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Monday March 31st, 2025 day edition

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Ukraine will not sign a minerals deal with the U.S. if it threatens its accession to the European Union, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on March 28.

Zelensky's remarks came a day after details of a new alleged draft of a mineral agreement between Kyiv and Washington emerged.

Ukrainian online newspaper European Pravda reported that the deal may contradict Ukraine's EU accession due to severe restrictions that affect Ukraine's economic sovereignty.

"The Constitution of Ukraine makes it clear that our course is towards the EU," Zelensky told reporters.

According to Zelensky, Ukraine officially received a new version of the minerals deal from the U.S. on March 28.

Zelensky will consider the deal when there are "no relevant legislative threats," adding that lawyers should compare the all versions of the deal and give their assessment.

Zelensky confirmed on March 25 that the U.S. had proposed a "major" minerals deal based on a previous framework agreement, but he did not specify a signing timeline. »

Musk hands out $1M checks after efforts to block the giveaways in court are rejected

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Notably, the court also rejected a bid from Musk's lawyers to ask two justices, who had campaigned for Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford, to recuse themselves.

After that emergency motion was rejected, Kaul appealed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to step in on Sunday.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court election, on Tuesday, has generally become the center of a political firestorm, and has become the most expensive state supreme court race in American history, according to the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University. »

Rosie the Riveters honored for service in WWII

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Rosie the Riveters honored for service in WWII.

Norman Rockwell's famous painting of a Rosie was on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post in 1943. toggle caption Emily Kask/for NPR.

"Rosie has come to stand for an image of empowerment," says Kimberly Guise, senior curator at the National World War Two Museum. »

RFK Jr. to gut vaccine promotion and HIV prevention office, sources say

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The Office of Minority Health has also been informed that it should expect to be dissolved, sources said.

However, multiple officials said that written notices of layoffs had not yet been received by HHS employees.

OIDP had previously been among several overseen by former Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine under the Biden administration. »