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Budget vote in House tests slim GOP majority in new Trump term
If House Speaker Mike Johnson wants to pass the Trump-backed budget plan, which includes trillions in tax cuts, he can only afford to lose one Republican vote. However, multiple GOP lawmakers have ...CBS News - 6d -
Trump keeps toying with a third term — even though the Constitution forbids it
A coterie of Trump loyalists is in the early phase of a campaign to rewrite the Constitution so that he can serve another term.NBC News - 5d -
Musk in the spotlight at Trump's first Cabinet meeting of new term
President Trump held the first Cabinet meeting of his second term on Wednesday. Elon Musk, White House special adviser and the world's wealthiest man, stood over the assembled Cabinet secretaries ...CBS News - 5d -
52 percent say Trump will try to serve third term: Poll
Fifty-two percent of Americans said that President Trump will try to serve a third term, according to a poll from YouGov. When asked if they believe the president “will attempt to serve a third ...The Hill - 4d -
Stop criticising Trump and sign $500bn mineral deal, US official advises Kyiv
National security adviser says Ukraine is wrong to push back against Trump’s approach to peace talks with Russia. White House officials have told Ukraine to stop badmouthing Donald Trump and to ...The Guardian - Feb. 20 -
Trump administration cuts some election security workers
There have been sweeping changes at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which is tasked with protecting the U.S. from foreign meddling in elections. CBS News' Nicole Sganga reports.CBS News - 6d -
Zelenskyy insists on guarantees ahead of Trump meeting after US president says Ukraine can ‘forget about’ joining Nato – live
Ukrainian president says ‘guarantees of peace and security’ were vital ahead of expected talks in Washington on Friday. The Kremlin said on Wednesday that expert level talks between the US and ...The Guardian - 5d -
FDA allowed to help WHO update flu shots, despite Trump ban
A World Health Organization official said the FDA "participated as in the past" in the process.CBS News - 3d -
How Trump’s mission to Mars could save the nation
A robotic colony on Mars might seem like far-fetched science fiction, but so was the Moonshot. American Exceptionalism will rise again.The Hill - Feb. 22 -
National Weather Service workers impacted by Trump cuts
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story How the NOAA firings could affect Americans' lives The Trump administration fired hundreds of employees at the National Oceanic ...The Hill - 3d -
Trump Moves to Increase Logging in National Forests
The president wants to circumvent environmental regulations to expand timber production, something sought by homebuilders and the construction industry.The New York Times - 1d -
Watch live: Melania Trump speaks on Capitol Hill
First lady Melania Trump is scheduled to speak Monday on Capitol Hill in her first major solo event of President Trump's second term. The first lady's office said she is going to take part in a ...The Hill - 9h -
Ukraine or Russia: Whose Side Is Trump On?
Nick asks former UK foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt.BBC News - Feb. 20 -
Who Will Stand Up to Trump on Ukraine?
In their silence, Republicans are betraying the Ukrainians, national security and their own party’s values.The New York Times - Feb. 22 -
Is Zelensky’s Approach to Trump Hurting Ukraine?
Through three years of wartime leadership, Ukraine’s president has mostly played weak hands wisely. But his approach has fallen flat with the Trump administration.The New York Times - Feb. 24 -
Trump and Europe Clashed Over Ukraine
Also, the virtuoso Roberta Flack died at 88. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.The New York Times - Feb. 24 -
Lawmakers skeptical of Trump's Ukraine deal
Lawmakers in both parties are expressing skepticism of President Trump’s expected deal to share Ukraine’s mineral wealth, warning it will need a strong buy-in from Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...The Hill - 4d -
How shocking is Trump's Ukraine approach?
