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“It’s just the beginning of the playbook. This was the soft target.” Atul Gawande, a former senior leader at U.S.A.I.D., talks about watching Donald Trump and Elon Musk make the agency a guinea pig for the government-wide purge now under way.
Hundreds of Thousands Will Die
The writer, surgeon, and former U.S.A.I.D. senior official Atul Gawande on the Trump Administration’s decimation of foreign aid and the consequences around the world.
www.newyorker.com
March 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“It’s just the beginning of the playbook. This was the soft target.” Atul Gawande, a former senior leader at U.S.A.I.D., talks about watching Donald Trump and Elon Musk make the agency a guinea pig for the government-wide purge now under way.
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Donald Trump threatens 200% tariff on EU wine and champagne
Donald Trump threatens 200% tariff on EU wine and champagne
US president says levy on alcohol imports would be retaliation for ‘nasty’ 50% tariff imposed on bourbon whiskey
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Donald Trump has threatened a 200% tariff on wine and champagne from EU countries, in the latest…
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Donald Trump threatens 200% tariff on EU wine and champagne
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The Trump Administration has cut 2,000 workers from the U.S. Forest Service, making it harder for the service to fight wildfires and repair storm damage across the country. “I feel like my community has been gutted,” one fired staffer said.
The Felling of the U.S. Forest Service
The Trump Administration has cut two thousand workers, making it harder for the service to fight wildfires and repair storm damage across the country.
www.newyorker.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The Trump Administration has cut 2,000 workers from the U.S. Forest Service, making it harder for the service to fight wildfires and repair storm damage across the country. “I feel like my community has been gutted,” one fired staffer said.