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With Thursday’s event, Trump is preserving a tradition at the same time his far-reaching executive order ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government is disrupting its observance elsewhere.

Israeli family mourns ‘man of peace’ as body returned from Gaza  BBC.com Bibas Family Remains Returned to Israel, Hamas Says  The New York Times Israel’s UN ambassador slams Hamas’ ‘evil and depraved’ display of hostages’ coffins  Fox News Hamas Turns Handover of Dead

Israeli family mourns ‘man of peace’ as body returned from Gaza  BBC.com Hamas Releases Bodies of 4 Israeli Hostages  The New York Times Parading of bodies in Gaza abhorrent, UN rights chief says  Reuters The return of the bodies of the Bibas family

A news conference that was planned to follow talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy was canceled Thursday as political tensions deepened between the two countries.

IRS to lay off roughly 7,000 employees in Trump downsizing spree  The Guardian US IRS Begins to Fire 6,000 Workers, Threatening Tax-Season Delays  The Wall Street Journal Union says hundreds of IRS employees in Philadelphia among layoffs  CBS News IRS cuts over 6,000

The format of the press event, which was to include comments to the media by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and retired U.S. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, was changed at the last minute so that the two did not deliver statements

The format of the press event, which was to include comments to the media by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and retired U.S. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, was changed at the last minute so that the two did not deliver statements

Waltz: Ukraine needs to ‘tone it down’ amid ‘frustration’ with Zelensky  The Hill Ukraine’s allies in DC tell Zelenskyy: Take the rare earths deal  POLITICO White House avoids question on who Trump blames for Russia’s invasion  WJLA Ukraine should ‘tone it down,’ sign

Exclusive: FDA staffers told that ‘woman,’ ‘disabled’ among banned words; White House says it’s an error  Reuters

Sen. Mitch McConnell says he will not seek reelection in 2026  NPR SCOOP: Republican Daniel Cameron blasted by likely GOP opponent as McConnell successor fight begins  Fox News Comer won’t run for McConnell’s Kentucky Senate seat in 2026  The Hill McConnell Announces He