Serbia ditches EU-Western Balkans Summit Serbia has made little progress in its bid to join the EU, despite being granted candidate status in 2012.

Serbia will be absent when EU leaders meet their Western Balkan counterparts this evening to discuss enlargement after President Aleksandar Vučić said late yesterday that his country would not attend.

After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death “Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.

NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.

Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.

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Act of Congress Establishing the Treasury Department Chapter XII. An Act to Establish the Treasury Department. (a) Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shal...

Per @rwpusa.bsky.social on another platform:

"Attention DOGE: When you mess around in the Treasury Department's records and payment systems, remember that since 1789, self dealing and conflicts of interest at the Treasury Department have been a criminal offense. See Section 8."

The FAA approved another launch before the last crash investigation was completed — and it ended in another disaster.

Why is SpaceX getting a free pass from DOGE cuts? 🤔

Seriously…

Jeff Bezos is a coward.

Read Danielle Sassoon’s Letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Annotated Danielle R. Sassoon, who resigned Thursday as Manhattan’s U.S. attorney, writes to Attorney General Pam Bondi to explain her refusal to drop a corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York.

Read+admire Danielle Sassoon’s letter to the US Attorney for SDNY, refusing to dismiss charges against Mayor Adams as directed by the Acting AG. Sassoon, a former Scalia clerk, resigned before carrying illegal orders. All standing for the Constitution belong together. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Dear Democratic Leaders: here’s a free idea, send members of congress into the buildings where Elons people are and see what they’re doing. Dare them to stop you.

Do something

Well …

Καλώς ήλθατε

Herzlich willkommen. Welcome. Καλώς ήλθατε.

Καλώς ήλθε!

Trump says that the U.S. will take over Gaza Strip “We’ ll own it”

Meanwhile

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Winter dreamland next to New York.

Stating the obvious

Trump insists that Spain is a BRICS nation. He tells the journalist, “You will figure it out.” Except that S is for South Africa, not Spain.

When people tell you who they are: believe them.

Pathetic

Leaders lead

Fact. Convicted Felon.

🧨

Seriously

Just a reminder

I respect @anntelnaes.bsky.social’s decision to resign after being censored by the WashPo management, and I support her Substack by purchasing a subscription here: open.substack.com/pub/anntelna... #supportfreepress PS. I am giving a chance to @washingtonpost.com’s newsroom. 👇🏽

We have your back.

Then, I am rooting for your newsroom, Michelle. I remain a subscriber and reader.