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Democratic senator puts 'blanket hold' on Trump's State Dept. nominees following USAID threat
NBC News' Sahil Kapur reports on Democrats' latest effort, led by Sen. Brian Schatz, to push back on the Trump administration's political moves.NBC News - 48m -
'This is a constitutional crisis': Democrats blast Musk and Trump over USAID
Congressional Democrats blast Elon Musk and President Trump over attempts to shut down USAID, claiming they're causing chaos and harming national security.ABC News - 50m -
Five takeaways on Musk, Trump war with USAID
President Trump and billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk have moved to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which spend some $30 billion last year on humanitarian, ...The Hill - 1h -
Trump and Musk are upending USAID. Here's what to know about its work.
The State Department said President Trump appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio as acting director of USAID amid an overhaul of the humanitarian aid agency.CBS News - 2h -
Democratic senator puts hold on Trump's State Dept. nominees over threats to end USAID
Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, he’s placing a “blanket hold” on President Donald Trump’s nominees for the State Department after Elon Musk's attacks on USAID.NBC News - 3h -
Trump on Musk: 'If there's a problem, we won't let him near it'
President Trump said Monday that billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk can’t do anything without approval from the White House, suggesting if there’s a conflict of opinion with Musk that he would ...The Hill - 4h -
'We are terrified': Musk puts USAID through 'wood chipper'
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is being gutted by tech billionaire Elon Musk’s cost-cutting operation in a shocking operation that launched over the weekend. In the wake of ...The Hill - 6h -
What to know about Trump, Musk and USAID
Staffers at the U.S. Agency for International Development, also known as USAID, were told to stay home Monday and billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk says the agency is on the verge of being shut ...CBS News - 7h -
Musk says administration is on verge of shutting down USAID
Elon Musk, the administration's billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO, says the administration is on the verge of shutting the U.S. Agency for International Development.CBS News - 8h -
USAID personnel told to stay away from DC headquarters after Elon Musk's shutdown comments
U.S. Agency for International Development employees based out of the nation's capital were ordered overnight not to come into the office Monday and to work from home.NBC News - 9h -
Top Security Officials at Aid Agency Put on Leave After Denying Access to Musk Team
Workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development are bracing for a loss of its independent status and sweeping layoffs as President Trump continues slashing foreign aid.The New York Times - 9h -
Elon Musk says Trump agreed to "shut down" USAID, government's primary humanitarian aid agency
CBS News has learned at least two top security officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, have been placed on administrative leave after the two officials refused to allow ...CBS News - 10h -
Musk: Trump 'agreed' USAID should be shut down
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said early Monday that President Trump has “agreed” to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which administers billions of dollars of ...The Hill - 11h -
Musk takes aim at USAID and top moments from the Grammys: Morning Rundown
Musk says he and Trump have agreed to shut down USAID down.NBC News - 11h -
Senior USAid officials put on leave after denying access to Musk’s Doge team
After standoff, Doge members gained control over access system, letting them lock out workers and read emails. tt. Two senior security officials at the US Agency for International Development ...The Guardian - 16h -
Elon Musk says he and Trump are shutting down USAID
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said Monday that he and President Donald Trump were in the process of shutting down the USAID, escalating their war on the federal bureaucracy.NBC News - 16h -
USAID security leaders removed after refusing Elon Musk's DOGE employees access to secure systems
The U.S. Agency for International Development’s director of security and his deputy were placed on administrative leave Saturday after they tried to prevent employees from the Department of ...NBC News - 16h -
Elon Musk says USAid is ‘beyond repair’ and he is working to shut it down
Billionaire says in social media discussion that Donald Trump agrees the world’s largest single donor should be shut down. Elon Musk, who is heading Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink the federal ...The Guardian - 17h -
Musk calls USAID a 'criminal organization' that should 'die'
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said he believes the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is a “criminal organization” that should “die.” “USAID is a criminal organization. Time for it to ...The Hill - 22h -
Future of USAID uncertain
Sources tell NBC News that more than a thousand civil workers and contractors with USAID have been placed on leave as the agency has become a target of Elon Musk and his Department of Government ...NBC News - 23h -
Wood hits hat trick as Forest put 7 past Brighton
Nottingham Forest thumped Brighton & Hove Albion 7-0 helped by a hat trick from striker Chris Wood in their Premier League clash at the City Ground on Saturday in an emphatic bounce back from last ...ESPN - 1d -
USAid website offline as Trump moves to put agency under state department
Move would threaten life-saving global humanitarian aid programs, from HIV/Aids treatments to clean water access. The website for the US Agency for International Development, or USAid, appeared to ...The Guardian - 2d -
DeepSeek, ChatGPT, Grok … which is the best AI assistant? We put them to the test
Chatbots we tested can write a mean sonnet and struggled with images of clocks, but vary in willingness to talk politics. ChatGPT and its owners must have hoped it was a hallucination .. But ...The Guardian - 2d -
Tree trimmer killed in wood chipper accident in Florida
The wood chipper accident occurred on Tuesday in Ocean Ridge, about 60 miles north of Miami.CBS News - 5d -
Tree trimmer dead after getting caught in wood chipper at Florida town hall
A tree trimmer died after getting caught in a wood chipper while trimming trees at a town hall near Miami, officials said.ABC News - 5d -
Can we at least put a stop to ‘birth tourism’?
