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Pentagon Announces First 5400 of Up To 61,000 Firings

The Department of Defense announced it will fire 5400 probationary civilian federal employees next week, the first tranche of up to 61,000 jobs to be cut out of a civilian…
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Kyle Diamantas Appointed as New FDA Head of Food Security

Kyle Diamantas was appointed to replace Jim Jones, becoming Acting Deputy Commissioner of the Human Foods Program at the Food and Drug Administration. Diamantas is a Florida attorney and hunting…
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RFK Jr. Pauses Development of COVID Vaccine in Pill Form

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, paused a contract for development of a COVID vaccine in pill form, blocking clinical trials that were about to begin.…
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French Far Right Leader Cancels CPAC Talk After Bannon’s Fascist Salute

Jordan Bardella, leader of French far-right political party National Rally, cancelled his speech at the U.S. Conservative Political Action Conference after Steve Bannon finished his speech there with a Nazi…
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Federal Judge Delays but Does Not Dismiss Corruption Case Against Eric Adams

Federal District Judge Dale Ho indefinitely delayed the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, but did not accede to the Department of Justice’s request to dismiss it. (more…)

China, Japan and UK Dump $81 billion in USA Treasury Bonds in One Month

In one month since Donald Trump’s inauguration, China, Japan and the UK offloaded $81 billion in USA Treasury bonds. The amounts unloaded were: China: $9.6 billion, leaving a holding of…
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6700 IRS Probationary Employees Fired in Midst of Tax Filing Season

In the midst of tax filing season, 6700 probationary employees at the Internal Revenue Service were fired. (more…)

DJT Wants to Dissolve USPS Board, Absorb USPS into Executive Branch

Donald Trump wants to dissolve the board that runs the U.S. Postal Service and move the Postal Service into the Commerce Department where the executive branch can more directly control…
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Arkansas Becomes First Southern State to Offer Universal Breakfast to School Kids

Arkansas became the first Southern state, one of only a handful of states in the USA, to offer universal breakfast at no cost to children at school. (more…)

DOJ Deletes Database that Tracked Police Misconduct

The Department of Justice shut down and deleted a database that tracked police misconduct. (more…)

CDC Vaccine Advisory Panel Meeting Indefinitely Postponed

Donald Trump’s regime ordered the Centers for Disease Control to indefinitely postpone the next public meeting of its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The panel makes recommendations to CDC for…
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DOJ Drops Discrimination Case Against Musk’s SpaceX

The Department of Justice acted to drop its case against Elon Musk’s company SpaceX for discrimination, refusing to consider hiring asylum recipients or refugees. Technically, today the DOJ asked the…
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CREW Sues to Compel DOGE Compliance with Federal Records and Transparency Laws

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sued to compel Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” to comply with laws pertaining to retention and disclosure of government document, and requested…
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DOGE Begins Putting $1 Limit on Government Credit Cards

Elon Musk’s DOGE began putting a $1 spending limit on most government credit cards for employees and contractors, starting at the General Services Administration. (more…)

Judge Reiterates Order to Unfreeze Foreign Aid

Federal District Court Judge Amir Ali reiterated his temporary restraining order for Donald Trump’s regime to release the appropriate foreign aid it has frozen. Most of the funds are still…
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NSF Reclassified Hundreds of Employees from Permanent to Probationary for Easier Firing

The National Science Foundation reclassified hundreds of its federal employees from permanent to probationary status without notification. Reclassification violated labor union contracts and made the workers vulnerable to being fired…
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DJT Removes Nearly All Immigrants from Guantánamo Bay

After Donald Trump touted his intention to put 30,000 immigrants at Guantánamo Bay (Gitmo) as part of his mass deportation scheme, his regime flew out nearly all the immigrants who…
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Federal Appeals Court Rejects DJT Emergency Request to Reinstate Partial Ban of Birthright Citizenship

Federal Appeals Court Judge Danielle Forrest did not agree with the government that reinstatement of Donald Trump’s executive order is an emergency and was not convinced the appeal has a…
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Kash Patel Confirmed as Director of FBI

The Senate confirmed Kash Patel as the new Director of the FBI by a vote of 51 to 49. All Democratic Senators and two Republicans, Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski…
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UK and Norway Begin Negotiating New Defense Pact

Defense chiefs John Healey (UK) and Tore Sandvik (Norway) began negotiations  at Norwegian Joint Headquarters for form a new “deep, ambitious” defense pact to bolster NATO and counteract threats, especially…
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DOGE Releases Data About Federal Savings that Doesn’t Add Up

Elon Musk’s DOGE released a feature on its website to show how much federal spending the team has cut. NPR’s dive into the data found considerable errors. (more…)

Judge Considers DOJ Request to Drop Corruption Charges Against Eric Adams

Federal District Judge Dale Ho asked probing questions in court when Department of Justice attorneys requested that he dismiss the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. (more…)

DJT Declares Himself King After Attempt to Quash NYC’s Congestion Charges

Through Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Donald Trump attempted to intimidate New York Governor Kathy Hochul into ending New York City’s month-old congestion charges. Then Trump declared himself king in social…
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DJT Orders Near-Elimination of Presidio Trust, Two Foundations and an Institute of Peace

Donald Trump signed an executive order to essentially eliminate in all but name the Presidio Trust, Inter-American Foundation, U.S. African Development Foundation and U.S. Institute of Peace. (more…)

DJT Orders All Regulatory Agencies to Submit to Direct Control by White House

Donald Trump signed an executive order directing nearly all independent regulatory agencies to submit to direct control by the White House. (more…)

