passed away at the age of 39.
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New York Post
Trachtenberg starred in a variety of kid-oriented movies and shows, making her film debut in 1996’s “Harriet the Spy.”
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The Atlantic
Two simple questions, few straight answers
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Breitbart News
Michael Moore is expressing concern that President Donald Trump’s administration may be deporting illegal immigrants with the potential to make huge scientific breakthroughs, like curing cancer or stopping an asteroid on a path to decimate Earth.
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Job cuts and frozen funding could inch one of the world’s rarest species even closer to extinction.
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15:24⇢Mass Federal Purge Launches
⌨The newspapers extensively cover Trump's first Cabinet meeting with Elon Musk, focusing on planned federal workforce reductions (USA Today, Common Dreams, Epoch Times, NPR). Multiple sources report on Trump's directive for agencies to prepare "large-scale reductions in force" by March 13, with Musk's business tactics being implemented across federal agencies. Separately, actress Michelle Trachtenberg's death at 39 is reported (NY Post, OAN), while Texas faces measles concerns due to vaccine exemptions (Newsweek).
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One America News
California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that he will be launching a new podcast called “This is Gavin Newsom,” reportedly featuring both Democrat and Republican commentators.
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The New York Times
President Trump is planning an unusual maneuver to overturn a California ban on the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. Opponents say the move would be illegal.
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The New York Times
President Trump said President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine would visit Washington on Friday and praised Elon Musk’s effort to reduce federal spending.
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One America News
Left-leaning news network MSNBC has informed a large number of staffers who work on Rachel Maddow’s show that they are being let go as part of the network’s restructuring after the cancellation of other MSNBC talk show host Joy Reid’s program as well as other hosts.
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Economists say an increase in costs for imported products could reignate inflation.
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Associated Press
Follow the latest news from President Donald Trump’s administration | February 26, 2025
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The New York Times
During the first cabinet meeting of his second term, President Trump said President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine would visit Washington on Friday.
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A memo was sent to agencies instructing them on how to conduct large-scale layoffs
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The Daily Beast
Maybe this moment was inevitable. Maybe we had to land on this rocky place before we could take the slow, hard steps forward.
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The New York Times
During the first cabinet meeting of his second term, President Trump said President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine would visit Washington on Friday.
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One America News
President Donald Trump held his first Cabinet meeting of his second term, congratulating his administration on their accomplishments so far, as well as standing up for Elon Musk and his efforts to root out government waste, fraud, and overspending -- in tandem with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
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The New York Times
President Trump said Volodymyr Zelensky would visit Washington on Friday as part of a deal for Ukrainian mineral wealth. His position could ultimately embolden Russia.
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One America News
Left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore wrote a blog post on Tuesday condemning President Donald Trump for deporting illegal aliens, claiming that the U.S. could be missing out on its next genius scientist to cure cancer, or another who could have stopped an incoming asteroid falling toward earth.
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17:13⇢Ukraine NATO Dreams Fade As Minerals Deal Emerges
⌨The newspapers extensively cover Trump's stance on Ukraine, with reports of an upcoming Zelensky visit tied to mineral deals while Trump opposes NATO membership (NYTimes, Boston Globe). New federal workforce developments emerge as agencies receive instructions for mass layoffs (CNN, Epoch Times). The EPA moves to repeal environmental findings (AP), while the Washington Post faces editorial changes following Bezos's market-focused directive (Common Dreams).
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China dominates in critical minerals, and President Trump has turned to high-pressure tactics to acquire them. They also caught the attention of former President Biden.
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The Daily Beast
“It is not unusual, we have measles outbreaks every year,” he claims.
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Herridge posted images of the confiscated files on her X account, which boasts more than 980,000 followers.
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Monica Lewinsky says that former Democrat President Bill Clinton should have resigned or have found a way to not throw a young woman “under the bus” following their notorious affair -- which made headlines across the nation and globe.
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EARLIER: White House Boots HuffPost From Press Pool...
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The Epoch Times
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Trump says Republicans won’t “touch” the program. But he left them a loophole.
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The House's budget resolution seeks $2 trillion in federal savings. If the Senate adopts the resolution, lawmaker could target Medicaid savings.
