Nation and World
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USAID workers clear their desks in Trump’s final push to dismantle the agency
Feb 27, 2025 4:09 pm - WASHINGTON — U.S. Agency for International Development workers — many in tears — carted away belongings through cheering crowds in a final visit to their now-closed headq...
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Trump plans tariffs on Mexico and Canada for Tuesday, while doubling existing 10% tariffs on China
Feb 27, 2025 12:43 pm - President Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting Tuesday, in addition to doubling the 10% universal tariff charged on imports from China.
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Israel’s army admits failures on Oct. 7. Its probe of the attack could put pressure on Netanyahu
Feb 27, 2025 11:58 am - An investigation by the Israeli military has determined that Hamas was able to carry out the deadliest attack in Israeli history on Oct. 7, 2023, because the much more powerful Israeli army misjudged the militant group’s intentions and underestimated its capabilities.
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Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, wife Betsy Arakawa were dead for some time, warrant shows
Feb 27, 2025 6:51 am - Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, his wife and their dog were found dead in different rooms of their Santa Fe home and had apparently been dead for some time, according to investigators.
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Egg prices could jump 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump’s bird flu plan is unveiled
Feb 26, 2025 8:26 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. Agriculture Department predicts record egg prices could soar more than 40% in 2025, as the Trump administration offered the first new details Wednes...
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Federal agencies given deadline for plans to move offices out of D.C. area
Feb 26, 2025 8:12 pm - The Trump administration is giving federal agencies until mid-April to suggest relocations of bureaus and offices out of the D.C. region, a move that would have widesprea...
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Federal board halts firings of six probationary employees amid Trump cuts
Feb 26, 2025 8:05 pm - An independent federal board on Tuesday granted a request from the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) to halt the termination of six probationary government employees a...
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Keir Starmer heads to Washington with UK defense spending pledge to help sway Trump over Ukraine
Feb 26, 2025 7:41 pm - ABOARD THE PRIME MINISTER’S PLANE — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer flew to Washington on Wednesday after announcing a big increase in the British defense budget, an inv...
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EPA tells White House to strike down landmark climate finding
Feb 26, 2025 7:00 pm - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged the White House to strike down a scientific finding underpinning much of the federal governme...
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The Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in a new memo
Feb 26, 2025 6:04 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is facing a generational realignment as President Donald Trump directs federal agencies to develop plans for eliminating employee positio...