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Why Gabbard Confirmation Hearing Focused So Much on Snowden ti.me/4gmo9Lx
Why Gabbard Confirmation Hearing Focused So Much on Snowden

Why Gabbard Confirmation Hearing Focused So Much on Snowden

Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick to be Director of National Intelligence, refused to call Edward Snowden a traitor at her confirmation hearing.

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D.C. Plane Crash Raises Questions About Trump Aviation Personnel Changes ti.me/3WIuJVE
D.C. Plane Crash Raises Questions About Trump Aviation Personnel Changes

D.C. Plane Crash Raises Questions About Trump Aviation Personnel Changes

The plane crash at DCA raised questions about recent leadership changes within the federal agencies charged with regulating air travel.

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Trump Responds to Fatal Passenger Jet, Army Helicopter Crash ti.me/40RVLw9
Trump Responds to Fatal Passenger Jet, Army Helicopter Crash

Trump Responds to Fatal Passenger Jet, Army Helicopter Crash

"This is a tragedy that should not have happened," Trump told reporters.

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Get Used to the Whiplash: Trump Clearly Improvising as He Goes ti.me/4jN0Ltw
Get Used to the Whiplash: Trump Clearly Improvising as He Goes

Get Used to the Whiplash: Trump Clearly Improvising as He Goes

For those trying to give Donald Trump's second administration a chance to prove it knows what it’s doing, the last 24 hours haven't been reassuring, writes Philip Elliott

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What Deborah Birx Thinks About PEPFAR Under Trump ti.me/40D7PQp
What Deborah Birx Thinks About PEPFAR Under Trump

What Deborah Birx Thinks About PEPFAR Under Trump

Brix oversaw the program from 2005 to 2014

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Grilled on Vaccines and Insurance in Contentious Hearing ti.me/42yV1gB
RFK Jr. Grilled on Vaccines and Insurance in Contentious Hearing

RFK Jr. Grilled on Vaccines and Insurance in Contentious Hearing

RFK Jr. claimed he is not “anti-vaccine” and appeared unfamiliar with key aspects of healthcare insurance programs in his confirmation hearing.

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Why Trump Welcomes Court Fight Over Funding Freeze ti.me/3WChPsf
Why Trump Welcomes Court Fight Over Funding Freeze

Why Trump Welcomes Court Fight Over Funding Freeze

As Trump's funding freeze heads to court, he hopes judges grant him the power of impoundment. What is impoundment? And why does it matter?

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RFK Jr. Hearings Could Be Banner Moment For Anti-Vax Movement ti.me/3PU4Eip
RFK Jr. Hearings Could Be Banner Moment For Anti-Vax Movement

RFK Jr. Hearings Could Be Banner Moment For Anti-Vax Movement

Kennedy is the country's most well-known anti-vaccine activist, and could soon lead be Trump's top health official.

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Funding Freeze Chaos Dominates First White House Briefing ti.me/4hd2VAU
Funding Freeze Chaos Dominates First White House Briefing

Funding Freeze Chaos Dominates First White House Briefing

A federal judge blocked the funding freeze from going into effect, after a day in which Trump's White House scrambled to contain confusion.

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What to Expect from RFK Jr.’s Confirmation Hearings ti.me/3WCRUAp
What to Expect from RFK Jr.’s Confirmation Hearings

What to Expect from RFK Jr.’s Confirmation Hearings

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is one of President Donald Trump's more controversial Cabinet nominees.

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Future of DeepSeek, Like TikTok, May Come Down to Trump ti.me/3WDmJoV
Future of DeepSeek, Like TikTok, May Come Down to Trump

Future of DeepSeek, Like TikTok, May Come Down to Trump

DeepSeek, the Chinese-owned ChatGPT rival, could pose the same national security concerns that Congress has about TikTok, Philip Elliott writes.

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The Implications of Trump’s Executive Order on Sex ti.me/4ax6EH1

The Implications of Trump’s Executive Order on Sex

With Trump proclaiming the U.S. will recognize two sexes, male and female, there are a host of implications for trans and nonbinary people.

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McConnell’s Vote Against Hegseth Was a Shot Across Trump’s Bow ti.me/3PRg1ry
McConnell’s Vote Against Hegseth Was a Shot Across Trump’s Bow

McConnell’s Vote Against Hegseth Was a Shot Across Trump’s Bow

The Senate just barely confirmed Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary last week. Mitch McConnell’s vote against him in particular could spell trouble for Trump's shakiest nominees, including Robert F....

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What Is DEI and How Is Donald Trump Challenging It? ti.me/4au0rLT
What Is DEI and How Is Donald Trump Challenging It?

What Is DEI and How Is Donald Trump Challenging It?

Trump signed an Executive Order, titled “Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing."

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Trump's Early Actions Mirror Project 2025 ti.me/40vUqK1
Trump's Early Actions Mirror Project 2025

Trump's Early Actions Mirror Project 2025

A TIME analysis found that nearly two-thirds of the executive actions Trump has issued mirror or partially mirror proposals from Project 2025.

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Exclusive: Warren's Plan for Musk to Cut U.S. Spending ti.me/4h46p8B
Exclusive: Warren's Plan for Musk to Cut U.S. Spending

Exclusive: Warren's Plan for Musk to Cut U.S. Spending

The Senator sent Musk a letter with 30 ideas for how his DOGE commission could cut $2 trillion in U.S. spending.

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How Trump 2.0 Is Already Sowing Confusion ti.me/4hqOf0u
How Trump 2.0 Is Already Sowing Confusion

How Trump 2.0 Is Already Sowing Confusion

Along with formatting errors and typos, Trump's first executive orders also contain potential errors, sowing confusion over their meaning.

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'Not Going to Apologize': Bishop Who Confronted Trump Speaks Out ti.me/4hrCTcU
'I Am Not Going to Apologize': Bishop Who Confronted Trump Speaks Out

'I Am Not Going to Apologize': Bishop Who Confronted Trump Speaks Out

In an interview with TIME, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde discussed her sermon, which has drawn death threats and prompted Trump to demand an apology

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The Powers Trump’s Nominees Will Have Over Abortion ti.me/42jgw53
The Powers Trump’s Nominees Will Have Over Abortion

The Powers Trump’s Nominees Will Have Over Abortion

Here are some of the actions Trump’s nominees could take on abortion, if confirmed, from HHS to the Justice Department.

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What to Know About 'Stargate,' OpenAI's New Venture Announced by Trump ti.me/4apTpb5
What to Know About 'Stargate,' OpenAI's New Venture Announced by Trump

What to Know About 'Stargate,' OpenAI's New Venture Announced by Trump

Trump announced a $500 billion joint venture between OpenAI, Softbank, MGX and Oracle to build new datacenters to power the next wave of AI.

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