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The Trump administration says these cuts are necessary to ensure the government funds only solid science and to reverse years of misguided priorities. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to bring a major part of national funding for health research under the control of his political appointees, Politico reported on…
U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Senate is expected to confirm Jay Clayton on Tuesday (July 28, 2026), to become head of the nation’s Intelligence Agencies, ensuring that a permanent Director is in place as the midterm elections approach. Mr. Clayton is expected to be confirmed along party lines after a…
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Image for representational purposes only. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A U.S. federal appeals court has refused to stay a lower court order striking down the Trump administration’s decision to impose a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers. The three-judge Bench at the Boston-based First Circuit Court of Appeals denied…
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice-President J.D. Vance say their interim deal to end the war with Iran will deliver a financial windfall to American farmers. But the Iranians deny it. And, in the absence of more details, sanctions experts are flummoxed over exactly how billions of dollars’ worth of Iranian assets would make their…
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A Delta Airlines plane sits at El Paso International Airport after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration lifted its temporary closure of the airspace over El Paso, saying all flights will resume as normal and that there was no threat to commercial aviation in El Paso, Texas, U.S., on February 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters…
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A file image of U.S. President Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to withhold some public health and transportation money from a group of Democratic-led states. Full details have not been released, including whether the states could take any steps to avoid losing the funding. The federal government cited…
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The new year has brought little change in the geopolitical turmoil unleashed by the Trump administration, beginning with the U.S.’s unlawful action in Venezuela, followed by its threats to carry out similar regime-changing operations in South America and stated plans to annex Greenland. The U.S. Congress is now expected to discuss a new law that…
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A file image of Donald Trump | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump’s administration appealed to the Supreme Court again on Wednesday (August 27, 2025) in its bid to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid funding frozen. The Justice Department filed an emergency appeal seeking quick intervention to halt lower court decisions that have…
A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. The case of firing of the of the head of federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers, is not expected to be docketed until after the Supreme Court returns from the Presidents Day holiday weekend. | Photo Credit: AP The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to…
Washington: Nearly half of an elite US epidemiology program known as the “disease detectives” were dismissed by the Trump administration on Friday, according to sources familiar with the matter, dealing a blow to public health efforts as fears rise over bird flu. The sackings come as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency pushes to downsize…
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