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News outlet Politico got dragged into the USAID chaos. Turns out, government workers have a $16 million habit of reading premium political news

Right-winged socials were wrong after they speculated Politico funding came from USAID. The government just spends millions on the platform's premium memberships.

Fortune

DOGE Reportedly Building Custom Chatbot GSAi – Will Elon Musk Replace GSA Staffers With AI?

Elon Musk's DOGE is reportedly working fast on developing a custom AI assistant for the U.S. GSA called GSAi,with the main goal of boosting productivity for some 12,000 GSA staffers.

International Business Times

USAID Unions Sue Trump Administration, Citing 'Unconstitutional Actions'

The lawsuit names President Donald Trump, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and their departments as defendants.

International Business Times

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Photos of the week ending February 7, 2025 - Roll Call

Confirmations of administration officials continued this week as Democrats pushed back on Elon Musk's efforts to make controversial cuts.

Roll Call

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from gutting USAid – as it happened

Judge ruling in response to lawsuit filed by union for government workers; union lawyers call Trump’s efforts ‘violation of the separation of powers’. This blog is now closed.

The Guardian - US

Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die

The decimation of USAid is already having a terrible effect in some of the poorest places on the planet. It damages America: it will harm us all, says Gordon Brown, the UN’s special envoy for global education

The Guardian - UK

Fiji PM Rabuka concerned by US climate, aid moves

Many leaders and organisations in the Pacific are urgently seeking clarification over US government plans to freeze or dismantle its aid agency.

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US aid cutoff poses new challenges to rights groups and independent media from Russia and Belarus

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad

The Independent UK

Trump Administration Drastically Reduces USAID Workforce

The Trump administration's decision to reduce USAID's workforce will have significant implications for the agency's operations worldwide.

Top News

House Democrats urge security investigations into Elon Musk’s team

‘No evidence’ DOGE team has ‘undergone the proper vetting to ensure the security of taxpayer and government data,’ Democrats say

The Independent UK

Trump’s gutting of USAID sends chill through Southeast Asia

NGOs across Southeast Asia say they will struggle to continue their work without US funding.

Al Jazeera

US cedes ground to China with ‘self-inflicted wound’ of USAid shutdown, analysts say

Sudden suspension of aid funding a ‘perfect opportunity’ for Beijing to fill the gap and grow its own soft power

The Guardian - UK

Judge Pauses Musk Plan For Mass Cull Of US Govt Workers

The federal judge in Massachusetts ordered a temporary injunction on the plan's deadline -- midnight Thursday -- given by Musk for the country's more than two million government employees. The offer was to quit with eight months' pay or risk being fired in future culls.

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The Guardian - US

Government workers sue Trump and Rubio over ‘catastrophic’ USAid cuts

Lawsuit seeks order blocking ‘unconstitutional and illegal actions’ that have created ‘global humanitarian crisis’

Salon

USAID to shed 97% of workforce: report

Federal workers groups say moves to "systematically dismantle" the organization without Congress are illegal

The Independent UK

Trump sued by USAID workers union for shutting down global aid agency: ‘Profound moral stain’

Trump administration’s actions already triggered a ‘global humanitarian crisis,’ lawsuit states

The Independent UK

CNN anchor stunned by Republican’s wild claim that US spent ‘$15 million for condoms for the Taliban’

‘Are you conflating things? Are you talking about the $50 million that was supposedly meant for condoms in Gaza? Are you conflating those two things, sir?’ anchor Boris Sanchez wonders

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The Independent UK

USAID set to be hacked from 14,000 workers to just 294 as Trump team shreds humanitarian agency

President’s rapid dismantling of crucial global relief agency has scrambled aid workers worldwide

Latin Times

Internet Slams Nancy Mace For Repeating Transgender Slur at Congressional Hearing: 'You'd Be Fired Immediately From Any Other Job'

The South Carolina representative took on her X social media account and said "if the Left thinks they can censor us, they're in for a surprise"

The Guardian - US

Aspiring autocrats like Trump are always more dangerous the second time in office

Just look at the chaos Trump is causing in the Department of Education to understand the nature of his second term

The Conversation

Trump’s push to shut down USAID shows how international development is also about strategic interests

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is on the verge of being shut down by United States President Donald Trump’s administration.

Latin Times

X Users Troll Lauren Boebert for Trashing Politico by Posting Proof that She Pays for Politico Pro Subscription

Social media users trolled Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert for trashing Politico by sharing proof that she pays for a subscription with the media company.

Reason

USAID-Funded Pandemic Research Failed To Spot COVID or Ensure Chinese Transparency

There remains many open questions about whether the agency's funding played a role in the creation of COVID-19 in a Wuhan laboratory.

Latin Times

Trump Claims USAID Stole 'Billions of Dollars' and Gave It to 'Fake News Media' to Write 'Good Stories About the Democrats'

Trump claimed USAID stole billions to fund "fake news" media; records show agencies spent over $8 million on Politico subscriptions in 2024.

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