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Government watchdogs fired by Trump sue his administration and ask a judge to reinstate them

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Feb 12, 2025 10:23 am - Eight government watchdogs have sued over their mass firing that removed oversight of President Donald Trump's new administration.
Hegseth suggests Ukraine should abandon hope of winning all territory back from Russia

By LORNE COOK and TARA COPP
Feb 12, 2025 8:35 am - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that NATO membership for Ukraine was unrealistic and in sweeping remarks suggested Kyiv should abandon hopes of winning all its territory back from Russia and instead prepare for a negotiated peace settlement to be backed up by international troops.
Trump doubles down on plan to empty Gaza. This is what he has said and what’s at stake

By LEE KEATH
Feb 12, 2025 7:16 am - Behind U.S. President Donald Trump’s vows to turn Gaza into a “Riviera of the Middle East” lies a plan to forcibly drive a population from its land, rights groups say, warning it could be a war crime under international law.
Modi and Trump's friendly rapport may be tested as Indian prime minister visits Washington

By ASHOK SHARMA and JOSH BOAK
Feb 12, 2025 7:13 am - Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s long-standing bonhomie with President Donald Trump could be tested as the Indian leader kicks off a visit to Washington on Wednesday, eager to avoid tariffs that have been slapped on others and threats of further taxes and imports.
Pope rebukes Trump administration over migrant deportations, and appears to take direct aim at Vance

By NICOLE WINFIELD
Feb 11, 2025 4:18 pm - ROME — Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations of migrants, warning that the forceful removal of people purel...
Judge tells agencies to restore webpages and data removed after Trump’s executive order

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Feb 11, 2025 4:01 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered government agencies to restore public access to health-related webpages and datasets that they removed to comply with an e...
Russia has released detained American teacher Marc Fogel, the White House says

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ERIC TUCKER
Feb 11, 2025 1:57 pm - Marc Fogel, an American teacher who was deemed wrongfully detained in Russia, has been released in what the White House described as a diplomatic thaw that could advance negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
Tuna sold at Trader Joe’s, Walmart, Costco recalled over botulism risk

By Tobi Raji
Feb 11, 2025 1:39 pm - California-based Tri-Union Seafoods has issued a voluntary recall of canned tuna sold at Trader Joe’s, Safeway, Harris Teeter, Walmart, Costco and other major grocery sto...
Sen. Durbin accuses FBI nominee Kash Patel of directing bureau firings

By Jeremy Roebuck, Perry Stein
Feb 11, 2025 1:34 pm - A top Democratic leader weighing Kash Patel’s nomination for FBI director accused him Tuesday of directing a purge of career officials and later perjuring himself in Senate testimony by saying he had no knowledge of any plans for dismissals.
Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case

By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Feb 11, 2025 1:26 pm - Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to defrauding donors to a private effort to build a wall on the U.S. southern border, ending a case the conservative strategist decried as a “political persecution.”

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