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Federal workers will get a new email demanding their accomplishments, with a key change

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
Feb 28, 2025 11:44 am - Federal employees should expect another email on Saturday requiring them to explain their recent accomplishments, a renewed attempt by President Donald Trump and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk to demand answers from the government workforce.
US consumers cut spending in January more drastically than at any point in the last four years

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Feb 28, 2025 8:22 am - U.S. consumers cut back sharply on spending last month, the most since February 2021, even as inflation declined, though stiff tariffs threatened by the White House could disrupt that progress.
Spring break travel costs reach record levels in 2025

By Lebawit Lily Girma
Feb 28, 2025 7:52 am - It’s never been more expensive to go on vacation during spring break. This year the average trip from March 12-21-determined to be the peak period for school breaks-costs...
Are egg producers inflating prices during the bird flu outbreak to boost profits?

By JOSH FUNK
Feb 28, 2025 7:46 am - Egg producers blame the bird flu outbreak for driving prices to record highs, but critics believe giant companies are taking advantage of their market dominance to profit handsomely at the expense of budget-conscious egg buyers.
Trump cuts short talks with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy after Oval Office blow up

By JUSTIN SPIKE and AAMER MADHANI
Feb 28, 2025 7:02 am - President Donald Trump has cut short talks with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy over a deal for U.S. access to that country's rare earth minerals after shouting at him in the Oval Office.
Harsh findings on Trump’s aid freeze kept secret by USAID watchdog

By Lisa Rein and John Hudson
Feb 27, 2025 7:56 pm - The watchdog for the U.S. Agency for International Development has yet to release two critical reports on the consequences of President Donald Trump’s funding freeze on c...
Egypt says negotiations between Israel and Hamas on next phase of Gaza ceasefire have begun

By MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, WAFAA SHURAFA and NATALIE MELZER
Feb 27, 2025 6:53 pm - KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Negotiations between Israel and Hamas on the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire began Thursday in the Egyptian capital, Egypt said, averting a col...
With flattery and frank talk, Starmer urges Trump not to abandon Ukraine in press to end Russian war

By JILL LAWLESS and AAMER MADHANI
Feb 27, 2025 6:29 pm - WASHINGTON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer used a visit to Washington on Thursday to press President Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine as he looks to find a quick...
Musk claims DOGE ‘restored’ Ebola prevention effort. Officials disagree.

By Dan Diamond and John Hudson
Feb 27, 2025 4:33 pm - Elon Musk on Wednesday acknowledged that the U.S. DOGE Service “accidentally canceled” efforts by the U.S. Agency for International Development to prevent the spread of E...
Congress is reversing a tax on this climate superpollutant

By Maxine Joselow
Feb 27, 2025 4:33 pm - The Senate voted Thursday to overturn a Biden-era rule that required oil companies to pay a fine for emitting methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that has significantly co...

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