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Trump has pulled Fauci's security detail, source says — President Donald Trump has terminated Dr. Anthony Fauci's security detail that was being provided and paid for by the National Institutes of Health, a source familiar with the situation tells CNN. It was pulled on Thursday night.
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Trump returns — and so does his astounding ignorance — If you feel off-kilter, you're in good company. The president seems downright bewildered. — “I think we're going to do things that people would be shocked at,” President Donald Trump declared on his second day in office.
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Trump's Plan to Crush the Academic Left — Last year, Chris Rufo, the influential right-wing strategist who spearheaded the campaign against diversity, equity and inclusion, or D.E.I., initiatives, told me about his ambitions for a second Trump presidency. He hoped, he said …
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Fauci Stripped of Government Security Protection
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ICE agents ‘showed up’ at Chicago school amid heightened concerns of raids — Schools across the Chicago area have released guidance about potential situations after the Trump Administration revoked previous guidance prohibiting immigration arrests at schools, churches and hospitals
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ICE agents denied entry to South Side elementary school, Chicago Public Schools claims — CPS and CTU officials claim ICE agents were denied entry to a school Friday. — CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago Public Schools officials claim U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were denied entry …
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Donald Trump in fiery call with Denmark's prime minister over Greenland — US president insisted he wants to take over Arctic island — Donald Trump insisted he was serious in his determination to take over Greenland in a fiery telephone call with Denmark's prime minister, according to senior European officials.

Experts saw Samoa's plunging vaccination rates as a crisis. RFK Jr. saw an opportunity. — New details show how Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then chair of an anti-vaccine group and now Trump's pick for health secretary, sought to exploit a deadly vaccine accident.
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Trump Says States Should Manage Disasters. Former FEMA Leaders Agree. — “I'd rather see the states take care of their own problems,” the president said. Federal emergency managers from both parties have made the same argument. — President Trump plans to tour damage on Friday …
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Trump recommends ending FEMA ahead of California fire site visit
Trump recommends ending FEMA ahead of California fire site visit
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Trump Proposes ‘Getting Rid Of FEMA’ While Visiting North Carolina
Trump Proposes ‘Getting Rid Of FEMA’ While Visiting North Carolina
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Paul Krugman on Leaving the New York Times — The paper wanted to take away his newsletter or make him write less frequently, he says. — For two and a half decades, Paul Krugman's columns in the New York Times were beacons of intelligence and common sense.

State Department issues immediate, widespread pause on foreign aid — The “stop-work orders” appear to apply to US aid for all countries except Israel and Egypt. — Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday issued new guidance halting spending on most existing foreign aid grants for 90 days.

Elon Musk doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt — Since Donald Trump's rise to power, some liberals have developed a bad habit of seeing secret Nazi imagery everywhere on the right. — Be it Laura Ingraham allegedly sieg-heiling at the 2016 Republican National Convention …
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Musk Tells a ‘Joke’ — The board and shareholders of Costco overwhelmingly rejected a proposal for the big-box giant to revise its diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. You might call it the first act of wholesale resistance. — Happy Friday. — Stick to Rockets — by William Kristol
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Trump Leaves Democrats Dazed and on the Defensive — Locked out of power in Washington, the party is struggling to agree on a unified message of opposition. Some of its lawmakers are even telling Republicans they want to work together. — As President Trump pushes aggressively to reshape …
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The Border Debate Is Over. Dems Lost.
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Trump Officials Move to Quickly Expel Migrants Biden Allowed In Temporarily
Trump Officials Move to Quickly Expel Migrants Biden Allowed In Temporarily
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DOJ asks judge to drop order barring Oath Keepers from visiting Capitol — Stewart Rhodes, previously sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy, was at the Capitol Wednesday chatting up lawmakers and reporters. — The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to drop …
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Freed Jan. 6 Convicts Are Back on the Street and Ready to Help Trump
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Judge bars Rhodes, other Oath Keepers from entering DC without court permission
Judge bars Rhodes, other Oath Keepers from entering DC without court permission
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Dems Worry Sen. Whitehouse Considering Vote for RFK Jr — Wanted to share some information on the RFK Jr. nomination before the Senate. — It probably won't surprise you that RFK Jr., along with Tulsi Gabbard, are among the few Trump nominees who might actually not get confirmed.
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Trump enlists attorney general to investigate Biden administration — President has thrown weight of justice department behind two politically charged reviews into his personal grievances — Donald Trump has tasked the attorney general in two executive orders to conduct far-reaching investigations …

Newark mayor: ICE raided business without a warrant, detained U.S. citizens — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents carried out a raid on a Newark business Thursday, detaining non-citizens and citizens alike, according to Mayor Ras J. Baraka. — The incident, which could not immediately …
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Team Trump Says Mark Zuckerberg Has ‘More Ass-Kissing’ to Do — Trump's aides and allies aren't ready to buy the Facebook chief's right-wing conversion. “He can't just snap his fingers and make the past not happen” … The Meta CEO and Facebook co-founder reportedly promised the administration …
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New GOP bill would let Trump (but not Obama) run for a third term — Rep. Andy Ogles' bill to amend the Constitution and empower Donald Trump to seek a third term will inevitably fail. That doesn't mean it's irrelevant. — About a week after Donald Trump was elected to a second term …
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House GOP measure would let Trump seek third term
House GOP measure would let Trump seek third term
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Sensing Political Support, Abortion Opponents Raise Ambitions — The March for Life on Friday will bring together a movement invigorated by some early moves of the second Trump administration. — Anti-abortion activists are charging ahead with their ultimate mission to end all abortions nationwide …
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Rutgers Center Cancels Conference in Response to Trump DEI Orders — The Rutgers University Center for Minority Serving Institutions announced Thursday that it has canceled an upcoming virtual conference about registered apprenticeship programs as a result of President Trump's executive …

Two Words and a World of Trouble — Let me tell you a story about clowns evolving into velociraptors. — ∙ Paid — Bill Kristol sat in for Sarah on the Secret Pod today and it was dark. Just a warning. If you're not in good head-space to begin with today, maybe skip this episode?

Inside the room: Where House Republicans are looking to slash … We got our hands on the presentations that House committee chairs made during a closed-door Republican conference meeting this week. — They lay out a road map of where the GOP's hunt for spending cuts is heading right now.
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Trump administration tests the power to email every federal employee at once — The new feature, announced by the Office of Personnel Management, aligns with the goals of DOGE. — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration is testing a new capability that would allow officials …
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Justice Department curtails prosecutions for blocking reproductive health care facilities — President Donald Trump's new Justice Department leadership issued an order Friday to curtail prosecutions against people accused of blocking reproductive rights facilities, calling the cases an example of the “weaponization” of law enforcement.
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Fetterman touts new federal rule boosting wages for thousands of federal workers in Pa. — Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is hailing a new rule that ends a longstanding pay disparity between hourly and salaried federal workers. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Instagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Providers' Posts — Some posts related to obtaining abortion pills were recently hidden on Instagram and Facebook and some accounts were suspended, before being later restored. — Instagram and Facebook have recently blurred …
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DOGE Will Allow Elon Musk to Surveil the US Government From the Inside — A former USDS employee called the repurposing of the Digital Service into DOGE an “A+ bureaucratic jiujitsu move.” It will give Musk and his associates access to unclassified data in every government agency.

Congestion Relief Zone is Also a CRASH Relief Zone: Data — Manhattanites have one more reason to appreciate congestion pricing: early statistics show that roadways inside the congestion relief zone below 60th Street are experiencing fewer crashes resulting in fewer injuries.