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Federal employees are ping-ponging between outrage, despair, and confusion as Trump’s
The White House told federal workers they could voluntarily resign by February 6 and be paid through September.The offer follows the Trump Administration's efforts to overhaul the federal…
Implications, backlash, conditions: All about Trump’s deferred resignation offer to US
The newly-formed US government under the second term of President Donald Trump, on Tuesday, offered the federal employees to resign from their posts in exchange of an eight-month severance pay and retaining all the benefits till…
Democrats coordinate multi-state response to Trump’s funding freeze
Morally indignant Senate Democrats piled on President Donald Trump's federal funding freeze Wednesday, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announcing a coordinated response with Democratic governors to come.The Office of…
‘He cheats his way through life’: Five bombshells from Caroline Kennedy’s open…
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Trump’s federal grant pause creates confusion over Medicaid funding | CNN Politics
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The Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants sparked chaos and confusion at state Medicaid agencies on Tuesday.
Although the…
Germany rejects US proposal to boost NATO defence spending to 5% of GDP | Caliber.Az
24 January 2025 17:40
Germany has expressed its support for increased defence spending among NATO countries but has rejected the US proposal to raise contributions to 5% of a country's GDP.
In an interview with French TV channel LCI,…
Colombia sends air force planes to bring home migrants deported from the US
A Colombian Air Force jet was expected to land back in the country early Tuesday carrying 110 Colombians deported from the United States.
The flight from San Diego, along with another traveling from Houston back to Colombia, follows a…
World Bank Warns Colombian Staff Against U.S. Travel After Trump Visa Edict
The World Bank Group warned Colombian staff members on Monday not to exit or enter the United States following a travel ban and visa restrictions that President Trump imposed on Colombians a day earlier, after the government in Bogotá…
China says it’s “extremely unlikely” COVID pandemic came from lab leak, as CIA now
4 viruses on the rise across the U.S.…
Coffee, corn and conflict: What US-Colombia tensions mean for American’s wallet – The
Escalating tensions between the United States and Colombia threaten to raise the prices of coffee, flowers, and other Colombian imports for American consumers while jeopardising billions of dollars in US exports, including corn and…