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Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy — 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. Purpose. This order continues the reduction in the elements of the Federal bureaucracy …
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‘Bloody Saturday’ at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks — Journalists showed up at the Voice of America today to broadcast their programs only to be told they had been locked out: Federal officials had embarked on indefinite mass suspensions. — All full-time staffers …
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Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America's Parent — The order targeting the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, appeared to test the bounds of the president's power.
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Voice of America staff put on leave after Trump orders cuts — Employees at Voice of America were placed on paid leave on Saturday and funding for two U.S. news services that broadcast to authoritarian regimes was slashed, one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order gutting …
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Trump signs order to dismantle seven federal agencies focused on media, libraries, homelessness — President Trump on Friday signed an executive order that aims to eliminate seven federal agencies, including ones that focus on media, libraries, museums and ending homelessness.

Trump revokes nearly 20 executive orders issued by Biden administration
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Ali Bianco / Politico:
Trump's next agency cuts include US-backed global media, library and museum grants
Trump's next agency cuts include US-backed global media, library and museum grants
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Trump rolls back over a dozen Biden-era executive orders, actions
Trump rolls back over a dozen Biden-era executive orders, actions
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How a Columbia Student Fled to Canada After ICE Came Looking for Her — Ranjani Srinivasan's student visa was revoked by U.S. immigration authorities. That was just the start of her odyssey. — The first knock at the door came eight days ago, on a Friday morning.
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‘It Is Facing a Campaign of Annihilation’: Three Columnists on Trump's War Against Academia — Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with the Times Opinion columnists M. Gessen, Tressie McMillan Cottom and Bret Stephens about Donald Trump's attacks …
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Green card holder from New Hampshire ‘interrogated’ at Logan Airport, detained — A New Hampshire man with a green card was detained by immigration officers at Logan Airport and is being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Donald W. Wyatt detention facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island.
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Trump's Justice Dept. Speech Shows a Renewed Quest for Vengeance — The sole offense of those President Trump singled out in remarks at the Justice Department appeared to have been trying to hold him accountable for his actions. — Presidents and prosecutors have for generations appeared …
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Trump Expands Attacks on Law Firms, Singling Out Paul, Weiss
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Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Trump picks his next Big Law target
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Trump targets law firm Paul Weiss, restricting government access
Trump targets law firm Paul Weiss, restricting government access
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Judge blocks Trump from deporting 5 Venezuelans in anticipation of administration invoking wartime law — U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued the urgent ruling Saturday morning, citing “exigent circumstances.” — A federal judge has preemptively barred the Trump administration …
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BREAKING: Trump Admin Aiming to Invoke Alien Enemies Act, the “Tip of a Very Dangerous Spear” for Democracy
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Trump Administration Appears to Launch ‘Alien Enemies Act’ Deportation Program
Trump Administration Appears to Launch ‘Alien Enemies Act’ Deportation Program
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Judge blocks Trump admin from deporting 5 Venezuelans amid plans to invoke Alien Enemies Act
Judge blocks Trump admin from deporting 5 Venezuelans amid plans to invoke Alien Enemies Act
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U.S. Launches Broad Attack on Militant Sites in Yemen — The air and naval strikes on targets controlled by Houthi fighters were intended to open up international shipping lanes in the Red Sea. — The United States began large-scale military strikes on Saturday against dozens of targets …
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Trump launches strikes against Yemen's Houthis and warns Iran
Trump launches strikes against Yemen's Houthis and warns Iran
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Keeping With Kennedy's Advice, Measles Patients Turn to Unproven Treatments — In West Texas, some with severe illness have not been taken to a doctor until their conditions worsened, officials said. — Struggling to contain a raging measles epidemic in West Texas, public health officials …
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Newborn babies exposed to measles in Texas hospital
Newborn babies exposed to measles in Texas hospital
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Brown Medicine doctor deported despite federal court order. What we know. — A federal court order that would have halted the immediate deportation of a Rhode Island doctor was issued Friday evening while the doctor's departing plane sat on the tarmac at Boston Logan International Airport, said a family friend and colleague.
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Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn't True. — Mr. Kristof reported from South Sudan and Nairobi, Kenya. Ms. Fezehai is a photographer and visual journalist based in Kenya. — As the world's richest men slash American aid for the world's poorest children, they insist that all is well.

‘Do something, dammit!’: Tim Walz says Democrats need to answer Americans' ‘primal scream’ — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he came to Iowa Friday to answer the “primal scream” coming from Americans demanding that elected officials do more to push back against President Donald Trump's sweeping, norm-defying agenda.
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Critics warn staff cuts at federal agencies overseeing US dams could put public safety at risk — Trump administration workforce cuts at federal agencies overseeing U.S. dams are threatening their ability to provide reliable electricity, supply farmers with water and protect communities from floods, employees and industry experts warn.
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Trump's Attempts to Muzzle the Press Look Familiar — Much of what the U.S. president has done to curb independent media echoes the Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán's playbook. — When Viktor Orbán gave a speech in 2022 at a Conservative Political Action Conference gathering in Budapest …

Elon Musk Shared, Then Removed a Post Absolving Dictators for Genocide — The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were. — Early on Friday, Elon Musk shared …

A majority-Black town starts armed protection group after neo-Nazi rally — “I feel like it's more secure now,” one woman said. “I know my son can walk home and be OK.” — LINCOLN HEIGHTS, Ohio — Nearly every morning for the last month, Jay has been waking up before sunrise to drive around …

Trump Administration Expels South Africa's Ambassador to the U.S. — Secretary of State Marco Rubio had lashed out on social media over comments critical of President Trump that the ambassador had made to a think tank in Johannesburg. — President Trump's administration …
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