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Trump fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and two other military officers

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR
Updated 9:30 PM CST, February 21, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as part of a campaign led by his defense secretary 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’ Brown for his over 40 years of service to our country, including as our current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He is a fine gentleman and an outstanding leader, and I wish a great future for him and his family,” Trump posted on social media.

Brown’s public support of Black Lives Matter after the police killing of George Floyd had made him fodder for the administration’s wars against “wokeism” in the military. His ouster is the latest upheaval at the Pentagon, which plans to cut 5,400 civilian probationary workers starting next week and identify $50 billion in programs that could be cut next year to redirect those savings to fund Trump’s priorities. ...

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Trump admin to slash 1,600 USAID positions just before midnight

  • News source: FOX News
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The Trump administration is eliminating over a thousand positions at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), while also placing the majority of the remaining staff members on administration leave globally, just before midnight Sunday.

The Associated Press reported that it learned from the Trump administration that 1,600 posts would be eliminated after reviewing notices that were sent to USAID workers.

"As of 11:59 p.m. EST on Sunday, February 23, 2025, all USAID direct hire personnel, with the exception of designated personnel...
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Three years on, Ukraine's extinction nightmare has returned

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Three years on from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the return of Donald Trump has changed everything
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Most USAID workers placed on leave, Trump administration says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Some 2,000 employees will also be laid-off in a "reduction in force" effort, according to an email sent to staff.
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Trump administration directing ICE to track down unaccompanied minors: Source

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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There are more than 600,000 migrant children who have crossed the southern border without a legal guardian or parent since 2019, according to government data.
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Trump is 'surrendering to the Russians,' Democratic Sen. Jack Reed says

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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In an interview on ABC News' "This Week," Democratic Sen. Jack Reed decried Trump's recent attacks on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and alignment with Russia.
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Agencies push back on Musk ultimatum

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Elon Musk and DOGE sent an email to federal employees demanding they list five things they worked on in the past week, saying failure to respond would be taken as resignation. But multiple agency heads are telling their staffers not to respond to the email. Willie James Inman reports.
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Trump admin to slash thousands of USAID positions just before midnight

  • News source: FOX News
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The Trump administration is eliminating thousands of positions at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), while also placing the majority of the remaining staff members on administration leave globally, just before midnight Sunday.

The Associated Press reported that it learned from the Trump administration that 1,600 posts would be eliminated, after reviewing notices that were sent to USAID workers.

"As of 11:59 p.m. EST on Sunday, February 23, 2025, all USAID direct hire personnel, with the exception of designated personnel...
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Trump administration firing 2,000 USAID workers and putting thousands of others on leave

  • News source: Ellen Knickmeyer | The Associated Press
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The Trump administration said Sunday that it was placing all but a fraction of staffers at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave worldwide and eliminating 2,000 U.S.-based staff positions.

The move was the latest and one of the biggest steps yet toward what President Donald Trump and cost-cutting ally Elon Musk say is their goal of gutting the six-decade-old aid and development agency in a broader campaign to slash the size of the federal government.

The move comes after a federal judge on Friday allowed the administration to move...
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How the Trump and DOGE terminations — perhaps the biggest job cuts in history — may affect the economy

  • News source: Greg Iacurci, CNBC
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The Trump administration's purge of federal workers may ultimately amount to the biggest job cut in U.S. history, which is likely to have ramifications for the economy, especially at the local level, according to economists.

The White House, with the help of Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency, has fired or offered buyouts to workers across the federal government, the nation's largest employer.

While the precise scale of the job cuts is as yet unclear, evidence suggests it's at least in the tens of thousands so far, economists...
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USAID placing thousands on administrative leave after judge ruling

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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All U.S. Agency for International Development direct hires deemed non-essential will be placed on administrative leave at 11:59 p.m. ET Sunday, according to an email sent from the Office of the Administrator and reviewed by CBS News.

Those being placed on leave — an estimated 4,200 staffers — would be notified by 5 p.m. Sunday, the email said. USAID is also resuming "voluntary Agency-funded return travel" for impacted employees overseas, according to the email.

USAID employs more than 10,000 people, according to the Congressional Research Service...
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80 years ago Marines raised flag over Iwo Jima in iconic moment

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On Feb. 23, 1945, six Marines teamed up for what would become one of the most iconic photos in American history.

Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi and worked together to push up an American flag, a moment that was captured by military photographers and later became an enduring symbol of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in World War II.

Marines initially invaded Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945, as part of the U.S. island-hopping campaign in the Pacific, and it took four days to gain the summit of Suribachi...
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Most USAID workers placed on leave, Trump administration says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Some 2,000 employees will also be laid-off in a "reduction in force" effort, according to an email sent to staff.
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Musk email to US government workers sparks confusion across agencies

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Some departments encouraged staff to respond, while others requested employees wait for further guidance.
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List weekly accomplishments or resign, Musk tells US federal workers

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The weekend email comes as Elon Musk leads an effort to aggressively curtail the government workforce.
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Full interview: Balázs Orbán, political director for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Watch Margaret Brennan's full interview with Balázs Orbán, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's political director, on February 21, 2025.
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