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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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Addressing Risks From WilmerHale — 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. Background. My Administration is committed to addressing the significant risks associated with law firms …


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Elise Stefanik's nomination to be U.N. ambassador withdrawn, Trump says — Washington — Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination to be U.N. ambassador has been withdrawn, President Trump confirmed Thursday, with the president saying he's asked her to remain in Congress.
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Trump pulls Elise Stefanik's nomination after last-minute panic
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Trump withdraws Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination for UN ambassador, citing tight GOP House margin
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White House pulls Stefanik's UN ambassador nomination amid concern over narrow Republican House majority
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Trump Pulls Stefanik's UN Nomination to Protect GOP Majority
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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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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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Tufts graduate student already transferred out of state before judge issued order to stay in Mass., prosecutor says — The Immigration and Customs Enforcement had already transferred Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk out of the state before a federal judge ordered her kept in Massachusetts …
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The disappearing of Rumeysa Ozturk is something I never thought I'd see in America
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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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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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Exclusive: Trump's “pro-Hamas” purge could block foreign students from colleges — The Trump administration is discussing plans to try to block certain colleges from having any foreign students if it decides too many are “pro-Hamas,” senior Justice and State Department officials tell Axios.
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Ambush arrest of Tufts student sparks new concerns about immigration crackdown
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Rubio says State Department has revoked more than 300 student visas
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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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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 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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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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Canada - US Aviation: Airlines Respond to Weakening Demand — The latest weekly update of OAG schedules data suggests that airline capacity between Canada and the US remains broadly unchanged for the summer season. However, a closer look at recent weeks reveals a downward trend in airline capacity …
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Airline Demand Between Canada & United States Collapses, Down 70%+
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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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Cassidy says RFK Jr. briefed him on HHS job cuts, but reported study on vaccines, autism didn't come up — Senator had previously secured health secretary's commitments on support for vaccines — WASHINGTON — Sen. Bill Cassidy, the chairman of the Senate health committee …
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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 …


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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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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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.


Senate votes to overturn CFPB overdraft rule, in new blow for agency — The Senate voted 52-48 on Thursday to overturn a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule capping the overdraft fees that banks can charge, in another blow to the beleaguered agency. The resolution under …
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New York County Clerk Blocks Texas Court Filing Against Doctor Over Abortion Pills — The showdown catapults the interstate abortion wars to a new level. — A New York county clerk on Thursday blocked Texas from filing a legal action against a New York doctor for prescribing and sending abortion pills to a Texas woman.
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75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving … - Alexandra Witze — You can also search for this author in — PubMed Google Scholar — The massive changes in US research brought about by the new administration of President Donald Trump are causing many scientists …
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Andrew Tate accused of violently attacking girlfriend during sex — Andrew Tate, the right-wing influencer who's accused of rape and sex trafficking in Romania, allegedly attacked one of his girlfriends while they were having sex in Los Angeles earlier this month.
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