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Pentagon restores a few webpages honoring servicemembers but still defends DEI purge

By LEAH WILLINGHAM, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and TARA COPP
Updated 8:15 PM CDT, March 17, 2025

The Pentagon said Monday that internet pages honoring a Black Medal of Honor winner and Japanese American service members were mistakenly taken down — but staunchly defended its overall campaign to strip out content singling out the contributions by women and minority groups, which the Trump administration considers “DEI.”

A Defense Department webpage honoring Black Medal of Honor recipient Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers was taken down last week. The department actually temporarily changed the web address to insert “deimedal-of-honor”, which then led to a “404 - Page not found” message, according to a screenshot captured by the Internet Archive on March 15.

A U.S. official said the website was mistakenly taken down during an automated removal process.

But it’s not the only one. Thousands of pages honoring contributions by women and minority groups have been taken down in efforts to delete material promoting diversity, equity and inclusion — a step that Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell defended at a briefing Monday.

“I think the president and the secretary have been very clear on this — that anybody that says in the Department of Defense that diversity is our strength is, is frankly, incorrect,” Parnell said. “Our shared purpose and unity are our strength. And I say this as somebody who led a combat platoon in Afghanistan that was probably the most diverse platoon that you could possibly imagine.” ...

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Trump says he'll speak with Putin in call to push for truce in Ukraine

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump said he will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday about the final points of a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said many "elements" of the Final Agreement" have been agreed to "but much remains."

"Thousands of young soldiers, and others, are being killed. Each week brings 2,500 soldier deaths, from both sides, and it must end NOW," Trump wrote. "I look very much forward to the call with President Putin."

TRUMP, PUTIN CALL EXPECTED THIS WEEK, AS ADMIN EDGES CLOSER...
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Israel conducting 'extensive strikes' on the Gaza Strip

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Hamas-run Civil Defence agency says that at least 34 Palestinians have been killed.
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Germany set to vote on historic increase in defence spending

  • News source: BBC News - World
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German MPs could pave the way for huge investments to defend Europe against a threatening Russia.
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Angry protests after North Macedonia nightclub disaster

  • News source: BBC News - World
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People in Kocani blame corruption after 59 people - many of them teenagers - died in a nightclub inferno.
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Lithuania accuses Russia over Ikea store fire in Vilnius

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Nato allies believe Russia is running sabotage operations to undermine European support for Ukraine.
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Local hero or Russian ally? The billionaire dividing Georgians

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Some adore Bidzina Ivanishvili for defending Georgian traditions. Others see him as a Russian ally.
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HHS appears to delete Surgeon General gun violence advisory webpage

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The HHS appears to have taken down a webpage from the Office of the Surgeon General that included an advisory on gun violence being a "public health crisis" in the U.S.
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Political geography: quarrelling NYC neighbors a country mile apart on Trump-era policy

  • News source: FOX News
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., reside just a few blocks from one another as you traverse from Prospect Heights to Park Slope in Brooklyn.

But political observers suspect there’s practically a bridge of political distance spanning between the two Brooklyn Democrats now. Schumer decided to help Republicans break a filibuster and forestall a government shutdown last week. Schumer’s decision triggered howls of derision from House Democrats who were practically unified in their opposition...
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Trump revokes Secret Service protection for adult Biden children Hunter and Ashley

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump on Monday announced that former President Joe Biden's adult children will no longer receive U.S. Secret Service protection.

In a Truth Social post, Trump remarked that Hunter Biden has received Secret Service protection for an "extended period of time."

"There are as many as 18 people on this Detail, which is ridiculous!" Trump wrote. "Please be advised that, effective immediately, Hunter Biden will no longer receive Secret Service protection."

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Reporter's Notebook: Economic turbulence

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump has promised a little light turbulence. "A little bit of an adjustment period," is what he called it in the joint address to Congress. Consumers are feeling something different. John Dickerson explains.
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Due process concerns for immigrants deported for alleged gang membership

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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More than 130 Venezuelan migrants were expelled from the U.S. under the 227-year-old "Alien Enemies Act." A federal judge tried to block it, but the White House says the planes carrying them had already taken off for El Salvador. Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more. Then, Jessica Levinson joins with analysis.
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Judge demands to know why order redirecting deportation flights was ignored

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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A federal judge admonished the Justice Department Monday for disobeying his order to turn around two planes en route to El Salvador that were carrying alleged Tren de Aragua gang members. He also demanded explanations about removal flights ordered since President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act Saturday.

During a hearing on the Trump administration's compliance with his order, D.C District Chief Judge James Boasberg demanded answers by Tuesday at noon to clarify what occurred Saturday — both before and after he blocked the government's removal...
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White House defends decision to deport alleged gang members amid legal fight

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Over the weekend, the Trump administration cited a rarely-used 18th-century law to justify the deportations of suspected gang members. As Ed O'Keefe reports, the president's moves sparked a legal fight where minutes mattered.
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Voice of America director says Trump's dismantling of agency is "self-inflicted blow"

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Voice of America, the government-funded news agency launched during World War II to counter Nazi propaganda, stopped broadcasting over the weekend after its employees were put on leave or terminated by the Trump administration. Nancy Cordes spoke with director Michael Abramowitz, who warns that the agency's dismantling could pave the way for America's adversaries to have greater influence abroad.
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Israel conducts 'extensive strikes' in Gaza as Netanyahu calls for increased force

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Israel Defense Forces are conducting a series of "extensive strikes" throughout the Gaza Strip overnight on Tuesday local time, officials said in a statement.
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