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Trump Official Behind USAID Closure Leaves Post As Musk-Led Cuts Reshape Agency

The move came as Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency cut funding and laid off contractors across many federal agencies, claiming it was part of a plan to reduce wasteful spending.

International Business Times

Trump official who helped dismantle USAID leaves role after ‘depriving millions’ of life-saving support

Pete Marocco reportedly clashed with Secretary of State Marco Rubio over extent of funding cuts

The Independent UK

New DHS Task Force Scours International Student's Social Media For Potential Grounds To Revoke Visas

A new DHS task force is using data analytic tools to scour the social media histories of the estimated 1.5 million foreign students in the U.S., report reveals.

Latin Times

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Why USAID is such a critical piece of the global climate aid puzzle – and what happens next as it is cut

CLIMATE ANALYSIS: As development projects battle over which is the most ‘life-saving’ in order to secure the dregs of US aid funding, climate action is likely to be deemed lowest priority, writes Nick Ferris

The Independent UK

Trump administration says it cut funding to some life-saving UN food programs by mistake

The State Department says it's rolled back some of its sweeping funding cuts to U.N. World Food Program emergency projects in 14 impoverished countries

The Independent UK

Colleges around the US say some international students' visas are being revoked

Colleges around the country are reporting cases of international students suddenly learning their visas have been revoked

The Independent UK

World Bank employees accused of ‘intimidating’ au pair into forced labor and threatening to have her deported

Exclusive: An au pair from Indonesia claims in a lawsuit obtained by The Independent that the couple refused to let her leave the house without their permission and threatened to have her deported if she told anyone about the mistreatment

The Independent UK

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In the race to save lives after the Myanmar quake, US rescuers are notable by their absence

Day after day, Chinese rescue teams haul children and elderly people from collapsed buildings

The Independent UK

Federal officials are quietly terminating the legal residency of some international college students

A crackdown on foreign students is alarming college leaders, who say the Trump administration is using new tactics and vague justifications to push some students out of the country

The Independent UK

Judge considers holding Trump officials in contempt for defying court orders blocking El Salvador flights

Judge Boasberg says administration acted in ‘bad faith’ to evade scrutiny over president’s Alien Enemies Act removals

The Independent UK

DOGE to Fire All Local Workers, U.S. Diplomats Assigned to USAID: 'This Is Definitely the Final Closing Out'

A federal appeals court on Friday lifter an order that had temporarily halted further cuts by DOGE

Latin Times

US bans government personnel in China from romantic or sexual relations with Chinese citizens

The U.S. government has banned American government personnel in China, as well as family members and contractors with security clearances, from any romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens

The Independent UK

Nina Jankowicz's Defense of Government Censors Is Based on Misinformation

"Everything looks like a conspiracy when you don't know how anything works," said Jankowicz.

Reason

Local Workers, US Diplomats To Be Fired As Musk's DOGE Finalizes Plan To Dismantle USAID: Report

The Congress, on Friday, was informed that nearly all USAID employees would be fired by September, with all of its overseas offices closed and some functions transferred to the State Department.

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The Independent UK

Melania Trump says courage is 'based in love' as she honors women from around the world for bravery

Melania Trump has recognized eight women with the 2025 International Women of Courage Award

The Independent UK

US should recognise UK is a free country, Badenoch says, amid free speech row

The Tory leader said ‘we need to respect what Parliament votes for’.

The Independent UK

Trump administration says it deported 17 more ‘violent criminals’ to El Salvador

The Trump administration says it has deported 17 more “violent criminals” from the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs to El Salvador, as it doubles down on a policy of removing people from the U.S. to third countries despite criticism over lack of transparency and human rights protections

The Independent UK

Trump says US will help Myanmar after the earthquake – his cuts will make that difficult

The Trump administration, working with Elon Musk's teams, has gutted foreign assistance since Trump took office

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Reason

Pete Hegseth's Carelessness and Dishonesty Mirror Hillary Clinton's

The defense secretary, who shared information about imminent U.S. air strikes in a manifestly insecure group chat, thought Clinton should be prosecuted for her careless handling of sensitive information.

Fortune

A DOGE staffer working as a 'senior advisor' in the government provided tech support to a cybercrime group

Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old DOGE member, has been linked to a cybercrime group through his former company, DiamondCDN.

International Business Times

US Drops Bounties On Top Afghan Taliban Officials

The United States has removed multimillion-dollar bounties on leaders of Afghanistan's feared Haqqani militant network, including the current Taliban interior minister, the State Department and the Taliban government said.

International Business Times

Rubio To Look At New Path On Haiti On Caribbean Trip

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads Wednesday to the Caribbean looking for ways forward on violence-torn Haiti and to show support for oil-rich Guyana in its dispute with Venezuela.

The Independent UK

Transgender Americans aim to block Trump's passport policy change

A federal judge will consider whether to block a Trump administration policy that bans the use of “X” marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers

The Independent UK

‘Shocking overreach’: Trump administration aims to deport Columbia student with green card for appearing at Palestine protests, says lawsuit

Administration has targeted multiple non-citizen activists for deportation in recent weeks, prompting lawsuits

The Independent UK

US warns Iraq to crack down on Iranian-backed militant groups

‘The government of Iraq must ensure it has command and control of all security forces’ within its borders, State Department declares

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