How Trump Is Inspiring Wannabe Authoritarians Everywhere
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How Trump Is Inspiring Wannabe Authoritarians Everywhere

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When President Joseph R. Biden Jr. convened democracy summits at the White House in 2021 and 2023, he pointedly disinvited President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, a man he had once described an “autocrat” who deserved to be driven from office by voters….

Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions
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Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Pentagon and U.S. Naval Academy are proceeding with actions in support of the Trump administration’s push to eliminate “woke” initiatives throughout the federal government. The U.S. Naval Academy said it had ended its use of affirmative action in admissions, reversing a policy…

Opinion | Elise Stefanik Is the First Casualty of the Great Trump Disillusionment
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Opinion | Elise Stefanik Is the First Casualty of the Great Trump Disillusionment

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump and his crew may appear oblivious to the growing sense of discomfort and fear among voters about the administration’s excesses, but there was a clear sign on Thursday that his team is well aware the first two months of his term…

Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’
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Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public. “It has become clear…

In Oklahoma, Counting Migrant Students May Have Gone Too Far
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In Oklahoma, Counting Migrant Students May Have Gone Too Far

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Oklahoma’s conservative Republican governor, Kevin Stitt, and its conservative Republican schools superintendent have appeared to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in the years of Donald J. Trump, with the former sending Oklahoma guardsmen to the southern border and the latter stocking the state’s schools with Trump-branded…

What We Know About the Detentions of Student Protesters
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What We Know About the Detentions of Student Protesters

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration is trying to deport pro-Palestinian students and academics who are legally in the United States, a new front in its clash with elite schools over what it says is their failure to combat antisemitism. The White House asserts that these…

Forgoing Oversight, Republicans Resort to Personal Appeals to Head Off DOGE Cuts
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Forgoing Oversight, Republicans Resort to Personal Appeals to Head Off DOGE Cuts

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Representative Tom Cole, Republican of Oklahoma, learned that his district might lose a Social Security Administration field office and the National Weather Center’s primary storm prediction hub the same way many other Americans did: through a public webpage the Department of Government Efficiency…

Jenner & Block Sues to Stop Trump’s Executive Order Against Law Firm
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Jenner & Block Sues to Stop Trump’s Executive Order Against Law Firm

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The law firm Jenner & Block sued the Trump administration on Friday, seeking to stop an executive order leveled against the firm this week that could cripple its ability to represent clients. The suit is the second time that a law firm targeted…

Opinion | ‘Of Course People Are Angry’: Four Columnists Unpack What the Democrats Are Missing
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Opinion | ‘Of Course People Are Angry’: Four Columnists Unpack What the Democrats Are Missing

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Gessen: All of the above. But that wouldn’t be enough. A lot of what you are asking about, Patrick, is already happening. There are protests — Erica Chenoweth, a very interesting political scientist who studies nonviolence, has shown that there are many more…