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I thought I could take this down after the election, apparently not.

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During a heated Oval Office meeting, Trump berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, demanding he accept a peace deal with Russia or lose U.S. support.

Trump repeatedly cut Zelenskiy off, accused him of lacking gratitude, and defended Russian President Vladimir Putin. He also ranted about past U.S. elections and personal grievances.

Following the meeting, Trump posted on Truth Social, claiming Zelenskiy “is not ready for peace.”

The U.S. and Russia recently held talks without Ukraine, raising concerns over sidelining Kyiv in negotiations.

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Democratic lawmakers rushed to defend Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the Ukrainian leader was publicly berated by Donald Trump in a disastrous Oval Office meeting.

The US president accused Zelenskyy of “gambling with world war three” while his vice-president, JD Vance, called the Ukrainian leader “disrespectful”, before cutting short talks aimed at kicking off the process of ending Kyiv’s three-year war with Russia.

Zelenskyy abruptly left the White House soon after without signing a rare critical minerals deal with the US that Trump has said is the first step toward a ceasefire agreement that he is seeking to broker between Russia and Ukraine.

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Completely embarrassing behavior and lack of any situational awareness from Trump and Vance.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 35-year-old veteran lawmaker, spoke to NPR about her party’s path forward.

She predicts Republicans will face backlash over Medicaid cuts and federal worker firings.

Despite some Democrats suggesting a new immigration approach post-election, she maintains support for a path to citizenship and recently held a know-your-rights seminar that drew threats of investigation from Trump's border czar Tom Homan.

AOC told NPR "everything feels increasingly like a scam" for ordinary Americans while government serves the wealthy well.

Unlike Trump, she opposes drastically cutting government agencies but questions programs like Medicare Advantage.

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Tesla investors, frustrated by the stock’s decline, are demanding accountability from Elon Musk, who recently illegally demanded federal employees justify their paychecks.

Shareholders took to Musk’s social media platform X, asking him to similar list his contributions to Tesla.

The stock has fallen for six straight sessions, underperforming the Nasdaq.

Meanwhile, Musk faced backlash for overstepping in government affairs, forcing Trump to smooth tensions.

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Former Washington Post editor Marty Baron condemned Jeff Bezos’s decision to narrow the paper’s opinion section, calling it a “betrayal of free expression.”

Bezos announced only pro-“personal liberties” and “free markets” views would be allowed, prompting the resignation of opinions editor David Shipley.

Baron suggested Bezos is appeasing Trump to repair relations, citing past actions like Amazon’s donation to Trump’s inaugural fund.

He warned the move contradicts the Post’s mission and will make its opinion section “exceptionally dull,” but praised the newsroom’s continued journalistic excellence.

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Hundreds of NOAA employees, including National Weather Service meteorologists, were fired Thursday as part of Elon Musk’s cuts to the federal workforce under Trump.

The layoffs, affecting up to 10% of NOAA’s workforce, targeted probationary employees.

Lawmakers and experts condemned the cuts, warning they will jeopardize public safety and disaster preparedness.

Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) called the firings “unconscionable,” while climate scientists warned they would weaken the country’s ability to respond to extreme weather and climate disasters.

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In 28/2/2023, at Tempi, 57 people lost their lives because trains in Greece lack the required equipment and personnel to operate safely.

Since then, the government has been tirelessly trying to make people believe that they are overreacting, in many cases completely disrespecting the families telling bullshit in the news channels. Such recent example was our Minister for Health, Adonis Georgiadis, saying that those families mostly care about the money from the compensations.

Today, I am proud that people all around the world have gotten to know about the tragedy and are trying to spread the message.

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Attorney General Bondi released 200 Epstein documents (flight logs, redacted associates) while accusing FBI's NY office of withholding evidence. The disclosure exposed interagency conflicts with FBI Director Patel over transparency protocols, prioritizing procedural facades over substantive revelations.

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Federal Judge William Alsup ordered the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to rescind its January and February memos directing mass firing of probationary federal employees, ruling them "illegal."

Alsup declared OPM "has no authority to tell any agency... who they can hire and who they can fire," and ordered OPM to notify the Department of Defense immediately.

Though the ruling doesn't automatically reinstate dismissed workers, union leaders called it "an important initial victory."

Acting OPM Director Charles Ezell will testify at an upcoming hearing. The directives could have affected hundreds of thousands of government employees.

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