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US Supreme Court’s Roberts pauses judge’s order on Trump administration foreign aid funding
John Roberts, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, during the 60th presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025. Chip Somodevilla | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a federal judge’s order requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients. Roberts issued an interim order placing on hold Washington-based U.S. District Judge Amir Ali’s action that had imposed […]
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Trump says Dan Bongino to be FBI deputy director
Dan Bongino in Hollywood, Florida on Nov. 17, 2022. Jason Koerner | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images President Donald Trump said in a post on social media Sunday that Dan Bongino, a conservative talk show host, will be deputy director of the FBI. Bongino will join Kash Patel, who was recently confirmed by the Senate as director of the FBI. Trump said Bongino was named to the role by Patel. The […]
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DOGE-affiliated employee has accessed IRS system with sensitive taxpayer information
The Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 13, 2025 Kayla Bartkowski | Getty Images News | Getty Images An Internal Revenue Service employee who is affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency has accessed an IRS system that houses sensitive taxpayer information, according to an administration official. The employee was granted access to the […]
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Citing a ‘routine’ update, US removes reference to Taiwan independence on website
The United States Department of State logo on a smartphone screen. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The U.S. State Department said it has made a routine update to the Taiwan section of its website, after the removal of previous wording saying it did not support Taiwan’s formal independence, among other changes that cheered the government in Taipei. The fact sheet on Taiwan, updated last week, retains Washington’s opposition […]
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U.S. embassies told to prepare for staff cuts as Trump overhauls diplomatic corps, sources say
The entrance of the United States Embassy in Bogota, Colombia on Jan. 26, 2025. Pablo Vera | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s administration has asked U.S. embassies worldwide to prepare for staff cuts, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday, as part of the Republican president’s effort to overhaul the U.S. diplomatic corps. The sources said some embassies had been asked to look into reducing both U.S. staff as […]
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Trump administration sued by government workers over cuts to USAID
The flag of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) outside its headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5, 2025. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The largest U.S. government workers’ union and an association of foreign service workers sued the Trump administration on Thursday in an effort to reverse its aggressive dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development. The lawsuit, filed […]
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Trump’s trade war could have a clear winner: The UK
General view of the City of London skyline, the capital’s financial district, in October. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Global markets were hit with fresh volatility this week after U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed plans to impose tariffs on imports from three of America’s biggest trading partners. Trump on Monday agreed to pause […]
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India’s Modi invited to meet with Trump next week, White House official says
Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, left, and U.S President Donald Trump, arrive for a news conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. T. Narayan | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the White House next week, a White House official said, hours after a U.S. military plane departed to return deported migrants to the […]
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Rubio tells Panama to end China’s influence of canal or face U.S. action
TOPSHOT – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) shakes hands with Panama Canal Authority Administrator Ricaurte Vasquez during a tour at the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal in Panama City on February 2, 2025. Mark Schiefelbein | Afp | Getty Images U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday warned Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino that […]
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U.S. puts Colombia tariff, sanctions threat on hold after deportations deal
Colombian Foreign Relations Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo (C) looks on next to Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Rojas (L), Director of DAPRE Laura Sarabia (2nd-L), Ambassador of Colombia to the United States German Garcia-Pena (2nd-R), and Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism Luis Carlos Reyes during a press conference on the diplomatic dispute with the […]
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