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Washington CNN  —  President Donald Trump made numerous false claims in remarks at the first Cabinet meeting of his new administration. The falsehoods spanned a wide variety of topics, including aid to Ukraine, trade with the European Union, the history of the EU, inflation, mail-in voting, drug overdose deaths, and where the US stands in international education rankings. Trump also left out critical context from two claims related to Elon Musk’s efforts to reshape the federal government. Here is a fact check of some of Trump’s statements. Ukraine and Europe US vs. European wartime aid to Ukraine: Trump repeated his…

The government of NAWAF SALAM received support from 95 lawmakers in a 128-seat parliament.Lebanon’s new government has won a vote of trust in parliament following a speech by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, who promised to promote economic reforms and begin negotiations with the International Monetary Fund. Salam’s government received support from 95 MPs at the 128-seat Chamber of Commerce later Wednesday. Lebanon’s political landscape has been overturned as Hezbollah, a long-dominated player in Lebanon’s politics, was so troubling last year’s war with Israel. Therefore, the new government’s policy statement did not include the language used in the past few years…

ABC News* Based on Nielsen Media Research’s Live +Same Day data, “World News Tonight with David Muir” was ranked in Total Viewers (8.308 million) in the week of February 17, 2025, as the number one programme for total viewers (8.308 million) on all broadcasts and cables (excluding sports). “World News Tonight” was present in “NBC Nightly News” (6.692 million, 1.021 million and 643,000 viewers, 1.66 million viewers, 159,000, 159,000, 15,000, 159,000, 15,000, 15,000, 159,000, 15,000, 15,000, 15,000, 159,000). Adults 18-49. For the fourth consecutive week, “World News Tonight” expanded its total audience lead, winning “NBC Nightly News” both weekly (+4%…

The European Commission (EC) proposed Wednesday to simplify corporate sustainability rules, claiming complex regulations and “red tape” are preventing EU businesses from staying competitive and hampering economic investment. The main proposal is to delay the application of the new Company Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) Act for applicable companies and other sustainability laws that form part of the European Green Transactions. The EC proposal forms part of this crosscut. The proposal was made by Commissioner Maria Lewis Albuquerque and Commissioner Bardis Dombrowski in discussions throughout the European Economic and Social Commission (EESC). In the discussion, Dombrovskis said:Our commitment to ensuring green…

A new search is underway for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. This is the latest and perhaps the last attempt to find a plane that mysteriously disappeared 11 years ago. Maritime Company’s Ocean Infinity resumed its search to clean the ocean for lost passenger planes and picked it up from where the company left off in 2018, Malaysian Minister of Transport Anthony Roque announced on Tuesday. More than a decade after the MH370’s flight disappeared, Company Ocean Infinity is calling for reboot efforts to find the wreckage and resolve the most mysterious plane crash in aviation history. Getty Images According to…

A wealthy foreigner is hoping to pay around $5 million and potentially pay the Russian oligarch, and can apply for a visa to live in the United States courtesy of what is being charged as a “Trump Gold Card.”Donald Trump announced a new visa program from his oval office on Tuesday night, saying it could start in about two weeks.”It will be a route to citizenship, and the wealthy people will come to our country by purchasing this card. They will become wealthy, they will succeed, they will spend a lot of money and pay a lot of taxes,” he…

CNN – The Trump administration moved forward on Wednesday with plans to make a massive agency-wide layoff. This is the latest move to reduce the federal workforce. With guidance on how to make cuts and restructuring plans, known as the RIF, the Office of Management and Budget and Personnel Management issued a memo to agency leaders and took another step to take the President Donald Trump’s “President’s “Implementing Government Efficiency.” The memo comes as the Trump administration is making multifaceted efforts to overhaul federal operations and to let employees go. Within six weeks, he fired tens of thousands of probation…

CNN – If it is still doubtful where the power of President Donald Trump’s new administration is, Wednesday’s first cabinet meeting revealed that it is not in the actual cabinet. Most of the top-ranked agency managers to which the Senate was announced were largely silent around the table, despite some of them being prepared to make simple statements during the hour-long meeting. Instead, it was a man in a dark coat sitting in the shadows along the side of the room, and Trump gave up the meeting at opening time. Billionaire Elon Musk, tasked with reforming the government, is now…

NASCAR will head to the American circuits on Sunday for the first Cup race of the season on the road course.The most lap-leading driver won all three Cup races at Kota in the next generation of cars.Let’s take a look at the good and bad news of the Cup team heading to Kota. 23xi Race – Good News: Baba Wallace scored 28 stage points in the first two point races, tying second in the series with Joey Rogano. …Tyler Reddick is one of three drivers (Alex Bowman and Ross Chastain are the other two) who will finish in the top…

lFormer AST Week NFL player Chris Cruwe was arrested at a city council meeting in his hometown of Huntington Beach, California. This comes after the council approved the plaque to commemorate the city library’s 50th anniversary. Plaque’s biggest writing is the phrase “magical, charming galvanized adventure.” This is Magazine’s Acrostic.Kluwe ranked as the top punter in the NFL while playing for the Minnesota Vikings in the early 2000s. During his career, he was well known for calling the immorality of the NFL and defending civil rights causes such as same-sex marriage and racial justice.The retirement has not undermined the 43-year-old’s…