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The Trump aid gap
Heavy cuts to USAID have left the future of global development and health institutions in the balanceFinancial Times - 4d -
Millions of Americans dealing with freezing temperatures
Texas is seeing freezing temperatures as millions of Americans deal with snow, sleet and flooding. CBS News Texas' Ken Molestina reports.CBS News - 1d -
Waltz defends USAID funding freeze, Musk influence
President Trump’s National Security Adviser Mike Waltz defended the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funding freeze and tech billionaire Elon Musk’s influence over the federal ...The Hill - Feb. 9 -
Fifty countries affected by USAID freeze, says WHO
HIV treatments and other services have been disrupted, says Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.BBC News - Feb. 12 -
Trump’s Funding Freezes Bruise a Core Constituency: Farmers
A rapid-fire array of directives by the Trump administration have left farmers and businesses in rural America reeling.The New York Times - 5d -
NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’
An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause “ALL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.”Wired - Feb. 6 -
Trump’s New Tariffs Target Foreign Metals
Also, Elon Musk led a bid to buy OpenAI. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.The New York Times - Feb. 10 -
Trump announces 25% tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum
Modified US duties will be enforced ‘without exceptions’, said president, in controversial bid to boost economy. What are the tariffs on steel and aluminum Trump announced? Why Trump tariffs ...The Guardian - Feb. 11 -
Trump pauses enforcement of foreign bribery ban
President Trump has signed an executive order to direct the Department of Justice (DOJ) to stop enforcing a law that prevents bribery towards foreign government officials. The order, signed on ...The Hill - Feb. 11 -
Trump Pauses Enforcement of Foreign Bribery Law
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act makes it illegal for companies that operate in the United States to pay foreign government officials to secure or keep business deals.The New York Times - Feb. 11 -
Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar's scam centres
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has pledged to close scam centres along the Thai-Myanmar border.BBC News - Feb. 13 -
Trump’s foreign policy creates unprecedented global challenges
The withdrawal of American leadership from Europe, embodied by Trump’s approach to Ukraine, has ramifications that will reverberate around the world.The Hill - 2d -
Why AI should be a hallmark of US foreign assistance
AI is the key to winning friends and influencing countries in the 21st century.The Hill - 2d -
Steve Witkoff emerges as force in Trump's foreign policy
President Trump is leaning on Steve Witkoff, a longtime friend and real estate investor, to facilitate key aspects of his foreign policy, including high-profile ceasefire talks in Gaza and ...The Hill - 14h -
With Aid Cutoff, Trump Severs a Lifeline for Millions
Shock and grief rippled through the health community as lifelines for care were abruptly severed.The New York Times - Feb. 9 -
Trump’s tariffs wars and aid shutdowns are foolish and immoral
All of this madness will lead to increased famine, disease, suffering and economic instability, while handing geopolitical influence to China and Russia.The Hill - Feb. 10 -
Trump cuts financial aid to South Africa
South Africa is one of the latest countries President Trump has targeted since taking office. Last week, the White House issued an executive order completely cutting off financial assistance to the ...CBS News - 6d -
Trump Administration Move to Freeze E.V. Charger Funding Confounds States
Some have halted work on the Biden-era $5 billion program to build E.V. charging stations. Others plan to keep building. Most are confused.The New York Times - Feb. 8 -
USAID freeze risks 'deadly consequences' as work halts in Gaza, agencies warn
Aid agencies are sounding the alarm about Gaza after President Donald Trump suspended the U.S. Agency for International Development.NBC News - Feb. 8 -
How USAID freeze could be the most catastrophic for women and girls
Women and girls are more susceptible to HIV and malaria in many developing countries.NBC News - Feb. 8 -
Thousands of Syrians in limbo as UK Home Office freezes asylum claims
Two months after the fall of Assad’s regime, Whitehall’s decision to pause asylum applications from Syrians has left more than 6,600 cases stuck on hold in the UK. More than 6,000 Syrians in ...The Guardian - Feb. 8 -
Northern U.S. faces intense blast of snow, sleet and freezing rain
