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Today's Political News Compilation - Wednesday, February. 26, 2025

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UK’s Starmer will meet with Trump as Europe’s leaders worry about drifting US support for Ukraine​


By JILL LAWLESS and AAMER MADHANI
Updated 11:02 PM CST, February 26, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit the White House on Thursday to try to convince President Donald Trump that a lasting peace in Ukraine will endure only if Kyiv and European leaders are at the table as negotiations move forward with Moscow.

Starmer’s trip, coming a few days after French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron’s own visit, reflects the mounting concern felt by much of Europe that Trump’s aggressive push to find an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine signals his willingness to concede too much to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“We’re going to do the best we can to make the best deal we can for both sides,” Trump said Wednesday as he held the first Cabinet meeting of his second term. “For Ukraine, we’re going to try very hard to make a good deal so that they can get as much (land) back as possible.”

But the president’s rapprochement with Russia has unsettled America’s historic allies in Europe, who have found themselves on their heels with Trump returning to the White House with a determination to dramatically make over U.S. foreign policy to correspond with his “America First” world view. ...

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Trump administration says it's cutting 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts

The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a judge’s order giving the Trump administration a midnight deadline to release billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid.
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Dozens of DOGE ‘receipts’ saved no money and killed contracts meant to boost efficiency

Many of the receipts published by Elon Musk’s DOGE aren’t receipts at all — they’re negotiated deals with vetted vendors who might do future government work.
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Supreme Court delays deadline for Trump administration to pay $1.9B in foreign aid

Chief Justice John Roberts, in an order Wednesday night, has stayed a lower court order that the administration pay out $1.9 billion by midnight
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Pentagon orders new purge of social media sites to dump diversity, inclusion mentions by March 5

Building lethality in the military may be the buzzword for the new Trump administration, but busywork and paperwork have become the reality at the Pentagon, as service members and civilian workers are facing a broad mandate to purge all of the department’s social media sites and untangle confusing p
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Analysis: Trump, Starmer at odds over security guarantees for Ukraine ahead of critical talks | CNN Politics

A bust of Winston Churchill will gaze at Keir Starmer on Thursday as he executes one of the trickiest visits by a British Prime Minister with a US president since the days of the great World War II leader.
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Republicans pushing forward on Medicaid changes, despite potential political fallout

House Republicans signaled they’re going full steam ahead on significant changes to Medicaid, despite pressure from Democrats and even some moderates in their party.
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Trump prepares to use controversial 1798 ‘Alien Enemies’ law to speed deportations | CNN Politics

The Trump administration is preparing to invoke a sweeping wartime authority to speed up the president’s mass deportation pledge, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions.
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www.washingtonexaminer.com

Bondi to release Jeffrey Epstein files on Thursday: ‘Lot of information’ - Washington Examiner

People are going to see "a lot of flight logs, a lot of names, a lot of information" on Thursday, Attorney General Pam Bondi said.
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Trump keeps toying with a third term — even though the Constitution forbids it

A coterie of Trump loyalists wants to explore options to change the Constitution so he can run again.
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Transgender troops are now being identified for removal under Pentagon orders

The military services have 30 days to figure out how they will seek out and identify transgender service members to remove them from the force.
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Key takeaways from Trump's 1st Cabinet meeting -- with Elon Musk

President Donald Trump hheld the first Cabinet meeting of his second term on Wednesday. In attendance was Elon Musk.
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House votes to cancel Biden EPA methane emission fee

Republicans argued that the fee would result in producers passing the cost on to consumers and raise prices at the gas pump.
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Transgender service members to be separated from military, Pentagon memo says

Transgender troops will be removed from the U.S. military unless they obtain a waiver, according to the Pentagon's memo.
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A Project 2025 author carries out his vision for mass federal layoffs

The Trump administration’s demand that federal agencies plan to radically downsize is driven by a key figure in the conservative movement who has long planned this move.
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Trump says Putin will have to make concessions, US won't make Ukraine guarantees 'beyond very much'

Trump said he will be signing the mineral deal with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday.
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Johnson insists Republicans won’t cut entitlements to pay for Trump’s agenda | CNN Politics

House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed Wednesday that Republicans will not make cuts to Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security as they work to pass — and pay for — President Donald Trump’s sweeping legislative agenda.
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VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk as lawmakers and veterans decry loss of critical care

The Department of Veterans Affairs has temporarily suspended billions of dollars in contract cuts after an uproar that critical veterans health services were harmed, lawmakers and veterans service organizations said Wednesday.
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Trump seeks Supreme Court stay on foreign aid payment deadline - Washington Examiner

The Supreme Court temporarily blocked the release of $2 billion in USAID aid, giving time for further review and telling parties to respond by Friday.
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