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Federal workers began receiving an email Sat from OPM w/ the heading "What did you do last week?" It directs them to reply with a list of what they accomplished last week. Deadline: Monday 11:59p.m. Eastern. Musk posted on X that failure to respond will be taken as a resignation. shorturl.at/syTBk

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The Trump administration has asked Ukraine to withdraw an annual resolution condemning Russia’s war, and replace it with a toned-down U.S. statement that stunned officials in Kyiv, who perceived it as being close to pro-Russian, Siobhan O'Grady reports. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

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This gift link should work: wapo.st/41qBKwR

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To clarify, Lisa Rein's scoop is that Leland Dudek was being investigated by the general counsel's office when DOGE tapped him to lead the agency, AND investigating officials believed he may be violating privacy and tax laws. 1/

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SCOOP: New Social Security chief was being investigated for leaking data to DOGE when Musk team tapped him. Sr officials placed him on paid leave while probing whether he may have violated privacy & tax laws, WaPo's Lisa Rein reports. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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BREAKING: Pentagon to fire 5,400 civilian employees in ‘initial’ purge. Dismissals will begin next week and could expand to include tens of thousands of other workers throughout the Defense Dept. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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The CIA this week fired an unspecified number of employees who had been working on diversity, equality and inclusion programs, apparently the first action of its kind at the spy agency, people familiar with the matter said. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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The NSA has been asked to draw up a list of personnel who are still in the 2-yr probation period: about 4,000 people or about 10 percent of the NSA civilian workforce. Some number of them will be let go, w/ exceptions based on role. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Read the latest fed govt coverage by @hannahnatanson.bsky.social: These feds took Trump’s ‘fork’ deal. Then they got fired — creating a government ‘mess.’ www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

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The latest WaPo SCOOP: Defense Secretary Hegseth has ordered senior Pentagon leaders to develop plans for cutting 8 percent from the defense budget in each of the next 5 years, according to a memo obtained by The Post and officials familiar with the matter. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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After ceding power of the purse, GOP lawmakers beg Trump team for funds. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Trump wants Greenland and Gaza. That might embolden China on Taiwan. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

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Trump’s Pivot Toward Putin’s Russia Upends Generations of U.S. Policy www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

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NEW: Defense Department layoffs are expected to start soon. Officials were to turn over a list of probationary employees by end of Tuesday, sources tell The Post. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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SCOOP: Trump administration has been evaluating the costs of destroying or disposing of tens of millions of coronavirus tests that would otherwise be provided free to Americans. My story w/ Carolyn Y. Johnson. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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And the WaPo SCOOPS just keep on coming: Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over sensitive data www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Another scoop by WaPo: Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Elon Musk ridiculed a blind person on X. Then a mob went to work. Musk’s unparalleled online reach has given him a powerful tool to attack individuals who criticize DOGE. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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This is a great point, we discuss hybrid cyber / kinetic attacks a lot in reporting and research, but really they are all attacks and we have to defend against them holistically. via @alexmartin.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social

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The Trump administration has directed agency heads to fire most probationary staff - a move that could affect as many as 200,000 employees, The Washington Post reports. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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Three senior Justice Dept. officials resign after a Trump demand to drop the Eric Adams case. They include the top federal prosecutor in New York and the deputy asst attorney general in the Criminal Division at DOJ. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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EXCLUSIVE: The potential for an airport collision near Reagan National Airport was more frequent than previously disclosed. Pilots got 100 collision warnings for helicopters in the past decade, according to a WaPo review of flight-tracking & govt incident data. wapo.st/40ZnLNi

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Israel likely to attempt to strike Iran in coming months, warns U.S. intelligence. wapo.st/41aXblB

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The Senate has confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as the next Director of National Intelligence. The vote was 52-48 mostly along party lines. GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky joined Democrats in opposing her confirmation. wapo.st/3QfQ4lr

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The Associated Press said today that it was barred from covering a WH event after it refused to align its editorial policy with a Trump EO ordering the Gulf of Mexico be renamed Gulf of America.

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Another departure from the norm: The Trump White House says it can talk to the Justice Department on ongoing criminal according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post. wapo.st/4gwqP9h

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EXCLUSIVE: Candidates for national security roles in the new administration have been posed loyalty questions, such as: Was Jan. 6 an inside job, and Was the 2020 presidential election stolen? They were asked to give straight "yes" or "no" answers. Here's our story. wapo.st/3EF3aWN

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Musk’s DOGE agents have gained access to sensitive personnel data at OPM, including names, addresses, demographic profiles, salary details and disciplinary histories. Several were given "administrator'' access to computer systems, enabling them to install/modify software & alter records.

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NEW: The chaotic blitz by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has triggered legal objections across Washington, with officials in at least a half-dozen federal agencies raising alarms about whether the billionaire’s assault on government is breaking the law. wapo.st/40LVERn

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NEW: CIA workforce given "Fork in the Road" buyout offer + early retirement option - as Trump's drive to remake the federal govt, led by Elon Musk, reaches the nation's best-known spy agency. ODNI given the offer last week. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Elon Musk said on X early Monday he is in the process of closing USAID with Trump's blessing. “I went over it with him in detail, and he agreed that we should shut it down,” Musk said. ... ‘Are you sure?’” The answer was yes, he said. “And so we’re shutting it down,” Musk said. wapo.st/4jI7On5

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The Trump administration has removed two top security officials at USAID after they refused to let representatives of Elon Musk’s DOGE access restricted spaces at the agency on Saturday, said current and former USAID officials. wapo.st/4jI7On5

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As DOJ probes FBI’s Jan. 6 work and weighs firings, agents are told to detail roles wapo.st/4gr96QG

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Another WaPo scoop: The highest-ranking career official at Treasury will exit after a rift with Musk allies over access to a sensitive payment system used to disburse trillions of dollars every year. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Exclusive: Internal documents and emails undercut Tulsi Gabbard’s claim of ignorance on Islamic cleric’s views. The grand mufti had threatened to unleash suicide bombers in the United States if the U.S. military intervened in Syria. She met with him in 2017. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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NEW: Several senior FBI leaders told to leave or be fired. The ultimatums came as Trump nominee Kash Patel vowed "all FBI employees will be protected agaist political retribution." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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NEW: How a contrarian MIT professor fueled Tulsi Gabbard’s doubt about Syrian gas attacks. Trump’s pick for DNI disregarded U.S. assessments of chemical weapons attacks and instead looked to contested research by an iconoclastic academic, Theodore Postol. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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NEW: Tulsi Gabbard was a privacy hawk. Her views changed as Trump’s pick for DNI. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Asked about Tiananmen Square, site of a deadly government crackdown on protesters in 1989, China's DeepSeek app responds: “I am sorry, I cannot answer that question. I am an AI assistant designed to provide helpful and harmless responses.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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NEW: The Trump administration has cleared out much of the USAID leadership, placing dozens of career officials on leave and accusing unnamed officials of trying to “circumvent” Trump’s executive order freezing all foreign aid. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. shared secret ISIS intelligence with Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham, Syria's new leaders and still a designated terrorist group. The move reflects U.S. concern that ISIS could mount a resurgence. At least one attack on a religious shrine outside Damascus was thwarted. wapo.st/4hangGQ

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