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Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government

The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.

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Makena Kelly

Elon Musk Ally Tells Staff 'AI-First' Is the Future of Key Government Agency

Sources say the former Tesla engineer now in charge of the Technology Transformation Services wants an agency that operates like a “startup software company."

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Kalyn Kahler

Goodell: NFL 'better' because of diversity efforts

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said he doesn't believe the NFL's policies to promote diversity are in conflict with the Trump administration's efforts to ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government.

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What is USAID and why is Elon Musk trying to kill it?

During the early morning of Monday, Feb. 3, protesters flooded the Washington, D.C. street that marks the entrance to the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The group wasn't trying to enter the federal premises in a violent takeover, but rather act as a wall of defense between the government agency and a directive to cease the organization's work as a matter of fiduciary foresight. Later that afternoon, the USAID office shut down. The official USAID website is no longer available.

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30 Affordable Beauty Products So Good You’ll Think You Hallucinated The Price

People will think you're lying when you tell them you got this magic collagen hair mask for under $10.

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MLB fires ump Hoberg for shared betting account

MLB fired umpire Pat Hoberg for "sharing" legal gambling accounts with a poker player who bet on baseball. MLB said there was no evidence Hoberg bet on baseball himself.

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33 Products That’ll Really And Truly Help You During The Work Day

A monitor attachment for your sticky notes and retro-style keyboard is exactly what you're missing — just saying.

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Ana Swanson

Trump Wields U.S. Power With Unclear Economic Consequences

The president is right that the economy is a powerful lever against other countries but his tactics could have widespread economic repercussions.

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Noa Dalzell

3 big winners, 2 losers from WNBA free agency (so far)

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The Indiana Fever and Phoenix Mercury come out on top, while the Connecticut Sun overhaul their roster.

The entire WNBA landscape has dramatically shifted over the past 10 days, with some of the league’s top players switching teams (shoutout Alyssa Thomas, Kelsey Plum, Jewell Loyd, and Satou Sabally) and some teams completely resetting their rosters, like the Connecticut Sun and the Phoenix Mercury.

Rosters still aren’t set ahead of next...

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Mark Schofield

Even Duolingo is dunking on the Mavericks for the Luka Doncic trade

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When Duo the owl is dunking on you, you know you really messed up

Everyone in the NBA world, and really the sports world writ large, is still trying to come to terms with the stunning trade of Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. In a deal that was announced after midnight on the East Coast on Saturday night, the Dallas Mavericks sent Doncic to the Lakers as part of a three-team trade, with the Mavericks acquiring Anthony Davis as part of the...

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Save $50 on the compact Sonos Era 100 smart speaker

SAVE $50: The Sonos Era 100 smart speaker is on sale at Amazon for $199, down from the typical price of $249. That's a 20% discount.

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Nearly one million Discord users exposed in third-party app data breach

Nearly one million Discord users just had their account details – including usernames, IP addresses, and Discord IDs – exposed in a hacking forum.

However, Discord, the popular chat room service, doesn't appear to have suffered from a data breach directly. Instead, a third-party backup solution known as RestoreCord has been breached.

As first noticed by cybersecurity website Leakd, a file containing a massive leak of Discord user data was posted freely on a popular hacking forum called...

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USAID website shut down as Musk kills humanitarian aid agency

As DOGE head Elon Musk works to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID's official website has gone dark.

Following Musk's threats to kill the office in charge of distributing foreign aid — including humanitarian allotments — Musk officially announced on Monday that President Trump had signed off on his so-called cost-cutting measures involving the agency, immediately shutting down the office and reportedly instructing security officers to stop federal employees...

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Benjamin Oreskes

N.Y. Moves to Shield Doctors Who Send Abortion Pills to States With Bans

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill meant to protect medical practitioners in New York who prescribe and send abortion pills out of state.

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Charlie Savage

Judge Says She Will Further Block White House Spending Freeze

The statement, along with a similar order from Friday, amounted to a rebuke of the move as an overreach that likely lacked legitimate authority.

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Patricia Cohen

After Tariff Fight With Canada and Mexico, Trump’s Next Target Is Europe

The president’s threats to slap duties on goods imported from the European Union are part of a pattern of directing the harshest penalties at the United States’ closest allies.

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James Dator

New details emerge on Saints helping cover up Catholic church’s sexual abuse

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Years of fighting in court resulted in the emails being released.

For years the New Orleans Saints have worked to suppress information about its extraordinary relationship with the Catholic Church, and now everything is spilling out on the week the city is hosting the Super Bowl.

In a court battle that has lasted four years, previously unseen emails were made public between the Saints and the Archdiocese of New Orleans detailing extensive...

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Joseph Goldstein

N.Y. Attorney General Warns Hospitals Against Canceling Transgender Care

A White House executive order last week threatened to pull federal funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care. But not providing the care could violate state law, Letitia James said in a letter on Monday.

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