Blog Verité

Trump’s executive actions are getting challenged as ‘arbitrary.’ What does that mean?  NPR Federal Courts Are the Frontline for Those Opposing Trump Executive Orders  The New York Times Analysis | As the Trump upheaval continues, are there restraints that could slow him

Nonprofits, NGOs scramble to provide global aid amid USAID uncertainty  ABC News Visualizing the international reach of U.S. funding cut by Trump  The Washington Post U.S.A.I.D. Workers Brace for the Worst  The New York Times How spending $153M to pay its bills put

Trump revokes security clearances for Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan  Reuters What to know about presidents and security clearances  NPR Trump says he’s revoking Biden’s access to classified information  CNN Trump says he’s ending Biden’s classified intelligence briefings in payback move  Yahoo President Trump revokes

Freed Israeli hostages did not know their loved ones had died  CNN Hamas Makes Gaunt Israeli Hostages Thank Captors Before Release  The New York Times Hostage return spotlights tragedy in fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire  NBC News Netanyahu, Do You See What They Look Like?  Haaretz

Freed Israeli hostages did not know their loved ones had died  CNN Hostage return spotlights tragedy in fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire  NBC News Pale, gaunt Israeli hostages freed from Gaza captivity as scores of Palestinian prisoners released under ceasefire deal  CNN Netanyahu, Do You

CBS News poll — Trump has positive approval amid “energetic” opening weeks; seen as doing what he promised  CBS News 1. Trump’s second term: Early ratings and expectations  Pew Research Center High Approval Rating for Trump in First Month, CBS Poll Shows  Bloomberg

Donald Trump’s return to the White House has plunged Washington into upheaval and anxiety, bringing loyalty tests and other efforts to purge government employees. This climate of fear recalls the anticommunist paranoia of the 1950s and its crucial turning point

Trump says he wants to negotiate about Ukraine. It’s not clear if Putin really does  The Associated Press Trump reveals he’s spoken with Putin by phone, says Russian president ‘wants to see people stop dying’ in Ukraine war  New York Post Trump

‘No thanks’: White South Africans turn down Trump’s immigration offer  Reuters.com Trump freezes aid to South Africa over controversial land law, claiming discrimination against White farmers  CNN How a White Fringe Group Drew Trump’s Ire on South Africa  Bloomberg Some Afrikaners Cheer as

Elon Musk dodges DOGE scrutiny while expanding his power in Washington  The Associated Press Inside Elon Musk’s War on Washington  TIME Opinion | Musk’s Lost Boys and Trump’s Mean Girls  The New York Times Playbook: Trump-Musk tensions rising?  POLITICO Elon Musk’s Revolutionary Terror  The New