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Urgent Request: Follow my page for real-time updates on Bird Flu, COVID-19, Tuberculosis, Measles, and other infectious diseases. My CDC sources some recently fired, others risking everything provide firsthand information. Stay informed. Share widely. Public health depends on awareness.

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Pentagon lays off 5,400 civilian workers, with tens of thousands more firings due

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The last time Keir Starmer crossed the Atlantic to meet Donald Trump the British prime minister needed to show he could avoid a personality clash with the once and future president — the stakes are considerably higher now.

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Less than three years before Elon Musk tapped him to take part in a sweeping overhaul of the US government, Edward Coristine, then 17, was the subject of a heated dispute between two executives at the Arizona-based cybersecurity firm where he was an intern: bit.ly/3DcfRrN

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The Trump administration's push for financial and environmental deregulation is "dangerous," the head of France's central bank Francois Villeroy de Galhau said.

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Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and driving up chocolate prices.

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Today we launched a website to track how much orange assface plays golf. We’re guessing this thing is gonna get a workout! Bookmark it. Enjoy! More: TrumpGolfTrack.com

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The Interior Department reversed course on a stop-work order that cut off funding for “all activities” related to legal aid for unaccompanied migrants younger than 18.

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The Dow tumbled 800 points as inflation and tariff fears mount

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ALEXANDER: Fraud is a crime. Have you turned over evidence of fraud to the Justice Department, and when should we expect to see those indictments? LEAVITT: It's a clever question

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"The increase to Musk's wealth since Trump was elected president three months ago is greater than all of the American aid given to Ukraine over the last three years."-- @timothysnyder.bsky.social

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With a measles outbreak growing in West Texas, and cases popping up across the country, experts say vaccination is your best protection. And it's not just for kids. Some adults may need a booster.

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Dr. Mehmet Oz, nominated to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, will sell shares in Eli Lilly and UnitedHealth. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, NIH nominee, will shed stock in Walmart and Nvidia.

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French far-right leader Jordan Bardella canceled planned remarks at CPAC today, after ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon made a "gesture referring to Nazi ideology," according to a statement to French news agency Agence France-Presse.

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Several people were injured after an explosion at The Whaler, a luxury beachfront resort in Maui, Hawaii, believed to be caused by a gas grill malfunction.

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National Science Foundation administrators reclassified hundreds of employees from permanent to probationary status in violation of labor contracts, according to a US lawmaker and agency employee reut.rs/3D1FhbE

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“It isn’t just the services it provides—it’s the jobs, the path into the middle class, and the glue that holds communities together.” In 2020, Philip F. Rubio wrote about what was at stake with Donald Trump’s attacks on the Postal Service: theatln.tc/T689JHBP

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The German Interior Ministry has identified a Russia-linked disinformation campaign spreading fake claims of election fraud in Germany just days before Sunday’s vote.

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The country’s first-line defense against public-health threats has been spared by DOGE—for now, reports Nicholas Florko. theatln.tc/NxUSCcsJ

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Tesla is recalling nearly 380,000 vehicles in the US over a power steering assist failure that could increase steering effort and potentially raise the risk of a crash.

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The semaglutide shortage has officially ended in the US—which means the GLP-1 drug industry is about to undergo massive changes.

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Pope Francis is responding “positively” to medical treatment for pneumonia, according to the Vatican, a week after the 88-year-old pontiff was first hospitalized in Rome.

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Stubbornly high mortgage rates, rising rents and a lack of affordable housing have contributed to fewer home sales and rising homelessness. Housing was a key issue for voters in the November election that returned President Donald Trump to power.

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OpenAI said on Friday that it had uncovered evidence that a Chinese security operation had built an AI-powered surveillance tool to gather real-time reports about anti-Chinese posts on social media services in Western countries.

