Elon Musk reacted with surprise to a post alleging NSA and CIA discussions about raising intersex babies as non-binary to promote 'trans ideology.' The authenticity of the chat logs remains unverified, and neither agency has commented on the alleged messages.
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The University of Michigan School of Nursing rebranded its DEI resources following Trump's executive orders, with pages renamed and the diversity office's main page removed. Investigations revealed the content remained largely unchanged under new titles. Similar actions were noted at other universities, like Tennessee and Colorado, as institutions navigated the crackdown on diversity programmes.
Israel's military pressed ground operations across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, encircling part of Rafah city near Egypt almost a week into a renewed assault on the Palestinian territory. According to the Gaza health ministry, at least 637 Palestinians have been killed in the renewed Israeli assault since Tuesday.
Donald Trump acknowledged that Elon Musk hired young people -- as young as 19-year-olds-- for crucial DOGE work. He said he never met them though they work out of the White House but they are very smart people. "Some are young and some are not young. Some are not young at all. But they found great things," Trump said.
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French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou faces his first vote of no confidence in parliament Thursday, with the motion unlikely to pass. The speech sparked condemnation from most of the opposition in parliament where Bayrou is well short of an absolute majority, making his government highly vulnerable to a no-confidence vote that, if successful, would force it to resign.