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As USAID clears out, official directs employees to use burn bags on documents
A USAID official instructed employees Tuesday on "clearing our classified safes" by shredding documents at the embattled foreign aid agency's Washington headquarters.ABC News - Mar. 11 -
Forever 21 expected to close all U.S. stores, blames Shein and Temu for demise
Forever 21 blamed its second bankruptcy on rising competition from upstarts like Shein and Temu and their use of the de minimis exemption, a trade law loophole.CNBC - 1d -
Abercombie & Fitch must pay for ex-CEO's criminal sex trafficking defence
Judge rules allegations against Mike Jeffries are tied to his former role at the fashion brand.BBC News - 6d -
Thames Water wins approval for controversial £3bn creditor loan
Judges rule deal can go ahead with only a small change to releases freeing directors from future litigationFinancial Times - 2d -
Musk Email Reaches Italian Workers. It Did Not Go Well.
Employees at the Aviano Air Base who serve American forces got a familiar demand to list their achievements. Unions say Italy “is not the Wild West like the U.S.”The New York Times - 5d -
Aid operations in Gaza imperiled as millions of promised USAID dollars do not arrive
The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in contractual payments to aid groups, leaving them paying out of pocket to preserve the fragile Gaza ceasefire, ...ABC News - Mar. 7 -
Malnutrition food product sees funding affected by USAID cuts
Plumpynut is a life-saving food product that can bring a malnourished child back to health in just weeks. But the Trump administration's cuts to USAID essentially canceled funding to two American ...CBS News - Mar. 8 -
USAid employees told to destroy classified documents, email shows
Officials have begun large-scale destruction of classified documents, including using shredders and ‘burn bags’. US politics live – latest updates Officials at the US Agency for International ...The Guardian - Mar. 11 -
Musk Is Not Stopping at DOGE
Elon Musk isn’t stopping at DOGE.The New York Times - 1d -
3/14: America Decides
Trump speaks on “law and order” at Justice Department; Former federal employee let go due to Musk’s efforts to downsize government shows up to work for freeCBS News - 4d -
Pam Bondi Calls Tesla Vandalism ‘Domestic Terrorism,’ Promising Consequences
The attorney general echoed remarks by President Trump, as protesters against Elon Musk and his efforts to shrink the government have defaced and destroyed Tesla vehicles.The New York Times - 6h -
Merz Challenges Germans to Make a Bold Strategic Shift. Will They Do It?
The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is closing fast.The New York Times - 5d -
If you’re reading this column, Elon Musk has messed up | Stewart Lee
Social media is lurching to the right like a tapeworm scenting offal – and X’s algorithms make it hard to find opposing opinion. Wake up grandad and put your opinions in the pedal bin! If you even ...The Guardian - 3d -
DOGE's secrecy to be tested in court with sworn testimony, depositions
Over the next week, several judges have ordered top Trump administration officials to testify about efforts to reduce the size of the federal government.ABC News - Mar. 7 -
What’s Next for Mahmoud Khalil? A Fight to Keep His Case in New York.
The Trump administration’s effort to have his case heard in Louisiana could let some of America’s most conservative judges set a precedent on deportations.The New York Times - 1d -
Keir Starmer plans to reshape the Britain's ‘flabby’ state. But don’t compare him to Elon Musk
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer has won praise for his efforts to marshal international support for Ukraine as President Donald Trump’s economic and foreign policies roil the worldABC News - 6d -
Are N.B.A. Officials Ignoring a Critical Call?
Rules get their greatest stress tests when the stakes are highest. Discussions around flopping likely won’t vanish.The New York Times - Mar. 11 -
How HERide Is Thriving Against the Odds
Being a Black woman in business is like playing a game where the rules weren’t made for you.Inc. - 5d -
The country that kicked out USAID
Two decades after Eritrea expelled the American agency, other nations must now find a way to survive without itFinancial Times - 10h -
The Memo: Trump ratchets up confrontation with judiciary
President Trump and his administration ramped up their confrontation with the judiciary to extraordinary heights Monday, demanding that a judge whose ruling had incurred their disfavor should be ...The Hill - 1d -
Former USAID employees on cuts: 'We are going to put lives in jeopardy'
Two former employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), who were fired last month, told CNN the 83 percent spending cuts Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday would ...The Hill - Mar. 10 -
You be the judge: should I let my boyfriend rip out the original features in our Victorian house?
