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Europe’s big guns sideline the EU to get real on Ukraine  POLITICO Europe Barred from US-Russia talks on Ukraine, Europe scrambles for response with Paris summit  CNN Tuesday Briefing  The New York Times European leaders gather for emergency meeting after Trump shuts them

Who’s in charge of DOGE? Not Elon Musk, White House says  POLITICO

White House Email Snafu Said to Stall Firings of US Attorneys  Bloomberg Law

Top Social Security Official Leaves After Musk Team Seeks Data Access  The New York Times Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data  The Washington Post Lawrence: Because of Musk and Trump, for the first time Social Security

The departure of the acting commissioner is the latest backlash to the Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to access sensitive data.

WASHINGTON — The Trump Administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal midair collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Probationary

A battle for power is raging in Germany. 

JERUSALEM — Israel’s military says its forces will remain in five strategic locations in southern Lebanon after Tuesday’s deadline for their withdrawal under a cease-fire with the Hezbollah militant group, as Lebanon’s government expressed frustration over another delay. A separate

Trump begins firings of FAA staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash  The Associated Press Trump administration firing hundreds of FAA employees despite four deadly crashes in four weeks  The Guardian US Trump fires hundreds of federal aviation workers weeks after

Norms recognized for decades in Washington by both parties no longer appear to apply to the Trump White House, former prosecutors and ethics lawyers say.