The Department of Government Efficiency – the Trump administration’s cost-cutting agency, headed by billionaire business owner Elon Musk – has put hundreds of federal officials on leave, gained access to sensitive federal payment systems and led the charge to shutter federal agencies. The pushback against DOGE, as it is called, has been swift, as legislators…
Court judgements in the United States have blocked efforts by President Donald Trump’s team to access Treasury Department records and lay off staff at the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Early on Saturday, US District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE, from accessing Treasury Department…
The wreckage of a small plane that went missing in the United States with 10 people on board has been found with no survivors, authorities have said. The United States Coast Guard in Alaska said on Friday that it had found the wreckage of the aircraft near Nome, about 885 kilometres (550 miles) northwest of…
United States President Donald Trump has frozen aid to South Africa in an escalation of a rift between his administration and Pretoria over a controversial land expropriation law aimed at tackling inequality stemming from apartheid. In an executive order signed on Friday, Trump said the law showed a “shocking disregard” for citizens’ rights and would…
Washington, DC – Donald Trump has been claiming credit for the ceasefire deal that halted the war in Gaza, but the United States president’s proposal to forcibly displace the Palestinians in the territory risks torpedoing the agreement, experts say. Trump repeatedly called this week for Gaza to be depopulated — a push that rights groups…
United States President Donald Trump has announced that he is revoking former President Joe Biden’s access to intelligence briefings in his latest act of retribution against his rivals. Trump said on Friday that there was “no need” for Biden to keep his “security clearances” and that he was taking the action in response to his…
Three Israelis, 183 Palestinians to be freed in latest Gaza ceasefire swap
Montreal, Canada – Donald Trump has been in the White House for less than three weeks, but the United States president has already launched what many say is a concerted attack on the rights of migrants and refugees. The Republican leader has sent migrants to the notorious detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; pushed for more…
Inside Story Why is Trump pulling the plug on USAID? Thousands of employees have been placed on leave and aid recipients in more than 130 countries have been left in limbo. Read more President Donald Trump’s administration is dismantling the US Agency for International Development (USAID). For decades, it has been distributing life-saving medications, combating…
By Jillian Kestler-D’Amours Published On 7 Feb 20257 Feb 2025 facebooktwitterwhatsappcopylink
