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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Will Tulsi Gabbard make a good director of national intelligence?

Another key member of President Donald Trump’s national security team was confirmed Wednesday. The Senate approved Trump’s nomination of Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democrat, to be the next director of national intelligence. She was sworn in inside the White House on Wednesday night. Gabbard’s nomination process was clouded by questions over her statements about Russia

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‘People are just flipping out’: Billions in federal funding remain frozen despite court orders to keep the taps open

By Jeremy Herb, Ella Nilsen, Rene Marsh and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Federal agencies across Washington are finding ways to keep funding frozen even after judges last month temporarily blocked the White House’s effort to pause trillions of dollars in federal assistance. FEMA has clawed back $80 million intended to help New York City

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83% of Americans say the president must honor Supreme Court rulings – even the divisive ones

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Even though most Americans don’t like some of the Supreme Court’s highest-profile recent decisions, a new poll Thursday found that a vast majority believe presidents must still honor them. Eighty-three percent of Americans believe a president is required to follow the Supreme Court’s rulings, according to a Marquette Law

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Scores of firings have begun at federal agencies

CNN By Rene Marsh and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Scores of firings have begun at federal agencies, with terminations of probationary employees underway at the Department of Education and the Small Business Administration, federal employees and union sources told CNN Wednesday. The firings mark the first from the Trump administration as President Donald Trump

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After Putin call, Trump says negotiations to end Ukraine war will start ‘immediately’

CNN By Kaitlan Collins and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said negotiations to end the Ukraine war will start “immediately” after holding a “lengthy and highly productive” telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday morning. The call, which is the first known conversation between the presidents since Trump assumed office

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USAID employees detail harrowing exits from DR Congo amid violence as Trump administration dismantles agency

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — US Agency for International Development employees this week recounted the panic they experienced in the days after they were ordered to return from their assignments in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Several employees, as part of a lawsuit filed Tuesday by a group representing the agency’s foreign service members,

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GOP hardliners threaten revolt over Johnson plan to implement Trump agenda

By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju and Ali Main, CNN Washington (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson’s budget plan is in trouble as multiple GOP hardliners seek last-minute changes that could risk support from the party’s centrist middle — jeopardizing leadership’s plans to kickstart President Donald Trump’s agenda in Congress. Just hours after the House GOP’s compromise

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After Putin call, Trump says negotiations to end Ukraine war will start ‘immediately’

By Kaitlan Collins and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said negotiations to end the Ukraine war will start “immediately” after holding a “lengthy and highly productive” telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday morning. The call, which is the first known conversation between the presidents since Trump assumed office last

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