Pete Marocco, who worked with Elon Musk’s team to oversee the gutting of foreign aid and the dismantling of the main U.S. aid agency, has […]
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As Netanyahu Heads to Washington, He Finds an Ally in Trump
Before President Barack Obama was sworn into office in 2009, Benjamin Netanyahu called the Israeli diplomat Alon Pinkas out of the blue and asked for […]
Trump Administration Fires U.S. Aid Workers in Quake Zone in Myanmar
Trump administration officials have fired workers for the main American aid agency who were sent to Myanmar to assess how the United States could help […]
Elon Musk’s Role in Dismantling USAID Likely Violated Constitution, Judge Finds
Efforts by Elon Musk and his team to permanently shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development likely violated the Constitution “in multiple ways” and robbed […]
Why the Arabic ‘Sesame Street’ and Other Cuts Are Not Really About Fraud
When President Trump talks about the “hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud” that Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team has uncovered in the federal government, he […]
Judge Orders U.S.A.I.D. and State Dept. to Pay Funds ‘Unlawfully’ Withheld
A federal judge barred the Trump administration on Monday from “unlawfully impounding congressionally appropriated foreign aid funds” that the State Department and the U.S. Agency […]
Rubio Seeks Cease-Fire in Ukraine After Reaching His Own With Musk
Before he embarked on a round of high-stakes negotiations in Saudi Arabia and Canada this week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio engaged in some personal […]
Video: Can This Georgia Factory Survive DOGE?
“The U.S. government hasn’t actually paid us since the end of December. We have about $12 million that we’ve delivered. We wonder if that’s — […]
Republican Senators Question Musk on DOGE Cuts, Gently Insisting on Input
Elon Musk arrived on Wednesday at Senate Republicans’ weekly luncheon on Capitol Hill ready to field questions about the work he is doing for President […]
Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Bid to Freeze Foreign Aid
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected President Trump’s emergency request to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid as part of his efforts to slash […]