The Trump administration said in a memo it wanted to “avoid the risk of impaired objectivity” by hiring former staff members to wind down operations at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Category: Foreign Aid
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They’re Hiring at U.S.A.I.D. Just Not Anyone Who Worked There.
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Trump Sought Vast Budget Cuts. Congress Granted Few.
The New York Times – Business:In a series of deals over the past three months, lawmakers rejected some of the president’s most aggressive attempts to whittle down the government.
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Trump Upended the Federal Government. The Full Scope of the Impact Is Still Unclear.
President Trump achieved his goal of shrinking the work force. But many current and former officials say the government is less dependable and efficient than it was a year ago.
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Food Stamp Cuts Expose Trump’s Strategy to Use Shutdown to Advance Agenda
The president has stretched the limits of his powers to help those at the heart of his agenda, not the many in greatest need.
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Federal Court to Rule on Fate of Food Stamps During the Shutdown
States have sued to spare millions of low-income Americans from losing benefits starting on Saturday, after the Trump administration said it would not fund them.
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Will Bill Gates’s ‘Strategic Pivot’ Shake Up Climate Policy?
The billionaire philanthropist said it was a mistake to focus so much on “near-term emissions goals,” a position that could generate serious debate.
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Bill Gates Says Climate Change ‘Will Not Lead to Humanity’s Demise’
In a memo, the Microsoft co-founder warned against a “doomsday outlook” and appears to have shifted some of his views about climate change.
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Trump Hopes Argentina Can Help Bring Down Beef Prices
President Trump’s plan to import red meat runs counter to his philosophy of increasing domestic production, and has angered cattle ranchers in the United States.
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Critics Say Select Investors Gained From US Aid to Argentina
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said stabilizing the country was in the United States’s interests. Critics say some investors may have also benefited.
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Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout
The United States finalized a $20 billion lifeline for Argentina that will benefit Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s allies.
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Top Bessent Aide, Daniel Katz, Expected to Be Tapped as No. 2 at I.M.F.
The appointment would come as the Trump administration has called for sweeping reforms at the global economic institution.