Trump gives campaign-style speech at Justice Department; Senate passes bill to avert government shutdown
Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate ...
Trump overstepped his constitutional authority in freezing Congress’ funding for USAID, judge says
A federal judge says President Donald Trump overstepped his authority in freezing almost all spending on U.S. humanitarian ...
Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with 83% of agency’s programs gone
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration had finished its six-week purge of programs of the U.S. Agency ...
Secretary of State Rubio says purge at USAID complete, with 82% of agency’s programs gone
Rubio's announcement in a post on X marked one of his relatively few public comments on what has been a historic shift away ...
More than 13,000 federal workers, contractors apply for unemployment in the DMV
More than 13,000 federal workers and contractors are out of work and have applied for unemployment in the DMV after DOGE cuts ...
Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with 83 percent of agency’s programs gone
Rubio said he would move the 18 percent of aid and development programs that survived under the State Department.
How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks
Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are ...
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How Trump’s cuts are crippling journalism beyond the United States
According to a USAID factsheet now taken offline, the agency funded training and support for 6,200 journalists and assisted 707 outlets.
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Government Employee Unions, Oxfam America File New Motion in Defense of United States Agency for International Development
and Oxfam America to block the Trump administration from shutting down the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). “The workers of USAID have been left high and dry after the Trump ...