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President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order excluding certain student loan borrowers from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
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PwC and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund clash over hiring of executive

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Italy's top court orders government to compensate migrants who were stranded at sea for days

Italy’s highest appeals court has ordered the government to compensate a group of migrants who were stranded at sea for days on a coast guard vessel in 2018 due to then-Interior minister Matteo ...
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Trump Seeks to Bar Student Loan Relief to Workers Aiding Migrants and Trans Kids

The president signed an order that would deny loan forgiveness to workers for groups engaged in “substantial illegal activities,” which it indicated included things like diversity initiatives.
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France and Germany clash over ‘buy EU’ weapons

Berlin says new €150bn funding for defence industry should be open to non-EU partners, but Paris disagrees
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DOGE's secrecy to be tested in court with sworn testimony, depositions

Over the next week, several judges have ordered top Trump administration officials to testify about efforts to reduce the size of the federal government.
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Trump Signs Order to Create a ‘Crypto Reserve’

The first-of-its-kind reserve will be anchored by a stash of Bitcoin the government already owns, estimated to be worth billions of dollars.
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Trump allies launch a bid to take control of a powerful Washington legal group

Two Trump allies — including Attorney General Pam Bondi's brother — have launched bids for leadership roles with the D.C. Bar Association.
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Trump denies Musk clashed with cabinet members

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pushed back against Elon Musk’s downsizing of the federal workforce in a recent closed-door cabinet meeting, according to two ...
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Trump Administration Sends Politically Charged Survey to Researchers

Scientists on overseas projects must say whether they work with communist governments and help combat “Christian persecution.”
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Trump says he sent a letter to Iran urging negotiations on nuclear weapons

"There are two ways Iran can be handled, militarily or you make a deal. I would prefer to make a deal," Trump told Fox host Maria Bartiromo.
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Is Trump reining in Musk after showdown with cabinet?

The president intervenes in a cost-cutting row after a reported clash at the White House.
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Rubio and Trump Officials Clash With Elon Musk in an Explosive Meeting

Simmering anger at the billionaire’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk.
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Being Putin’s stooge won’t win Trump a peace prize. The Order of Lenin, though, is in the bag | Simon Tisdall

The strange warmth between the leaders has sent a chill globally at the prospect of a troika of authoritarian states. Donald Trump’s sinister affinity for Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, has ...
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NIH terminating active research grants related to LGBTQ+, DEI studies

The National Institutes of Health is terminating several active research grants related to studies involving LGBTQ+ issues, gender identity and DEI.
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Labour ministers yet to hold talks over Abramovich funds

Funds worth £2.5bn - meant to help Ukrainians - remain frozen in a UK bank account over a row about how to use them.
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Unions ask court to stop DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans

A group of labor unions asked a federal court for an emergency order to stop DOGE from accessing sensitive Social Security data.
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Unions ask court to stop DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans

A group of labor unions asked a federal court for an emergency order to stop DOGE from accessing sensitive Social Security data.
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How Mayor Eric Adams Lost New York City

He promised law and order. Instead, his scandal-ridden mayoralty became a symbol — and engine — of the city’s chaos.
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Chiefs' Worthy arrested on family violence charge

Chiefs receiver Xavier Worthy was arrested on a felony domestic violence charge Friday in Texas.
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Why Trump wants to eliminate the Education Department

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order as soon as this week with the goal of dismantling the Education Department. Nancy Cordes explains what's at stake.
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‘Startup Nation’ Groups Say They’re Meeting Trump Officials to Push for Deregulated ‘Freedom Cities’

The architects of projects like Próspera are drafting legislation to create US cities that would be free from federal regulations.
Wired - 1d
How Trump Has Upended the Presidential Pardon

President Trump’s willingness to pardon allies has spawned a brisk market for executive clemency. Kenneth P. Vogel, a Times reporter who investigates money, politics and influence, looks at some of ...
The New York Times - 13h
How should Trump deal with Putin?

Advice from an expert who’s been in the room with the Russian leader.
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Trump golf resort vandalized by pro-Palestinian activists

The United Kingdom-based activist group Palestine Action said it "rejects Donald Trump's treatment of Gaza as though it were his property to dispose of as he likes."
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What We Know About the Clashes in Syria

Scores have been killed in fierce clashes between government forces and gunmen loyal to the Assad regime, in a serious challenge to the country’s new rulers.
The New York Times - 8h
Nigel Farage’s Reform U.K. Refers Lawmaker to Police Over Claims of Threats to Another Party Official

Reform U.K., led by Nigel Farage, said it was investigating claims that one of its lawmakers had bullied staff members. He was also accused of “threats of physical violence” against another top ...
The New York Times - 1d
German Court Convicts Five Over Plot to Kidnap Health Official and Spread Chaos

The defendants, part of a group known as “United Patriots,” aimed to reinstate a 19th-century Constitution by giving power to an all-powerful Kaiser.
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Trump’s Embrace of Russia Leaves Europe in Emotional Shock

It remains to be seen how far President Trump’s embrace of Russia and abandonment of traditional allies will go. But “the West” may be gone.
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Trump’s ‘chaotic’ policy approach is creating opportunity for investors

There could be “quite a shift in the world order,” says Mike Cudzil, a portfolio manager at Pimco.
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Wall Street Journal: 'Someone should sue' Trump over tariffs

The Wall Street Journal editorial board took a swipe at President Trump's recent tariff threats, alleging the administration is using a 48-year-old law to start a trade war. In a recent op-ed, the ...
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Trump Just Gave Bitcoin Its Biggest Endorsement in History

The president signed an executive order for a strategic bitcoin reserve, but the asset responded with a whimper.
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How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious

President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn’t like their shared water agreements.
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They lost 52 soldiers fighting alongside the US. Now they feel threatened by Trump

Danes, who have been loyal allies of Washington, are blindsided by Trump's insistence on taking over Greenland.
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Chiefs receiver Xavier Worthy arrested in Texas on domestic violence charge

Kansas City Chiefs rookie Xavier Worthy has been arrested on a felony domestic violence charge, the second high-profile wide receiver from the reigning AFC champions to be facing serious legal ...
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Starmer praised for statesman role abroad but can he show 'same mojo' at home?

The PM seizes the spotlight as Trump upends the world order - but he faces serious challenges in the UK.
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