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Trump says he’s firing Kennedy Center board of trustees members and naming himself chairman​

By WILL WEISSERT
Updated 9:11 PM CST, February 7, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he is firing members of the board of trustees for the Kennedy Center and naming himself chairman.

He also indicated that he would be dictating programming at one of the nation’s premier cultural institutions, specifically declaring that he’d put an end to events featuring performers in drag.

Trump’s announcement came as the new president has bulldozed his way across official Washington during the first weeks of his second term, trying to shutter federal agencies, freeze spending and ending diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the government.

“At my direction, we are going to make the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., GREAT AGAIN. I have decided to immediately terminate multiple individuals from the Board of Trustees, including the Chairman, who do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture,” Trump wrote on his social media website.

“We will soon announce a new Board, with an amazing Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP!” ...

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Trump 2nd term live updates: Consumer watchdog agency virtually shut down, funding 'now being turned off'

President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.
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Trump is 'angry' that deportation numbers are not higher

Arrests and deportations of undocumented people are lower than what President Donald Trump has promised, and that is “driving him nuts,” one source told NBC News.
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Kash Patel had a roster of foreign clients. Their interests could clash with FBI he hopes to lead

President Donald Trump's pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, got rich consulting for a roster of foreign clients whose interests may clash with the law enforcement agency he hopes to lead.
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House passes bill blocking future presidents from banning oil drilling without Congress' approval

The House passed a GOP-led bill on Friday to prevent presidents from placing bans on fracking before receiving congressional approval.
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Trump wants to resettle white South Africans facing 'race-based discrimination'

South Africa adopted a law allowing the government to seize property "in the public interest.” The measure was condemned by South Africa-born Elon Musk.
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More active duty troops will head to US-Mexico border, bringing the total to 3,600

The Pentagon will deploy roughly 1,500 more active duty soldiers to the southern border to support President Donald Trump’s expanding crackdown on immigration.
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Trump orders U.S. to prioritize refugee resettlement of South Africans of European descent

President Trump directed officials to prioritize the resettlement of Afrikaners in South Africa through the U.S. refugee program, which he suspended on his first day in office.
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16 things Trump and team did this week

In his third week back in office, Trump took action on issues from transgender competitors in women's sports to Gaza.
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Trump says he's ending Biden's classified intelligence briefings in payback move

President Donald Trump says he’s revoking former President Joe Biden’s access to government secrets and ending the daily intelligence briefings he’s receiving in payback for Biden doing the same to him in 2021.
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Trump says he is revoking Biden's security clearance

"There is no need for Joe Biden to continue receiving access to classified information," President Donald Trump says.
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Trump officials exerting unprecedented control over CDC scientific journal

"The MMWR has lost its autonomy," one health official told CBS News.
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State Department lays out plans for $7 billion-plus arms sale to Israel as Netanyahu visits DC

The State Department has told Congress that it plans to sell more than $7 billion in weapons to Israel, including thousands of bombs and missiles, just two days after President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.
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Trudeau says Trump threat to annex Canada 'is a real thing'

The prime minister told an economic summit in Toronto he believes Trump is eyeing Canada's critical minerals.
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Why privacy laws are the tip of the legal spear against Musk and Trump | CNN Politics

What access Elon Musk has to closely-guarded government data – including sensitive information it has collected about and from the American public – is a key battlefront in the ongoing and quickly-moving legal war over how President Donald Trump has sought to drastically transform the federal...
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House, Senate fight to kickstart plan on Donald Trump's legislative agenda

The two GOP-controlled chambers are at odds on how to get Trump's agenda done.
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Trump administration preparing to restart immigrant family detention

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is getting ready to ask private prison companies to bid for contracts to re-open family detention facilities.
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Judge says he will temporarily block Trump from placing thousands of USAID workers on paid leave

A federal judge says he will temporarily block the Trump administration from placing 2,200 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development on paid leave. U.S.
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Trump sanctions against ICC could 'erode international rule of law,' court warns

The ICC pushed back against Trump's new sanctions targeting the court saying it threatens to "erode international rule of law," calling for a united front.
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Three Israelis, 183 Palestinians to be freed in latest Gaza ceasefire swap

Hamas has named the three Israeli captives set to be released on Saturday in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that would rescind security clearances and access to certain federal resources for Perkins Coie, the law firm that hired the company responsible for crafting the so-called "Steele dossier" containing alleged salacious material and Trump’s alleged connections to Russia, which the president has denied.

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Moderates reveal why they didn't join fellow Dems to censure Al Green

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Two moderate Democrats who voted against censuring Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, suggested they did not believe Congress should be focused on such matters.

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Trump to put tariff exemptions on certain goods from Canada, Mexico

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President Trump on Thursday exempted certain goods from Canada and Mexico covered under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) from his 25% tariffs for a month.

The tariffs were imposed earlier this week, and will be reinstated on April 2.

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Trump had previously mentioned an exemption for Mexico, but the amendment signed on Thursday covers Canada also.

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Gavin Newsom splits with Democrats on transgender athletes

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Trump raids will now target migrant families who entered the U.S. with their children

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U.S. immigration agents are planning a new operation to arrest migrant families with children as part of a nationwide crackdown, according to three sources familiar with the planning.

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