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Trump Pushes Hamas Disarmament, Ukraine Peace Talks, A Year Of DOGE

December 30, 202514 min

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President Trump doubles down on demanding Hamas disarm after meeting with Israel’s prime minister, and warned Iran not to rebuild its nuclear program. Ukraine’s president presses the White House for decades-long U.S. security guarantees as part of a proposed peace deal with Russia. And a year after DOGE’s push to shrink government, agencies are smaller, spending is higher, and millions of Americans’ data remains in play.Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun?

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