President Trump's executive order attempting to stop "birthright citizenship" faces an uphill battle in the courts, but Americans can agree that the practice of "birth tourism" is an abuse of the ...The Hill - 6d -
Trump administration puts about 60 USAid officials on leave after aid freeze
Memo said some actions in agency ‘appeared to be designed to circumvent’ Trump’s orders and ‘America First’ policy. The Trump administration has put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the ...The Guardian - 6d -
Maverick McNealy discusses playing with Tiger Woods, shares crucial at-home putting tip ahead of Pebble Beach
CBS Sports sat down with the recent RSM Classic winner ahead of his favorite tournamentCBS Sports - Jan. 27 -
‘We Have Seen a Lot More Hate’: Trans People Are Already Terrified
After Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order directed against trans people this week, trans and nonbinary people are scared of what happens next.Wired - Jan. 24 -
Andruw Jones' exclusion from Baseball Hall of Fame due to Yankees bias, claims ex-teammate Chipper Jones
Andruw Jones did play for the Yankees for a little bit, but not long enough, apparentlyCBS Sports - Jan. 22 -
Musk’s High Visibilty at Inauguration Puts Him Solidly in Trump’s Orbit
The presidential inauguration was a veritable billionaire’s convention with Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in attendance, but Musk clearly has a bigger role.Inc. - Jan. 21 -
Trump and Musk have launched a new class war. In the UK, we must prepare to defend ourselves | George Monbiot
Across the world, societies are reverting to oligarchies. How to resist? Fight for democracy with all we’ve got. Seldom in recent history has class war been waged so blatantly. Generally, ...The Guardian - Jan. 19 -
The Terrifying Ride of Copter 17
A former Army pilot. An aging helicopter. Furious winds. The race to put out the Eaton fire tested Los Angeles County’s night-flying firefighters like never before.The New York Times - Jan. 17 -
Schiff: Bondi was 'terrified' of contradicting Trump in hearing
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Pam Bondi, President-elect Trump’s nominee for attorney general, was “terrified” of contradicting the incoming president in her confirmation hearing before the ...The Hill - Jan. 17 -
Republicans in North Carolina Are Treading a Terrifying Path
They’re trying to overturn a fair election. Gee, who gave them that idea?The New York Times - Jan. 16 -
‘We will glorify war – and scorn for women’: Marinetti, the futurist Mussolini sidekick who outdid Elon Musk
He was the brilliant yet alarming writer of the Futurist Manifesto, a bohemian poet jailed with Mussolini who helped forge the modern world. As a new show re-examines his troubling legacy, we ...The Guardian - Jan. 9 -
Musk: Cutting $2T through DOGE ‘best-case outcome’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that the best-case scenario would be to make $2 trillion in cuts to federal spending through the "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) he is co-leading. “I ...The Hill - Jan. 9 -
What We Know About The Chicago Blackhawks Halfway Through 2024-25 Season
The Blackhawks have not had a good season, but there are bright spots and an exciting future ahead.Yahoo Sports - Jan. 9 -
Elon Musk is a monster bully on the loose, but he can only get his way if we let him | Martin Kettle
The democratic order has faced down tyrants and megalomaniacs before. The name of the game for liberals for 2025 and beyond must be survival. They can smell the fear. And they are thrilled by what ...The Guardian - Jan. 9 -
‘We stand by Jess’: Telford survivors criticise Musk’s attack on Phillips
Exclusive: Victims of male violence sign letter praising minister for devoting life to ‘fighting for women and girls’. A group of victims of gender-based violence has criticised Elon Musk for his ...The Guardian - Jan. 7