Trump Will Strip Protections from Career Civil Servants, Miller Says
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Trump Will Strip Protections from Career Civil Servants, Miller Says

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President-elect Donald J. Trump is planning a string of executive orders during his first days in office, including one to strip job protections from career civil servants, his top policy adviser told Republican members of Congress on Sunday, according to two people briefed…

Opinion | A Racist Purge Almost Destroyed My Family. Another One Is Coming.
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Opinion | A Racist Purge Almost Destroyed My Family. Another One Is Coming.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Koji Kudo, ID badge #4441-G. His head is shaved, likely by one of my aunts, with the old manual hair clippers that he used to complain cut into his scalp. He’s barely 5-foot-3, according to the height chart behind him. The badge is…

Support for Trump’s Policies Exceeds Support for Trump
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Support for Trump’s Policies Exceeds Support for Trump

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Many Americans who otherwise dislike President-elect Donald J. Trump share his bleak assessment of the country’s problems and support some of his most contentious prescriptions to fix them, according to a new poll from The New York Times and Ipsos. A little more…

Trump Officials Plan Immigration Raids in Chicago Next Week
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Trump Officials Plan Immigration Raids in Chicago Next Week

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The incoming Trump administration intends to carry out “post-inauguration” immigration raids in Chicago next week, according to two people familiar with the planning and correspondence reviewed by The New York Times, an opening step in President-elect Donald J. Trump’s goal to oversee the…

Kristi Noem Sent Troops to Border, but Not to Flood Victims in South Dakota
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Kristi Noem Sent Troops to Border, but Not to Flood Victims in South Dakota

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When historic flooding ravaged southeastern South Dakota last summer, leaving homes and businesses in ruins, Gov. Kristi Noem made a controversial decision: She chose not to deploy the state’s National Guard. Citing the high cost and arguing that the Guard should only be…

Biden Issues Sweeping Deportation Protections Before Trump Takes Office
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Biden Issues Sweeping Deportation Protections Before Trump Takes Office

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Biden administration on Friday issued sweeping extensions of deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of people from Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela in a move that makes it almost impossible for President-elect Donald J. Trump to swiftly strip the benefit when he takes…

A Far-Right Government in Austria Would Be a Jolt, but Not Unexpected
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A Far-Right Government in Austria Would Be a Jolt, but Not Unexpected

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The political party on the verge of leading Austria would take an already conservative country into a growing group of nations shifting to the far-right of European politics. It has flirted with Nazi slogans, cozied up to Russia and drawn warnings from Holocaust…

Justin Trudeau to Resign as Canada’s Prime Minister
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Justin Trudeau to Resign as Canada’s Prime Minister

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada said on Monday that he would step down in the coming months, bowing to an angry electorate at a time of uncertain economic prospects and political infighting. The announcement, which came amid a gridlocked Parliament, left Canada…

Austria Coalition Talks Collapse, Raising Prospects for Far-Right Freedom Party 
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Austria Coalition Talks Collapse, Raising Prospects for Far-Right Freedom Party 

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The far-right Freedom Party of Austria gained a realistic chance this weekend of leading the country’s next government, after talks between three mainstream parties collapsed. The Freedom Party’s ascent would put its firebrand leader, Herbert Kickl, into the position of chancellor and signal…

In Reversal, Musk Trashes Farage, U.K.’s Anti-Immigrant Populist
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In Reversal, Musk Trashes Farage, U.K.’s Anti-Immigrant Populist

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It was an abrupt turnabout, even for the easy-come, easy-go nature of alliances in President-elect Donald J. Trump’s political orbit. For weeks, Elon Musk, Mr. Trump’s billionaire backer, had wrapped his arms around the British populist politician, Nigel Farage, promoting his insurgent, anti-immigrant…