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Trump administration halts federal funding for US EV charger expansion

Elon Musk, who heads Trump's government efficiency team, is also chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., which has the largest EV charger network in the US

Changing policies: All that Trump has done to remake US govt so far

The moves include offering buyouts to most government workers, dismissing or reassigning hundreds of officials, removing agency watchdogs among others

China files WTO dispute over Trump's tariffs, escalating trade tensions

In a statement cited by the WTO, China's government said the measures appeared to be inconsistent with U.S. obligations under the agreement that led to the creation of the trade body

Trump's foreign aid freeze may prove to be boon for authoritarian strongmen

When President Donald Trump froze foreign assistance for 90 days, he argued that such a drastic step was needed to eliminate waste and block what he derides as woke spending that doesn't align with American interests. Experts say the suspension has another, far more serious consequence: emboldening authoritarian strongmen. Wrapped into the billions the US spends annually on foreign aid more than any other nation are hundreds of grants for grassroots groups dedicated to fighting for democracy in authoritarian countries around the world. Among the groups that won't be receiving critical funding is an organisation that trained poll workers to detect fraud in Venezuela's recent presidential vote, pro-democracy activists in Cuba and China and a group of Belarusian exiles behind a campaign to block the country's strongman from winning a sham election. Cutting funding to these essential efforts sends the wrong signal to dictatorships and undermines the brave individuals fighting for ...

Mexico's Prez Sheinbaum wins early praise for handling Trump on tariffs

Some politicians and analysts commended Sheinbaum's measured public tone and apparent ability to blunt Trump's charge after she reached an agreement with the US president to pause tariffs for a month

Trump's aid freeze shocks Syria camp holding families linked to IS group

Ahmad Abdullah Hammoud was lucky to have some food stored to feed his family after a US-funded organisation abruptly suspended its aid activities at the sprawling tent camp in northeastern Syria where they have been forced to stay for nearly six years. His family is among 37,000 people, mostly women and children, with alleged ties to the Islamic State group at the bleak, trash-strewn al-Hol camp, where the Trump administration's unprecedented freeze on foreign aid caused chaos and uncertainty and worsened the dire humanitarian conditions. When the freeze was announced shortly after Trump took office, US-funded aid programmes worldwide began shutting down operations, including the organisation that runs many operations at al-Hol, which works under the supervision of the US-led coalition formed to fight IS. The US-based Blumont briefly suspended operations, according to the camp's director. It had been providing essentials such as bread, water, kerosene and cooking gas. Blumont didn't

DOGE 'rapidly shutting down' Treasury payments to US contractors: Musk

Musk is targeting systems that process tens of billions of dollars a day in payments for US government agencies and the officials that oversee them

Trump increases EU tariff threat, plans calls with Canada, Mexico

Trump's comments leave little room for optimism of an agreement to avoid a North American trade war that may spread across the world

Donald Trump imposes 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, 10% on China

Trump's tariffs deliver on a threat to punish the three countries for what he says is a failure to prevent the flow of undocumented migrants and illegal drugs

Trump tariffs, reforms target loophole used by Chinese online retailers

Under the de minimis exemption, products below that amount are able to enter the US without tariffs, boon for China's e-commerce retailers who ship often cheaper wares directly to consumers in the US

Complete betrayal: Canada reels as Trump tariffs rattle trade relationship

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has scheduled a news conference for 8:30 p.m. Ottawa time to announce Canada's response to the tariffs, while other political leaders began taking their own actions

Democrats look to elect new leader as party struggles to repair brand

Democrats, desperately seeking a new message and messengers to push back against the Trump administration, will elect a new leader Saturday in a low-profile Democratic National Committee election that could have big implications for the party's future. More than 400 DNC members from every state and US territory have gathered in suburban Washington for the election, which features a slate of candidates dominated by party insiders. Outgoing Chair Jaime Harrison is not seeking reelection. Most of the candidates acknowledge that the Democratic brand is badly damaged, but few are promising fundamental changes. Indeed, nearly three months after Donald Trump won the popular vote and gained ground among key Democratic constituencies, there is little agreement on what exactly went wrong. Facing an emboldened Trump presidency, however, the leading candidates are talking tough. As we reel with shock at the horror that Trump is visiting on communities across this country, we need a DNC and a D

