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Tennis star Novak Djokovic was booed by some sections of the crowd after retiring injured from his Australian Open semifinal against German Alexander Zverev. (Image credit: Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner with 80% of the vote. That triggered cries of fraud, months of protests and a harsh crackdown with thousands of arrests. [time-brightcove

WASHINGTON — Those binders full of executive orders that President Donald Trump has been signing with a flourish and a wide-tipped Sharpie during his first week in office don’t just magically appear before him. White House staff secretary Will Scharf

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the prescription painkiller. (Image credit: Douglas Healey/AP)

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday, using the first trip of his second administration to tour areas where politics has clouded the response to deadly disasters. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”]

Trump defends decision to pull security detail for ex-aides  POLITICO Trump Administration Live Updates: Latest News on the President’s Executive Orders  The New York Times ‘I’m hearing a lot of concern’: Kaitlan Collins on how former Trump aides are responding to revoked

Trump order ending federal DEI programs leaves agencies and stakeholders on uncertain ground  The Associated Press ENDING ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION AND RESTORING MERIT-BASED OPPORTUNITY  The White House Federal workers placed on leave by Trump’s DEI order are angry and fearful of what lies

Health researchers alarmed as Trump administration pauses travel, communications  The Washington Post Travel, grant and funding cuts ‘stifling’ US health agencies in new Trump era  The Guardian US Swaths of U.S. Government Grind to a Halt After Trump Shock Therapy  The Wall Street

Health researchers alarmed as Trump administration pauses travel, communications  The Washington Post Travel, grant and funding cuts ‘stifling’ US health agencies in new Trump era  The Guardian US Swaths of U.S. Government Grind to a Halt After Trump Shock Therapy  The Wall Street

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on artificial intelligence Thursday that will revoke past government policies his order says “act as barriers to American AI innovation.” To maintain global leadership in AI technology, “we must develop AI systems that