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EPA tells White House to strike down landmark climate finding

By Maxine Joselow
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...
The Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in a new memo

By CHRIS MEGERIAN
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...
Trump decries a ‘scam’ USAID contract. It supports a program he started.

Glenn Kessler
Feb 26, 2025 1:27 pm - “Here are some of the flagrant scams that, as an example, they’ve spent money on … $520 million for a consultant … you know, when I hired consultants, and they just take ...
Trump posts video offering imagined vision of Gaza after his takeover plan

By Sabrina Rodriguez
Feb 26, 2025 1:22 pm - President Donald Trump posted to his Truth Social account late Tuesday an apparently AI-generated video that offers a splashy vision of his plan to transform the Gaza Str...
The Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in a new memo

By CHRIS MEGERIAN
Feb 26, 2025 11:11 am - Federal agencies must develop plans to eliminate employee positions, according to a memo distributed by President Donald Trump 's administration that sets in motion what could become a sweeping realignment of American government.
Not known for political coverage, Wired takes a leading role in tracking Elon Musk's team

By DAVID BAUDER
Feb 26, 2025 10:01 am - NEW YORK — Shortly after becoming Wired's global editorial director in 2023, Katie Drummond acted on an early-morning idea. With a presidential election coming, the tech-...
Keir Starmer heads to Washington with UK defense spending pledge to help sway Trump over Ukraine

By JILL LAWLESS
Feb 26, 2025 9:54 am - LONDON — U.K Prime Minister Keir Starmer flies to Washington on Wednesday after announcing a big increase in the British defense budget, an investment that he hopes will ...
Singer-musician Rhiannon Giddens calls off Kennedy Center show, citing Trump takeover

By HILLEL ITALIE
Feb 26, 2025 9:45 am - NEW YORK — Award-winning singer-musician Rhiannon Giddens has become the latest artist to call off an appearance at the Kennedy Center, which has been in upheaval since P...
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says framework economic deal with US is ready but security guarantees undecided

By HANNA ARHIROVA and JUSTIN SPIKE
Feb 26, 2025 8:28 am - A framework economic deal with the United States is ready, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday, but U.S. security guarantees that Kyiv views as vital for its war with Russia remain to be decided and a full agreement could hinge on talks in Washington as early as Friday.
Iran accelerates production of near weapons-grade uranium, IAEA says, as tensions with US ratchet up

Feb 26, 2025 8:24 am - Iran has accelerated its production of near weapons-grade uranium as tensions between Tehran and Washington rise after the election of U.S. President Donald Trump, a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press on Wednesday showed.

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