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President Donald Trump will soon sign executive orders removing diversity, equity and inclusion from the military and reinstating thousands of troops who were kicked out for refusing COVID vaccines during the pandemic, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday. Trump is also scheduled to make a keynote speech about his legislative agenda at the House Republicans’ annual retreat. The event is held this year at Trump National Doral Miami.
World leaders and survivors are marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet forces. The ceremony was widely recognized as the last major commemorative event in which survivors could participate.
A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England and was felt by surprised residents of states hundreds of miles away.