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,…

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…

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

#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…

NCAA Bars Transgender Athletes From Women’s Sports After Trump Order
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NCAA Bars Transgender Athletes From Women’s Sports After Trump Order

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Transgender women will be barred from competing in N.C.A.A. women’s college sports, the sports organization announced on Thursday, a day after President Trump effectively forced the decision by reversing federal policy. That decision, effective immediately, followed Mr. Trump’s signing of an executive order…

Susan F. Wood, Who Resigned From the F.D.A. Over Plan B, Dies at 66
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Susan F. Wood, Who Resigned From the F.D.A. Over Plan B, Dies at 66

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Susan F. Wood, a women’s health expert who resigned in protest from the Food and Drug Administration in 2005, accusing the agency of knuckling under to politics by not approving over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill known as Plan B, died on Jan….

Ahead of Modi’s Visit With Trump, U.S. Deportations to India Creates Uproar
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Ahead of Modi’s Visit With Trump, U.S. Deportations to India Creates Uproar

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Indian Parliament was in an uproar on Thursday over reports that migrants who were in the United States illegally were mistreated while being deported on an American military plane, including being shackled during the long intercontinental journey. More than 100 undocumented immigrants…

Israel Tells Military to Draft Plan for Gazans to Leave
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Israel Tells Military to Draft Plan for Gazans to Leave

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Israeli defense minister said Thursday that he had ordered Israel’s military to draft a plan to allow Gazans to voluntarily leave the enclave, a move that comes after President Trump’s proposal for a massive resettlement of Palestinians and a U.S.-led takeover of…

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…