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Feb 25, 2025 - Business

Tooth fairy payouts drop to lowest rate in years

About half of federal workforce answered Musk email, WH says

Elon Musk all in black

New data show deadly police encounters hit decade-high in 2024

Donna Massey, the mother of shooting victim Sonya Massey, wipes away tears during a press conference at New Mount Pilgrim Church on July 30, 2024 in Chicago.

"Donations can't fill the gap": Nonprofits support local partners through USAID upheaval

Photo illustration of a group of people receiving USAID boxes, but the box shapes are made out of dotted lines.
Updated Feb 25, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump says Zelensky to visit White House Friday to sign minerals deal

A woman cycles past with her dog as bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025 in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine.

Trump's latest tariff target is copper

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DOGE workers quit, refuse to "dismantle public services" on Musk's orders

Elon Musk sits on a stage at CPAC wearing sunglasses and a hat.

Mike Johnson struggles to contain a GOP budget revolt

Mike Johnson, wearing a blue suit and raising both his hands in front of a blue flag.
Feb 25, 2025 - Business

What to know about the Feb. 28 "economic blackout"

Illustration of hands holding picket signs made from shopping bags.

Kremlin contradicts Trump's claim on peacekeeping forces in Ukraine

Donald Trump listens as French President Emmanuel Macron answers a reporter's question in the Oval Office at the White House on February 24,
Column / Behind the Curtain

Behind the Curtain: Hard truths about Trump budget cuts

Elon Musk and President Trump speak on Marine One after landing on the White House South Lawn last week. Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Elon Musk's DOGE efforts hit a brick wall

Animated illustration of the word DOGE changing into the word NOPE, with a no-sign bar added to the O.

Texas, Mississippi have the most detained immigrants

What's behind Trump's views on Ukraine and Russia

Photo illustration of a collage featuring Donald Trump in red, beige, and blue, next to a scene of Ukrainian soldiers training in the Donetsk region in beige, blue, and yellow.

Workplace chat's future: more AI agents, fewer humans

Illustration of a robot head wearing a headset on the body of a human in a business suit.

Federal watchdog Trump wants to oust tries to stop probationary staff firings

President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in the East Room at the White House on February 24, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Mars once featured "vacation-style" beaches, study suggests

In this handout image provided by NASA, the first high-resolution, color image to be sent back by the Hazard Cameras (Hazcams) on the underside of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover after its landing in the area known as Jezero crater on February 18, 2021 on the planet Mars.

Mike Johnson boxed in by House GOP defectors on "big, beautiful bill"

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Updated Feb 24, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Macron says alongside Trump peace "must not mean a surrender of Ukraine"

President Donald Trump (L) greets French President Emmanuel Macron as he arrives at the White House for a meeting on February 24, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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