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How Zelensky learned the art of the deal and got to visit Trump  CNN

Trump live: Judge blocks mass firing of federal workers in blow to Musk and DOGE  The Independent

During a visit to the White House by the British prime minister, President Trump refused to to pledge U.S. military support for a peacekeeping force for Ukraine.

Plus, Conan O’Brien on hosting the Oscars.

Gene Hackman, a Hollywood giant and two-time Oscar winner, was found dead along with his wife and dog in their New Mexico home Wednesday, though investigators believe they may have been dead for some time and the cause of death

The report is the Israeli military’s first official account of mistakes that preceded the 2023 attack, which launched Israel’s subsequent war against Hamas in Gaza that killed more than 48,000 Palestinians. (Image credit: Leo Correa)

Five key takeaways as Donald Trump hosts UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer  Al Jazeera English ‘Tea with a side of flattery’: what US papers say about Starmer’s meeting with Trump  The Guardian Friday Briefing  The New York Times How Starmer’s groundwork paid off

President Trump will meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Friday after falsely asserting that Ukraine started the war with Russia and calling him a “dictator without elections.”

The New York Times interviewed more than 60 people familiar with Mr. Musk’s effort to piece together new details about it.

The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of government agencies.