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Meta sues alleged violent extortionist for holding Instagram accounts hostage.
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February 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Meta sues alleged violent extortionist for holding Instagram accounts hostage.
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“Read this immediately,” went the subject line of a termination email received by one federal worker. For another, it was the prepaid UPS label that showed up without warning — along with instructions for returning the work computer they were using.
“I feel like cruelty is the point” – for many newly fired federal workers, the way they were let go made things much worse | CNN Politics
As federal workers get fired by the thousands, the news has sometimes come in unceremonious, callous ways.
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February 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“Read this immediately,” went the subject line of a termination email received by one federal worker. For another, it was the prepaid UPS label that showed up without warning — along with instructions for returning the work computer they were using.
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Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone review – these incredible children offer a sliver of hope
Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone review – these incredible children offer a sliver of hope
This often-distressing BBC documentary follows astonishing kids working as TikTok chefs and hospital porters – and shows their determination to smile in the face of unimaginable horror
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone review – these incredible children offer a sliver of hope
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Exclusive: The Trump administration plans to lay off nearly half of the workers at the agency that helps some homebuyers secure insurance on their mortgage
Federal Mortgage Insurer to Lay Off Nearly Half Its Workforce
The Trump administration is planning to lay off at least 40% of the workers at the federal agency that provides mortgage insurance on loans for people who otherwise wouldn’t qualify for one, according...
www.bloomberg.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Exclusive: The Trump administration plans to lay off nearly half of the workers at the agency that helps some homebuyers secure insurance on their mortgage
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Many programs aimed at averting violence, instability and extremism worsened by climate change are ensnared in the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle USAID.
USAID Climate Programs Fighting Extremism and Unrest Are Closing Down
Heat, drought and floods are growing security risks, Western defense officials say, feeding instability and violence that could prove costly in the long term.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Many programs aimed at averting violence, instability and extremism worsened by climate change are ensnared in the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle USAID.
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South African lab technician Nozipho Mlotshwa was waiting for the test results for a potential HIV vaccine, which has eluded scientists for decades, when the order came from USAID to stop work reut.rs/41l2Qpe
South African scientists were testing a promising HIV vaccine. Then came Trump’s aid cuts
South African lab technician Nozipho Mlotshwa was waiting for the test results for a potential HIV vaccine, which has eluded scientists for decades, when the order came from USAID to stop work.
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February 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
South African lab technician Nozipho Mlotshwa was waiting for the test results for a potential HIV vaccine, which has eluded scientists for decades, when the order came from USAID to stop work reut.rs/41l2Qpe
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Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as at-will workers.
National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues
Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as at-will workers.
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February 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as at-will workers.
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“These are dedicated career employees who have worked through several administrations. I worked through the first Trump administration. We’re not partisan. We just put our heads down and do our work.”
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"I'm suffering:" Holiday massacre of federal workforce Is a rude awakening for rural westerners
Park rangers, biologists, maintenance crews, wildfire prevention people—all fired arbitrarily.
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February 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
“These are dedicated career employees who have worked through several administrations. I worked through the first Trump administration. We’re not partisan. We just put our heads down and do our work.”
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The Wayback Machine, which the nonprofit Internet Archive operates, is a tool designed to help preserve online data, and it has been used in the past when new presidents’ administrations took down information from past administrations.
The ‘Wayback Machine’ is preserving the websites Trump’s White House took down | CNN Business
The White House has ordered thousands of government web pages to be taken down over the past month, leaving virtually no trace of some federal agencies’ policies regarding critical topics such as sexu...
www.cnn.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The Wayback Machine, which the nonprofit Internet Archive operates, is a tool designed to help preserve online data, and it has been used in the past when new presidents’ administrations took down information from past administrations.
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‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk’s purge is cutting more than costs, say experts
‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk’s purge is cutting more than costs, say experts
In slashing staff and disabling entire agencies the administration is lacerating the structures of US democracy
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk’s purge is cutting more than costs, say experts
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SCOOP: In an email circulated today by the federal Department of the Interior, the Trump administration has issued a stop-work order for organizations providing legal services, funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, to unaccompanied minors entering the United States.
Trump administration cuts off legal aid for youth facing deportation
The order will end legal support for at least 100,000 unaccompanied minors.
www.motherjones.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
SCOOP: In an email circulated today by the federal Department of the Interior, the Trump administration has issued a stop-work order for organizations providing legal services, funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, to unaccompanied minors entering the United States.
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Congress created several organizations in the 1980s to strengthen democratic institutions worldwide. Human rights activists say the freeze is a gift to authoritarians like Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin.
Trump funding freeze halts decades of U.S. democracy work around the world
Congress created several organizations in 1980s to strengthen democratic institutions worldwide. Human rights activists say the freeze is a gift to authoritarians like Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin.
www.npr.org
February 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Congress created several organizations in the 1980s to strengthen democratic institutions worldwide. Human rights activists say the freeze is a gift to authoritarians like Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin.
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Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics.
This Is the Way to Stop Elon Musk
Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics.
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February 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics.
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One GOP proposal takes aim squarely at parents raising children on their own by eliminating the “head of household” filing status to reap some $200B more in taxes over a decade from single parents and other adults caring for dependents on their own.