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Elon Musk's DOGE team has slashed hundreds of jobs paid for by fees from banks, medical device companies and other forms of funding rather than taxpayer dollars, raising the question of whether the cuts will render hoped-for savings reut.rs/3QrRsS2

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Trump Is Planning to Take Over the Postal Service The White House denied reports that the president is ready to bring the independent USPS under the control of his administration.

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German citizens who live abroad are reporting they didn’t receive their absentee ballots with enough time to return them to be counted in Sunday’s election.

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US consumer sentiment plunges as worries over Trump's tariffs stoke inflation fears

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The Defense Department has temporarily paused a plan to carry out mass firings of civilian probationary employees

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Swiss plans to create a form of safety net for big banks could be delayed as lawmakers consider linking it to requirements to make lenders like UBS hold more capital to make them safer reut.rs/41ajkPH

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Having made property investments in Milan, Italian architect Giuseppe Pezzano is now looking for a place in Rome to set up a second home and studio, as the Italian capital's underdeveloped real estate sector draws fresh attention reut.rs/4b9GBGa

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For the last three years, China has repeatedly signaled a willingness to act as a peacemaker in the war in Ukraine. But when Russian and US officials met in Saudi Arabia this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping was nowhere near the table reut.rs/3QOqxQV

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Mohammed bin Salman wants an alternative to Trump’s Gaza plan – but one that most benefits Saudi Arabia | Madawi al-Rasheed

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For the last three years, China has repeatedly signaled a willingness to act as a peacemaker in the war in Ukraine reut.rs/3QtoJwg 1/5

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"You can't take our country — and you can't take our game," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrote on X after Canada beat the U.S. in an international hockey championship final amid political tensions caused by President Trump’s taunts and economic threats.

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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to carry out an “intensive operation” in the West Bank after explosions on buses near Tel Aviv yesterday.

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French President Emmanuel Macron is set to meet Donald Trump in Washington on Monday. He will be the first European leader to travel to the US capital since Trump’s inauguration — narrowly edging out the UK's Keir Starmer, who is visiting on Thursday.

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The Swedish authorities said on Friday that they were investigating a new cable break in the Baltic Sea, the latest example of damage to underwater infrastructure in the region.

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With bird flu slamming into egg supplies and driving up prices, a bakery owner says she’s charging 50 cents more for egg sandwiches and quiches: “We held out for as long as we could."

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⚡️63% of Ukrainians approve Zelensky as president, poll shows.

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⚡️Russia wants to declare 'victory' over Ukraine on Feb. 24, Ukrainian intel claims. According to the Ukrainian military intelligence, Russia aims to sow despair among Ukrainians, destabilize the situation in the country, and discredit Ukraine among its allies.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that he will immediately begin shifting billions of dollars away from nonlethal programs in connection with a broader reorganization of military priorities. www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...

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As their ranks diminish, park rangers say fewer employees could mean long entry lines, dirty bathrooms and potentially unsafe conditions for hikers and campers.

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The US Marshals Service has deputized members of Elon Musk’s private security detail, giving them certain rights and protections of federal law enforcement agents, three law enforcement officials familiar with the matter told CNN.

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Feel very lucky to give the keynote at the Modern Healthcare annual conference in April. I’m worried about the direction of our country, especially on all matters health, and I’m not waiting in line anymore. The time to lead and speak with conviction and truth is now. Join us!

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CNN’s latest poll shows a majority of Americans believe Trump has overstepped his presidential power and that it was a bad move to give Elon Musk a job reshaping the government.

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⚡️Trump administration presents 'improved' minerals draft to Ukraine after Zelensky's rejection, Axios reports. "This is a negotiation. And in a negotiation, you negotiate. Ukraine wants to negotiate minerals, so we're talking about it," a White House official was quoted as saying.

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Bus blasts in Israel are ‘suspected terror attack’, say police

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The Trump administration is rolling back protections for Haitian migrants in the U.S., allowing hundreds of thousands of people to be targeted for deportations this summer, the Department of Homeland said.

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