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After hitting Ukraine hard on peace talks, how far will Trump go to pressure Putin?

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"I've gotten some positive messages, but a positive message means nothing," Trump said as he faced questions on what happens next with the Ukraine war ceasefire.
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'Upsetting': Civil servants across the US part of Department of Education's layoffs

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The Department of Education's mass layoffs on Tuesday affected some 1,315 employees -- including civil servants around the country.
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'Big win': Trump touts federal funding bill passage in the House

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President Donald Trump touted the House’s passage of a funding bill to keep the government up and running, labeling it a "big win" for America.

The House passed the funding measure by a 217 to 213 margin Tuesday evening, mostly along party lines. The legislation is now headed to the Senate, where lawmakers must pass the measure before Friday or else face a partial government shutdown.

"Big WIN for Republicans, and America tonight," Trump said in a Truth Social post Tuesday night. "Congratulations to ALL!"

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House divided over consequences for controversial congressman

  • News source: FOX News
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WASHINGTON - Republican lawmakers appear open to stripping Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, of his committee positions after disrupting President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress, while Democratic members remain widely opposed to the idea.

"In my view, I believe that Congressman Green, by speaking for people on Medicare and Medicaid, showed a lot more respect for the American people than Elon Musk, who calls Social Security a Ponzi scheme," Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas., told Fox News Digital on Capitol Hill of the GOP efforts to remove Green from his...
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Blue state county faces backlash after failed vote to scrap 'super sanctuary' policy: 'Fringe Democrats'

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San Diego County’s "super sanctuary" policy will remain in place for now following a failed vote to scrap it from Republican county officials.

"The Biden Administration forced San Diego County onto the front lines of its relentless border crisis and now fringe Democrats in the County are trying to do the same," Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., told Fox News Digital in a statement.

"The people in my district want no part of policies that have contradicted our laws, blocked law enforcement, and gotten innocent Americans killed. Mark these words...
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'Corruption in broad daylight': Dems outraged by Trump 'playing car salesman' for Tesla

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The social media reactions are pouring in after President Donald Trump took the driver's seat to support Elon Musk. Tesla's stock rebounded Tuesday after facing a steep decline to start the week amid the ongoing protests at Tesla showrooms across the country.

While Tesla stocks rose, Democrats looked down at Trump's latest charade – accusing him of running a Tesla ad at the White House.

"I’m sure all the people losing their retirement, jobs, and health care because of Trump are glad to see the White House turned into a car dealership for the...
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EU hits back at Trump tariffs and warns against trade war

  • News source: BBC News - World
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For consumers, higher prices loom on supermarket shelves, but for businesses and industry the risks are higher.
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EPA cancels Biden-era climate grants worth $20 billion

  • News source: Matthew Daly | The Associated Press
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The Environmental Protection Agency has terminated grant agreements worth $20 billion issued by the Biden administration under a so-called green bank to finance clean energy and climate-friendly projects.

The action comes weeks after the EPA froze the grants, which EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has characterized as a “gold bar” scheme marred by conflicts of interest and potential fraud.

“Twenty billion of your tax dollars were parked at an outside financial institution, in a deliberate effort to limit government oversight — doling out your money...
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Trump defends mass firings, claiming many federal workers ‘don't work at all'

  • News source: Rebecca Shabad and Kelly O'Donnell | NBC News
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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he feels "very badly" for the thousands of civil servants who have lost their jobs in recent weeks but that "many of them don't work at all."

Asked by NBC News if Trump feels responsible for so many people losing their jobs, he said, "Sure I do. I feel very badly ... but many of them don’t work at all. Many of them never showed up to work."

"When we cut, we want to cut, but we want to cut the people that aren't working or ... not doing a good job," he told reporters during an Oval Office meeting with the...
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WATCH: Nashville Zoo welcomes rare clouded leopard cub

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The Nashville Zoo is celebrating the birth of a rare clouded leopard cub. The as-yet unnamed female cub is two weeks old and measures about 13 inches long from her nose to the tip of her tail.
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WATCH: Boy gets tricked into emotional dirt bike surprise

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Case Stevens wanted a dirt bike for two years. His family got him a toy bike before wheeling in the real surprise behind his back.
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Biden's EPA pushed to 'de-gender' agency bathrooms, hire more LGBTQ staff, unearthed memo reveals

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Former President Joe Biden's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sought to "de-gender" bathrooms and locker rooms in agency offices as part of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) push, according to an unearthed memo confirmed to Fox News Digital.

A Biden-era EPA internal memo, obtained by the watchdog Functional Government Initiative and first reported by the Washington Free Beacon, recommended that the federal environmental agency "increase participation in voluntary self-disclosure of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI)" and...
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'We will fight': Anti-woke beer company fires back at beer giant for 'intimidation' amid trademark dispute

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FIRST ON FOX: A conservative beer company is pushing back after beer giant Anheuser-Busch filed a trademark claim against it after the company went viral for criticizing Bud Light’s association with a transgender influencer.

"Anheuser-Busch has filed a federal trademark opposition before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in an act of corporate revenge against Conservative Dad’s Ultra Right Beer," the Conservative Dad beer company said in a press release accompanied by a new video this week, explaining that Anheuser-Busch is claiming Ultra...
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Chinese nationals banned from US student visas under new House GOP proposal

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FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans are pushing legislation to ban Chinese nationals from getting student visas in the U.S.

Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., has been sounding the alarm for weeks over what he sees as the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) exploitation of the American visa program meant for studying in the U.S.

He is now expected to introduce the Stop Chinese Communist Prying by Vindicating Intellectual Safeguards in Academia Act, or the Stop CCP VISAs Act, on Friday.

JOHN MOOLENAAR: WE DON’T WANT A COMPANY THAT IS AFFILIATED WITH THE CHINESE...
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Federal judge rips DOJ lawyers, demands written retraction from Hegseth over transgender military policy post

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A federal judge tore into lawyers from the Justice Department on Wednesday, homing in on a retweet from
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