Europe’s Trump Playbook: Offer Carrots but Warn That You Have a Big Stick
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Europe’s Trump Playbook: Offer Carrots but Warn That You Have a Big Stick

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The European Union spent last year drawing up secret plans for what the bloc would do if President Trump made good on his threats of imposing higher tariffs on European goods and services. Now, as those threats go from hypothetical to potentially imminent,…

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 Asks U.S.A.I.D. Worker for ‘Trust’ and ‘Patience’
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Marco Rubio Asks U.S.A.I.D. Worker for ‘Trust’ and ‘Patience’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday told an official with the United States Agency for International Development that foreign aid was “the least popular thing government spends money on” and had become increasingly difficult to defend, according to a transcript of a…

White House Orders C.I.A. to Send an Unclassified Email With Names of Some Employees
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White House Orders C.I.A. to Send an Unclassified Email With Names of Some Employees

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The White House ordered the C.I.A. to send an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force, in a move that former officials say…

‘Riviera’ in Gaza and U.S.A.I.D. Assault Capture Trump’s Vision of U.S. Power
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‘Riviera’ in Gaza and U.S.A.I.D. Assault Capture Trump’s Vision of U.S. Power

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Two initiatives that unfolded on Tuesday evening seemed to capture, in the flash of a few hours, the outline of President Trump’s vision for shaping American power. Ten thousand people working around the world for U.S.A.I.D., the main American aid agency, were told…

Foreign Strongmen Cheer as Musk Dismantles U.S. Aid Agency
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Foreign Strongmen Cheer as Musk Dismantles U.S. Aid Agency

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Humanitarian initiatives can enhance American “soft power,” supporters say, which can buy the United States good will and leverage in countries across the world for a comparatively small fraction of federal spending. In 2023, U.S.A.I.D. funding represented .07 percent of the U.S. federal…

Trump Proposes U.S. Takeover of Gaza and Says Palestinians Should Move
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Trump Proposes U.S. Takeover of Gaza and Says Palestinians Should Move

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump declared on Tuesday that the United States should seize control of Gaza and permanently displace the entire Palestinian population of the devastated seaside enclave, one of the most brazen ideas that any American leader has advanced in years. Hosting Prime Minister…

Trump’s Dream of Gaza Takeover Is His Most Brazen Territorial Aspiration Yet
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Trump’s Dream of Gaza Takeover Is His Most Brazen Territorial Aspiration Yet

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump basked as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel praised his “willingness to think outside the box.” But when it came to Gaza, Mr. Trump’s thinking on Tuesday was so far outside the box that it was not clear he even knew…

Trump’s Proposal to ‘Take Over’ Gaza Sparks Immediate Rebukes
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Trump’s Proposal to ‘Take Over’ Gaza Sparks Immediate Rebukes

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s declaration on Tuesday evening that the United States could “take over” the Gaza Strip and that its Palestinian population could be permanently displaced was immediately criticized in the Middle East and beyond. At a joint White House news conference with Prime…

How Trump Is Reshaping U.S. Government, Just 2 Weeks Into His Presidency
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How Trump Is Reshaping U.S. Government, Just 2 Weeks Into His Presidency

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump in just two weeks back in office has moved with astonishing speed and boundless ambition to overturn the existing political, economic, cultural and international order in an even more far-reaching way than many of his supporters or critics had imagined possible….