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Federal Judge Pauses Trump's Agency Shake-Up Deadline

Legal challenges and controversy surround Trump administration's cuts to federal agency spending and diversity programs.

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Federal health workers brace for layoffs as White House instructs HHS to rank workers

White House denies any executive orders related to the sweeping health agency are underway

The Independent UK

Trump administration will reportedly keep just 611 essential USAid employees

Staff reductions set to take place at midnight on Friday as federal unions declare dismantling plan ‘unconstitutional’

The Guardian - US

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USAID Faces Drastic Workforce Reduction Amid Trump Administration Changes

USAID faces significant workforce reductions and restructuring under Trump administration, sparking legal challenges and concerns about global humanitarian...

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Showmanship All Around

Plus: Parental backlash, cocaine and whiskey, and more...

Reason

New DNC vice-chair David Hogg on reaching young voters: ‘We need to be a tsunami of content’

The Parkland shooting survivor wants to craft a more authentic message to reach the young and working-class voters who supported Trump in November

The Guardian - US

Trump Administration To Cut USAID Staff To Fewer Than 300 Staffers: Reports

More than 10,000 jobs will be slashed from the global humanitarian agency; Foreign Service officers will have 30 days to return to the U.S.

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25-year-old employed by Elon Musk’s DOGE who posted he was ‘racist before it was cool’ resigns after being linked to deleted social media account

Marco Elez was part of a team of young, tech-savvy DOGE workers who have been tearing through government agencies.

Fortune

First Thing: Trump green-lights sanctions against the ICC

Amnesty International says the move ‘sends the message that Israel is above the law’. Plus: meet the man whose job it is to create ‘scary smells’

The Guardian - UK

Rubio's Central America Trip: Immigration, China, And Policy Upheaval

Explore U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's Central America tour focusing on immigration, counternarcotics, and curbing Chinese influence amidst challeng...

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Trump Administration Plans Drastic Staffing Cuts At USAID

Trump administration's plan to reduce USAID staffing faces legal challenges and restructuring.

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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.

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Roll Call

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.

The Guardian - US

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 - UK

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

AAP

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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The Independent UK

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

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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.

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US Aid Workers Abroad May Stay Longer, Relocation Assistance Limited

Secretary of State Marco Rubio addresses concerns about USAID personnel stationed abroad, allowing exceptions for relocation and providing government assis...

The Independent UK

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

Al Jazeera

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

International Business Times

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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