Trump and Musk Bring Vast Aid Machinery to a Halt in Africa
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Trump and Musk Bring Vast Aid Machinery to a Halt in Africa

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For decades, sub-Saharan Africa was a singular focus of American foreign aid. The continent received over $8 billion a year, money that was used to feed starving children, supply lifesaving drugs and provide wartime humanitarian assistance. In a few short weeks, President Trump…

Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere
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Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines We are witnessing one of the worst and most costly foreign policy blunders in U.S. history. Less than three weeks into Donald Trump’s second term, he, Elon Musk and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have halted the U.S. Agency for International Development’s aid…

Marco Rubio Tells Panama’s Leader ‘Immediate Changes’ Are Needed
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Marco Rubio Tells Panama’s Leader ‘Immediate Changes’ Are Needed

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared to escalate the Trump administration’s confrontation with Panama on Sunday, telling its leader that President Trump had determined that Chinese “influence and control” over the Panama Canal threatens the waterway and demanding “immediate changes,” according to the…

Trump Administration Puts Dozens of U.S.A.I.D. Officials on Paid Leave
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Trump Administration Puts Dozens of U.S.A.I.D. Officials on Paid Leave

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration placed several dozen senior officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development on administrative leave in response to what an official characterized as resistance to President Trump’s policy. An email on Monday to U.S.A.I.D. staff from the agency’s acting administrator,…

Behind the Colombia Blowup: Mapping Trump’s Rapid-Escalation Tactics
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Behind the Colombia Blowup: Mapping Trump’s Rapid-Escalation Tactics

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In the end it took only about 12 hours for President Trump’s first head-to-head confrontation with one of the United States’ closest allies in Latin America, a blowup over Colombia’s rejection of U.S. military flights to return illegal immigrants, to result in a…

Rubio Oversees Halt to Foreign Aid and Meets With Asian Diplomats on Day 1
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Rubio Oversees Halt to Foreign Aid and Meets With Asian Diplomats on Day 1

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Secretary of State Marco Rubio walked into the State Department on Tuesday for the first time in his new job, taking the reins of the main agency carrying out U.S. foreign policy at a time of violent global crises and as other nations…