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Federal workers in turmoil as Elon Musk’s confusing email ultimatum deadline looms: ‘It’s bedlam’

“Our chief said it was mandatory. Then OPM said it became voluntary. Then I guess Trump just told us it was mandatory again,” a longtime employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs said.

February 25, 2025

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Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defense Secretary, to Visit Guantánamo Bay

Mr. Hegseth served at the U.S. Navy base as a National Guard lieutenant. The base is now being used to hold some migrants who face deportation.

February 25, 2025

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Over 230,000 Sign Petition Calling for Elon Musk’s Canadian Citizenship to Be Revoked

The petition accused Elon Musk of attacking Canadian sovereignty. The billionaire adviser to President Trump responded on X, saying “Canada is not a real country.”

February 25, 2025

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Johnson Grasps for Republican Votes to Pass Budget Plan

Speaker Mike Johnson pressed ahead with plans for a Tuesday night vote on the House G.O.P. budget resolution even as threatened defections piled up.

February 25, 2025

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Giuliani fully satisfies $148 million judgement in Georgia election workers defamation case

Rudolph Giuliani has “fully satisfied” a $148 million judgment won by two Georgia election workers who said he defamed them during the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

February 25, 2025

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Kremlin denies Trump’s claim that Putin is ready for peacekeepers in Ukraine

Russia’s foreign minister last week called the move “unacceptable” — and a Kremlin rep Tuesday said nothing has changed.

February 25, 2025

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Slashing Medicaid to Pay for Trump’s Tax Cuts Could Lead to Vast State Shortfalls

Republicans have proposed lowering the federal share of costs for Medicaid expansions, which could reshape the program by gutting one of the Affordable Care Act’s major provisions.

February 25, 2025

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State Election Officials Seek to Avert Deeper Cuts

The National Association of Secretaries of State, normally reluctant to wade into partisan politics, has asked the homeland security secretary to preserve election security programs.

February 25, 2025

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Democratic Socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani emerging as a serious contender for NYC mayor: poll

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist candidate running for mayor, is emerging as a serious contender for City Hall, a new poll claims.

February 25, 2025

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