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Michelle King, the top official at the Social Security Administration, left her position this weekend after she refused a request from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access sensitive government records at the agency, according to two sources familiar with the situation.White House spokesperson Harrison Fields confirmed that King was no longer the head of the agency in a statement.“President Trump has nominated the highly qualified and talented Frank Bisignano to lead the Social Security Administration, and we expect him to be swiftly confirmed in the coming weeks. In the meantime, the agency will be led by a career…

European leaders have said they are ready to give Ukraine security guarantees and warned that it would be dangerous for Kyiv to agree to a ceasefire without a negotiated peace agreement in place with Moscow, officials said. The offer of a European security commitment to Ukraine was made at a meeting in Paris on Monday, called by French President Emmanuel Macron after United States President Donald Trump excluded European allies and Kyiv’s leadership from negotiations, due to take place in Saudi Arabia, with Russia on a deal to end the war in Ukraine. “Ready and willing. That’s my take from today’s…

U.S. Food and Drug Administration employees reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink were fired over the weekend as part of a broader purge of the federal workforce, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter.Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesU.S. Food and Drug Administration employees reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink were fired over the weekend as part of a broader purge of the federal workforce, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter.The cuts included about 20 people in the FDA’s office of neurological and physical medicine devices, several of whom worked on Neuralink, according to the two sources, who asked not to be identified because of fear…

Democratic lawmakers express concern that Tesla CEO is seeking to weaponise the tax system against his rivals.Elon Musk’s task force for streamlining the United States government is seeking access to troves of taxpayer information, media outlets have reported, prompting fears of privacy violations and retribution against political rivals. In the latest phase of his sweeping cost-cutting drive, Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are pushing to access the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) protected Integrated Data Retrieval System (IDRS), outlets including The Associated Press, CNN, The New York Times and the Washington Post reported on Monday. The IDRS…

A judge in Argentina has been tasked with leading an investigation into President Javier Milei’s relationship with the cryptocurrency $LIBRA, amid allegations of fraud. On Monday, Federal Judge Maria Servini was randomly chosen to helm the probe, which will look into whether Milei acted illegally. Some opposition politicians have warned that Milei could even face an impeachment trial, depending on the outcome. The scandal erupted on Friday, when the $LIBRA cryptocurrency was launched. Milei used his social media account on X to promote the crypto coin, saying it was designed to spur “economic growth by funding small businesses and startups”.…

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Russia and the U.S. agreed Tuesday to start working towards ending the war in Ukraine and improving their diplomatic and economic ties, the two countries’ top diplomats said after talks that reflected an extraordinary about-face in U.S. foreign policy under President Donald Trump. In an interview with The Associated Press, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the two sides agreed broadly to pursue three goals: to restore staffing at their respective embassies in Washington and Moscow, to create a high-level team to support Ukraine peace talks, and to explore closer relations and economic…

Russia released another American held on drug charges on Monday, in what the Kremlin acknowledged was a good-will gesture on the eve of talks between senior Russian and U.S. officials in Saudi Arabia.The American, Kalob Byers Wayne, 28, was arrested on Feb. 7 at a Moscow airport on charges of carrying a small amount of marijuana.In response to a question about Mr. Wayne’s release, Dmitri S. Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesman, told reporters that the talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday would be about restoring relations between Moscow and Washington, and “so certain events can be viewed in this context.”It is…

Four of New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ deputies have resigned amid the fallout over the Justice Department’s move to dismiss corruption charges against Adams last week and his cooperation with the Trump administration on immigration matters.Adams pledged to give Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to the city’s Rikers Island jail at the meeting with White House border czar Tom Homan last week. One day later, the Justice Department moved to dismiss criminal corruption charges against Adams, which acting deputy Attorney General Emil Bove had ordered days earlier, sparking allegations of a quid pro quo between Adams and the Trump…

Hours before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the White House, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would levy reciprocal tariffs on its trading partners. It could hardly have come at a tougher time for India, which is already pressed by a slowing economy and sluggish demand. At a joint news conference, Trump said India would buy F-35 fighter jets and oil and gas from the US. The two countries would also begin negotiations on the US trade deficit with India. India runs a large trade surplus with the US and such negotiations and military and oil…

A federal judge has denied an effort to immediately block DOGE staff from accessing Americans’ personal data stored at the Department of Education.U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss of the District of Columbia wrote in an order yesterday that the plaintiff, the University California Student Association, “has failed to clear” the “essential hurdle” by not showing how it would likely suffer irreparable harm in the absence of an emergency injunction. “UCSA is correct that a disclosure of information generally cannot be “undone,” … but that is not sufficient to show irreparable harm,” the judge wrote. The judge continued, “What UCSA…