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Zelenskyy Visits DC, Tate Brothers In Florida, USAID Standoff, AOC and DOJ

Foreign Aid Terminated, Migrants At Guantánamo, Legal Challenges To Federal Firings

House Budget Plan, DOGE Resignations, Battle Against Bird Flu

Federal Worker Email Confusion, UN On Ukraine, Colorado River, France Surgeon Trial

Federal Worker Confusion, European Leaders In DC, German Election, Greenpeace Lawsuit

Alternate Realities

Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons

Migrants Leave Guantanamo, Israeli Hostages Update, Changes at FEMA

Trump and Zelenskyy Feud, DOGE Savings Claims, Hamas Releases Four Hostage Bodies

Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

Ukraine Talks, U.S. Health Agency Cuts, NYC Mayor Eric Adams Fallout

Paris Emergency Summit, Marco Rubio in the Middle East, Trump's First Month

A Home But Not A Cure

The Future of Ukraine ... and a US Consumer Agency. More on Black Hawk Crash

Justice Department Shakeup, Guantanamo Migrants Lawsuit, Immigration Crackdown Poll

Migration and Trade with India, Trump and Putin Chat, Future of Education Department

Federal Worker Surveillance, Trump's Team In Europe, Elon Musk And Mars

Jordan's King In Washington, New Tariffs, NYC Mayor's Corruption Charges

Trump At The Superbowl, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Turmoil, Air Aid To Gaza

When Chatbots Play Human