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US President Donald Trump has threatened to slash federal education funding from Maine after the state's governor challenged his executive order on transgender women in sports.

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Travel hotspots tempted to copy Venice visitor fee https://www.ft.com/content/aae8626d-fe88-44d5-b1dc-47ec72353ae4

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How should we face up to danger? | Opinion https://www.ft.com/content/b5fcda82-ead9-46ac-8d0c-2b4d3f8d5fa0

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Big Tech and the genesis of AI’s new world order https://www.ft.com/content/39eb9034-444c-458d-9aa4-d2ee349ffc0f

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Mächtige Clans erobern gerade die Politik. Die Trumps sind der berühmteste. Was kann sie zu Fall bringen?

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Hate-speech failures by Meta and X undermine German election

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⚡️US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal, sources tell Reuters. The U.S. first raised the prospect of shutting off Starlink after Zelensky rejected the deal presented on Feb. 12. Starlink terminals are critical in securing Ukraine's battlefield communications.

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The decision sets off a period of upheaval at the Pentagon, which was already bracing for mass firings of civilian staff and other dramatic shifts.

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The federal judge in Washington overseeing a challenge to President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military was accused by the US Justice Department of misconduct for alleged bias during recent court hearings.

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New York City sued President Donald Trump and members of his administration for clawing back $80 million that the federal government had awarded the city to house immigrants.

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The Trump administration blocked key parts of the federal government’s apparatus for funding biomedical research, effectively halting progress on much of the country’s future work on illnesses like cancer and addiction despite a federal judge’s order to release grant money.

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There’s no good way out for Ukraine, but it’s not yet in a desperate enough position to accept Putin’s terms.

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The Trump administration’s mass layoffs of health workers hit a key vaccine unit of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to people familiar with the matter.

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The Associated Press sued three White House officials after its reporters were banned from covering events at the White House and traveling aboard Air Force One over President Donald Trump’s objection to how the news organization references “Gulf of America” in its style guide.

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The US Supreme Court declined for now to let President Donald Trump oust the head of a federal whistleblower agency, letting the official stay in the job until at least Wednesday.

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Two years after Apple introduced an encrypted storage feature for iPhone users, the company is pulling those security protections in Britain rather than comply with a government request that it create a tool to give law enforcement organizations access to customers’ cloud data.

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The EU is preparing a package of about €20 billion ($20.9 billion) in additional military support for Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the bloc races to secure assistance for Kyiv in the face of President Donald Trump’s push to reach a quick peace settlement with Russia.

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The moment went viral on social media.

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Ukraine war briefing: Trump turnaround as he acknowledges Russia invaded Ukraine

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‘Traditional flavours and modern ideas’ turn Swedish buns into a TikTok delight

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A Kurdish woman asked to be buried “in a handful of soil” in Ireland – but her body was sent to Turkey anyway. In a note she left behind, she’d written, “Do not give my corpse to the oppressors.” dublininquirer.com/2...

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From Turkey to Hungary to Venezuela to Benin, firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power. Scholars share lessons learned from around the globe: #CivilService #autocrats #DOGE

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Homeowners would be charged different prices for electricity depending on where they live, under plans being developed by ministers to shake up Britain’s energy market

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

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A majority of Singapore residents view measures in the latest annual budget as inadequate to help them cope with rising costs of living, according to a new poll.

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A raid and a secret tape exposed a Sicilian mafia that is shrunken, whiny and clinging on for survival | John Dickie

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These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Feb. 22, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Someone who knows the prime minister well believes he will try to sway the president on American security guarantees and Ukrainian self-determination

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