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During talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House, Donald Trump insisted that Vladimir Putin would “keep his promise” to a peace deal with Ukraine.
Trump argues that American workers extracting critical minerals in the country will serve as a security backstage to stop Russia’s re-invasion.
But Trump’s sitting in the Oval Office raised questions, and Trump refused to promise to deploy U.S. troops to support European-led peacekeeping forces, although he said the U.S. will “always” help the British military “when it’s unlikely to be needed.
Trump also praised Starmer’s “very hard” lobbying and recommended Britain exemption from U.S. tariffs.
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After Starmer, who will visit today? Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine expects to sign a rare earth mineral deal during his visit to the White House, although Trump said the deal would not provide a lot of security guarantees for Kiev.
Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s massive shooting at federal agencies
A federal judge in California temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ordering the U.S. Department of Defense and other agencies to conduct mass shootings.
U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup said yesterday in San Francisco that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) lacks the power to order federal agencies to fire any workers, including probation employees.
ALSUP ordered OPM, the federal agency, the Department of Human Resources, to revoke email guidance agencies sent on January 20 and February 14 to identify probation employees who should be fired.
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What is the judge’s comment on the impact of layoffs? He suggested they would cause widespread harm, including cutting national park services, scientific research and services to veterans.
Police search for answers after Gene Hackman and his wife find dead at home
Investigators in Santa Fe, New Mexico, continue to seek answers after Gene Hackman and his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their home in suspicious circumstances.
A maintenance worker found the couple’s body, along with one of the dogs, at their home on Wednesday. The front door is open. The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office said there was no sign of foul or there was no obvious evidence of gas leaks or carbon monoxide poisoning.
The search warrant shows that Hackman and Arakawa had been dead for some time before they found their bodies because Arakawa’s body “is in a decomposition state, with swollen faces and mummified hands and feet.”
In other news…
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Marty Baron, former editor of the Washington Post Jeff Bezos announces that the newspaper’s comments section will narrow its editorial focus It is “the idea of betrayal of free expression”.
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Doug Ford have Announce victory In his campaign for Ontario Prime MinisterCanada’s most populous province, After campaigning for Trump’s threat to tariffs.
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James Cameron says he is free from becoming a New Zealand citizensaying that the United States under Trump is “good enough to stay away from everything.”
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Mexico has extraditioned 29 senior organized crime operators to the United States As it faces enormous pressure from the Trump administration, it is asking it to show that it is addressing fentanyl trafficking.
Daily Data: Doordash Will Repay $16.75 million in Bag Tips to Delivery Workers to New York
Delivery platform Doordash paid $16.75 million to resolve an investigation conducted by New York authorities that accused the company of using customer tips to subsidize workers’ basic wages. Doordash encourages customers to tip at checkout, claiming that 100% of the trick will be given to workers. The settlement includes $16.75 million in workers’ compensation. Some workers may receive up to $14,000.
Don’t miss this: How did they change their minds before – “I really made a mistake”
The anti-VAX movement first emerged in the mid-19th century in response to the mandatory smallpox vaccination law. This shift has accelerated in recent years due to mistrust of healthcare institutions, anxiety of common 199 and misinformation on social media. But can the sharing of real-life stories fight this? Some researchers believe, and believe that personal stories are more convincing than facts alone.
Climate Check: COP16 countries reach crucial deal despite global tensions
Delegates from around the world cheered the last GASP deal to develop funds to protect nature, a deadlock broke out in the United Nations negotiations, a test of international cooperation in the face of geopolitical tensions. The rich and developing countries raised and delivered billions of dollars needed to protect species at the Rome conference, overcame the huge compromise at last year’s conference in Cali County, Colombia. However, the United States did not participate.
One last thing: Mercury falls into a rare seven interstellar alignment
On the last day of February, on the last day known as the Planet Parade, the seven planets appear to be in aligned in the night sky – when several planets seemed to be lined up immediately in the night sky. This incident is rare: the next one won’t happen until 2040.
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