POLITICS

Trump’s DOGE executive order says Musk’s efforts will focus on IT

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President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order officially creating the Department of Government Efficiency, the cost-cutting initiative helmed by billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. The EO included fresh details about DOGE’s goals and structure, such as a mandate to upgrade the government’s IT systems.  Mr. Trump first announced DOGE in November with

Trump moves to revoke clearances for officials who signed Hunter Biden letter

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Washington — President Trump took executive action Monday to start revoking the security clearances of his former national security adviser, John Bolton, and dozens of intelligence officials who signed a letter in 2020 claiming emails found on a laptop owned by Hunter Biden bore the hallmarks of a Russian disinformation campaign. The executive action was

Trump claims U.S. “split the atom.” New Zealand says that’s false.

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A small town mayor in New Zealand has picked a nuclear fight with Donald Trump, after the freshly sworn-in U.S. president heaped praise on American scientists for splitting the atom. Mr. Trump’s inauguration address rattled off a list of crowning American feats such as ending slavery, launching into space, and the moment they “split the

Direction of Global Crises to Depend on Trump’s Next Steps, Russia’s Lavrov Says

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Trump and Putin have both expressed readiness to discuss means of resolving the conflict in Ukraine. The outcome of several international crises will depend on decisions made by the Trump administration, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. President Donald Trump returned to the White House on Jan. 20 for his second, albeit non-consecutive, four-year