Elon Musk’s X Threatens to Use Government Against Advertisers Unless They Pay More

The Wall Street Journal broke the story that Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly Twitter, has been threatening advertisers that they must spend more on X, or else. A…
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DJT Regime Launches Operation Whirlwind

Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin launched Operation Whirlwind as an investigation into purported threats against Elon Musk’s DOGE. The first target of the operation is Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY). DOGE…
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ICE Prosecutor in Dallas has White Supremacist Account on X (Twitter)

GlomarResponder, a racist, pro-fascist, anti-COVID-vaccine, hate-filled account in X (formerly Twitter), has been revealed as belonging to James “Jim” Joseph Rodden, who is Assistant Chief Counsel for ICE in the…
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Refugee Challenges UK’s Ban of Citizenship Based on Arrival Method

A refugee has filed the first legal challenge against UK’s decision to ban refugees who arrive in the UK by “irregular” means from ever gaining citizenship. (more…)

Two Airplanes Collide at Marana, Arizona Airport

Two airplanes collided at Marana Regional Airport about 21 miles northwest of Tucson. One person died. Click here for more details.

Second European Emergency Summit Meets about Ukraine and DJT

European leaders met in a second emergency summit two days after the first to decide how to respond to Donald Trump’s radical reversal against support for Ukraine in its resistance…
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Federal Government Considers Destroying $500 million of Usable COVID Test Kits

Donald Trump’s regime is considering ending the program that sends free COVID test kits to households. Most of the $500 million stockpile of tests are still valid. They were paid…
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DJT Orders DOJ to Fire All Remaining Biden-Era Prosecutors

Donald Trump ordered the Department of Justice to fire all remaining prosecutors from the Biden administration. (more…)

NSF Fires 10% of Workforce

The National Science Foundation fired 168 of its 1700 employees, targeted at probationary employees and temporary “intermittent expert” employees brought in for specific expertise.  (more…)

Turkey Supports Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared Turkey regards Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty as non-negotiable. (more…)

DJT Halts Legal Assistance for Children who are Immigrants

Donald Trump’s regime ordered an immediate halt to work on a $200 million contract for legal representatives to help children who enter the USA unaccompanied. The Acacia Center for Justice…
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Senior Prosecutor Denise Cheung Resigns Due to Improper Demands from DOJ

Denise Cheung, a U.S. Attorney who supervised criminal cases in the DC office, resigned rather than carry out an order to freeze assets of a Biden-era Environmental Protection Agency grant…
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GSA Engineering Lead Resigns Rather than Give DOGE Full Access to Notify.gov

Steven Reilly, the engineering lead for the federal government’s Notify system, resigned rather than grant full administrator access to Elon Musk’s DOGE. (more…)

USDA Tries to Rehire Fired People Working on Bird Flu

The Department of Agriculture belatedly realized it fired several federal employees who were working on containing the H5N1 avian flu outbreak that is decimating egg and poultry suppliers, and cross-infecting…
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NASA Probationary Employees Get Last-Minute Reprieve

After widespread news reports that NASA’s probationary employees would be fired, they got a last-minute reprieve. It may be temporary. No explanation for the reprieve was given. Programs involving diversity,…
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Brazil Charges Jair Bolsonaro with Attempted Military Coup

Brazil’s Attorney General Paulo Gonet charged former president Jair Bolsonaro and six associates with leading a far-right conspiracy to stay in office by military coup d’état. Gonet said the plot…
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USA and Russia Hold Talks about Ukraine but Shut Out Ukraine and Europe

Teams from the USA and Russia held talks in Saudi Arabia about ending the war in Ukraine, but did not allow Ukraine or Europe to attend. Donald Trump had already…
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DJT Pressures Romania to Lift Restrictions for Andrew Tate

Donald Trump is pressuring Romania to lift travel restrictions on Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate. The brothers and two Romanian women await trial on human trafficking, sexual misconduct…
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Four Deputies of NYC Mayor Eric Adams Resign

Four deputies of New York City Mayor Eric Adams resigned after the federal Department of Justice requested dismissal of corruption charges against him, reserving the ability to refile charges. (more…)

FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods James (Jim) Jones Resigns After Firings

FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods James (Jim) Jones resigned, saying the widespread firings of workers by Elon Musk’s DOGE for Donald Trump’s regime would render his role “fruitless.” (more…)

Delta Flight from Minneapolis Crashes at Toronto

Delta DL4819 from Minneapolis-St. Paul crashed upon landing at Toronto’s airport, turning upside down and catching on fire. No one died. (more…)

Presidents Day Protests Across USA Against DJT Regime

Protests occurred across the USA against Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s regime, not only at capitols but at other locations such as city halls. (more…)

3 Venezuelans Saved from Guantánamo by Court but Deported to Venezuela Next Day

A federal District Court Judge blocked deportation of three Venezuelans to detention at Guantanamo Bay, but they were deported to Venezuela the day after the court’s ruling. (more…)

European Emergency Summit Meets about Ukraine and DJT

Leaders of a handful of leading European countries met in Paris for an emergency summit about how to respond to Donald Trump’s radical shift away from supporting Ukraine. (more…)

Scientists Plan to Publish “State of Nature” Report in Defiance of DJT Cancellation

The first-ever nationwide assessment of the state of nature in the USA will be completed and released despite Donald Trump’s attempt to quash it. More than 150 scientists have been…
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