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Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system

By Jeff Stein, Isaac Arnsdorf and Jacqueline Alemany
Jan 31, 2025 4:11 pm - The highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department is departing after a clash with allies of billionaire Elon Musk over access to sensitive payment systems, a...
What to know about Guantánamo Bay, the base where Trump will send 'criminal aliens'

By TIM SULLIVAN
Jan 31, 2025 8:04 am - Guantánamo Bay's migrant center will be expanded to hold tens of thousands of "worst criminal aliens" illegally in the US, though details remain unclear.
5 years after Britain left the EU, the full impact of Brexit is still emerging

By JILL LAWLESS
Jan 31, 2025 7:33 am - Five years on, people and businesses are still wrestling with the economic, social and cultural aftershocks.
US aid was long a lifeline for Eastern Europe. Trump freeze is sending shockwaves through the region

By STEPHEN McGRATH and AUREL OBREJA
Jan 31, 2025 7:19 am - President Donald Trump’s abrupt freeze of U.S. foreign aid is sending shockwaves through Eastern Europe, leaving pro-democracy groups, independent media, civil society initiatives and local governments scrambling to make ends meet in a region often defined by rivalries between East and West.
Several senior FBI leaders told to leave agency or be fired, people familiar say

By Perry Stein and Jeremy Roebuck
Jan 30, 2025 8:42 pm - Multiple senior FBI officials have been ordered to leave the bureau within days or be fired, according to three people familiar with the matter, a sign that President Don...
Trump blames diversity hiring as probe into deadly DC plane crash begins

By ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN
Jan 30, 2025 8:07 pm - WASHINGTON — As the nation reeled from the deadliest American aviation disaster in more than two decades, President Donald Trump on Thursday baselessly blamed diversity i...
Trump’s FBI chief pick, Kash Patel, insists he has no ‘enemies list’ and won’t seek retribution

By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MATT BROWN
Jan 30, 2025 4:56 pm - WASHINGTON — Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, insisted to deeply skeptical Democrats on Thursday that he did not have an “enemies list” and that...
Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick to oversee US spy agencies, grilled about Snowden, Syria and Russia

By DAVID KLEPPER and FARNOUSH AMIRI
Jan 30, 2025 4:54 pm - WASHINGTON — Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's pick to be director of national intelligence, faced sharp criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike Thursday dur...
Civil rights activists call for a Target boycott after retailer backs away from diversity programs

By STEVE KARNOWSKI
Jan 30, 2025 4:03 pm - Civil rights activists gathered outside the headquarters of Target Corp. on Thursday to call for a national boycott of the retailing giant over its decision to phase out its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
RFK Jr. on defensive over his vaccine views as a key confirmation vote hangs in the balance

By AMANDA SEITZ and STEPHEN GROVES
Jan 30, 2025 2:19 pm - Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to be the nation's top health official is uncertain after a key Republican joined Democrats to raise persistent concerns over the nominee's deep skepticism of routine childhood vaccinations that prevent deadly diseases.

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