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NEW — 19-year-old DOGE engineer Edward Coristine turns out to be the grandson of former KGB spy Valery Martynov, who played a role in a sprawling 1980s espionage saga. www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...

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Casually bringing this back… #OCanada 🍁

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"We strongly support him."

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The tiny island, which has longstanding links with New Zealand, has been thrust into geopolitics amid worries about the growing power of Beijing in the Pacific

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Indiana Republicans have proposed dropping state funding for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a program that delivers free books to children. Now, the country music legend has made a personal plea to Gov. Mike Braun: keep investing in kids’ futures. www.instagram.com/p/DGTkcYjvO11/

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Latest: A news conference that was planned to follow talks between Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and President Trump’s Ukraine envoy was canceled as tensions deepened between the two countries over how to end the war with Russia, AP reports.

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SCOOP: The Trump administration has given Ukraine an "improved" draft for a minerals agreement between the countries, after President Volodmyr Zelensky infuriated President Trump by rejecting his initial offer, a Ukrainian official, a U.S. official and three sources with knowledge tell Axios.

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Victor Wembanyama set to miss rest of NBA season over blood clot fears

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“The actions of the Trump-Musk administration put Arizonans at greater risk of fraud, abuse, and financial exploitation.” via @jimsmall.bsky.social

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Liz Truss tells CPAC UK is ‘failing’ and needs Maga-style movement to save it

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Worm-like creature with ‘dark secret’ wins New Zealand bug of the year

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On the first day of boarding school in a classroom full of non-Indigenous strangers, the teacher announced it was French class.

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A few hours after Hamas said it would return the bodies of Israeli hostages Shiri Bibas and her two little children, her sister-in-law said she had not given up hope of seeing them return home, alive reut.rs/414rZDo

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President Donald Trump threw his support behind calls for a federal government takeover of Washington, D.C., saying the local government was ‘not doing the job’ on crime and homelessness reut.rs/41ngk3J

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NEW: South Sudan, fresh off a civil war and economic crisis, is struggling to respond to record levels of flooding. It is even less prepared to support those with disabilities. A dispatch from central Jonglei State, on the banks of the White Nile, by our Editor-at-Large Kang-Chun Cheng:

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Britain and France working on plans for ‘reassurance force’ to protect Ukraine

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White House ASMR deportation video likened to images of slavery

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Sky 'lit up' over area of Greater Manchester as mysterious fireball passes overhead www.manchestereveningnews.c...

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A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Dhaka to Dubai with 396 passengers and 12 crew members on board made an emergency landing at Nagpur airport in Maharashtra, officials said on Thursday. www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...

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Mongolia and China agree to build cross-border rail link https://www.railwaygazette.com/infrastructure/mongolia-and-china-agree-to-build-cross-border-rail-link/68336.article

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"UNRWA should remain intact. It is in the interest of all those who desire a permanent resolution of the Israel-Palestine conflict." Read more from Omar Razzaz, Jordan's former PM

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What are sinkholes, how are they formed and why did one appear in a Surrey street?

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California wildlife officials recently outfitted 12 gray wolves with satellite collars, allowing enhanced monitoring of the population that has started to take off in recent years.

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LGBTQ history videos find new home after PBS pulls content due to Trump executive orders https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/02/19/nyc-public-schools-publishes-lgbtq-history-videos-deleted-by-pbs-wnet/

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Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program. (Published Dec. 2024)

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"Nichols’ consternation comes as he considers whether to further extend his legal block on the Trump administration’s plans to abruptly dismantle USAID."

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"A 53-year-old man does not do this."

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JUST IN: Pope Francis has pneumonia in both lungs, tests indicate a "complex picture" for one of the oldest popes in the church's history. cnn.it/417mBPX

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Multiple lawsuits have been filed against DOGE in recent weeks, with some resulting in temporary stays on its data access. All of these lawsuits rest on the Privacy Act of 1974 and the E-Government Act of 2002.

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Here’s what five European experts think about the results of the Paris summit and what Europe should do next to support Ukraine.

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"We have to imagine even conservative Missourians would be horrified by this idea."

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The Trump administration doesn’t appear to have a clear idea of just how many federal staffers they’ve let go.

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Elon Musk’s mission to shrink the size of government has put a spotlight on an obscure federal office whose work directly touches nearly every American. Here's what to know about it ⤵️

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“In my time as a history teacher, it never crossed my mind to display a Nazi or Confederate flag when teaching about World War II or the Civil War,” writes Ali Harris in an op-ed.

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Latino Republicans said they were barred from joining the Democrat-led California Latino Legislative Caucus and have formed their own.

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