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Leader of the Department of Government Efficiency Elon Musk wears a shirt that says "Tech Support" as he speaks during the first cabinet meeting of US President Donald Trump's second term. JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Former DOGE employee: work could 'cross extreme ethical and legal lines'

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Wednesday

France s President Emmanuel Macron, US president-elect Donald Trump and Ukraine s President Volodymyr Zelensky after a meeting at The Elysee Palace in Paris in December of last year. MATHILDE KACZKOWSKI/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Is there a deal to end Russia's war with Ukraine?

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Tuesday

Naaja Nathanielsen poses for a portrait in her office in Nuuk, Greenland on Feb. 20, 2025. Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption

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The view from Greenland: 'We don't want to be Americans'

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Monday

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Brown Jr. listens to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth answer reporters' questions before a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this month. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Are Trump's military picks based on merit or loyalty?

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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (center) speaks with German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (right) and Finland's defense minister, Antti Hakkanen, at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday. Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP hide caption

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Wednesday

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein (L) in the Oval Office. The meeting comes as Trump has proposed that the United States take an ownership position of Gaza. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption

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Trump says the U.S. will 'own' Gaza — what that could mean for the Middle East

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Children play with stones at an Afghan refugees camp on Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, N.J., in 2021. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption

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Hundreds laid off, thousands of refugees risk losing benefits during federal pause

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Newly sworn-in Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard shakes hands with President Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption

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A Ukrainian tank passes by a burning car near the Russian-Ukrainian border, Sumy region, Ukraine, on Aug. 14, 2024. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP hide caption

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HEGSETH PLEDGES US SUPPORT TO NATO AND UKRAINE

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Tuesday

Former national security adviser John Bolton sees Greenland as an issue of "critical importance" to U.S. security. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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Former Ambassador on US Greenland ambitions - Mix KZ

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