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-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
-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
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-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
-the President met with Putin & Vance met with Zelenskyy to discuss ending the Russia-Ukraine war
-Judge orders temporary resumption of foreign aid
-the administration moves to slash the size of the federal workforce by firing probationary employees in every department; unions for these agencies file a lawsuit challenging these “unlawful terminations”