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Stars flee Kennedy Center groups after Trump seizes chair
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Kennedy Center board votes to elect Trump as new chair
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New Kennedy Center board elects Trump as chairman
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Trump seeks to expand his influence over arts and culture with Kennedy Center moves
After dominating U.S. politics for nearly a decade, President Trump now appears to be setting his sights on the country’s cultural landscape. A Friday announcement that Trump is naming himself ...The Hill - 2d -
Hegseth moves to implement Trump’s ban on transgender troops
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Rubio: US walking away from 'foreign aid that is dumb'
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday the United States is walking away from “dumb” foreign aid, not from foreign aid entirely. “We’re not walking away from foreign aid,” Rubio said in an ...The Hill - 2d -
Trump names Grenell as interim Kennedy Center executive director
President Trump on Monday named Richard Grenell, his envoy for special missions, the interim executive director of the Kennedy Center days after he named himself chair of a new board. “I am pleased ...The Hill - 2d -
Hegseth moves to implement Trump's ban on transgender troops
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military to pause integrating new transgender recruits and suspend planned medical procedures meant to treat current service members diagnosed with ...The Hill - 2d -
Instead of taking aim at inflation, Trump has returned to his familiar culture war fights
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Trump faces pushback as he works to reshape federal government
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Serbia and Albania move on from ‘drone’ game but tensions still simmer
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Baltic States decouple from Russian power grid in historic move
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Trump at the Super Bowl: how the NFL’s culture war ended in surrender
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How Trump, Musk and Bezos could preserve humanity from an asteroid strike
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Trump Says He Will Install Himself as Kennedy Center Chairman
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Russia's Baltic neighbors are breaking away from its power grid — and they're braced for retaliation
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Trump to fire multiple Kennedy Center board members, name himself chair
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Donald Trump revokes Joe Biden’s security clearance in latest revenge move
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Trump to make himself chair of the Kennedy Center, says he'll dismiss board members
President Donald Trump announced his intention to appoint himself chair of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The org says it has 'received no official communications' about ...Los Angeles Times - 5d -
Trump to name himself new Kennedy Center board chair
President Trump said Friday he would end the terms of multiple members of the Kennedy Center board and make himself chair of a new board, putting himself at the helm of the Washington, D.C., ...The Hill - 5d -
Trump’s Vision for Gaza Shifts Away From a Cease-Fire Deal
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Trump Media Is Moving Into the Financial Services Industry
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