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President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to eliminate a Biden administration diversity initiative at the State Department that removed barriers to employment for underrepresented groups. The order directed the State Department to remove the “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility” Core Precept from Foreign Service tenure and promotion criteria, The Hill reported. The order further…
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The Trump administration announced Friday night that Colleen Shogan, archivist of the United States, has been dismissed. “At the direction of @realDonaldTrump the Archivist of the United States has been dismissed tonight. We thank Colleen Shogan for her service,” Sergio Gor, director of the Presidential Personnel Office, said in a post to X. The move was expected.…
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President Trump sat down Wednesday with Fox News host and ally Sean Hannity for his first one-on-one interview since returning to the White House for his second term. Trump has taken questions from reporters on each of his first three days in office, including the Hannity interview. In his prime time with Hannity, the president…
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President Donald Trump expressed his appreciation on Tuesday for the letter former President Joe Biden left him in the Resolute Desk. “It was a very nice letter. I could show it because I think it was a nice letter,” Trump said, according to The Hill. “It was a little bit of an inspirational type of letter.…
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday pledged to defend the country’s independence and sovereignty in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order to change the name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. “For us, it is still the Gulf of Mexico, as it is for the rest of the world,” Sheinbaum…
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A sweeping 2022 law, touted by President Joe Biden as a way to revive U.S. manufacturing of semiconductors and reduce the country’s reliance on foreign-made computer chips, will “sharply increase production’’ of semiconductors in the United States. But it will do so at a high cost and might not deliver the best bang for the…
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Top advisers to U.S. President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump put aside their differences – mostly – for a symbolic “passing of the torch” event focused on national security issues on Tuesday. Biden national security adviser Jake Sullivan passed a ceremonial baton to U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz, Trump’s pick for the same job, in…
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There is still a “long way to go” in the battle to contain all fires in LA, President Joe Biden has said. During a briefing at the White House, the president described the fires as the “worst in California history”. While progress has been made, the winds fanning the flames could remain a threat for…
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Some new lines are now coming from the White House, with Joe Biden vowing the government will cover the full cost of firefighting in LA for the next 180 days. NBC News reports tht the president said Governor Gavin Newsom requested an increase in funding this morning. Viral videos available online show the moment Mr…
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Joe Biden is set to sanction more Russian oil tankers in the dying days of his administration, according to sources cited by the Reuters news agency. “It’s a very substantial package. Two Russian oil companies, more than 100 tankers, oil traders, Russian insurance companies etc,” one of the officials said, without naming the entities. It…
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A massive winter storm moving across the United States will not keep the U.S. Congress from meeting on Monday to formally certify Republican Donald Trump’s election as president, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Sunday. “The Electoral Count Act requires this on January 6 at 1 p.m. – so, whether we’re in a blizzard…
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The New York judge presiding over President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money case on Friday set sentencing for 10 days before his January 20 inauguration and said he was not inclined to impose jail time. Judge Juan Merchan said Trump, the first former president ever convicted of a crime, can appear either in person or virtually…
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The 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, passed peacefully away at the age of 100 at his home in Plains, Georgia, surrounded by family on Sunday. “Today, America and the world lost an extraordinary leader, statesman, and humanitarian,” President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden said in a joint statement. “Over six decades,…
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In case you missed it, Joe Biden has asked his defence team to continue its surge of weapons deliveries to Ukraine. After condemning Russia’s Christmas Day attack, Biden said he has already responded by reaffirming Washington’s commitment to Ukraine’s defence. “The purpose of this outrageous attack was to cut off the Ukrainian people’s access to…
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