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Pentagon is cutting up to 60,000 civilian jobs, administration aims for at least 5 percent total reduction

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

The official said Tuesday that to reach the goal of a 5 percent to 8 percent cut in a civilian workforce of more than 900,000, the department aims to cut another 6,000 positions a month by simply not replacing workers…

Hong Kong’s leader takes swipe at Trump but avoids criticism of deal to sell Panama assets

By Kanis Leung, Associated Press

Hong Kong’s leader says his government opposes coercion by foreign governments but stopped short of criticizing a prominent local conglomerate’s decision to sell its Panama Canal port assets to a consortium including American investment bank BlackRock.

Pentagon restores some webpages honoring minority service members but defends DEI purge

By Leah Willingham, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Tara Copp, Associated Press

The Pentagon says internet pages honoring a Black Medal of Honor winner and Japanese American service members were mistakenly taken down. But it is defending its campaign to strip out content singling out the contributions by women and minority groups.

Trump administration set to release JFK assassination files with no redactions

By Jamie Stengle, Associated Press

President Donald Trump says files related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy will be released without any redactions, making good on a promise he made during his campaign.

Trump, Putin agree to seek limited ceasefire in step to ending Ukraine war, White House says

By Aamer Madhani, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

The White House says President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to seek a limited ceasefire against energy and infrastructure targets in the Russia-Ukraine war.

Fact-checking Trump’s claim that Biden pardons are ‘void’ because he used an autopen

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact

Legal scholars say that the Constitution doesn’t require a pardon’s direct human signing, and subsequent judicial decisions and legal memoranda support an autopen’s use for similar purposes.

Chief Justice Roberts rejects Trump’s call for impeaching a judge who ruled against him

By Chris Megerian, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

“For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision,” Roberts said in a rare statement.

Trump says federal judge who ruled against deportation orders should be impeached

By Chris Megerian, Associated Press

Trump's comments on Tuesday align him with allies like Elon Musk, who has made similar demands and suggested that the judiciary's power over the executive branch should be curtailed.

Trump says he’s ending Secret Service protection for Biden’s adult children, Hunter and Ashley

By Zeke Miller, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

Former presidents and their spouses receive life-long Secret Service protection under federal law, but the protection afforded to their immediate families over the age of 16 ends when they leave office.