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100,000 Eggs Stolen From Pennsylvania Distributor

NBC News reports: Thieves poached about 100,000 eggs from the back of a distribution trailer, authorities in Pennsylvania said. The theft occurred around 8:40 p.m. Saturday at Pete and Gerry’s Organics LLC in Greencastle, police said in a report. The eggs are worth about $40,000. State police did not have additional details Tuesday and said the incident was under investigation. …

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Trump Withdraws US From UN Human Rights Council

Fox News reports: President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday ceasing U.S. engagement with the U.N. Human Rights Council and banning funding for the U.N. relief agency for Gaza. The order came as the president is set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump said on Tuesday while signing the executive order, which calls for a review …

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State Department Suspends LGBTQ Employees Group

Semafor reports: The US State Department has suspended its organization for LGBTQ employees, with leadership ordering a pause on all official activities. The move is part of the department’s wider directive to all employee affinity groups to “cancel any planned events, meetings, announcements or other activities,” GLIFAA, the official group representing LGBTQ State Department employees, told its members in an …

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Felon-In-Chief To Attend Super Bowl In New Orleans

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump will attend the Super Bowl in New Orleans on Sunday. Trump’s trip to see the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles was confirmed Tuesday by a White House official. It will be his first time attending the game as president. Trump is also scheduled to sit for an interview with Fox …

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Senate Panel Advances Gabbard In Party Line Vote

The Hill reports: The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday advanced Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to become the next director of national intelligence (DNI), putting her in position to get confirmed by the full chamber after key senators threw their support behind her. The 9-8 vote was along party lines. It puts Gabbard only days away from being considered on the Senate …

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Trump Admin To Put All USAID Workers On Leave

Politico reports: The Trump administration is making moves to place nearly all of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Washington-based staff on leave, according to two people familiar with the steps being taken. A person familiar with the situation said some 1,400 people will be notified Tuesday, on top of about 600 who were placed on leave starting Sunday night. …

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Science Agency Scours Sites To Delete Banned Words

The Washington Post reports: At the National Science Foundation, staff have been combing through thousands of active science research projects, alongside a list of keywords, to determine if they include activities that violate executive orders President Donald Trump issued in his first week in office. The words triggering NSF reviews provide a picture of the sievelike net being cast over …

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Axios: 20,000 Federal Workers Have Taken “Buyout”

Axios reports: About 20,000 federal workers have accepted the “buyout” offer put forward by the Trump administration last week, a senior administration official tells Axios. The offer is open through Thursday, meaning the total could rise, despite heavy opposition from unions and others. The buyout offer entitles federal employees to stop working more or less immediately and continue to be …

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NFL Commissioner: We’re Keeping Diversity Policies

“Our policies have been designed to be well within the law, well within the practice. There are no quotas in our system. This is about opening that funnel and bringing the best talent into the NFL. We also believe we are doing the right thing for the NFL. “We think we’re better when we get different perspectives, people with different …

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