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Updated Mar 20, 2025 - Business

Trump signs order to dismantle Education Department

Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 3
Updated Mar 20, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Musk and DOGE barred from accessing personal Social Security data by judge

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Mar 20, 2025 - Business

Buy now, pay later for ... your burger

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Three charged in arson attacks on Tesla properties

People participate in a "Tesla Takedown" protest against Elon Musk outside a Tesla dealership in Pasadena, California, March 8, 2025. US President Donald Trump's senior advisor Elon Musk is leading the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which has cut thousands of government jobs a

What to know about Education Secretary Linda McMahon

Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Education, testifies during her Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on February 13

Possible NOAA layoffs alarm broader weather forecasting community

Illustration of a broken thermometer with red mercury liquid in a puddle.
Column / Behind the Curtain

Behind the Curtain: Trump's mind control

Illustration of a c-clamp vise with the words "Make America Great Again" on it squeezing the Republican elephant logo

Georgetown University researcher detained by immigration authorities

Healy Hall, the flagship building of Georgetown University's main campus in Washington, DC, is seen on September 30, 2011.
Updated Mar 19, 2025 - Business

FBI investigating attacks targeting Tesla dealerships and cars

Burned Teslas are shown at a Tesla Collision Center after an individual used incendiary devices to set several vehicles on fire on March 18, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Updated Mar 19, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Hegseth vows to appeal judge's block on transgender troops ban efforts

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, appear during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on February 26, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Trump's anti-DEI purge is erasing these military legends

American military officers of the 369th Infantry Regiment - also known as the 'Harlem Hellfighters' - during the First World War, marching along a road near Maffrecourt, Marne, France, circa 1917. Although later reorganised as an Infantry Regiment, the regiment was originally formed as the 15th New
Mar 19, 2025 - World

U.S. once again hits new low in World Happiness Report

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