Rupi thinks the period fittings are too beautiful to lose. Raf says they’re outdated and inefficient. You decide who is breaking the house rules. Find out how to get a disagreement settled or ...The Guardian - 5d -
The making of Elon Musk: how did his childhood in apartheid South Africa shape him?
The billionaire and now Trump adviser grew up amid the collapse of white rule, attending an all-white school and then a more liberal one. With an imposing double-winged redbrick main building, and ...The Guardian - Mar. 10 -
Department of Education staff told offices will be closed Wednesday
The email sent to Department of Education staff said offices will be closed "for security reasons."CBS News - Mar. 11 -
Santander to close almost a quarter of UK branches
The bank will start closing branches from June, putting 750 jobs at risk.BBC News - 3h -
Bundestag prepares to vote on historic borrowing package in key test for Merz
Likely next chancellor needs two-thirds majority to back €500bn infrastructure fund and relaxation of debt rules. Germany’s likely next chancellor is to face a key vote on plans to unlock a record ...The Guardian - 1d -
OPM inspector general investigating DOGE emails, access to agency data
The inspector general for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) told lawmakers he is investigating the use of a new data system at the agency that has been part of a broader effort by Elon Musk ...The Hill - Mar. 10 -
Lawyer Appointed in Adams Case Says Charges Should Be Dropped
Paul D. Clement also said a judge should not allow the Trump administration to use the court’s authority to compel Mr. Adams’s support in the White House’s mass deportation efforts.The New York Times - Mar. 8 -
Meet the Federal Bureaucrat Who’s Become the Face of DOGE Resistance
Karen Ortiz, an administrative judge at the EEOC, went public with her concerns about mass firings and adminstration efforts to pause all LGBTQ discrimination cases, achieving an unusual moment of ...Inc. - Mar. 11 -
Top Law Firms Defend Overhaul of America’s Business Court
After backlash from Elon Musk and companies like Meta, Big Law is publicly supporting a bill seeking to reform the Delaware Court of Chancery.The New York Times - Mar. 11 -
Lawsuit argues Trump's use of war authority for deportation could be limitless
Some information demanded by a judge about flights carrying alleged Tren de Aragua gang members is likely to remain private, the Justice Department said.CBS News - 14h -
Some CT scans may have too much radiation, researchers say
Unnecessarily high radiation doses in CT scans have been linked to cancers. Under new federal rules, doctors and imaging centers have to more closely track and report the doses that patients get.NBC News - Mar. 8 -
Would Schools Close in a Future Pandemic?
Five years after the global Covid pandemic was declared, there is widespread agreement that closing classrooms was devastating for children. Here is what leaders say they may do next time.The New York Times - 5d -
Reporter's notebook: Are Trump's sweeping firings an abuse of power?
The government must follow certain rules. Not lying is one of them. Two federal judges sent that message to the Trump administration this week when they ordered it to rehire employees fired for ...CBS News - 4d -
Live updates: Trump blocked from using Alien Enemies Act; Houthis vow retaliation after US airstrikes
A federal judge expanded his ruling temporarily blocking the Trump administration from invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 on Saturday, preventing the removal of Venezuelan undocumented ...The Hill - 2d -
Did Trump Officials Defy a Court Order?
A New York Times review of flight data shows how the Trump administration deported about 200 migrants to El Salvador — despite a federal judge’s ruling blocking these deportations. Luke Broadwater, ...The New York Times - 15h -
Trump: Roberts didn’t mention my name
President Trump said that Chief Justice John Roberts’ statement on Tuesday didn’t mention him by name while doubling down on his call to impeach a federal judge who ruled against his administration ...The Hill - 16h -
Mahmoud Khalil says he was 'targeted' for pro-Palestinian beliefs in letter from ICE facility
Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil says he was "targeted" for advocating for the Palestinian cause in a new letter from a detention facility, as a judge ruled his challenge to his arrest ...NBC News - 2h -
Gutfeld rips Roberts: 'Shut the F up'
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld blasted Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts after he issued a rare criticism of President Trump, who has called to impeach a federal judge that ruled against his ...The Hill - 1h -
Panama Will Release Migrants From Detention Camp, Challenging Trump’s Deportation Efforts
More than 100 people deported by the United States have been held in a remote camp for weeks. Their release could pose a challenge to President Trump’s deportation efforts.The New York Times - Mar. 8