Private Prisons Are Ramping Up Detention of Immigrants and Cashing In
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Private Prisons Are Ramping Up Detention of Immigrants and Cashing In

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Damon Hininger, the chief executive of CoreCivic, which operates private prisons and immigrant detention centers, opened an investor call last month on a buoyant note. “I’ve worked at CoreCivic for 32 years, and this is truly one of the most exciting periods in…

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
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U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.” The projects terminated include H.I.V. treatment programs that had served millions…

DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week
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DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Last week, Elon Musk’s government cost-slashing initiative, dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency, posted an online “wall of receipts,” celebrating how much it had saved by canceling federal contracts. Now the organization, which is also known as the U.S. DOGE Service, has deleted…

DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes
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DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency say they have saved the federal government $55 billion through staff reductions, lease cancellations and a long list of terminated contracts published online this week as a “wall of receipts.” President Trump has been celebrating…

Emergency Food, TB Tests and H.I.V. Drugs: Vital Health Aid Remains Frozen Despite Court Ruling
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Emergency Food, TB Tests and H.I.V. Drugs: Vital Health Aid Remains Frozen Despite Court Ruling

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Funds for vital health programs around the world remain frozen and their work has not been able to resume, despite a federal judge’s order that temporarily halted the Trump administration’s dismantling of the government’s main foreign aid agency. Interviews with people working on…

Judge Orders Trump Administration to Resume Foreign Aid Spending
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Judge Orders Trump Administration to Resume Foreign Aid Spending

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday night to unfreeze foreign aid spending President Trump halted during his first week in office, the latest of several legal roadblocks to Mr. Trump’s aggressive first-month agenda. The ruling by Judge Amir H. Ali…

Opinion | A Presidency That’s Off the Rails. It Took Only Two Weeks.
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Opinion | A Presidency That’s Off the Rails. It Took Only Two Weeks.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Bret Stephens: Hi, Gail. Who’s worse: Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or Kash Patel? Gail Collins: Gee, Bret, good question. Easy to imagine R.F.K. Jr. screwing up the vaccination system and sending throngs of people to the hospital, if not worse. But…

With Trump’s Backing Uncertain, Europe Scrambles to Shore Up Its Own Defenses
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With Trump’s Backing Uncertain, Europe Scrambles to Shore Up Its Own Defenses

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago convinced Europe’s leaders that they needed to spend more money on defense. On Monday, leaders from across the European Union and Britain will meet in Brussels to debate a vexing question: how to pay for…

Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
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Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Lifesaving health initiatives and medical research projects have shut down around the world in response to the Trump administration’s 90-day pause on foreign aid and stop-work orders. In Uganda, the National Malaria Control Program has suspended spraying insecticide into village homes and ceased…

Shell and Equinor Oil and Gas Production Is Blocked at Sites Off British Coast
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Shell and Equinor Oil and Gas Production Is Blocked at Sites Off British Coast

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A court in Scotland blocked the production of oil and gas on Thursday at two large project sites being developed in British waters until their impact on climate change can be assessed. The decision was a blow for the sites’ developers, Shell and…