Donald Trump says he wants the United States to take “ownership” of the Gaza Strip and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East.” The president’s comments came on Tuesday as he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose bombardment of the region in response to Hamas’ Oct. …
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Three large unions sued the Treasury Department on Monday to block Elon Musk and his apparatchiks from accessing federal servers with sensitive member data and financial information — alleging a “massive and unprecedented” intrusion of privacy. Musk and his team at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) reportedly have …
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One of the most reckless actions Donald Trump took during his first term in office was pulling the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal, a hard-fought agreement between seven nations built around ensuring Iran does not develop a nuclear weapon. The deal allowed international inspectors to verify that …
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President Donald Trump and Elon Musk tore through much of the federal government over the past two weeks — effectively shuttering the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the government’s foreign aid department. Now that nearly all of the agency’s staff has been put on leave, USAID employees aren’t sure …
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As Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues to wreak havoc with the internal mechanics of the federal government in its efforts to gut and dissolve vital agencies, the White House is signaling that it has no problem with the richest man on the planet serving as his own …
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In 2014, a teenage idiot was caught taking a leak in an urban reservoir in Portland, Oregon. The diluted pee was no health threat; the reservoir is open air, and birds shit and piss in it daily. But the city made a decision, seemingly fit for a Portlandia sketch, to …
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Donald Trump has temporarily delayed the implementation of tariffs against Mexico and Canada after speaking to the leaders of both nations on Monday. The president made a show of detailing the supposed concessions made by the neighboring nations in order to gain his mercy — but most of the agreements …
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Over the past two weeks, President Donald Trump and his billionaire patron Elon Musk have embarked on a frenzied MAGA purge of federal agencies and departments. The duo and their allies’ blitz across the government triggered a torrent of press leaks, coming from career officials and other personnel appalled by …
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USAID, the nation’s primary distributor of foreign aid, remains in DOGE purgatory. Elon Musk says President Donald Trump has agreed to shut it down, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the agency will be absorbed by the State Department. Rubio on Monday tapped State Department Director of Foreign Assistance …
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On Monday, El Salvador’s president made a bizarre offer to the United States: We will take your prisoners. “We have offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system,” President Nayib Bukele wrote on X. “We are willing to take in only convicted criminals …
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