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HHS data 'in danger of a possible collapse' after staff purge: report

The sensitive health records of "hundreds of millions of Americans" are at risk, now that the Department of Government Efficiency has purged IT staffers who managed the information at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to new reporting from WIRED.

The cybersecurity infrastructure that protected the information from exposure "is in danger of possible collapse" because many of the staffers let go "were responsible for helping ensure that the mass of highly personal and sensitive information these agencies collect is kept secure," wrote reporter David Gilbert.

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'They're stonewalling': Conservative rips apart Trump spin on Kilmar Garcia case

Conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg expressed his dismay at President Donald Trump's meeting with El Salvador's president Monday, in which both men proclaimed that they would not be returning a wrongly deported man back to the U.S.

Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele, the self-described "world's coolest dictator," told the press corps Monday that he would not return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

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'Horrific display': Critics appalled by Trump meeting with El Salvador president

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele met U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, where the two men answered questions from the media.

The dominant issue was about a wrongly Maryland man named Kilmar Ábrego García, whose case was recently taken up by the United States Supreme Court, which unanimously ordered the administration to facilitate his return from El Salvador.

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European officials begin using burner phones in US over fears of Trump spying

European officials traveling to the U.S. will reportedly use burner phones and other measures over fears that they will be spied on by President Donald Trump's administration.

Four sources familiar with the situation told the Financial Times that officials traveling to the IMF and World Bank spring meetings had been given new guidance to avoid espionage.

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Trump uncorks furious rant blaming Zelensky for Ukraine war -- and not Putin

President Donald Trump on Monday published a long tirade blaming former President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for Russia's invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago.

Writing on his Truth Social page, the president tried to brush off responsibility for the failure of his diplomatic efforts to stop the war by attacking both Biden and Zelensky.

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Wow!' MSNBC's Mika surprised after hearing Trump voters ripping his top economic policy

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski was taken aback by the negative reactions of Donald Trump supporters who slammed his sweeping tariffs and expressed concern with the direction the economy seemed to be heading.

During his presidential campaign, Trump vowed to bring down prices for consumers "on Day One," yet the steep tariffs he imposed on the country's trade partners this month threaten to do the opposite.

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'Defiant screw you': Expert stunned as Trump admin 'thumbs its nose' at Supreme Court

Donald Trump's Department of Justice just "thumbed its nose at the Supreme Court," experts say.

The Trump Administration over the weekend filed multiple briefs in the case involving Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant who lived in the U.S. legally with a work permit and was erroneously deported to El Salvador. A day earlier, the Trump Administration confirmed that the man is alive but didn't provide many details.

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'Nobody is getting off the hook': Trump digs in deeper on tariffs — and denies 'exception'

Donald Trump on Sunday announced that "there was no tariff exception announced on Friday," declaring, "THOSE DAYS ARE OVER!"

The President over the weekend took to Truth Social, writing, "NOBODY is getting 'off the hook' for the unfair Trade Balances, and Non Monetary Tariff Barriers, that other Countries have used against us, especially not China which, by far, treats us the worst!"

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US says tech tariff exemptions may be short-lived

Recent exemptions to sweeping US import tariffs may be short-lived, top officials warned Sunday, as China urged the Trump administration to simply abandon its aggressive trade tax policy altogether.

The world's two largest economies have been locked in a fast-moving, high-stakes game of brinkmanship since US President Donald Trump launched a global tariff assault that particularly targeted Chinese imports.

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Gaza hospital hit as Israel intensifies assault

An Israeli air strike early Sunday heavily damaged one of the few functioning hospitals in Gaza, with the Israeli military saying it had targeted a Hamas "command and control centre" operating within the facility.

Since the outbreak of war, tens of thousands of Gazans have sought refuge in hospitals, many of which have suffered severe damage in the ongoing hostilities.

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US-funded Arabic network ends broadcasts after Trump cuts

Alhurra, the Arabic-language network created by the US government after the Iraq invasion, said Saturday it would cease broadcasts and lay off most staff after President Donald Trump's administration shut off funds.

The network went on air in 2004, when US officials were complaining about coverage of the Iraq war from Qatar-backed Al-Jazeera -- which two decades later maintains a dominant role in Arabic-langauge media.

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Ailing Bolsonaro says he will 'probably' need surgery

Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro said Saturday that he will "probably" need surgery, after being hospitalized a day earlier in the northeastern city of Natal with what he called "unbearable" abdominal pain.

The far-right former leader said on X that he would "probably be operated on again" after being transferred to a hospital in Brasilia.

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'Mind-blowing': MSNBC host stunned by 'huge' new Trump retreat

MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle appeared with her old hosting partner Ali Velshi on Saturday morning to weigh in on a major announcement from Donald Trump's administration on Chinese imports.

In a bulletin posted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection late Friday, the administration announced smartphones, computers, and assorted electronics would be exempt from the ruinous 145% percent tariffs imposed on other Chinese products.

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