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The Daily Beast
The McDonald’s addict, whose weight has been the subject of much debate, lectured the nation.
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DOGE's list of savings includes agreements meant to ease possible future purchases, creating an exaggerated impression of government spending.
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Los Angeles Times
Nitish Pahwa
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Judge Orders Newspaper To Delete Editorial Critical of City Government
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President Trump warned federal workers who did not reply to recent emails asking them to describe "five things" they accomplished are "on the bubble" suggesting they are at risk of losing their jobs.
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The Washington Post
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It depends on two of the most undependable men on the planet.
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A dramatic and decisive shift is sweeping through corporate America, as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives crumble in the face of legal scrutiny, economic reality, and shifting public sentiment.
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One America News
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump threatened to sue authors writing “defamatory fiction” about him or his administration -- including those who cite phony “anonymous" sources to back up their claims.
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19:50⇢Musk Rides DOGE Into Cabinet
⌨The newspapers extensively cover Trump's first Cabinet meeting, with Musk's prominent role and federal workforce changes (Washington Post, MSNBC, NPR). New reporting reveals DOGE initiative's exaggerated savings claims (NBC, ABC), while the EPA moves to repeal environmental regulations (AP, Boston Globe). Corporate America shows signs of retreating from DEI initiatives (Breitbart, The Blaze), as Social Security Administration faces 50% staff reduction (Newsweek).
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One America News
The FBI has reportedly launched an investigation into former FBI director James Comey for the allegations that the agency launched a "honeypot" operation to infiltrate the 2016 Trump presidential campaign with two female agents.
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Elon Musk's DOGE team says it saved hundreds of millions of dollars at the Education Department. But a new analysis shows it's wasting money, too.
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Associated Press
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One America News
OAN Staff Brooke Mallory5:23 PM – Wednesday, February 26, 2025 According to a new analysis, President Donald Trump has answered an astounding 1,009…
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The Boston Globe
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The administration filed an emergency appeal ahead of the midnight deadline
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One America News
An Indiana man has been arrested after allegedly threatening to murder Elon Musk and parade his “corpse through the streets” in a series of threatening social media posts.
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One America News
After constant journalist questions related to how the Trump administration's other Cabinet members feel about Elon Musk's frequent presence at the White House and his involvement with the president's initiatives, 47th President Donald Trump expressed that the entire Cabinet is “extremely happy” with him.
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The New York Times
A new administration’s efforts to pressure the news media, punish political opponents and tame tycoons evoke the early days of President Vladimir Putin’s reign in Russia.
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Associated Press
The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a judge’s order giving the Trump administration a midnight deadline to release billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid.
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The Washington Post
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The Trump administration says it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall U.S. assistance around the world.
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Some 1,000 NPS employees were fired, and hiring for seasonal positions was delayed. Here's what to know about the impacts already being felt at parks, and what it could mean for the busy season.
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The Washington Post
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The Trump administration told the Supreme Court it wasn't "logistically or technically feasible" to comply with a judge's order to immediately pay the bills.
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22:24⇢Foreign Aid Axed As Court Steps Back
⌨The newspapers extensively cover the Supreme Court's delay of a deadline for Trump administration to restart foreign aid payments (ABC, CNN, Washington Post, USA Today, Epoch Times). The administration announces cutting 90% of USAID contracts, totaling $60 billion in global assistance (AP, Boston Globe). Meanwhile, National Parks Service reports immediate effects of layoffs with 1,000 employees fired and delayed seasonal hiring (NPR).
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The administration filed an emergency appeal ahead of the midnight deadline
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Chief Justice John Roberts said U.S.A.I.D. and the State Department did not need to immediately pay for more than $1.5 billion in already completed work.
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They voted for Donald Trump for president, but now they’re losing government jobs. They wonder why Trump and Elon Musk aren’t focusing on real waste and inflation.
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The Trump administration is terminating thousands of foreign assistance grants and awards, according to a court filing. The move effectively guts the six-decade-old agency.
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Associated Press
President Donald Trump’s administration says federal agencies should begin planning to eliminate employee positions. The process is known as a reduction in force.
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Los Angeles Times
Eaton and Palisades fire damage was uneven in many neighborhoods, with homes surviving next to others that were destroyed.
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