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

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#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…

State Dept. Draws Up List of Cartels to Be Labeled Terrorist Groups
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State Dept. Draws Up List of Cartels to Be Labeled Terrorist Groups

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration plans to designate more than a half-dozen criminal groups with roots in Latin America as foreign terrorist organizations, said five U.S. officials with knowledge of the imminent action. The move, to be carried out by the State Department, follows an…

U.S.A.I.D. Workers Brace for the Worst
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U.S.A.I.D. Workers Brace for the Worst

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The thousands of people who work for the U.S. government’s main agency for humanitarian aid and disaster relief have been on the front lines of efforts to fight famine, contain virulent infectious diseases like H.I.V. and Ebola, and rebuild infrastructure in impoverished and…

Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of USAID Staff
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Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of USAID Staff

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration plans to reduce the number of workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development from more than 10,000 to about 290 positions, three people with knowledge of the plans said on Thursday. The small remaining staff includes employees who specialize…

U.S. Considers Sending Israel 24,000 Assault Rifles Held Back Under Biden
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U.S. Considers Sending Israel 24,000 Assault Rifles Held Back Under Biden

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration is considering sending 24,000 assault rifles to Israel that had been held up at the State Department on the orders of Antony J. Blinken, the former secretary of state, a U.S. official said. Mr. Blinken had asked the State Department…

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

ByNews Polite

#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…

U.S. Says Sudan’s R.S.F. Committed Genocide and Sanctions Its Leader
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U.S. Says Sudan’s R.S.F. Committed Genocide and Sanctions Its Leader

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The United States declared on Tuesday that a genocide took place in Sudan, drawing fresh attention to the scale of atrocities in Africa’s largest war and singling out one side in the conflict as the perpetrators of some of the worst violence. Secretary…

In Haiti, Gang Massacres and Journalist Murders Expose the Country’s Fragility
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In Haiti, Gang Massacres and Journalist Murders Expose the Country’s Fragility

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A fresh injection of about 150 foreign officers arrived in Haiti this weekend to bolster an international security force charged with reigning in the powerful and well-armed gangs that have inflicted so much misery on the country for months. But if the past…

‘The Interview’: Antony Blinken Insists He and Biden Made the Right Calls
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‘The Interview’: Antony Blinken Insists He and Biden Made the Right Calls

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines – Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. – Four years ago, President Biden came into office with the world still wracked by the coronavirus pandemic, and the biggest global challenge was to save lives and get economies back on their…

State Dept. Tells Congress It Plans to Send Billion in Arms to Israel
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State Dept. Tells Congress It Plans to Send $8 Billion in Arms to Israel

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The State Department has told Congress that it intends to approve $8 billion in purchases of U.S.-made arms by Israel, the department’s office in charge of arms transfers said on Friday. It could be the final set of arms transfers to Israel by…