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The staff of U.S.A.I.D. will be reduced to some 15 legally required positions. The agency employed about 10,000 people before the Trump administration entered office.

The Trump administration seemed to hold back immediately after the January wildfires. But its multipronged assault on California has now begun in earnest.

A warning sign flares as the Trump White House refuses to moderate its shock politics  CNN

The protests are scheduled to take place at Tesla facilities across the U.S. and in Europe on Saturday, as part of a grassroots campaign against Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s work in the Trump administration. (Image credit: Richard Vogel)

Trump news at a glance: Vance stakes US claim for Greenland as island’s new coalition insists it ‘belongs to us’  The Guardian US

Trump senior adviser Kari Lake is regrouping after U.S. judges blocked her from taking further actions against the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. (Image credit: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Myanmar quake death toll nears 700 as international aid starts to arrive  Reuters M 7.7 – 16 km NNW of Sagaing, Myanmar  USGS Earthquake Hazards Program Unanswered phones and a desperate wait outside the shattered Bangkok high-rise toppled by Myanmar quake  CNN Trump

A top vaccine advisor at the FDA was forced to resign on Friday. In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks, wrote “truth and transparency are not desired,” by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Image credit: GREG NASH/POOL)

Fears for Bagan’s towering Buddhist temples after Myanmar earthquake  The Guardian Unanswered phones and a desperate wait outside the shattered Bangkok high-rise toppled by Myanmar quake  CNN Trump says the US will help in Asia quake. A former official says the system

The number of people killed in Myanmar following a powerful earthquake has risen to 694, and 1,670 others injured, according to the country’s military government.