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"After the service, the family carefully placed a photo of Hertweck in his military uniform on the ground amid the thousands of mementos honoring other fallen troops and slowly walked away..."
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Ukraine honors foreign fighters, Americans, as nation’s future on the brink
A family travels to Kyiv to bring home their Marine son who fell in the battle for Avdiivka as Trump and Zelensky meet over Ukraine’s future at the White House.
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March 2, 2025 at 5:56 AM
"After the service, the family carefully placed a photo of Hertweck in his military uniform on the ground amid the thousands of mementos honoring other fallen troops and slowly walked away..."
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EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.
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Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning
The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News.
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February 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.
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BREAKING: Two sources tell @theprospect.bsky.social that the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration has asked for a plan for cuts to 50% of the workforce, including at the 1,200 field offices that serve millions of beneficiaries.
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Social Security Administration Could Cut Half Its Workforce
Sources tell the Prospect that a meeting called for a 50 percent reduction in an agency that millions rely on for benefit implementation.
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February 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
BREAKING: Two sources tell @theprospect.bsky.social that the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration has asked for a plan for cuts to 50% of the workforce, including at the 1,200 field offices that serve millions of beneficiaries.
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Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it.
February 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it.
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The large clinical trial of a new Covid vaccine pill (not shot) was halted by RFK Jr www.aol.com/multimillion...
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
Multimillion-dollar Biden-era COVID-19 vax project halted by Trump’s HHS
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. paused a $240 million contract to create a new coronavirus vaccine.
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February 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The large clinical trial of a new Covid vaccine pill (not shot) was halted by RFK Jr www.aol.com/multimillion...
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
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The moment in the cabinet meeting where RFK Jr, acting as the actual head of HHS was asked to respond to a deadly measles outbreak caused by vaccine refusal was one of those out-of-body, waking nightmare moments of the Trump era.
February 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The moment in the cabinet meeting where RFK Jr, acting as the actual head of HHS was asked to respond to a deadly measles outbreak caused by vaccine refusal was one of those out-of-body, waking nightmare moments of the Trump era.
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staggering spending in Wisconsin: a group tied to Elon Musk has spent more than $2 million just in the last week to help conservatives take back the state supreme court.
(The election is April 1.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
Background from Bolts on the race: boltsmag.org/wisconsin-20...
(The election is April 1.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
Background from Bolts on the race: boltsmag.org/wisconsin-20...
February 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
staggering spending in Wisconsin: a group tied to Elon Musk has spent more than $2 million just in the last week to help conservatives take back the state supreme court.
(The election is April 1.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
Background from Bolts on the race: boltsmag.org/wisconsin-20...
(The election is April 1.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
Background from Bolts on the race: boltsmag.org/wisconsin-20...
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Merit Systems Protection Board swiftly upholds finding that firing of some probationary employees was illegal. Case is about six employees but could affect many more. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
February 26, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Merit Systems Protection Board swiftly upholds finding that firing of some probationary employees was illegal. Case is about six employees but could affect many more. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
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Instead of cutting costs for you, Republicans are cutting taxes for the wealthy.
Instead of helping families afford child care, they’re helping Elon Musk access your personal data.
Instead of making it easier to buy a home, they’re trying to buy Greenland.
Instead of helping families afford child care, they’re helping Elon Musk access your personal data.
Instead of making it easier to buy a home, they’re trying to buy Greenland.
February 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Instead of cutting costs for you, Republicans are cutting taxes for the wealthy.
Instead of helping families afford child care, they’re helping Elon Musk access your personal data.
Instead of making it easier to buy a home, they’re trying to buy Greenland.
Instead of helping families afford child care, they’re helping Elon Musk access your personal data.
Instead of making it easier to buy a home, they’re trying to buy Greenland.
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musk's private security deputized by u.s. marshals service -- potentially clearing the way for his personal bodyguards to be carrying weapons on federal grounds.
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February 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
musk's private security deputized by u.s. marshals service -- potentially clearing the way for his personal bodyguards to be carrying weapons on federal grounds.
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February 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans:
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Infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds
Increases in infant mortality have been found in U.S. states that enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling that guaranteed a right to the procedure, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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February 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans:
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"USAID workers and their families abroad had no agency help in fleeing after looters overran their homes in Kinshasa..."
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USAID staffers describe colleagues abandoned in violence in Congo as DOGE ends assistance programs
Newly filed affidavits of U.S. Agency for International Development workers describe a lieutenant of Trump ally Elon Musk and other outsiders directing the immediate termination of hundreds of U.S. ai...
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February 13, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"USAID workers and their families abroad had no agency help in fleeing after looters overran their homes in Kinshasa..."
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"Texas authorities arrested a Jan. 6 rioter recently pardoned by President Trump on Thursday for online solicitation of a minor..."
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February 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
"Texas authorities arrested a Jan. 6 rioter recently pardoned by President Trump on Thursday for online solicitation of a minor..."
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