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GOP lawmakers scramble to protect foreign aid as food relief languishes

By Annie Gowen and Katharine Houreld
Feb 14, 2025 4:38 pm - As GOP lawmakers in Washington try to protect a key food aid program from the Trump administration’s cutbacks, international humanitarian organizations say the ongoing di...
Justice Department asks court to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, LARRY NEUMEISTER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER
Feb 14, 2025 3:55 pm - NEW YORK — The Justice Department formally asked a court Friday to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, an expected move after that was fier...
What to know about the federal workforce under Trump

By BRIAN WITTE
Feb 14, 2025 1:56 pm - Since President Donald Trump began his second term last month, he has focused on dramatically reducing the federal workforce at a breakneck pace. From dismantling the U....
Trump and Musk can’t seem to locate much evidence of fraud

By Aaron Blake
Feb 14, 2025 9:39 am - President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to disrupt the U.S. government and hamstring federal agencies are increasingly predicated on the idea that they’re combatin...
Zelenskyy calls for US and Europe to band together to support Ukraine in war against Russia

By AAMER MADHANI, MATTHEW LEE and STEFANIE DAZIO
Feb 14, 2025 7:19 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling for the United States and Europe to band together to support Ukraine in the war against Russia.
A drone damaged the outer shell of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant. Radiation levels are normal

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Feb 14, 2025 7:16 am - A drone armed with a warhead hit the outer protective shell of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, damaging the structure and briefly starting a fire, in an attack Kyiv blamed on Russia. The Kremlin denied it was responsible.
Trump administration lays off probationary government workers, warns others of large cuts to come

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and MICHELLE L. PRICE
Feb 13, 2025 7:23 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, the nation's largest employer, by ordering...
Judge extends stay of Trump order that would pull most USAID staffers off the job

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Feb 13, 2025 4:18 pm - WASHINGTON — A court order halting Trump administration plans to pull all but a fraction of USAID staffers off the job worldwide will stay in place for at least another w...
Roses are red, violets are blue, 940 million flowers are traveling (through Miami) to you

By DAVID FISCHER
Feb 13, 2025 1:57 pm - If any husbands or boyfriends mess up Valentine's Day, it's not because of a shortage of flowers. In the run up to Feb. 14, agricultural specialists at Miami International Airport have processed about 940 million stems of cut flowers, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Trump signs a plan for reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners, ushering in economic uncertainty

By JOSH BOAK
Feb 13, 2025 1:47 pm - President Donald Trump on Thursday rolled out his plan to increase U.S. tariffs to match the tax rates that other countries charge on imports, possibly triggering a broader economic confrontation with allies and rivals alike as he hopes to eliminate any trade imbalances.

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