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Putin Has Long Wanted More Power in Europe. Trump Could Grant It.

Remarks by Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are fueling concerns that the U.S. will move away from Europe and align with Moscow.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Togliatti, Russia, last month, in a photo released by the Russian state media.

Trump Rehires Neil Jacobs, Former NOAA Chief Involved in β€˜Sharpiegate’

A respected atmospheric scientist, Dr. Jacobs was found to have violated NOAA’s code of ethics in 2019.

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Neil Jacobs, speaking before a gathering of the National Weather Association in Huntsville, Ala., in 2019.

E.P.A. Demotes Career Employees Overseeing Science, Enforcement and More

A spokeswoman for the agency said the change was β€œcommon practice.” Others said it injects partisanship into jobs that have always been neutral.

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Research on PFAS, a family of toxic compounds known as forever chemicals, at an Environmental Protection Agency lab in Cincinnati.

Chris Wright Is Confirmed as Secretary of Energy

The former fracking executive said in confirmation hearings that his top priority would be to β€œunleash” American energy production.

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Chris Wright, in his Senate hearing, also tried to reassure Democrats that he believed climate change was a β€œglobal challenge that we need to solve.”

Top N.I.H. Official Abruptly Resigns as Trump Orders Deep Cuts

Dr. Lawrence Tabak, the No. 2 official at the National Institutes of Health, did not give a reason for his departure.

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Dr. Lawrence A. Tabak, who resigned from the National Institutes of Health, has weathered past presidential transitions.
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