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• Trump offers timeline on DOGE cuts after firing chaos

  26-03-2025 18:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  DOGE has fired at least 24,000 probationary federal employees so far
  
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• Trans people are less than 1% of the population. Trump made them a political lightning rod

  30-03-2025 10:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump has signed a slew of policies aimed at wiping trans people out of records, sports and even history
  
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• Half of US states outlaw devices that turn pistols into machine guns

  30-03-2025 10:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  A Glock switch is one type of a machine gun conversion device
  
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• Hamas says it accepts a new ceasefire proposal but Israel makes counter-offer

  30-03-2025 09:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Hamas militant group says it has accepted a new Gaza ceasefire proposal
  
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• Watch live: Tokyo crowd gathers to see cherry blossoms before full bloom

  30-03-2025 09:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Watch live as tourists gather in Tokyo to see the Japanese capital's cherry blossoms before full bloom.
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin’s forces launch over 150 deadly glide bombs in huge air attack

  30-03-2025 08:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  It comes as Kyiv accused Putin of a war crime after it claimed a military hospital was hit by a drone in Kharkiv
  
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• SNL cold open sees hapless Hegseth, Vance and Rubio joining high-schoolers’ group chat

  30-03-2025 06:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Oscar-winning actress Mikey Madison appeared in the skit, later performing the opening monologue
  
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• Mom and two daughters killed and boy, 4, critically injured after driver with suspended license crashes onto sidewalk

  30-03-2025 05:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  The woman’s four-year-old son was also struck during the incident and was taken to hospital in critical condition
  
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• Susie Wiles appears to reveal she told Trump the 2020 election wasn’t stolen from him

  30-03-2025 04:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  President’s chief of staff says she once told Trump that ‘what he thought was the circumstance’ of the 2020 election, ‘wasn’t’
  
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• Indiana Republican becomes latest to face uproar from angry constituents at town hall

  30-03-2025 01:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  The room erupted with boos and chants on Saturday after US congresswoman Victoria Spartz said she would not be calling for the resignation of members of the so-called Signalgate group chat
  
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• Mom and grandma charged after naked boy with bound hands and covered in bruises runs into California grocery store for help

  29-03-2025 23:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  The child and his sister have been placed with child protective services
  
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• No survivors on plane which crashed into house in Minneapolis suburb, officials say

  29-03-2025 22:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  The incident happened in the residential area of Brooklyn Park, near to Minneapolis
  
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• JD Vance and other officials told Trump to fire Waltz. There was just one reason he didn’t

  29-03-2025 22:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  President was counseled by senior administration officials about dismissing his national security adviser
  
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• No survivors aboard plane which crashed into house in Minneapolis suburb, officials say

  29-03-2025 22:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  The incident happened in the residential area of Brooklyn Park, near to Minneapolis
  
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• Trump tells advisers to be more aggressive in trade war and mulls universal tariff, report says

  29-03-2025 22:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  President has declared April 2 ‘Liberation Day’ as he prepares to unveil reciprocal tariffs on all U.S. trading partners
  
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• Plane crash in Minnesota leaves home engulfed in flames

  29-03-2025 22:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  A Minnesota home was engulfed in flames after a small aircraft crashed into it on Saturday.
  
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• Mystery as woman returns home to find critically injured stranger covered in blood on her sofa: ‘I just heard a man crying’

  29-03-2025 21:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Officials still don’t know why the man was inside the house
  
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• Taliban release American woman held in Afghanistan for using drone

  29-03-2025 21:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Faye Dail Hall was detained in February on accusations of unauthorized drone usage
  
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• Watch: Russia launches 170 drones at Ukrainian cities, Kyiv claims

  29-03-2025 20:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Footage shows the moment Russia reportedly attacked Ukraine with more than 170 drones on Friday night (March 28).
  
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• Protesters rebelling against Elon Musk's purge of US government swarm Tesla showrooms

  29-03-2025 19:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Crowds protesting billionaire Elon Musk’s purge of the U.S. government under President Donald Trump began amassing outside Tesla dealerships throughout the U.S. Saturday in the latest attempt to dent the fortune of the world’s richest man
  
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• JD Vance admits that he wasn’t entirely sure why Trump wanted Greenland in the first place

  29-03-2025 18:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance visited the territory for just a few hours
  
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• Hegseth brought his wife to high-level foreign meetings where sensitive information was shared: report

  29-03-2025 18:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Reports comes amid aftermath of Signalgate security breach debacle
  
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• Top vaccine official resigns from FDA, criticizes RFK Jr. for promoting misinformation, lies

  29-03-2025 17:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  The top vaccine official with the Food and Drug Administration has resigned and criticized the nation's top health official for allowing “misinformation and lies” to guide his thinking behind the safety of vaccinations
  
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• Dueling documentaries chart the chaotic aftermath of October 7 at U.S. universities. They couldn’t be more relevant now amid Trump’s campus crackdown

  29-03-2025 17:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  I’ve spent the last two years reporting on the campus protests. Here’s what two recent documentaries about the crisis get right — and the details they overlook, writes Josh Marcus
  
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• Indicted Hawaii doctor pushed wife towards cliff edge and tried to inject her with syringe, restraining order petition claims

  29-03-2025 17:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  The doctor allegedly attacked his wife while they were hiking, new documents show
  
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• Top FDA vaccine expert blasts RFK Jr. as he’s forced out

  29-03-2025 16:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  The news came days after a vaccine skeptic was tapped to lead a federal study on the links between autism and vaccines
  
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• Starmer preparing for trade war as Trump tariffs on UK ‘look inevitable’

  29-03-2025 16:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  With Trump due to unleash a global trade war with tariffs on Wednesday, the UK is now preparing to retaliate while still making a big offer to get a trade deal over the line
  
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• Why President Donald Trump now has a problem with the Smithsonian

  29-03-2025 15:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump believes institutions have fallen prey to ‘woke’ ideology
  
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• Two transgender teenagers become first to challenge Trump’s ‘Women’s Sports’ order

  29-03-2025 15:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Transgender people represent a very small part of the nation’s youth population, about 300,000 people
  
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• Trump says US will help Myanmar after the earthquake – his cuts will make that difficult

  29-03-2025 15:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Trump administration, working with Elon Musk's teams, has gutted foreign assistance since Trump took office
  
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