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US Defense Chief Suggests Ukraine Should Abandon Hope Of Winning All Territory Back From Russia

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 02/17/2025 - 5:00am

United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (left) shakes hands with Britain's Defense Secretary John Healey prior to a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a NATO defense ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.
(Johanna Geron / AP Photo)

BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that NATO membership for Ukraine was unrealistic and in sweeping remarks suggested Kyiv should abandon hopes of winning all its territory back from Russia and instead prepare for a negotiated peace settlement to be backed up by international troops.

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Senate Confirms Gabbard As Trump's Director Of National Intelligence After Republicans Fall In Line

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 02/17/2025 - 4:00am

President Donald Trump congratulates Tulsi Gabbard after she was sworn in as the Director of National Intelligence in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington.
(Alex Brandon / AP Photo)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tulsi Gabbard was sworn in as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence on Wednesday shortly after she was confirmed by the Senate, where Republicans who had initially questioned her experience and judgment fell in line behind her nomination.

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Trump Executive Orders Embolden Pillen, Kauth Push To Define Male, Female In Nebraska

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 02/10/2025 - 7:00am

President Donald Trump signs an executive order restricting sports participation in K-12 schools and colleges to a student’s sex at birth and setting up penalties for institutions that do not comply. Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, not pictured, was among those in attendance for the ceremony on Feb. 5, 2025.
(Courtesy of Office of Gov. Jim Pillen)

LINCOLN — President Donald Trump’s executive orders to define “male” and “female” and mandate that student-athletes participate on sports teams according to their sex are bolstering legislative efforts to do the same in Nebraska.

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Proposed Cuts Would Harm Rural Health Care

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 02/10/2025 - 6:00am

Nebraska hospitals have a North Star that guides them. Wherever a patient lives in Nebraska, they deserve access to quality care. We must work to ensure our health care providers do not have to choose between financial survival and delivering lifesaving care.

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“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About The Decision To Stay Or Go Under Trump

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 02/10/2025 - 5:00am

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin (right) listens to US Vice President JD Vance as he speaks during a visit to the East Palestine Fire Department in East Palestine, Ohio, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.
(Rebecca Droke / AP Photo)

“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump

by Sharon Lerner and Pratheek Rebala

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Trump's Suggestion The US 'Take Over' The Gaza Strip Is Rejected By Allies And Adversaries Alike

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 02/10/2025 - 4:00am

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump's proposal that the United States “take over” the Gaza Strip and permanently resettle its Palestinian residents was swiftly rejected and denounced on Wednesday by American allies and adversaries alike.

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Nebraska Federal Delegation Applauds Musk, DOGE; Some State Senators Call For Oversight

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 02/10/2025 - 3:00am

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s all-Republican congressional delegation largely applauded the work of billionaire technologist Elon Musk and his “Department of Government Efficiency” while nine largely Democratic state senators are calling for oversight and opposition to Musk’s influence.

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Mexico Deploys The First Of 10,000 National Guard Troops To US Border After Trump's Tariff Threat

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 02/10/2025 - 2:00am

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico (AP) — A line of Mexican National Guard and Army trucks rumbled along the border separating Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, among the first of 10,000 troops Mexico has sent to its northern frontier following tariff threats by President Donald Trump.

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Disaster Responders Say Ending FEMA Would Move Tasks And Costs To States, Local Governments

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 02/03/2025 - 7:00am

On April 13, a wildfire raced across Nebraska Highway 2 west of Anselmo. The Cooksley Fire burned from Custer County into Blaine County, destroying at least one ranch home.
(Courtesy of Custer County Emergency Management)

LINCOLN — President Donald Trump’s call to possibly eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency has Nebraska officials waiting and worrying, with two former disaster response officials saying that doing away with FEMA would leave a void that would prove difficult to fill.

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Corporations Abandon The Left

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 02/03/2025 - 6:00am

Death and taxes are two assurances that will face everyone in this life, though some people will go to great lengths to avoid both. Likely everything else should have some degree of optionality – no one but advertisers enjoy billboards planted like forests along the highway (or anywhere), interjecting some inane new product into your field of view. An exception to the rule is when the advertisement is traded. You watch a clip before a YouTube video and thus don't have to pay money to view the following content.

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US Defense Chief Suggests Ukraine Should Abandon Hope Of Winning All Territory Back From Russia

Senate Confirms Gabbard As Trump's Director Of National Intelligence After Republicans Fall In Line

Trump Executive Orders Embolden Pillen, Kauth Push To Define Male, Female In Nebraska

Proposed Cuts Would Harm Rural Health Care

“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About The Decision To Stay Or Go Under Trump

“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump

Trump's Suggestion The US 'Take Over' The Gaza Strip Is Rejected By Allies And Adversaries Alike

Nebraska Federal Delegation Applauds Musk, DOGE; Some State Senators Call For Oversight

Mexico Deploys The First Of 10,000 National Guard Troops To US Border After Trump's Tariff Threat

Disaster Responders Say Ending FEMA Would Move Tasks And Costs To States, Local Governments

Corporations Abandon The Left

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