2 h. ago Young people who aspired to government service dismayed by Trump ending the federal fellows program

Young people who aspired to federal government service are dismayed by President Donald Trump ending a program created to entice highly qualified workers to join the government

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5 h. ago Canadian cafe serves 'Trump sandwich' filled with 'Russian dressing and small pickle'

A Canadian restaurant has hilariously mocked Donald Trump by creating a sandwich created in response to the American president's recent comments about turning their country into the 51st state

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69 h. ago A staff office for the US nuclear waste repository will no longer face DOGE cuts

Federal officials have backtracked on plans to cancel a lease for office space in New Mexico where dozens of U.S. Department of Energy employees who oversee the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository are based

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2 d. ago Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for guava jam sandwich biscuits | The sweet spot

Upmarket, jammy dodger-style sandwich biscuits with a hole on top, made with a filling of fruity guava jam and creamy vanilla icingAt the start of the year, I spent a month eating my way around Mexico City, and one thing I ate in abundance (besides tacos) were guavas. I had them in every way possible: blitzed into a juice; sitting on a cheesecake at the iconic Contramar; or as a sticky, jam-filled pastry found at nearly every bakery I visited. My favourite version also came with a layer of cream cheese, and I’ve taken those flavours and put them in biscuit form. Shop-bought guava jam is as close as I’ll get here in the UK, but these remind me of a delicious trip every time I make them. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Musk calls for Amtrak and the Postal Service to become private entities

Donald Trump has long been critical of Postal Service

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3 d. ago Florida man calls 911 for help with Donald Trump assassination plot

Justin Blaxton, 34, from Florida, made multiple calls to emergency services where he said that he was going to assassinate Donald Trump and also claimed he would "destroy" New York

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3 d. ago Elon Musk's generous gesture towards cancer stricken DJ Daniel, 13, who became target of 'odious' MSNBC

Devarjaye 'DJ' Daniel, 13, was made an honorary member of the Secret Service on Tuesday night by President Donald Trump, with Elon Musk now also promising the youngster a gift.

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4 d. ago Trump’s veterans affairs chief defends ‘extraordinarily difficult’ plans to cut 80,000 staff – US politics live

Doug Collins says cuts are personally difficult for him as move could undo expansion in agency’s healthcare services implemented by Joe BidenDonald Trump and Justin Trudeau will speak today, Reuters reports, citing a source with knowledge of the matter.The Canadian prime minister condemned Trump’s imposition of levies on his country yesterday, saying he was looking to make its economy collapse as part of a plan to incorporate it into the United States. Trump responded with insults, and a warning that he may tighten levies further next month. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘I hope Trump deports you’ note left for server at Mexican restaurant

Since the ordeal, more than $14,000 has been raised for the Cazuelas Mexican Cantina server, while the woman who left the message has allegedly lost her job

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5 d. ago Trump designates boy with brain cancer as an honorary secret service agent in emotional moment

The 13-year-old has been battling brain cancer for six years, since his 2018 diagnosis. At the time, he was told he would likely only live another five months.

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5 d. ago FBI and DOJ headquarters are among more than 440 federal buildings listed for potential sale

The Trump administration has placed some of the country’s most iconic and well-known federal buildings on the potential chopping block, including them on a list of more than 400 properties deemed “not core to government operations” and candidates for “disposal.”

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5 d. ago The real reason Melania Trump vanished for a MONTH... why it sparked Secret Service panic... and a twist in her war with Vogue

Within days of the White House releasing Melania's official portrait - captured one day after her husband's inauguration - she seemed to all but disappear...

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6 d. ago Minister confirms if National Service will return to keep peace in Ukraine after Trump meltdown

Communities minister Alex Norris was challenged on the possibility of forcing 18 year olds into the military as talks accelerate over ending the war in Ukraine

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6 d. ago Storms, possible twisters to threaten the South just as New Orleans celebrates Mardi Gras

Powerful storms bearing a threat of tornadoes are expected to punch through Louisiana and other parts of the South on Tuesday

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8 d. ago US Postal Service faces murky future as Trump mulls dismantling institution

Resistance to any proposals remains speculative until administration lays out its plan for the federal agencyAfter the postmaster general, Louis Dejoy, a former Trump fundraiser and logistics executive appointed during the president’s first term, announced last month that he was stepping down, defenders of the US Postal Service (USPS) concerned that the 249-year-old institution could soon experience the slice and slash of Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” scimitar have expressed alarm.Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to dissolve USPS’s bipartisan board of governors and place the agency under the control of the commerce department secretary, Howard Lutnick, the Washington Post recently reported. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Transgender service members and advocates ‘devastated’ by ‘un

Pentagon begins process of removing all trans service members while federal judges consider blocking Trump’s order

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1 week ago Trump administration ends funding for UN program fighting HIV/Aids

Peter Marocco sends letter to UNAids terminating US involvement in serious blow to live-saving health serviceUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration has terminated its funding of the joint United Nations program on HIV/Aids, known as UNAids, delivering another devastating blow to the global fight against the disease.The notice that US funding of UNAids is being cut off is the latest move by the administration to staunch American involvement in life-saving health and anti-poverty programs around the world. It was issued by Peter Marocco, a Trump loyalist who is spearheading the evisceration of the US overseas aid program through USAid. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Transgender US military personnel must be identified and stood down, says Pentagon memo

Being transgender is not compatible with service, court filing says, foreshadowing removal of people from service within 60 daysTransgender service members will be separated from the US military unless they receive an exemption, according to a Pentagon memo filed in court on Wednesday – essentially banning them from joining or serving in the armed forces.Donald Trump signed an executive order in January that took aim at transgender troops in a personal way – at one point saying that a man identifying as a woman was “not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘We’ve been getting a lot of death threats’: Musk outlines DOGE progress at Trump’s first cabinet meeting

Musk says his Department of Government Efficiency is serving ‘a support role’ in Trump’s administration

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1 week ago Trump is pushing to make USPS private – here’s why it could harm his base

‘It would be catastrophic,’ one economist said

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