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-the President suggested the USA should take ownership of the Gaza strip, allowing for this and other countries to develop the area into “the Riviera of the Middle East”. So far, Arab nations have soundly rejected his plans.
-the President suggested the USA should take ownership of the Gaza strip, allowing for this and other countries to develop the area into “the Riviera of the Middle East”. So far, Arab nations have soundly rejected his plans.
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-the President fired the head of the Office of Government Ethics AND the head of the Office of Special Counsel (the latter protects federal employees from illegal personnel actions, such as retaliation for whistleblowing)
-a member of Musk’s DOGE task force resigned amid revelations of previous racist messages posted online. Musk rehired and assigned the staffer to handle classified data from the State Department.
-the European Union vows tough countermeasures to the President’s proposed tariffs
-at a summit on AI in Paris, the Vice President railed against “excessive regulation” of the technology
-the President and Musk announced plans to purge 50% of staff at NOAA, the National Weather Service, and the National Hurricane Center
-the President signed an executive order requiring agencies to cooperate with the DOGE
-USAID employees file lawsuit to stop dismantling of department
-White House bars Associated Press employee from Oval Office TWICE because AP insists on labeling Gulf of Mexico by that name; AP also barred from Air Force One for the same reason
-the Centers For Disease Control have been blocked from communicating with the general public
-the President ordered that all CDC research must align with his administration’s agenda, including removal of terms such as “women”, “gender”, and “disability”
-Elon Musk called for “deletion” of entire departments of the government
-Musk & the DOGE placed ~100 Dept. of Ed employees on leave