DOGE saves nearly $400 million for US taxpayers in MASSIVE CLEANUP

The department has canceled 247 “wasteful contracts” with a ceiling value of $999 million, reducing costs by approximately $390 million.

Among the cuts is a $3.5 million consulting contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for outsourced “enterprise mail management program support services,” which the agency determined could be handled internally with existing resources.

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💬 Trump 'decided to put a pause on intelligence sharing, along with military aid, to really send a message to Zelensky not to take the American people for granted' - Tulsi Gabbard

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🟠 Trump mulls over denuclearization deal with Russia, China

🟠 Hungary will hold a public vote on Ukraine's accession to EU

🟠 How BlackRock is tightening its grip on global trade routes

🟠 White House reportedly vetting job seekers with loyalty ‘litmus’ tests

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💬 'Romania will not send troops to Ukraine, but will continue to be a logistical hub for military support,' said Romania's acting President Ilie Bolojan.

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📹Chinese 'Ultra-skateboard chassis' technology - designed to power self-driving shuttles, cleaning bots and tree-planting robots, delivering smart, eco-friendly solutions for autonomous mobility.

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✅The US aerospace company Maxar Technologies has cut off Ukraine's access to its satellite data, following the same measures taken by Starlink, media reports.

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💬 'The tofu crowd is mad' - Sen. John Kennedy slams anti-DOGE supporters

"You know, when you trim fat, pigs squeal," the politician said, explaining the "way the world works."

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💬 Only 8 out of 100+ illegal migrants with suspected ties to terrorist groups like ISIS* were deported under the Biden administration - Tulsi Gabbard

* A terrorist group outlawed in Russia and many other countries.

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🇷🇺🪖Key statements from the Russian Defense Ministry's weekly briefing on the special military operation's progress:

▪️Russian troops liberated four settlements in the Donetsk People's Republic.

▪️The Russian forces carried out 7 successful group strikes targeting military airfield infrastructure, ammunition depots, production facilities, storage warehouses, and command centers for strike drones.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 3810 soldiers, 2 tanks and 29 armored fighting vehicles in the areas of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr.

▪️Russia's Battlegroup Vostok has struck 10 Ukrainian brigades in its combat zone.

▪️Russian aviation shot down 21 JDAM bombs and 637 drones.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 1,600 militants in the Russian Yug Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 1,525 servicemen in the Russian Zapad Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 1590 soldiers in the areas of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Sever.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 575 troops and 2 warehouses in the Russian Dnepr Battlegroup's combat zone.

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