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Mongolia’s Prime Minister Talks Becoming a Uranium Producer, Gladhanding Putin, and Navigating Trump 2.0

It was almost three decades ago that French miners decamped to the southern Gobi Desert in search of hidden riches. By 2006, they found what they were looking for: rich deposits of uranium lurking beneath the windswept sand dunes and

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Trump Says He Plans to Impose 10% Tariffs on Chinese Imports on Feb. 1

The president said the planned duties were a response to China’s failure to curb fentanyl exports.

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Trump and Republicans Aim to Update Census for Political Advantage

Republican efforts to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from numbers used to divvy up congressional seats among states have begun anew, with four Republican state attorneys general suing to alter the once-a-decade head count even before President Donald Trump’s

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Trump White House Appears to Shutter Spanish-Language Website and Social Media

Within hours of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the new administration took down the Spanish-language version of the official White House website. The site—currently https://www.whitehouse.gov/es/—now gives users an “Error 404” message. It also included a “Go Home” button that directed viewers

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How the Trump Administration Is Taking Its First Steps Toward Dismantling DEI

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration moved Tuesday to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The moves follow

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Trump admin orders federal DEI staff to be placed on paid leave by Wednesday – Axios

Trump admin orders federal DEI staff to be placed on paid leave by Wednesday  Axios White House orders government DEI employees to be placed on leave  CNN White House OPM orders all DEI offices to begin closing by end of day Wednesday  Fox

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U.S. Orders Federal D.E.I. Efforts to Shut Down by Wednesday Night

Staff members overseeing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts were to be placed on paid administrative leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday.

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Australia Investigates if Foreign Actors Were Behind Recent String of Antisemitic Attacks

MELBOURNE — Australian detectives are investigating whether foreign actors are paying criminals to commit antisemitic attacks in the country, police said on Wednesday. Australia Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw was meeting on Wednesday with state police chiefs to discuss an

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Trump administration puts federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff on leave

Employees in the programs will be placed on paid administrative leave. Agencies have the next few days to submit reports on how they are complying with the orders, including plans to fire them. (Image credit: Anna Moneymaker)

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Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government – The White House

Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government  The White House Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave  The Associated Press White House orders government DEI employees to be

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