To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class
A menu of options being circulated by congressional Republicans also includes new tax cuts for corporations and the ultrawealthy.
propub.li
February 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
One GOP proposal takes aim squarely at parents raising children on their own by eliminating the “head of household” filing status to reap some $200B more in taxes over a decade from single parents and other adults caring for dependents on their own.
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The decision came in response to a petition by attorneys general in 22 states and Washington, D.C., seeking to block the administration's efforts to freeze payments for grants and other programs.
A 2nd U.S. judge says Trump administration must pause its federal spending freeze
The decision came in response to a petition by attorneys general in 22 states and Washington, D.C., seeking to block the administration's efforts to freeze payments for grants and other programs.
www.npr.org
February 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The decision came in response to a petition by attorneys general in 22 states and Washington, D.C., seeking to block the administration's efforts to freeze payments for grants and other programs.
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Canada and Mexico have announced retaliatory tariffs on US goods following Trump's announcement of steep levies on the 2 countries earlier in the day.
Live updates: Trump tariffs, executive actions and immigration news | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has announced aggressive new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China today. Follow for live updates.
www.cnn.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Canada and Mexico have announced retaliatory tariffs on US goods following Trump's announcement of steep levies on the 2 countries earlier in the day.
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China said it will file a complaint with the World Trade Organization and "take corresponding countermeasures" over President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs against it: cnn.it/4jDlOi1
Trump announces new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump announced new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China — signing them at his Mar-a-Lago club on Saturday.
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February 2, 2025 at 3:56 AM
China said it will file a complaint with the World Trade Organization and "take corresponding countermeasures" over President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs against it: cnn.it/4jDlOi1
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NEW: US government websites are disappearing in real time, including sites for the US Agency for International Development, foreign assistance, neglected diseases, and children in adversity. We analyzed more than 1000 .gov websites to track what's been taken down—and what's next. wrd.cm/4aFMs5A
US Government Websites Are Disappearing in Real Time
A growing number of US government websites have gone offline as of Saturday, including several related to USAID and others focused on youth programs, Africa, and more.
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February 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
NEW: US government websites are disappearing in real time, including sites for the US Agency for International Development, foreign assistance, neglected diseases, and children in adversity. We analyzed more than 1000 .gov websites to track what's been taken down—and what's next. wrd.cm/4aFMs5A
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BREAKING: The Rafah border crossing has opened for the first time in nearly nine months to allow sick and wounded Palestinian patients in Gaza to travel to Egypt for medical treatment aje.io/fvp5d6
February 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
BREAKING: The Rafah border crossing has opened for the first time in nearly nine months to allow sick and wounded Palestinian patients in Gaza to travel to Egypt for medical treatment aje.io/fvp5d6
Clearly someone doesn't remembers what happened on September 11, 2001.
Utah Sen. Mike Lee renewed his call to abolish the Transportation Security Administration, suggesting that instead airlines should conduct their own security screenings, eliminating the need for the federal government to get involved.
Sen. Mike Lee renews call to eliminate TSA
Utah Sen. Mike Lee renewed his call to abolish the Transportation Security Administration, suggesting that instead airlines should conduct their own security screenings, eliminating the need for the f...
www.ksl.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Clearly someone doesn't remembers what happened on September 11, 2001.
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The Trump administration instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics.
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The Trump administration instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics.
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Breaking News: President Trump fired 17 inspectors general in a late-night purge of the internal government watchdogs, people with knowledge of the move said.
Trump Fires 17 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge
The internal government watchdogs were believed to have been dismissed at several major agencies, though the Justice Department’s was not said to have been among them.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Breaking News: President Trump fired 17 inspectors general in a late-night purge of the internal government watchdogs, people with knowledge of the move said.
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Breaking News: An Idaho House committee passed a resolution calling on the Supreme Court to undo the landmark 2015 case that legalized same-sex marriage.
Idaho Lawmakers Want Supreme Court to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Decision
A state legislative committee has advanced a resolution asking that the power to regulate marriage be returned to the states.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Breaking News: An Idaho House committee passed a resolution calling on the Supreme Court to undo the landmark 2015 case that legalized same-sex marriage.
At a time where there is ongoing conflict and need in places like DRC,Sudan, and Haiti you are asking employees of these organizations to stop working and simply not get paid.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a cable, seen by CNN, to all US diplomatic posts on Friday outlining the move, which threatens billions of dollars of funding from the State Department and the US Agency for International Development for programs worldwide.
US freezes almost all foreign aid effective immediately | CNN Politics
The US State Department has frozen nearly all foreign assistance worldwide effective immediately days after President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order Monday to put a hold on such assist...
www.cnn.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
At a time where there is ongoing conflict and need in places like DRC,Sudan, and Haiti you are asking employees of these organizations to stop working and simply not get paid.
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The Trump administration abruptly halted services for refugees in the United States, including Afghans, according to a memo obtained by CNN, stunning agencies that provide critical support to recent arrivals: cnn.it/42sjEeQ
Advocate groups ordered to stop aiding refugees who have already arrived in US | CNN Politics
The Trump administration on Friday abruptly halted services for refugees in the United States, including Afghans, according to a memo obtained by CNN, stunning agencies that provide critical support t...
cnn.it
January 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Trump administration abruptly halted services for refugees in the United States, including Afghans, according to a memo obtained by CNN, stunning agencies that provide critical support to recent arrivals: cnn.it/42sjEeQ