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U.S. and Ukraine Agree to Minerals Deal, Officials Say

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/world/europe/ukraine-minerals-deal.html 

Trump says he will offer ‘gold cards’ for $5 million path to citizenship, replacing investor visas

https://apnews.com/article/investor-visas-trump-immigration-eb5-gold-cards-cdb943dd1633bc234bb715fa20914e05 

US House Republicans advance Trump's tax cut plan

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-republicans-set-vote-trumps-tax-cut-agenda-2025-02-25/ 

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DOGE will use AI to assess the responses of federal workers who were told to justify their jobs via email

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/federal-workers-agencies-push-back-elon-musks-email-ultimatum-rcna193439 

Trump and Macron Display Old Friendship but Split on the Ukraine War

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/us/politics/trump-macron-ukraine.html 

Democrats push back over Trump's pick for FBI deputy director, Dan Bongino

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrats-push-back-trumps-pick-fbi-deputy-director/story?id=119125484 

Friedrich Merz, a Conservative, Is Poised to Be Germany’s Next Chancellor

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/world/europe/friedrich-merz-germany-chancellor-election.html 

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Agencies seek guidance on latest Musk OPM email, with some urging employees to hold off responding

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/agencies-seek-guidance-latest-musk-opm-email-urging/story?id=119090767 

The Trump administration is putting thousands of USAID staffers on leave and cutting US jobs

https://apnews.com/article/usaid-trump-musk-foreign-aid-firings-a3af8ce6ef17878b718c8e2ed3bf98e4 

Pope still in critical condition with signs of ‘mild’ kidney failure, Vatican says 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/23/europe/pope-francis-hospital-kidney-intl-latam/index.html 

Russia and US plan another meeting this week

https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-us-plan-another-meeting-this-week-2025-02-23/ 

Hackers steal $1.5bn from crypto exchange in ‘biggest digital heist ever’

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/23/crypto-exchange-seeks-bybit-ethereum-stolen-digital-wallet 

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With Coffins and Taunts, Hamas Hands Dead Hostages to Israel

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-hostages-bodies.html 

Mexico will not stand US ‘invasion’ in fight against cartels, president says

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/20/claudia-sheinbaum-trump-terrorism 

Trump plans to impose 25% tariffs on autos, chips and pharmaceuticals 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/economy/us-new-tariff-plans-trump-intl-hnk/index.html 

The DOGE Fraud Is Coming from Inside the House

https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/20/the-doge-fraud-is-coming-from-inside-the-house/ 

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Trump Issues Order to Expand His Power Over Agencies Congress Made Independent

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/us/trump-executive-order-sec-ftc-fcc.html 

Trump Flips the Script on the Ukraine War, Blaming Zelensky Not Putin

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/us/politics/trump-zelensky-russia-ukraine-war.html 

I.R.S. to Begin Laying Off Roughly 6,000 Employees on Thursday

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/us/politics/irs-layoffs.html 

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Jury finds rapper A$AP Rocky not guilty in gun assault trial

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/asap-rocky-shooting-gun-assault-trial-verdict-rcna191822 

Judge Chutkan rejects call from Democratic AGs for temporary restraining order blocking DOGE’s access to federal data 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/politics/doge-temporary-restraining-order-chutkan/index.html 

Russia and US agree to work toward ending Ukraine war in a remarkable diplomatic shift

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-riyadh-talks-trump-putin-rubio-0c3beebfef5839e9d509ff58239a6bc5 

Pope Francis has pneumonia in both lungs, Vatican says

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/18/g-s1-49524/pope-francis-has-pneumonia-in-both-lungs-vatican-says 

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Delta plane crashes, overturns in Toronto; all survive, officials say

https://abcnews.go.com/International/delta-flight-incident-arrival-toronto-airport-passengers-crew/story?id=118903345 

Trump begins firings of FAA staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash

https://apnews.com/article/doge-faa-air-traffic-firings-safety-67981aec33b6ee72cbad8dcee31f3437 

Southwest Airlines announces sweeping layoffs at Dallas headquarters, the first mass layoffs in company history

https://www.wfaa.com/article/money/business/southwest-airlines-announces-sweeping-layoffs-dallas-love-field-headquarters-first-mass-firing-company-history/287-907fc9c5-90a1-494e-ac72-7a5b780239c7 

Israel preparing to receive bodies of four hostages on Thursday, security official says

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-preparing-receive-bodies-four-hostages-thursday-security-official-says-2025-02-17/ 

“The country is less safe”: CDC disease detective program gutted 

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/02/the-country-is-less-safe-cdc-disease-detective-program-gutted/ 

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Musk breaks silence after influencer Ashley St. Clair claims she's the mother of his 13th child

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/elon-musk-responds-after-influencer-claims-he-s-the-father-of-her-child-101739681522029.html 

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to greenlight whistleblower office firing 

https://thehill.com/homenews/5148365-trump-supreme-court-whistleblower-office-firing/ 

Ukraine, Europe will be part of 'real' peace talks, says Rubio, as US weighs Putin's motives

https://www.reuters.com/world/rubio-says-coming-days-will-show-if-putin-serious-about-ukraine-peace-2025-02-16/ 

Trump cuts reach FDA workers focused on food safety and medical devices

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/16/trump-administration-fda-layoffs 

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Trump orders up a plan for more tariffs, even as inflation heats up 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/economy/new-us-trump-tariffs/index.html 

Order to Drop Adams Case Prompts Resignations in New York and Washington

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/nyregion/danielle-sassoon-quit-eric-adams.html 

Evacuations issued in Southern California as heavy rain brings threat of debris flows in areas scarred by wildfires 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/weather/california-rain-wildfires-burn-scars-threat-hnk/index.html 

Trump administration fires thousands of federal workers 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/13/trump-federal-worker-layoffs-00204180 

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Attorney General Pam Bondi announces lawsuit against New York over immigration enforcement

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/attorney-general-pam-bondi-immigration-enforcement/ 

British woman shot dead on holiday in Texas

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crke3p2nn2vo 

Judge removes key legal hurdle for Trump’s plan to trim federal workforce with deferred resignations

https://apnews.com/article/trump-elon-musk-federal-workers-buyouts-e8cd4f40ac16220bd0a399a00c5b9f63 

US to swap Marc Fogel for Russian cybercrime kingpin Alexander Vinnik: Official

https://abcnews.go.com/International/russian-held-us-released-wake-fogel-release-kremlin/story?id=118725555 

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