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The standoff at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue was not much of a spectacle. On the first day of February, a handful of men working for Elon Musk had come to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a few blocks from

Trump sued by workers’ unions over “unconstitutional and illegal” move to dismantle USAID  Axios Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of USAID Staff  The New York Times Recall of USAID’s global workforce causes havoc and distress  The Washington Post US politics live:

As Trump pushes the limits of presidential power, the courts push back  The Associated Press Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions  Just Security Trump’s blitz to expand his power is direct threat to democracy, experts say  The Guardian US Russell Vought

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Rescuers searched Friday for any sign of a plane that went missing while carrying 10 people across Alaska’s Norton Sound south of the Arctic Circle. The Bering Air Caravan, a single-engine turboprop, was heading from Unalakleet to

Halt in US aid cripples global efforts to relieve hunger  Reuters Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses  The Washington Post UN food agency WFP received dozens of US stop work orders despite emergency waiver  Reuters Be clear about what

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Storms spawned at least one brief tornado, sent creeks over their banks and caused flash flooding Thursday in portions of West Virginia and Kentucky, while a wintry mix coated trees and roads in ice and even dropped

If you were among the 68,500 fans in the stands to watch the National Football League’s (NFL) San Francisco 49ers host the Arizona Cardinals on Oct. 6, 2024, you could be forgiven for forgetting that football is a fall and

by Holmes CHAN The crack of a gunshot and the blonde man flinches behind the lectern, clutching his ear. But instead of horrified gasps, the crowd erupts in laughter and applause. “It’s a bullet! It wants to put me in

Jobs Report Live Updates: U.S. Hiring Slowed to 143,000 Jobs in January  The New York Times January jobs report: Unemployment rate falls to 4%, wages rise more than forecast as US labor market remains resilient to start 2025  Yahoo Finance The US

The Justice Department is scaling back policing of foreign interests operating in the United States, ending criminal enforcement of a law used to snare bad actors seeking to influence politics and elections on behalf of foreign governments. In a memo