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The Department of Government Efficiency, run by Trump adviser Elon Musk, last week published an initial list of 1,125 contracts that it terminated in recent weeks across the federal government. Data published on DOGE's “Wall of Receipts” shows that more than one-third of the contract cancellations, 417 in all, are expected to yield no savings.

That’s usually because the total value of the contracts has already been fully obligated, which means the government has a legal requirement to spend the funds for the goods or services it purchased and in many cases has already done so.

“It’s like confiscating used ammunition after it’s been shot when there’s nothing left in it. It doesn’t accomplish any policy objective...

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The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index for February, released Tuesday morning. The index fell to 98.3, falling for the third-straight month and marking the largest monthly decline since August 2021, as expectations for inflation in the year ahead climbed. That coincides with the trends reflected in the University of Michigan’s consumer survey for February.

Homebuilders are also growing worried, according to the National Association of Home Builders; even US small businesses, which remain somewhat optimistic about deregulation and tax cuts, are in doubt about the economy’s future. The National Federation of Independent Business’ Uncertainty Index rose in January to its third-highest reading on record.

America’s souring economic mood, driven by worries over President Donald Trump’s aggressive approach to tariffs, is a stunning reversal from the (brief) burst of optimism after President Donald Trump’s election in November.

Stephanie Guichard, senior economist, global indicators, at The Conference Board, said in a release that “consumers became pessimistic about future business conditions and less optimistic about future income.”

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A child died from the measles after being hospitalized in Lubbock, the first death amid an outbreak that began last month in the South Plains region, health officials said.
The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed the school-aged child's death on Wednesday but did not offer any additional details about their age or identity. The child had not received the vaccine that protects against measles, mumps and rubella before being hospitalized last week, department officials said.

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demanded the FBI's fitness requirements for agents to be increased and announced plans to set up a partnership between the FBI and the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC (the mixed martial arts league owned by Trump backer Dana White)

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We wanted to have a little bit of what the European nations had,” Trump griped. “You know, they get their money back by giving money, we don’t get the money back. Biden made a deal, he put in $350 billion, and I thought it was a very unfair situation.”

“We’re not getting all of ours,” Starmer interjected. “I mean, quite a bit of ours was gifted, it was given.”

Starmer’s correction was nearly identical to a fact-check from French President Emmanuel Macron during a press conference Monday, when he was also forced to push back against the grievance-addled U.S. president’s false claims that Europe was simply “loaning” their money to Ukraine.

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AG Pam Bondi promised to release the Epstein files, but releases just a limited amount. Too many Republicans involved?? Who knows.