Zelenskyy calls for ‘armed forces of Europe,’ suggesting U.S. can’t be relied upon – The Mercury News

By JAMEY KEATEN, EMMA BURROWS and SUSIE BLANN MUNICH (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that the time has come for the creation of an “armed forces of Europe,” because the U.S. may no longer be counted on to support the continent. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hit back at Americans for meddling … Read more

Federal agency fires staff, calls it an error, fires them again – The Mercury News

By Josh Eidelson | Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s Small Business Administration told probationary staff members it had mistakenly sent them termination notices, and then informed some of them the next day that they were fired after all. “Probationary employees across the Small Business Administration may have received an unsigned notice of employment termination,” according to … Read more