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State Department ‘Diversity’ Fellows Launched an Internal ‘Resistance’ Against Israel—and Blinken’s Staff Offered Them a Meeting, Emails Show

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‘We are frustrated by the exploitation of our diverse backgrounds as shields to deflect criticism away from the State Department,’ the fellows wrote (Getty Images) As the Biden administration grappled with internal unrest over its November 2023 decision to continue arming Israel, a group of State Department “diversity” fellows took the unusual step of authoring

Taxpayer-Funded Immigration Group Works To ‘Disrupt Trump’s Deportation Machine’

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Nonprofit aims to ‘stop Trump’s deportation dystopia’ L: Protesters from the Amica Center (X) R: Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) A pro-immigration group suing the Trump administration to unfreeze federal grants for immigration programs says its aim is to provide constitutionally protected due process rights for illegal aliens facing deportation. But the Amica Center for

William Byron wins Daytona 500 after Trump departs rain-delayed race

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After multiple rain delays that forced President Trump to leave the race before its conclusion, William Byron claimed his second straight Daytona 500 victory Sunday, surviving a string of late-race wrecks that knocked out a chunk of contenders and sent the Hendrick Motorsports driver into victory lane Sunday night at Daytona International Speedway. Ninth in

More federal workers expected to be laid off

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More federal workers expected to be laid off – CBS News Watch CBS News Thousands more federal workers are expected to be laid off next week as President Trump continues his effort to shrink the federal workforce. But his plans are facing dozens of lawsuits nationwide, with critics saying some of his administration’s actions are

Rubio meets with Netanyahu in Israel

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Rubio meets with Netanyahu in Israel – CBS News Watch CBS News Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel on Sunday to discuss Middle East policy. Rubio and Netanyahu appeared to signal they will move ahead with the controversial plan to try to move the entire population of

Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Permit Firing of Office of Special Counsel Chief

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Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger argues he may only be fired for misconduct. He says his termination letter cited no reason for the firing. The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 16 to allow it to fire the head of an agency that protects whistleblowers after lower courts said it could not. Special