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February 24, 2025 9:42 AM

Trump eliminating 2,000 USAID positions in the US, notice says

President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday said it was placing all but a handful of USAID personnel around the world on paid administrative leave and eliminating some 2,000 of those positions in the U.S., according to a notice sent to agency...

February 21, 2025 10:28 AM

Trump loyalist Kash Patel confirmed as new FBI director

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate confirmed Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director, on Thursday, putting a Trump loyalist atop the nation's most prominent law enforcement agency at a time of growing upheaval. Patel was c...

February 20, 2025 11:26 PM

IRS fires 6,000 employees as Trump slashes government

A tearful executive at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service told staffers on Thursday that about 6,000 employees would be fired, a person familiar with the matter said, in a move that would eliminate roughly 6% of the agency's workforce in the midst of ...

February 19, 2025 2:29 PM

Kash Patel moves a step closer to FBI directorship

Kash Patel moved a step closer to becoming the first Indian American to head the FBI with the US senate narrowly voting on a procedural measure to advance his nomination for a full vote of confirmation.    The US Senate, which must confirm the no...

February 19, 2025 9:29 AM

Major risks loom as Trump upends US Russia policy

When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine nearly three years ago, then-U.S. President Joe Biden took a firm stand in solidarity with Kyiv, forged a bulwark of European allies and set veteran advisers to the task of isolat...

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