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Today's Political News Compilation - Wednesday, February. 19, 2025

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Trump warns Zelenskyy to quickly negotiate war’s end with Russia or risk not having a nation to lead

MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he “better move fast” to negotiate an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or risk not having a nation to lead.

The rhetoric from Trump toward Ukraine comes amid an escalating back-and-forth between the two presidents and rising tensions between Washington and much of Europe over Trump’s approach to settling the biggest conflict on the continent since World War II.

Trump’s harsh words for Zelenskyy drew criticism from Democrats and even some Republicans in the United States, where Ukraine’s defense against Russian aggression has had bipartisan support. Zelenskyy said Trump was falling into a Russian disinformation trap — and was quickly admonished by Vice President JD Vance about the perils of publicly criticizing the new president.

Trump, who is trying to bring the fighting to a close on terms that Kyiv says are too favorable to Moscow, used an extended social media post on his Truth Social platform to lash out at Zelenskyy and call the Ukrainian a “dictator without elections.”

“Think of it, a modestly successful comedian, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, talked the United States of America into spending $350 Billion Dollars, to go into a War that couldn’t be won, that never had to start, but a War that he, without the U.S. and “TRUMP,” will never be able to settle,” Trump said of Zelenskyy, who was a popular television star in Ukraine before running for office. ...

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Judge grants 19 AGs preliminary injunction against DOGE access to Treasury payment system

  • News source: FOX News
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A federal judge on Friday granted an injunction requested by 19 attorneys general to prevent the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from having access to the Treasury Department's central payment system.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas extends the pause by issuing a preliminary injunction, a legal step that blocks access to the records while the case is litigated on the merits.

In her 64-page decision, Vargas noted she was granting the preliminary injunction preventing DOGE from accessing the payment records...
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Karoline Leavitt offers words of wisdom to young women at CPAC: 'Just believe in yourself'

  • News source: FOX News
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered words of wisdom to young women across the nation from the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference Friday evening, urging them to "stay strong, speak the truth," and believe in themselves.

Leavitt sat down for a fireside chat hosted by former White House communications director Mercedes Schlapp, who served during the first Trump administration.

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Schlapp said young women across the country admire Leavitt, who is the youngest White House...
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Slashing energy development red tape, beating China in 'AI arms race' top priorities for nations’ governors

  • News source: FOX News
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"It shouldn’t take longer to approve an [energy] project than it takes to build it," said National Governors Association Vice Chair Kevin Stitt at Friday’s conference in Washington.

That, the Oklahoma Republican said, is the collective picture painted of all the problems with government bureaucracy at all levels that imperils the U.S.’ ability to stay ahead of China in terms of cyberthreat-prevention and energy dominance.

Permitting reform is one of the most important things to address with a new administration and new state government sessions...
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Maine female athlete 'grateful' for Trump's focus on trans competitors after local leaders 'failed' girls

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A high school female track and field athlete is praising President Donald Trump for doing what she said state lawmakers won't: protect women from biological males competing against them in sports.

Zoe, who competed in shot put at Maine's Class B state indoor championship meet on Monday, said she is "grateful" for the president's announcement that he will be cutting federal funding to Maine over its defiance of Trump's order to keep men out of women's sports, adding that leaders in the state "have failed our female athletes."

"State leaders have...
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Alleged fentanyl-smuggling immigrants lead police on dangerous cornfield chase

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New exclusive video obtained by Fox News reveals intense moments from a high-speed vehicle chase as law enforcement pursued two illegal immigrants suspected of carrying fentanyl through a cornfield in Grundy County, Illinois, late last year.

A Grundy County official told Fox News that Illinois sanctuary state policies allowed the two Honduran illegal immigrants to travel through the county unchecked.

Grundy is a primarily rural county northwest of Chicago.

The footage, taken Oct. 24, shows the two immigrants, Roybin Barahona, 18, and Cristhian...
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Fox News Politics Newsletter: Outside the Maine-stream

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Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content.

Here's what's happening…

-White House protector and most-decorated K-9 in US history dies: 'A very good boy'

-Noem makes aggressive new move to ramp up arrests, deportations of illegal immigrants

-Luigi Mangione's CEO murder case raises concerns activist jurors may ignore evidence

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that he will cut off federal funding to the state of Maine if it continues to...
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'Trump is a dark horse': Russians on the invasion of Ukraine, three years on

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A BBC team asking Russians about their invasion of Ukraine draws police and state TV attention.
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Trump says Starmer and Macron 'haven't done anything' to end Ukraine war

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Trump's criticisms come as the UK and French leaders prepare to visit the White House next week.
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Fit for a pontiff: Inside the Roman hospital caring for Pope Francis

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Are planes crashing more often?

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A recent flurry of air disasters have made some people worried about flying - but are crashes on the rise?
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Zelensky can change Trump's mind on support, says Ukraine official

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Ihor Brusylo told the BBC's Jeremy Bowen that US President Donald Trump's stance on the war was "alarming".
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New FBI director Kash Patel plans to relocate 1,500 employees

  • News source: Eric Tucker and Will Weissert | The Associated
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New FBI Director Kash Patel has told senior officials that he plans to relocate 1,000 employees at FBI headquarters to field offices around the country and move an additional 500 to a bureau facility in Huntsville, Alabama, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions.

The plans were communicated Friday, the same day Patel was sworn in at the White House. They reflect his long-stated determination to reduce the FBI’s footprint in Washington and have more of a presence in offices in other cities.

The person who discussed Patel’s vision...
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Trump fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  • News source: Tara Copp | The Associated Press and Lolita C
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President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as part of a campaign to rid the military of leaders who support diversity and equity in the ranks.

The ouster of Brown, only the second Black general to serve as chairman, is sure to send shock waves through the Pentagon. His 16 months in the job had been consumed with the war in Ukraine and the expanded conflict in the Middle East.

“I want to thank General Charles ‘CQ’...
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FactChecking RFK Jr.'s first interview as HHS Secretary

  • News source: Jessica McDonald and Catalina Jaramillo
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In Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first interview as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, he made multiple incorrect or misleading statements, including about seed oils, an abortion drug and the notion that the U.S. has the “sickest population in the world.”

Kennedy’s remarks came in a Feb. 14 interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham. The day before, the Senate confirmed him in a 52 to 48 party-line vote. The lone Republican dissenter was Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who suffered from polio as a child and is still living with...
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Trump says he may take control of the US Postal Service. Here's what to know

  • News source: Maryclaire Dale | The Associated Press
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President Donald Trump on Friday said he may put the U.S. Postal Service under the control of the Commerce Department in what would be an executive branch takeover of the agency, which has operated as an independent entity since 1970.

“We want to have a post office that works well and doesn’t lose massive amounts of money," Trump said. “We’re thinking about doing that. And it’ll be a form of a merger, but it’ll remain the Postal Service, and I think it’ll operate a lot better.”

Trump made the remarks at the swearing-in of Commerce Secretary Howard...
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