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-the President also spoke at CPAC, celebrating “wins” from his 1st month in office, asking the crowd of supporters if anyone would like to join him as he examines the national gold depository at Fort Knox, and jeering both Joe Biden & Kamala Harris
-the President also spoke at CPAC, celebrating “wins” from his 1st month in office, asking the crowd of supporters if anyone would like to join him as he examines the national gold depository at Fort Knox, and jeering both Joe Biden & Kamala Harris
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-White House press secretary Leavitt announced the President & his team are close to ending the war between Ukraine and Russia, saying, “the President is very confident we can get it done this week”
-the administration placed the bulk of USAID staffers worldwide on leave as of Monday, and announced at least 1600 US-based staffers will be fired
-the administration’s own data shows that 1/3 of contracts canceled by the DOGE will yield no savings, in many cases because the funds had already been spent
-Defense Secretary Hegseth issued a statement that top military lawyers would be replaced because they aren’t “well-suited” to follow lawful orders, but provided no further information on what, specifically, makes them so
-the House passed a budget blueprint that would, among other things, deliver $4.5 TRILLION in tax breaks and cut almost $2 trillion in spending; the final vote was 217-215, with all Democrats & one Republican opposed
-the President announced a plan to offer “gold card” visas to wealthy foreign investors who wish to emigrate, replacing the current EB-5 “investor visa”
-more than 20 DOGE staff resigned Tuesday, saying they refused to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services”