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Exclusive | White House Changes Federal Contracting Rules to Eliminate DEI Considerations  The Wall Street Journal

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country won’t accept any outcome from this week’s talks if Kyiv doesn’t take part.

The two sides met in Saudi Arabia for their most extensive discussions in years. In addition to Ukraine, business ties are on the table.

White House says Elon Musk is not part of DOGE  The Hill

Judge orders Mayor Eric Adams, DOJ lawyers to appear in court to explain case dismissal request  CNBC Judge calls prosecutors into court to explain reasons for abandoning Eric Adams case  POLITICO Eric Adams, Trump and a New York story that’s stress-testing the

Trump’s firings strike the nation’s health agencies  The Washington Post Trump administration fires thousands for ‘performance’ without evidence, in messy rush  The Washington Post Tax enforcers, rocket scientists, bank regulators fired as Trump slashes federal workforce  Reuters Health agencies lose staff members in

The talks build on last week’s phone call between President Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin during which the two leaders agreed to work together towards a negotiated end to the war. (Image credit: Evelyn Hockstein/AP)

DEIR MIMAS, Lebanon — Israeli forces withdrew Tuesday from border villages in southern Lebanon under a deadline spelled out in a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement that ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, but stayed put in five strategic overlook locations inside Lebanon.

The Vatican has cancelled Pope Francis’s weekend engagements as the elderly pontiff battles a “complex” respiratory infection.

by Clement Melki and Alice Ritchie Pope Francis breakfasted and read the papers as usual on Tuesday on his fifth day in hospital but appears no closer to being discharged, with the Vatican cancelling his weekend events. The 88-year-old was