Fact-Checking Claims About USAID Funding
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Fact-Checking Claims About USAID Funding

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Top officials in the Trump administration and allies in Congress, eager to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, have accused the agency of misusing taxpayer funds. But many of their claims were misleading or lacked context. The agency, long a target for…

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

#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…

Federal Financial Watchdog Ordered to Cease Activity
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Federal Financial Watchdog Ordered to Cease Activity

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were instructed to cease “all supervision and examination activity” and “all stakeholder engagement,” effectively stopping the agency’s operations, in an email from the director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, on Saturday evening….

Opinion | Musk’s Lost Boys and Trump’s Mean Girls
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Opinion | Musk’s Lost Boys and Trump’s Mean Girls

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Tom Stoppard wrote in “The Real Thing,” his enticing play about infidelity: “To marry one actress is unfortunate. To marry two is simply asking for it.” Here’s a political corollary: To elect one Emperor of Chaos is unfortunate. To let two run the…

Judge Halts DOGE Access to Treasury Payment Systems
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Judge Halts DOGE Access to Treasury Payment Systems

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge early Saturday temporarily restricted access by Elon Musk’s government efficiency program to the Treasury Department’s payment and data systems, saying there was a risk of “irreparable harm.” The Trump administration’s new policy of allowing political appointees and “special government employees”…

Judge Pauses Elements of Trump Plan to Shut Down U.S.A.I.D.
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Judge Pauses Elements of Trump Plan to Shut Down U.S.A.I.D.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to halt for now some elements of its attempt to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development. Judge Carl Nichols of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, a 2019 Trump…

Musk Wields Scythe on Federal Work Force, With Trump’s Full Blessing
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Musk Wields Scythe on Federal Work Force, With Trump’s Full Blessing

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s statement on Friday that he had directed Elon Musk to turn his budget-slashing initiative on the Pentagon underscored Mr. Musk’s rapidly expanding role in their charge to shrink the federal bureaucracy and stomp out any opposition to the president’s agenda. At…

Young Aides Emerge as Enforcers in Musk’s DOGE Team Efforts
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Young Aides Emerge as Enforcers in Musk’s DOGE Team Efforts

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The secrecy, Musk allies have said, is necessary so the team members do not become targets. Several of Mr. Musk’s aides have resisted being listed in government databases out of fear of their names leaking out, according to people familiar with the situation….

Trump Signs Order to Fight ‘Anti-Christian Bias’
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Trump Signs Order to Fight ‘Anti-Christian Bias’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at eradicating “anti-Christian bias” in the federal government by having agencies review policies and practices that he says have tried to squelch religious activities and activism. Mr. Trump, who announced the order at the…

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,…