Opinion | A Presidency That’s Off the Rails. It Took Only Two Weeks.
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Opinion | A Presidency That’s Off the Rails. It Took Only Two Weeks.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Bret Stephens: Hi, Gail. Who’s worse: Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or Kash Patel? Gail Collins: Gee, Bret, good question. Easy to imagine R.F.K. Jr. screwing up the vaccination system and sending throngs of people to the hospital, if not worse. But…

Top Security Officials at Aid Agency Put on Leave After Denying Access to Musk Team
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Top Security Officials at Aid Agency Put on Leave After Denying Access to Musk Team

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The two top security officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave on Saturday night after refusing to give representatives of Elon Musk access to internal systems, according to three U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter. And…

Top F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at Agency
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Top F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at Agency

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The top agent at the F.B.I.’s New York field office vowed in a defiant email to his staff to “dig in” after the Trump administration targeted officials involved in the investigations into the Jan. 6 attack — and praised the bureau’s interim leaders…

Trump Administration Revokes Protections for Venezuelans in the U.S.
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Trump Administration Revokes Protections for Venezuelans in the U.S.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status, or T.P.S., for more than 300,000 Venezuelans in the United States, leaving the population vulnerable to potential deportation in the coming months, according to government documents obtained by The New York Times. The move, President…

Trump Favors Blunt Force in Dealing With Foreign Allies and Enemies Alike
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Trump Favors Blunt Force in Dealing With Foreign Allies and Enemies Alike

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Soft power is out. Hard power is in. Since returning to the White House, President Trump has demonstrated that he prefers to bludgeon, not bargain, his way to foreign policy goals. With counterparts from Asia, the Middle East and North and South America,…

Education Officials Placed on Leave in Trump’s Sprawling Effort to Curb D.E.I.
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Education Officials Placed on Leave in Trump’s Sprawling Effort to Curb D.E.I.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Education Department placed dozens of employees on administrative leave on Friday, citing guidance from the Office of Personnel Management, which had directed agencies to submit plans for shedding staff associated with diversity, equity and inclusion efforts by the end of the day….

Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
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Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency access to the federal payment system late on Friday, according to five people familiar with the change, handing Elon Musk and the team he is leading a powerful tool to…

Amid Trump’s Anti-Diversity Effort, Black History Month Takes on New Meaning
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Amid Trump’s Anti-Diversity Effort, Black History Month Takes on New Meaning

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Feb. 1 is the beginning of Black History Month, which for decades has recognized the contributions of Black people to American civic life and culture with festive luncheons, serious lectures, profitable merchandise lines and staid White House receptions. But a month that was…

Trump Administration Fires Consumer Bureau Chief Rohit Chopra
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Trump Administration Fires Consumer Bureau Chief Rohit Chopra

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, was fired on Saturday, prematurely ending a five-year term that was scheduled to run through late 2026. “With so much power concentrated in the hands of a few, agencies like the C.F.P.B. have…