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Talks on the second phase, meant to see more hostages released and a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, were due to start Feb. 3. But Israel and Hamas appear to have made little progress, even as Israeli forces withdrew Sunday

Trump says Elon Musk is “not gaining anything” with DOGE in interview ahead of Super Bowl 2025  CBS News

Trump Administration and Elon Musk News: Live Updates  The New York Times

Vance Accuses Judges Who Block Trump’s Executive Orders of Acting Illegally  The New York Times

Trump: Banning drag queens is first act to ‘make arts great again’  The Times

Trump to give Super Bowl message, pledges Elon Musk will probe military and Education  USA TODAY

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is expected to clear the final hurdles in his confirmation as health secretary, has proclaimed that widely used cooking oils such as canola oil and soybean oil are toxic. But research shows that the health

A Republican cited White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to claim that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) gave money to the terrorist group Hamas “for sex change operations. During an angry Sunday morning rant on C-SPAN’s Washington

A former Twitter executive is dishing out advice to federal workers thrown off balance by the Elon Musk/Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) takeover of agencies like USAID and the Treasury Department. Musk has been criticized for his slash and burn

The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down an agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 financial crisis and subprime mortgage-lending scandal.