Elon Musk says US federal employees must justify their work or resign
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have received an email with the following instruction: “Please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and cc your manager.”
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Podcast
Day 35: Q&A – Can Trump run again, can US leave NATO and can Musk become president?
Analysis
Analysis
Starmer’s challenge is to see if usual rules of special relationship still apply under Trump after years of love bombing
The challenges of the UK-US special relationship are not new. As Adam Boulton explains, it’s always been up and down for prime ministers looking to charm presidents.
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Donald Trump holds Theresa May’s hand as they walk along the colonnades of the White House in Washington in January 2017. Pic: AP
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Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher dancing at the White House in 1988. Pic: Reuters
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Bill Clinton and Tony Blair during a joint news conference in February 1998 when the president was repeatedly questioned about the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Pic: Reuters
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David Cameron and Barack Obama at a NATO summit in 2016. Pic: Reuters
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Analysis
Think business, not politics: Trump’s approach to peacemaking
Emmanuel Macron and Sir Keir Starmer will defend Ukraine’s sovereignty when they meet the US president. Their problem might be that they find a businessman, not a politician, when they reach the Oval Office.
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‘I’m gonna get the war settled’
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President Trump gives a thumbs-up as he arrives at the White House after speaking at a conservative conference. Pic: AP
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Analysis
Don’t expect a Love Actually-style moment from the Starmer-Trump meeting
After Donald Trump pulled the rug from under Ukraine and ripped up the post-war expectation that America could be relied upon as the Western world’s protector, what can Sir Keir Starmer do to ensure a successful trip?
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Will Trump and Starmer have a ‘Love Actually’ moment?
Pay back the billions of aid, Trump tells Ukraine
Despite US optimism, a Ukrainian source says there are “a number of problematic issues” as the draft deal only contains “unilateral commitments”.
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‘I’m gonna get the war settled’
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President Trump was the star draw at the CPAC conference in Maryland
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Mr Zelenskyy hosted US special envoy Keith Kellogg in Kyiv this week. Pic: AP
Trump fires top US military officers – including America’s most senior commander
Donald Trump has sacked America’s most senior commander, the first woman to lead a military service and people who ensure enforcement of military justice.
Hawaii man celebrates ‘freedom Friday’ after new DNA evidence ends 30-year prison stint
Gordon Cordeiro was convicted of the 1994 killing of Timothy Blaisdell on the island of Maui – he always denied carrying out the murder.
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Gordon Cordeiro in court on 18 February. Pic: Hawaii News Now via AP
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Podcast
Day 34: Why Trump really flipped the script on Ukraine
New Menendez trial rejected – but resentencing bid could see brothers walk free
The brothers were found guilty in the 1989 murders of their entertainment executive father, Jose, and their mother, Kitty Menendez.
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Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez in court in 1990. Pic: AP
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