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DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million.

The biggest single line item on the website of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team appears to include an error.

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Trump says AP is banned from White House until they use ‘Gulf of America’ – MSNBC

Trump says AP is banned from White House until they use ‘Gulf of America’  MSNBC

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Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro charged in connection with alleged coup plot – CNN

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro charged in connection with alleged coup plot  CNN Brazil’s prosecutor-general files charges against ex-President Bolsonaro over alleged coup plan  The Associated Press Prosecutors charge Brazil’s ex-President Bolsonaro over alleged coup plot  Al Jazeera English Brazil charges Bolsonaro with

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Trump says AP will be curtailed at the White House until it changes its style to Gulf of America – The Associated Press

Trump says AP will be curtailed at the White House until it changes its style to Gulf of America  The Associated Press

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Trump Signs Order Giving White House Control Over Independent Agencies – The Wall Street Journal

Trump Signs Order Giving White House Control Over Independent Agencies  The Wall Street Journal

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Trump’s Pivot Toward Putin’s Russia Upends Generations of U.S. Policy

As peace talks opened in Saudi Arabia, President Trump made clear that the days of isolating Russia are over and suggested that Ukraine was to blame for being invaded.

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Federal judge won’t immediately block Elon Musk or DOGE from federal data or worker layoffs – The Associated Press

Federal judge won’t immediately block Elon Musk or DOGE from federal data or worker layoffs  The Associated Press Judge Chutkan rejects call from Democratic AGs for temporary restraining order blocking DOGE’s access to federal data  CNN US: Judge won’t block Musk from

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National Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforce – NPR

National Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforce  NPR 168 employees fired at the National Science Foundation  Government Executive NSF terminates 168 probationary employees amid mass federal firings  FedScoop National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers on Trump’s Order  Bloomberg National Science Foundation fires

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Federal judge refuses to immediately block Elon Musk and DOGE from federal data or worker layoffs

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Tuesday found that there are legitimate questions about Musk’s authority, but said there isn’t evidence of the kind of grave legal harm that would justify a temporary restraining order.

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