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Elon Musk again sent email to federal workers demanding that they reply telling him five things they accomplished at work last week. Musk again threatened their jobs if they do…
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UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer embraced Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy outside the door of Number 10 Downing Street. Starmer said Ukraine has “full backing across the United Kingdom.” Zelenskyy…
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Elon Musk’s DOGE worker Thomas Shedd at the General Services Administration shut down 18F, an internal IT team that improved federal IT systems and created open source software for the…
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Some Colorado Republicans have asked Donald Trump to withhold federal funds from Colorado until Governor Jared Peters pardons former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who is serving a nine year…
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Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was fired from his job coaching high school football after he was arrested for protesting against a MAGA plaque outside Huntington Beach Central Library.…
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Donald Trump and JD Vance, instead of hosting Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, devolved into bullying him like mob bosses at full volume in front of the media.…
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Social Security announced it will cut 7,000 from its workforce of 57,000. The losses are expected to be achieved by a combination of resignations, retirements, takeup of Voluntary Separation Incentive…
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The State Department ended US Agency for International Development help for restoring Ukraine’s energy system after its decimation by Russia’s invasion. A USAID official involved in Ukraine said, “It significantly…
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Federal District Court Judge Lauren King extended her temporary restraining order of 14 February 2025, blocking Donald Trump’s executive orders which would withhold federal funds from hospitals and universities that…
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Federal District Court Judge Theodore Chuang expressed considerable skepticism at the Department of Justice’s inability to answer basic questions about the structure and leadership of DOGE. Chuang is hearing a…
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Russia, China and other foreign adversaries have escalated recruiting of USA federal workers in national security for their intelligence services. Mass firings by Donald Trump and Elon Musk create a…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission offered $50,000 to some employees if they resign or retire by 21 March 2025 and leave the agency by 4 April 2025. Eligible workers had…
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The Department of Education emailed a “one-time offer” to most employees, with a payout of the lesser of $25,000 or severance if they resign by 23:59 Monday ahead of a…
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Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel, petitioned the Merit Systems Protection Board to reinstate 5000 probationary workers fired from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Dellinger argued that…
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered a halt to the Pentagon’s cyber security work pertinent to Russia. Hegseth’s order went to General Timothy Haugh, head of Cyber Command. It is expected…
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International Development Minister Anneliese Dodds resigned over Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s large reduction of the foreign aid budget. She delayed her resignation announcement until after Starmer’s visit with USA…
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Federal District Court Judge John Bates ordered Donald Trump’s regime to provide testimony and information regarding a lawsuit to block DOGE from accessing systems at the Labor Department, Health and…
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Hundreds of federal probationary employees were fired from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including National Weather Service meteorologists. The firings appear to be in two tranches, 500 in the…
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The Office of Personnel Management directed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to reinstate fired employees who are veterans (disabled or not) or spouses of members of the military. Reinstated workers…
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Federal District Court Judge Brendan Hurson extended his temporary restraining order that blocks Donald Trump’s executive orders which would cut off funding for medical facilities and providers that provide gender…
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Federal District Court Judge William Alsup issued a temporary restraining order to make the Office of Personnel Management rescind its directions to several federal agencies to fire probationary employees. Alsup’s…
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UK Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer visited Donald Trump at the White House, seeking to at least minimize whatever damage Trump inflicts on the UK. Starmer hoped to exempt the…
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Donald Trump’s regime partnered with right wing anti-LGBTQ+ hate group Moms for Liberty to launch an online “snitch form” for reporting any diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in K-12 schools.…
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Republican legislators in Iowa voted to remove gender identity from the protections of the Iowa Civil Rights Act, effective 1 July 2025. This makes Iowa the first state to remove…
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Peter Marocco, a Donald Trump devotee torching U.S. Agency for International Development, send a letter to the United Nations announcing cutoff of USA funding for the UN program on HIV/AIDS.…
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Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, which is a subset of a White House IT team rather than a department, announced it is closing many Internal Revenue Service offices and…
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Romania returned the passports of brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate and allowed them to leave on a private jet to Florida after pressure from Donald Trump. The brothers face charges…
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One day after DOGE trumpeted contract terminations estimated to save $2 billion at the Veterans Administration, the VA began restarting some of the contracts due to adverse impact on essential…
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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, acting on his own, blocked federal District Court Judge Amir Ali’s order (which an Appeals Court allowed to continue) that the State Department and…
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A judge dismissed a lawsuit against election procedures in Yavapai county in Arizona. The lawsuit was filed by a right wing group founded by Stephen Miller in February 2024. It…
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Texas House Bill 3399 would amend existing state law to ban gender affirming care and restrict hormone therapy and other medical care for everyone. Various surgeries including vasectomies, hysterectomies, oophorectomies,…
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Despite treatment in a Lubbock hospital, a school child is the first person in the USA to die of measles since 2015. The measles outbreak that has so far sickened…
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Federal District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson extended until Saturday her temporary restraining order prohibiting the firing of Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel. Jackson is considering…
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The Food and Drug Administration canceled the meeting of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee to specify formulation of the flu vaccine for the 2025-26 influenza season. VRBPAC…
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At Donald Trump’s first Cabinet meeting, Elon Musk told the Cabinet that his DOGE cut off support for preventing the spread of Ebola by mistake. He then said support was…
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UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced foreign aid will be cut substantially in order to increase spending on defense. Click here for more details.
Donald Trump held the first Cabinet meeting of this Presidential term, and added “special employee” Elon Musk who is not a Cabinet member. Mainstream media still consistently refer to Musk…
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Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced he is starting a podcast, and guests will include people he disagrees with from both major political parties. He told Politico “We already know what…
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Shareholders in John Deere, which backed off from diversity, equity and inclusion programs and cultural awareness events in 2024, rejected a proposal to unveil demographic data about its new employees.…
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Jeff Bezos, owner of the Washington Post, directed the newspaper’s opinion pieces must promote “personal liberties and free markets” and viewpoints to the contrary will “be left to be published…
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Alt National Park Service, pulling together various items that appeared disconnected in news headlines, warns that Operation Whirlwind is expanding. An excerpt from their update follows: Operation Whirlwind has expanded—the…
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After multiple media reports of large errors, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, which is a subset of a White House IT team rather than a department, quietly deleted from…
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The Department of Justice appealed against federal District Court Judge Amir Ali’s short deadline for the government to comply with his temporary restraining order of 13 February and pay for…
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Donald Trump announced replacement of the EB-5 immigrant investor visa program which encourages job-creating investments with a new “gold card” citizenship-path visa for immigrants who pay $5 million each. He…
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Despite several statements by Donald Trump and Elon Musk indicating Musk leads DOGE, they began to say otherwise as DOGE got into increasing trouble with courts, and now say Amy…
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Shattering longstanding precedent of the White House Correspondents Association deciding which media outlets are represented in the White House press pool, the White House press office declared it will choose…
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Elon Musk’s DOGE is canceling contracts purportedly worth $2 billion that are not for core services to military veterans. The contracts support veterans with medical services, fund cancer programs, recruit…
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Federal District Court Judge Jamal Whitehead ruled that Donald Trump’s executive order suspending the refugee admission program illegally usurped power that belongs to Congress. Whitehead said, “The president has substantial…
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Federal District Court Judge Loren L. AliKhan issued a preliminary injunction in place of a previously issued temporary restraining order to block Donald Trump’s executive order that aims to freeze…
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Donald Trump suspended the security clearances of lawyers at Covington & Burling, apparently as retribution because the firm provided services on a pro bono basis to special counsel Jack Smith.…
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