President Trump has long signaled changes to the U.S. approach on the Russia-Ukraine war. Max Bergmann, the director of the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program and the Stuart Center in ...CBS News - 3d -
Trump and Vance Scolded Ukraine’s Leader
Also, measles cases are surging in West Texas. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.The New York Times - 3d -
President Trump should combine extending tax cuts with fixing Social Security
It would be good fiscal policy and probably good politicsMarketWatch - Feb. 23 -
Trump suspends security clearances for Jack Smith's outside lawyers
President Trump on Tuesday signed a memo suspending security clearances for employees at a law firm who assisted with former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the now-president. White ...The Hill - 6d -
Trump and Musk’s Social Security ‘chainsaw massacre’ makes no sense
Donald Trump’s decision to apply his chainsaw to the Social Security Administration will do nothing to shore up the program’s finances — or help balance the federal budget.MarketWatch - 2d -
Starmer and Macron step up to shape European security as Trump roils relations
The leaders of Britain and France are spearheading a desperate diplomatic drive to shore up Europe’s security, bolster Ukraine’s defenses and ensure the Trump administration doesn’t seek a ...ABC News - 8h -
What are the terms of the US-Ukraine minerals deal?
Kyiv obtained some concessions from the Trump administration, but no postwar security guaranteesFinancial Times - 5d -
Trump Elevates Kremlin Talking Points, a Familiar Pattern From His First Term
President Trump’s description of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine as a “Dictator without Elections” echoes the Kremlin’s messaging.The New York Times - Feb. 20 -
Trump official says Zelenskyy will sign US minerals deal ‘in the very short term’
National security adviser Mike Waltz tells CPAC agreement is expected imminently as part of ceasefire negotiations. The White House national security adviser, Mike Waltz, said on Friday that the ...The Guardian - Feb. 21 -
GOP senator says he wouldn’t change Constitution for third Trump term unless Americans ‘chose to’
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) tells Kristen Welker he believes that calls from Trump allies to extend President Trump’s time in office are “a joke.”NBC News - Feb. 23 -
Will history repeat? Why the dollar may fall, again, in first year of Trump term.
Strategists at Morgan Stanley say the U.S. dollar may fall this year, just as it did in the first year of the first Trump administration.MarketWatch - Feb. 24 -
Trump issues executive order reinforcing hospital price transparency rule from first term
President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order designed to reinforce an older executive order issued during his first term that requires hospital to publish their prices online, a rule that ...The Hill - 5d -
Democrat introducing resolution affirming 22nd Amendment support amid Trump third term talk
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) on Thursday introduced a resolution reaffirming the House’s support for the 22nd Amendment, which states that a person can be elected president no more than two times. The ...The Hill - 4d -
Developing world urges rich nations to defy Trump’s ‘climate nihilism’
Poorer countries want rapid emission cuts and more financial help in face of US leader’s stance on global heating. Developing countries are calling on the rich world to defy the US president, ...The Guardian - Feb. 19 -
Trump job cuts could throw national parks and forests into 'staffing chaos'
The only locksmith at Yosemite National Park in California, the sole EMT ranger at neighboring Devils Postpile National Monument, an experienced sled dog musher in Alaska’s Denali National Park.NBC News - Feb. 21 -
Trump vows to add Black icons to proposed National Garden of American Heroes
President Trump shared plans to feature more than 10 Black historical figures in his proposed National Garden of American Heroes during a Thursday White House reception for Black History Month. ...The Hill - Feb. 21 -
Trump fires nation’s top-ranking military officer in latest job cuts
President Donald Trump fired the nation’s top-ranking military officer, the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. CQ Brown Jr. It’s the first of many more job cuts expected with thousands of ...NBC News - Feb. 22 -
Trump administration shuts down national database documenting police misconduct
Database, first proposed by Trump in 2020 and created by Biden administration in 2023, is now offline. Donald Trump ’s second presidential administration shut down a national database that tracked ...The Guardian - Feb. 22 -
Rejecting Trump’s Call to Annex Their Nation, Canadians Rally Around the Flag
While Canadians are not generally known for flag waving, President Trump’s threats have led to a surge in flag sales and buffed up the national symbol’s image.The New York Times - 5d -
‘The closest of nations’: UK Prime Minister pledges cooperation with Trump after meeting
NBC News White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor, Sky News Anchor Sir Trevor Phillips and Council on Foreign Relations Fellow Elise Labott join Meet the Press NOW to report on President Trump’s ...NBC News - 4d -
How European nations are appealing to Trump, boosting defense spending
European nations that are part of NATO are boosting their defense spending and are appealing to President Trump's demands on contributions. Charlotte Howard, The Economist's executive editor, joins ...CBS News - 4d