Nation and World
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Hegseth rejects scrutiny of Trump’s Joint Chiefs pick
Feb 25, 2025 9:46 am - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday refused to address whether the Trump administration’s choice to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is “underqualified” ...
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Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk's DOGE are expected to produce no savings
Feb 25, 2025 7:52 am - Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that President Donald Trump's administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save the government any money, the administration's own data shows.
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Fabric and craft retailer Joann to go out of business and close all of its storesFeb 24, 2025 2:55 pm - Fabric and crafts retailer Joann Inc., which has been a destination for generations of quilters, knitters and lovers of crafts projects for 80 years, is going out of business and shuttering all its stores.
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Pope Francis shows slight improvement and resumes some work, while still critical, Vatican says
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Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning singer with an intimate style, dies at 88
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Federal workers sue over Elon Musk's threat to fire them if they don't explain their accomplishmentsFeb 24, 2025 8:56 am - Attorneys for federal workers said Monday in a lawsuit that billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk had violated the law with his weekend demand that employees explain their accomplishments or risk being fired.
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Trump meets with French President Macron as uncertainty grows about U.S. ties to Europe and Ukraine
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New FBI Director Kash Patel will also be named acting head of the ATF, official says
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Border Patrol agent whose death is tied to cultlike Zizians is buried with military honors
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Officer killed after a gunman took hostages at a Pennsylvania hospital