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Niger junta to consider proposal for 5-year transition to non-military rule
Niger’s National Conference has submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition period during which the current military government will stay in powerABC News - Feb. 20 -
Judge blocks immigration raids at religious groups suing Trump administration
A federal judge Monday blocked the Trump administration from conducting immigration raids at Quaker, Baptist and Sikh places of worship that are suing over its new enforcement policy. Policy ...The Hill - 3d -
I’m Still Here review – wrenching true-life saga of a Brazilian family torn apart by military rule
When a congressman is abducted from his beachfront home in 1970s Rio, his wife and children are left reeling – for decades – in Walter Salles’s Oscar-nominated drama starring an extraordinary ...The Guardian - 5d -
Trump Plans to Use Military Bases to Detain Migrants
Also, archaeologists found a pharaoh’s tomb. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.The New York Times - 6d -
Trump shakes up top military leadership
Late Friday night, President Trump fired General Charles "C.Q." Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for the firing last year due to Brown's ...CBS News - 5d -
Latest news on legal rulings against Trump administration
The Trump administration was dealt several legal blows in cases involving USAID, federal grants and the refugee programs targeted by the president. CBS News' Katrina Kaufman reports.CBS News - 1d -
Trump Plans to Use Military Sites Across the Country to Detain Undocumented Immigrants
The move would be a drastic escalation by the White House to militarize immigration enforcement.The New York Times - 6d -
Trump fires top US military officer in Pentagon shake-up
President removes CQ Brown and other senior leaders who he blames for pushing diversity, equity and inclusion policiesFinancial Times - 6d -
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 - 6d -
Senate Democrat after Brown ouster: Trump's 'quest for power' endangers military
Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) offered President Trump a fiery rebuke late Friday, admonishing the president for the administration's moves to overhaul the Defense Department, which he says are rankling ...The Hill - 5d -
Trump fires top-ranking military officer in an unprecedented move
President Trump fired Four Star Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown, the highest-ranking military officer in the U.S. Trump said he will nominate Three Star Air Force Let. Gen. Dan Caine as the replacement. ...CBS News - 5d -
Democratic Sen. Reed says Trump is trying to politicize the military
Sen. Jack Reed, ranking Democrat on Armed Services Committee, said Trump’s purge of senior Pentagon leaders is a threat to the nonpartisan nature of the military.ABC News - 4d -
Hegseth: Fired military lawyers were potential 'roadblocks' to Trump orders
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that the three fired judge advocates general (JAGs) were potential “roadblocks” to President Trump’s orders. "It's not about roadblocks to an agenda,” ...The Hill - 3d -
Don’t be fooled by double-speak on Trump’s transgender military ban
Rep. Gil Cisneros urges the military not to return to policies that ban transgender people from serving as themselves, as such policies undermine military readiness and national security.The Hill - 1d -
Starmer to warn Trump that peace in Ukraine needs US military cover
UK prime minister heads for Washington as president reiterates need for Europe to provide the security for KyivFinancial Times - 1d -
Keir Starmer to press Donald Trump on US military back-up to Ukraine
Also in today’s newsletter, what lawyers are saying about the US president’s ‘gold card’ visa schemeFinancial Times - 23h -
House lawmakers want Trump to pressure EU to sanction Iran military group
Two House lawmakers are calling on President Trump to pressure the European Union to designate as a terrorist organization Iran’s premier military force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ...The Hill - 22h -
Trump administration can continue mass firings of federal workers, judge rules
US judge rejects bid by group of labor unions to halt president’s government overhaul through Musk-led ‘Doge’. The Trump administration can for now continue its mass firings of federal employees, ...The Guardian - Feb. 20 -
Trump Administration Stalls Scientific Research Despite Court Ruling
Using an arcane law, officials have effectively delayed funding from the National Institutes of Health, leaving medical studies in jeopardy.The New York Times - 6d -
Trump administration mass layoffs can continue, judge rules
A judge allowed the Department of Government Efficiency's federal workforce cuts to continue on Friday. Probationary workers and IRS staff are on the chopping block as the Defense Department ...CBS News - 6d -
Macron and Starmer Have Played Trump’s Game Before, but the Rules Are Changing
The leaders of France and Britain are both due to meet with President Trump this week. Approaches previously tried with him may no longer work.The New York Times - 4d -
