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A DOGE Life: An Old Idea Is Driving Trump’s Push To Privatize U.S. Government

USAID building in Columbia, USA
A worker removes the signage outside the United States Agency for International Aid (USAID) building in Washington, District of Columbia,USA, on February 7, 2025 Mark Alfred/ZUMA Press Wire

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s shrinking of the federal government through privatization is not just about cutting costs — it risks eroding democracy and widening inequalities.

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The Contours Of Putin’s Ambitions Have Never Been Clearer

The Contours Of Putin's Ambitions Have Never Been Clearer
An armed serviceman of a howitzer crew of the 110th Separate Brigade of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces walks along a dirt road in the Zaporizhzhia direction, southeastern Ukrain on December 4, 2024. Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/ZUMA

As Russia negotiates exclusively with the U.S., Putin aims to redraw spheres of influence, pulling former Soviet states back under Moscow’s control. All of this, paradoxically, continues to leave the fate of Ukraine as the vital issue for our times.

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