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Lane Pollack, center, of Rockwell, MD, a senior learning advisor at USAID for 14 years, is consoled by a co-worker after having 15 minutes to clear out her belongings from the USAID headquarters, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025
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Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with 83% of agency’s programs gone

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Updated 10:51 PM CDT, March 10, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday the Trump administration had finished its six-week purge of programs of the six-decade-old U.S. Agency for International Development, cutting 83% of them, and said he would move the remaining aid programs under the State Department.

Hours later, a federal judge said President Donald Trump had overstepped his authority in shutting down most foreign assistance, saying the administration could no longer simply sit on the billions of dollars that Congress had provided for foreign aid. But Judge Amir H. Ali stopped short of ordering Trump officials to use the money to revive the thousands of terminated program contracts.

Rubio made his announcement Monday in a post on X, in one of his few public comments on what has been a historic shift away from U.S. foreign aid and development, executed by Trump political appointees at State and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency teams.

Rubio in the post thanked DOGE and “our hardworking staff who worked very long hours to achieve this overdue and historic reform” in foreign aid. ...

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EPA terminates Biden admin's green grants worth $20B, Zeldin says

  • News source: FOX News
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The Environmental Protection Agency is terminating $20 billion in grants awarded by the Biden administration for climate and clean-energy projects, Administrator Lee Zeldin announced Tuesday.

In a video posted to X, Zeldin said $20 billion in U.S. tax dollars were "parked at an outside financial institution in a deliberate effort to limit government oversight, doling out your money through just eight pass-through, politically connected, unqualified, and in some cases brand-new NGOs."

The money has since been frozen, he said, noting that the...
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Trade war escalates as Trump metal tariffs take effect

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Duty on steel and aluminium imports is a major hit for some of the US's top trading partners.
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Greenland's centre-right opposition wins election

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The voting was dominated by US President Donald Trump's pledge to take over Denmark's autonomous territory.
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Trump's 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports go into effect

  • News source: Josh Boak and Paul Wiseman | The Associated Press
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President Donald Trump officially increased tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25% on Wednesday, promising that the taxes would help create U.S. factory jobs at a time when his seesawing tariff threats are jolting the stock market and raising fears of an economic slowdown.

Trump removed all exemptions from his 2018 tariffs on the metals, in addition to increasing the tariffs on aluminum from 10%. His moves, based off a February directive, are part of a broader effort to disrupt and transform global commerce. The U.S. president has separate...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates to square off

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Candidates in a race that will determine ideological control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will square off in their only scheduled debate before the April 1 election
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Democrats win Minnesota state House special election, setting up shared control of the chamber

  • News source: Adam Edelman | NBC News
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Democrats won a Minnesota state House special election Tuesday night, The Associated Press projected, restoring a tie in the chamber and putting an end to a months-long power struggle in the state legislature.

The win in the reliably Democratic 40B state House District, in the northern suburbs of St. Paul, means that control of the chamber will be tied, with Democrats and Republicans each holding 67 seats — and that a power-sharing arrangement reached between the two parties in February is likely to continue.

According to the AP’s projection...
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Judge weighing dismissal of Adams' case cancels hearing, suggesting ruling may be near

  • News source: The Associated Press
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The judge weighing the Justice Department's request to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams has canceled a hearing scheduled for Friday, indicating a ruling could be imminent.

In a written order Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Dale E. Ho said he has reviewed filings from the parties and a court-appointed legal expert, all of whom favor dismissal, and “does not at this time believe that oral argument is necessary."

The only disagreement among the parties and the expert, former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement, appeared...
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Judge to consider blocking mass firings of government employees after 20 states sue

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A federal judge will consider issuing a temporary restraining order that would block future firings and reinstate probationary employees.
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House members demand release of Palestinian activist arrested at Columbia

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Fourteen members of Congress have signed a letter demanding the release of Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained by ICE last week.
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Sean Duffy proposes big plans to upgrade air traffic control systems, use AI to find ‘hot spots’

  • News source: FOX News
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced plans to bolster airport air traffic control systems with the latest technology over the next four years, while also using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify "hot spots" where close encounters between aircraft occur frequently.

The announcement came after an update on an investigation into a crash near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, when a U.S. Army helicopter and an American Airlines-operated passenger jet collided over the Potomac River Jan. 29.

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House Republican adjourns hearing after exchange over misgendering Rep. Sarah McBride

  • News source: Raquel Coronell Uribe and Syedah Asghar | NBC News
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A House hearing ended abruptly Tuesday after an exchange between a Republican and a Democratic committee member over the GOP chair’s misgendering Rep. Sarah McBride.

At the hearing hosted by the Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Europe, Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, recognized McBride, D-Del., to speak and misgendered her in the process. McBride is the first openly trans member of Congress.

“I now recognize the representative from Delaware, Mr. McBride.”

Without missing a beat, McBride responded by thanking Self and referring to him as “madam chair.”...
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What's next after Ukraine agrees to U.S. proposal for ceasefire with Russia

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The pressure to end Russia's war on Ukraine now shifts to Moscow, after the U.S. and a Ukrainian delegation agreed to a proposed ceasefire deal. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the framework of the 30-day pause after a more than 8-hour meeting in Saudi Arabia. Charles Kupchan, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins to discuss.
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House spending bill to avert shutdown faces hurdles in Senate

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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House Speaker Mike Johnson was able to squeeze a short-term government funding bill through a vote by a slimmest of margins. Attention now turns to the senators across the hall with a government shutdown deadline looming. Nikole Killion has the latest.
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Ukraine open to 30-day ceasefire with Russia as U.S. lifts aid freeze

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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After talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the U.S. and Ukraine said Kyiv would accept a 30-day ceasefire with Russia, with Washington pledging to immediately lift a freeze on intelligence sharing and military aid to Ukraine. Holly Williams reports.
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Trump picks Michael George DeSombre to represent US in East Asia and Pacific

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump announced his nomination of Michael George DeSombre to serve as the next U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific.

Trump made the announcement on Tuesday, posting on Truth Social that DeSombre served during the president’s first term as the ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand.

DeSombre is a partner at Sullivan Cromwell, where he leads mergers and acquisitions in Asia.

He also graduated from Harvard Law School. Additionally, DeSombre attended Stanford University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree...
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