Ninety-five million people across the northern U.S. from the plains to the Great Lakes as well as the Northeast are under winter weather alerts on Saturday as a blast of winter weather could foul ...NBC News - Feb. 8 -
Sen. Adam Schiff calls for federal firefighters to be exempt from hiring freeze
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on Friday called on several U.S. agencies to exempt seasonal wildland firefighters from the ongoing federal hiring freeze, as concerns about federal readiness for future ...NBC News - Feb. 8 -
Schiff calls for firefighter exemption from federal hiring freeze
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Friday urged the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to exempt federal seasonal firefighters from President Trump’s federal ...The Hill - Feb. 9 -
Judge extends freeze on Trump's plan to get millions of federal workers to resign
A federal judge in Boston on Monday continued his pause of the Trump administration's unprecedented plan to get millions of federal workers to resign until he responds "to the issues presented."NBC News - Feb. 10 -
Wildfire mitigation projects caught up in Trump’s spending freeze
Some forest management projects that aim to mitigate wildfire risk are among the projects that have been halted under President Trump’s executive order to freeze spending. In a letter to the Trump ...The Hill - Feb. 10 -
How the USAID freeze impacts American farmers and hungry people around the world
NBC News' Andrea Mitchell reports on the global consequences and domestic economic effects of the recent push to dismantle USAID.NBC News - Feb. 11 -
Judge finds Trump administration violated court order halting funding freeze
A federal judge in Rhode Island on Monday said that the Trump administration had violated his order halting a sweeping federal funding freeze and ordered the government to “immediately restore ...NBC News - Feb. 11 -
Judge directs Trump officials to comply with earlier order halting funding freeze
A group of 22 states and the District of Columbia said the Trump administration was not complying with a judge's order blocking its freeze on federal assistance.CBS News - Feb. 10 -
FEMA official ignores judge's latest order, demands freeze on grant funding
A senior FEMA official instructed subordinates to freeze funding for grant programs, hours after a judge ordered the Trump administration to stop such pauses.NBC News - Feb. 11 -
Trump Is Freezing Money for Clean Energy. Republican States Have the Most to Lose.
About 80 percent of manufacturing investments spurred by a Biden-era climate law have flowed to Republican districts. Efforts to stop federal payments are already causing pain.The New York Times - Feb. 11 -
Appeals court denies Trump's request to lift order blocking funding freeze
The Trump administration is reigniting a legal fight over whether it can unilaterally freeze billions of dollars in funding in loans, grants and financial assistance.ABC News - Feb. 11 -
The CFPB Work Freeze Is Putting Big Tech Regulations ‘On Ice’
The cease-work order at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau won’t just affect lawsuits and enforcement actions. It will stall regulation that could govern tech companies like Apple and Google.Wired - Feb. 11 -
Appeals court rejects Trump administration bid to immediately reinstate funding freeze
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Justice Department's request to pause a judge's order while it challenges the order in court.NBC News - Feb. 12 -
‘A fight for our lives’: Trump’s USAid freeze is harming millions of women and girls
A 90-day stop-work order means many clinics around the world will shut and vital care will be withheld . International health organizations have warned that Donald Trump’s push to dismantle US ...The Guardian - Feb. 13 -
Judge lifts freeze on Trump and Musk's federal worker buyout plan
President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk's plan to reshape the federal government is entering a new phase after a judge lifted a temporary freeze on their federal employee buyout program. ...NBC News - Feb. 13 -
Shapiro, Beshear join fight over Trump’s federal funding freeze
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) sued the Trump administration Thursday, saying the federal government is still suspending grants to his state despite court orders in two existing cases. The ...The Hill - Feb. 13 -
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro sues the Trump administration over funding freeze
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro sued the Trump administration on Thursday over its broad freeze of federal funding.NBC News - Feb. 13 -
Trump Funding Freeze Decimates Women’s Health Care, U.N. and Others Say
Only three weeks into the Trump administration’s suspension of money for foreign aid, those who work in women’s health say the impact has already been devastating.The New York Times - Feb. 13