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February 17, 2025

Headlines for February 17, 2025

  • U.S.-Russia to Hold Ukraine Peace Talks in Saudi Arabia; Ukraine & Europe Not Invited
  • U.S.-Europe Transatlantic Rift Grows over Ukraine & JD Vance Speech in Munich
  • Musk & DOGE Seek Access to Sensitive Taxpayer Info at IRS
  • Trump: "He Who Saves His Country Does Not Violate Any Law"
  • DOGE Purges Nuclear Workers Without Realizing They Helped Maintain Nuclear Arsenal
  • Education Department Threatens Sweeping Cuts to Schools That Promote Diversity
  • Seventh Prosecutor Resigns over DOJ Dropping Corruption Charges Against NYC Mayor Eric Adams
  • U.S. Sends 2,000-Pound Bombs to Israel as Netanyahu Backs Trump Plan to Remove Palestinians from Gaza
  • M23 Fighters Seize City of Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Muhsin Hendricks, World's First Openly Gay Imam, Shot Dead in South Africa
  • Five Arrested After Trans Man Found Dead Following "Repeated Acts of Violence & Torture"
  • Protesters Gather at Stonewall to Protest Trump Efforts to Erase Trans History
  • EEOC Dismisses Six Gender Identity Discrimination Cases
  • Jewish Man in Florida Arrested for Shooting Two Israeli Men He Mistook to Be Palestinian
  • At Least Nine Die in Kentucky in Devastating Flood
  • White House Bans AP Reporters over Agency's Decision to Keeping Using Gulf of Mexico Name
  • Not My President's Day: Protests Against Trump to Be Held Today in 50 States

This post was originally published on Democracy Now!.

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