Efforts to Arrange Trump–Putin Meeting Underway, Moscow Says

A meeting would mark the first time U.S. and Russian heads of state have sat down together since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022. Moscow is working to arrange a face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov announced on Feb. 22.

Pentagon Firing 5,400 Probationary Workers Starting Next Week

The defense department is looking to cut 5 percent to 8 percent of its civilian workforce. The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is set to fire thousands of workers as part of President Donald Trump’s push to make federal agencies more efficient and cut fiscal wastage. “The Department of Defense is re-evaluating our probationary workforce,

Burgum Calls on Governors to Quickly Generate More Energy Projects

Interior Secretary and former North Dakota governor says states, not federal agencies or Congress, will drive energy development under the new administration. President Donald Trump has launched an “all-of-government” regulatory reform blitz designed to trim permitting times for energy projects by half, not just for economic development, but for the United States to have robust