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White House tells agencies to draft mass firing plans ahead of potential shutdown
The White House is telling agencies to prepare large-scale firings of federal workers if the government shuts down next week. Source link
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Court upholds Trump's power to cancel Biden's mass 'parole' for illegal immigrants
A federal appeals court said that President Trump likely has the power to revoke Biden-era "parole" programs that had granted illegal…
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Republicans Want To Scare You Off Mass Transit. Cars Are Scarier.
Duffy’s argument isn’t subtle: Use mass transit, and you’ll get yourself killed. There’s just one problem: He couldn’t be more wrong.…
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Ukraine's strikingly cost-efficient drones are getting the $7 billion boost they need for mass production
Europe says it's investing $7 billion into Ukraine's increasingly famed drone industry. It comes after Ukraine's defense minister…
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Mass evacuations in Pakistan’s flooded Punjab hit 300,000 in 48 hours
Nearly 300,000 people have been evacuated in the past 48 hours from flood-hit areas of Pakistan’s Punjab province following the latest…
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'Time to intensify efforts': Hadash Party backs mass protest against Gaza starvation in Tel Aviv
Thousands of peace activists will stand together, participating in an anti-war, anti-hunger protest in Tel Aviv backed by the Hadash Arab…
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Iraq starts mass grave excavation from ISIL (ISIS) carnage south of Mosul
Iraqi officials have begun the excavation of what is believed to be a mass grave left behind by ISIL (ISIS) during its years of carnage…
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After mass arrests, what happens next with Palestine Action ban?
The pictures from last week's sit-in protest in Parliament Square over the banned group Palestine Action were unprecedented. As…
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Trump Gutted Gun Violence Funding in Time for Mass Shooting Summer
Michael Feinberg, who left the bureau in June after 15 years, claimed he was denied a promotion after he decided to maintain ties with his…
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Video shows Kenya protests, not mass runaways from Cambodia's internet sweatshops
Cambodian authorities arrested thousands in raids on internet scam compounds in July, but a video showing people running along a highway…
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More than 100 humanitarian groups warn of mass starvation in Gaza
More than 100 international aid organisations and human rights groups are warning of mass starvation in Gaza and pressing for governments…
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Mexico City plans to tackle gentrification after protests against mass tourism
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexico City government on Wednesday announced a preliminary plan to deal with gentrification, a week after a fierce…
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Can the courts stop Trump's mass immigration arrests around L.A.? Here is what we know
There have been numerous legal challenges to President Trump’s immigration sweeps across California that have led to at least 3,000…
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KBJ Rips “Senseless” Supreme Court Decision on Trump’s Mass Firings
The world’s richest man is not happy with how the Trump administration is handling the Epstein files. Elon Musk has gone scorched earth on…
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Supreme Court OKs Trump's mass layoffs of federal employees across more than a dozen agencies
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for the Trump administration to lay off tens of thousands of federal employees and…
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Leadership shakeups at agency tasked with carrying out Trump's mass deportations agenda
The agency tasked with carrying out President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign is undergoing a major staff reorganization. Source…
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Namibia holds its first genocide remembrance day to mark mass killings by colonial ruler Germany
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia marked the mass killings of Indigenous people in the early 20th century by former colonial ruler Germany…
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Philadelphia mass shooting leaves two dead, multiple injured: What to know
By Jordan King is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her current focus is on religion, health, food safety and population. She has…
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Supreme Court asked to allow Trump administration to restart mass firings of federal workers
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to break a lower court's hold on President Trump's mass firing of federal workers…
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Libya Throws Huge, Dangerous Wrench in Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan
President Donald Trump is planning to send a planeful of deportees to Libya—but both of Libya’s governments say they won’t take them, The…
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The Latin Mass Is a Problem for the Conclave
It concerns a tiny minority of Catholics, and yet, in some ways, it is symbolic of the biggest debate in the church. Source link
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Polygamy and pageantry on display at a mass wedding in South Africa
The bride, Evelyn Sekgalakane, sparkled in white as she walked down the aisle hand-in-hand with Shirley Molala, who was about to become…
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Mass food poisonings cast shadow over Indonesia's free school meals
Indonesia is on an ambitious mission to offer free meals to 80 million school children - but that hasn't exactly gone according to plan.…
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Trump Finds Another Country to Accept His Mass Deportations
The U.S. government is reportedly preparing to deport immigrants to Rwanda who can’t be sent back to their country of origin due to fears…