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He wrote that there was no explanation “why a blanket suspension of all congressionally appropriated foreign aid” is needed to review programs. But how funds will start flowing again is unclear. (Image credit: Hajarah Nalwadda/Getty Images)

Live updates: Trump signs more executive orders; Vance and Rubio meet with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy  NBC News

A Night at the Kennedy Center, Just After Trump’s Takeover  The New York Times

JD Vance breaks taboo by meeting with leader of Germany’s far-right party  The Guardian US Layoffs Expand at Federal Agencies, Part of Trump Purge  The New York Times 10,000 federal workers laid off amid Donald Trump & Elon Musk’s push to reshape

JD Vance breaks taboo by meeting with leader of Germany’s far-right party  The Guardian US Trump Live Updates: News on Federal Employee Layoffs and Tariffs  The New York Times 9,500 layoffs, 75,000 buyouts in US: Which agencies hit the hardest by Trump,

Sweeping US energy department layoffs hit offices of loans, nuclear security, sources say  Reuters Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say  CNN Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department  Bloomberg US nuclear weapons agency

Infant mortality and births increased in the majority of states that had abortion bans in the year after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade, according to two new studies. The studies, which were published in the

Thousands of probationary employees fired as Trump administration directs agencies to carry out widespread layoffs  CNN Nearly 10,000 fired as Trump, Musk step up assault on US agencies  Reuters “You are not fit for continued employment”: Federal workers express shock, anger over

As the Trump administration publicly hammers out its plans on the Ukraine war, it’s also pressing Ukraine for deals in exchange for more aid — including giving the U.S. mining rights for rare earths. (Image credit: TOBIAS SCHWARZ)

Another prosecutor resigns in latest fallout from Justice Department turmoil over NYC mayor’s case  The Associated Press Seventh prosecutor in Eric Adams case resigns and calls out Trump’s former lawyer in scathing letter  CNN DOJ moves to drop Eric Adams charges after