Judge blocks Trump's plan to put thousands of USAID workers on leave for now
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Trump 2nd term live updates: DOGE hit with another court block over data access
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Federal judge blocks Elon Musk’s access to US Treasury data
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Judge blocks Musk, DOGE from accessing Treasury payment systems
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Judge blocks DOGE from accessing personal data at Treasury
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Judge blocks Musk team access to Treasury Department records
Nineteen state attorneys general sued the Trump administration after the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) was given access.BBC News - 6h -
Elon Musk put a chip in this paralysed man’s brain. Now he can move things with his mind. Should we be amazed - or terrified?
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Judge blocks Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID employees on leave
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from orchestrating its plan to place more than 2,000 USAID employees on leave at midnight.ABC News - 13h -
Judge pauses Trump’s efforts to put thousands of USAID workers on leave
The agency earlier told staff only several hundred employees would remain as the administration cuts foreign aidFinancial Times - 17h -
Judge pauses Trump plan to put USAID staff on leave
Judge Carl Nichols said he would be entering a "very limited" temporary restraining order directed at the 2,200 at-risk USAID workers.CNBC - 19h -
Federal judge pauses administrative leave for thousands of USAID employees
A federal judge said he will pause a midnight deadline for the U.S. Agency for International Development to be stripped down to a few hundred workers from a workforce of more than 5,000.NBC News - 20h -
Trump says Nippon Steel has dropped plan to buy US Steel
US president warns he could hit Japan with tariffs after vowing to place levies on imports from Canada and MexicoFinancial Times - 20h -
Trump’s Gaza Plan Complicates Hoped-for Saudi-Israeli Deal
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Thousands block Athens traffic to protest delays in Greek rail disaster inquiry
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Trump’s Executive Orders Leave Imprint on the Fed
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Trump Trade Nominee Defends Plan to Reorder International Trade
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Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Leaves Millions Without HIV Treatment
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This week, Trump shut down USAID. Here’s why China is cheering.
The U.S. decision to shut down USAID has been widely criticized as a strategic victory for China, allowing it to expand its economic and political dominance unchecked.The Hill - 5h -
Judge blocks Trump plan to put thousands of USAID staff on leave
A last-minute lawsuit means Trump's efforts to dismantle the overseas aid agency have been put on hold.BBC News - 9h -
Judge temporarily blocks Musk’s ‘Doge’ team from accessing treasury records
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Judge Pauses Elements of Trump Plan to Shut Down U.S.A.I.D.
Judge Carl Nichols temporarily blocked plans to put 2,200 employees on paid leave and recall nearly all agency workers abroad. He also temporarily reinstated 500 workers already on leave.The New York Times - 12h -
Judge won’t block DOGE from accessing Labor Department systems
A federal judge Friday evening refused to block the Labor Department from giving Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to confidential systems or firing employees for ...The Hill - 15h -
What's next for USAID workers amid Trump changes
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from putting 2,200 U.S. Agency for International Development employees on leave. However, the White House still has the agency ...CBS News - 17h -
Graham's plan for Trump tax cuts
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Trump knocks Time Magazine after it puts Musk on cover
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Environmental justice staff put on leave at EPA
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Trump hits pause on blocking a trade loophole. Temu parent’s stock gains.
The U.S.-listed shares of Temu parent PDD Holdings finished higher Friday after the Trump administration pulled back on its effort to close a so-called de minimis exemption that lets shipments ...MarketWatch - 20h -
Judge temporarily blocks Trump's federal employee buyout program
A federal judge in Boston has temporarily halted President Trump's federal employee buyout program proposal. NBC News' Aaron Gilchrist and Danny Cevallos reports on legal aspects surrounding the ...NBC News - 1d -
Trump's Gaza plan shocks the world but finds support in Israel
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Judge temporarily blocks Trump's federal government employee buyout
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A Professor Put Her Class on TikTok. Thousands Enrolled in a Digital H.B.C.U.
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Trump’s Tariff Plan Is Looking Potentially Disastrous for Inflation
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Trump’s Gaza Plan Has Many Pitfalls, Hamas Among the Biggest
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Trump's aid freeze will worsen Sudan famine and cost lives, workers say
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Jeremy Bowen: Trump's Gaza plan won't happen, but it will have consequences
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'I won't leave. Put that in your brain.' Palestinians reject Trump's call to expel them from Gaza
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Trump fired this independent labor regulator. Now, she’s suing.
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