Trump: Apple should get rid of DEI rules instead of making 'adjustments'
President Trump on Wednesday urged Apple to get rid of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) rules after the tech giant’s shareholders voted down a proposal to scrap its diversity commitments. ...The Hill - 1d -
NATO holds military drills as leaders express concerns over Trump's shifting foreign policy
In Romania, which shares a border with Ukraine, NATO is holding its largest combat exercises of the year. The drills come as European leaders are expressing rising concern over the military ...CBS News - Feb. 20 -
Trump administration does not have to allow Associated Press access yet, judge rules
A federal judge on Monday declined to issue a temporary restraining order for The Associated Press in its effort to gain full access to the Trump administration, asking for a fuller briefing before ...NBC News - 3d -
How FDR-era Supreme Court ruling relates to disputes over Trump firings
President Trump's firings of the members of independent agencies and boards have prompted a string of legal fights that could set the Supreme Court up to reconsider and potentially overturn a ...CBS News - 2d -
Trump’s nominee for solicitor general won’t rule out ignoring court orders in ‘extreme cases’
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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 - 1d -
HUD secretary announcing elimination of rule Trump warned would 'destroy the value of houses'
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner said he would terminate the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule on Wednesday, repealing the law which was ...The Hill - 1d -
Federal judge rules Trump administration can fire career intel officers who had DEI jobs
A judge ruled the Trump administration can fire dozens of intelligence officers with CIA and ODNI who had temporary assignments working on diversity programs.NBC News - 20h -
Ruling blocks Trump’s mass firings at agencies; RFK Jr fails to address measles outbreak – US politics live
Ruling called victory for Americans ‘illegally fired from their jobs’, while anonymous official tells NBC Kennedy has done nothing about outbreak. US aid cuts have forced the UN children’s ...The Guardian - 30m -
Gold £4.8m toilet raid 'sounded like explosion'
Three men are standing trial over the theft of a gold toilet which had been part of an exhibition.BBC News - 1d -
Willingness to ease off ‘debt brake’ may decide the German election
Rule dating from 2009 that limits borrowing looks vulnerable as main political parties promise to revive stalled economy. Germany is used to running its economy with the brake on. Ever since the ...The Guardian - Feb. 21 -
California family leaves the US, scared of potential ICE raid
A California family, fearful of immigration raids, has decided to pick up their lives and leave the United States.ABC News - Feb. 20 -
Pakistan security forces kill 6 militants in a raid in the northwest
Pakistan's military says troops acting on intelligence have raided a militant hideout in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the country's northwestABC News - Feb. 21 -
In Syria, Joy at al-Assad’s Demise Turns to Fear of Israeli Raids
Villagers say they worry that incursions into border areas of Syria by Israel’s military could turn into a prolonged occupation. Israel says the raids are needed to protect the border.The New York Times - 6d -
Serbia's police raid civil society groups over USAID funding
Serbia’s police raided the offices of at least four civil society organizations as part of a probe into allegations of abuse of U.S. Agency for International Development funds in the Balkan countryABC News - 3d -
Large ICE raid near Houston leads to around 118 arrests
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies participated in a large raid outside of Houston targeting undocumented migrants. CBS News' Karen Hua reports.CBS News - 1d
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LGBTQ+ rights protections ended under bill hastily OK'd by Iowa lawmakers
Iowa lawmakers became the first in the nation to approve legislation removing gender identity protections from the state's civil rights code, despite large, intense protests.CBS News - 1h -
Divers found dead, one in the jaws of a shark, near popular scuba spot
Two Russian tourists died while scuba diving, with one believed to have drowned and the other attacked by sharks, officials said.CBS News - 1h -
Boris Spassky, who lost famed chess match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky is best remembered for his duel with American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries.CBS News - 2h -
25 arrested in global operation targeting AI child sexual abuse content
Law enforcement agencies from Australia to Canada helped detain dozens of suspects linked to a Denmark-based AI child sex abuse platform, Europol says.CBS News - 2h -
State Dept. trying to evade refugee admissions court order, aid groups say
Refugee aid groups say the Trump administration seems to be trying to circumvent a court ruling blocking his efforts to suspend the nation's refugee admissions program.CBS News - 2h
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