Trump targets FAA diversity efforts in plane crash probe without any proof

President Donald Trump wasted little time this week trying to assign blame for the nation's deadliest air disaster in more than two decades. Among his chief targets: An FAA diversity hiring initiative he suggested had undermined the agency's effectiveness. But certainly for an air traffic controller, we want the brightest, the smartest, the sharpest. We want somebody that's psychologically superior, Trump said at a news conference Thursday. No evidence has emerged that rules seeking to diversify the FAA played any role in the collision Wednesday between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter that killed 67 people. Nevertheless, Trump's comments drew attention to the agency's attempts to address its most pressing and long-standing problem a persistent shortage of air traffic controllers who are critical to keeping the nation's skies safe. How has Trump tied diversity hiring to the collision? Trump is using this week's disaster as another opportunity to

US to deploy 1,000 more troops to boost Trump's immigration crackdown

The Pentagon is readying orders for the deployment of at least 1,000 additional active duty troops to bolster President Donald Trump's expanding crackdown on immigration, US officials said Friday. They said roughly 500 more soldiers largely a headquarters unit from the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum in New York will be sent to the southwest border. And about 500 Marines will go to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where some of the detained migrants will be held. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because announcements have not been made, said there have been ongoing discussions about the deployments and the numbers could increase if additional details are worked out. The Pentagon has been scrambling to put in motion Trump's executive orders signed shortly after he took office on January 20. The first group of 1,600 active duty troops deployed to the border last week. The deployments reflect Trump's determination to expand the military's role in his campaign to shut down

Second federal judge orders to pause Trump admin efforts to freeze funding

A second federal judge on Friday ordered a temporary pause in Trump administration efforts to freeze federal funding in the latest twist over the spending of trillions of dollars in grants and loans. Judge John McConnell sided with nearly two dozen states that requested an emergency order preventing most federal agencies from halting funding. Another judge in Washington halted the plan earlier this week minutes before it was set to go into effect, but her short-term order is only in place until Monday unless she decides to extend it. McConnell ordered the federal government not to pause, freeze, impede, block, cancel, or terminate funding promised to the states while the order is in place, unless any other laws came into play. The federal government had opposed the order, arguing there was no basis for what they described as sweeping relief. The decision from McConnell, who is based in Rhode Island and was appointed by former President Barack Obama, comes after the Office of ...

No travel reimbursement for US troops seeking abortion, fertility treatment

The Defence Department will no longer reimburse service members for travel out of state to get reproductive health care, including abortions and fertility treatments, according to a new memo. The directive signed this week eliminates a rarely used Biden administration policy enacted in October 2022, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and more states began to impose increased abortion restrictions. Signed on Wednesday by Jeffrey Register, the director of the Pentagon's human resources department, the memo simply shows red lines crossing out the previous regulation and offers no other guidance. Asked if service members would still be allowed time off to travel at their own expense, the department had no immediate answer. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, called the policy change shameful. Our service members go wherever they need to in order to bravely serve our country and because President Trump's extremist Supreme Court

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What is DEI programme, the practice Trump is trying to dismantle?

Trump has signed executive orders calling for the elimination of government diversity programs and the removal of all federal offices and jobs related to DEI

I was subject to racism as an individual: Trump's FBI pick Kash Patel

Indian American Kash Patel on Thursday told lawmakers that he has been subjected to racism while growing up as an individual. Unfortunately, Senator, yes. I don't want to get into those details with my family here, Patel, 44, told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing to be the FBI Director. If confirmed, he would be the first Hindu and Indian American to be FBI Director. Patel was responding to a question from Senator Lindsey Graham if he has ever been subject to racism as an individual. If you look at the record from January 6th, where I testified before that committee, because of my personal information being released by the Congress, I was subjected to a direct and significant threat on my life. And I put that information in the record. I had to move, he said. I was called a detestable -- and I'll apologise if I don't get it all right, but it's in the record -- a detestable sand nigger who had no right being in this country. You should go bac

Trump's desire for Greenland, Panama Canal legit amid China concerns: Rubio

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says President Donald Trump's desire to acquire Greenland and retake control of the Panama Canal is driven by legitimate national security interests stemming from growing concerns about Chinese activity and influence in the Arctic and in Latin America. Ahead of a trip to Central America that will start in Panama this weekend, Rubio said Thursday that he could not predict if Trump would succeed in buying Greenland from Denmark or restoring American authority over the Panama Canal while he is office. But he said the attention that Trump will give to both would have an impact. What I think you can rest assured of is that four years from now, our interest in the Arctic will be more secure; our interest in the Panama Canal will be more secure, Rubio said in an interview with SiriusXM host Megyn Kelly. Rubio will arrive in Panama on Saturday on his first official foreign trip as America's top diplomat, signalling the importance that both he and Trump place o