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The VA’s chief of staff, Christopher Syrek, told top level officials at the agency that it had an objective to cut enough employees to return to 2019 staffing levels of just under 400,000.

Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to withhold $2bn in foreign aid  BBC.com Supreme Court rejects Trump’s request to keep billions in foreign aid frozen  CNN Supreme court rejects Trump request to continue freezing $2bn in foreign aid  The Guardian US SCOTUS rules on

Turner had been in Washington on Tuesday and attended President Donald Trump’s address before Congress.

Mayors from ‘sanctuary cities’ grilled during House hearing  ABC News Mayor Wu touted Boston’s safety, remained defiant during hourslong GOP-led hearing. Here’s how it unfolded.  The Boston Globe Takeaways from the congressional hearing grilling ‘sanctuary city’ mayors on immigration  CNN Editorial: Congresswoman’s accusation

Georgetown professor Ella Washington and Harvard professor Frank Dobbin discuss the beneficiaries and misperceptions of DEI, and who will be hurt as it’s dismantled across public and private sectors.

WATCH: White House holds news briefing following Trump’s first major address to Congress  PBS NewsHour

Trump delivered an unyielding address Tuesday night to Congress and the nation. Democratic legislators registered their dissent with stone faces, placards calling out “lies,” and one legislator’s ejection.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said there might be carveouts coming to the 25 percent tariffs placed on Canada and Mexico by President Donald Trump, a softening of the U.S. position after Tuesday’s tax hike hurt the stock market, worried consumers

China says it is ready for ‘any type of war’ with US  BBC.com China readies for “any other type of war” after Trump tariffs hit  Axios China to boost food imports from Latin America, Europe as US trade war escalates  Reuters Avoiding Trump’s

ATLANTA — Powerful storms that killed two people in Mississippi and ripped roofs from buildings in a small Oklahoma town charged eastward Wednesday, spawning tornado warnings near the East Coast while heavy snow struck the Midwest and dry, windy weather