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Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say

By Jacob Bogage
Feb 20, 2025 7:38 pm - President Donald Trump is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service and absorb the independent mail agency into his administration, potentially thro...
Judge rejects unions’ request to pause Trump administration firings

By Salvador Rizzo
Feb 20, 2025 6:52 pm - A federal judge on Thursday declined to issue a temporary restraining order pausing President Donald Trump’s moves to fire thousands of employees who are on probationary ...
Airlines seek to overturn Biden rules for travelers with wheelchairs

By Lori Aratani
Feb 20, 2025 4:13 pm - Major U.S. airlines are seeking to overturn a sweeping set of Biden-era rules that offered consumer protections to passengers with disabilities — including people who dep...
Appeals court denies Trump’s bid to reinstate birthright citizenship order

By Leo Sands
Feb 20, 2025 4:11 pm - A federal appeals court panel denied a Justice Department bid to reinstate President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at curbing birthright citizenship, edging the ba...
A news conference between Zelenskyy and Trump’s Ukraine envoy is canceled amid growing tensions

By JUSTIN SPIKE
Feb 20, 2025 2:28 pm - A news conference that was planned to follow talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy was canceled Thursday as political tensions deepened between the two countries over how to end the almost three-year war with Russia.
Trump loyalist Kash Patel is confirmed as FBI director by the Senate despite deep Democratic doubts

By ERIC TUCKER
Feb 20, 2025 2:24 pm - The Senate on Thursday narrowly voted to confirm Kash Patel as director of the FBI, moving to place him atop the nation's premier federal law enforcement agency despite doubts from Democrats about his qualifications and concerns he will do Donald Trump's bidding and go after the Republican president's adversaries.
Sen. Mitch McConnell won't seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as Republican power broker

By BRUCE SCHREINER and KEVIN FREKING
Feb 20, 2025 12:38 pm - Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell announced on Thursday that he won’t seek reelection next year, ending a decadeslong tenure as a power broker who championed conservative causes but ultimately ceded ground to the fierce GOP populism of President Donald Trump.
Slightly more Americans apply for unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs remain relatively low

By MATT OTT
Feb 20, 2025 7:43 am - The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose by 5,000 to 219,000 for the week ending February 15, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Trump backs idea to send some DOGE savings to American citizens

By CHRIS MEGERIAN
Feb 20, 2025 7:39 am - President Donald Trump said that he likes the idea of giving some of the savings from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency back to U.S. citizens as a kind of dividend.
Russia's Lavrov joins top European diplomats at G20 meeting in South Africa

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and MICHELLE GUMEDE
Feb 20, 2025 5:42 am - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in South Africa on Thursday for a two-day meeting of the Group of 20 nations, where top European diplomats are expected to reinforce their support for Ukraine and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a high-profile absentee.

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