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US says it destroyed 500 metric tons of expired food aid but it won’t affect future distribution
The State Department says its destruction of 500 metric tons of emergency food aid that was stored in a warehouse in the ...
Senate passes $9 billion in spending cuts to public broadcasting, foreign aid
The Senate has passed about $9 billion in federal spending cuts requested by President Donald Trump, including deep ...
Rep. Garcia of Long Beach asks RFK Jr. to explain targeting of HIV/AIDS funding for cuts
In a letter, the Long Beach Democrat asked Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to produce documents ...
Trump applauds end to funds for 'fringe-left' organizations
President Donald Trump celebrated the work done by the White House and Congress to end federal funds to left-wing ...
State Department layoffs affect key Trump priorities like intelligence, energy and China
Trump administration officials have defended the mass dismissals, saying they are overdue and necessary to make the ...
Human Rights Defenders Are Fleeing El Salvador as Bukele Cracks Down
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele's authoritarian regime is forcing human rights defenders like the nonprofit Cristosal to ...
Friday essay: ‘nothing quite like it in the history of espionage’ – the Russian spies who pretended to be American
The Soviet ‘illegals’ program trained and embedded spies who lived surreptitiously in the West – just like TV’s The Americans ...
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The Latest: House prepares to advance cuts on public broadcasting and foreign aid
The House is expected to approve President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion in already appropriated ...
U.S. to Curtail Practice of Assessing Fairness of Foreign Elections
WASHINGTON—The U.S. plans to stop commenting on the fairness, integrity and legitimacy of foreign elections, a major shift away from a decadeslong practice of promoting democratic elections abroad.A ...
Trump administration tells US diplomats abroad not to opine on foreign elections
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructed U.S. diplomats worldwide not to comment on the fairness or integrity of ...
A party resolution accusing Israel of genocide divides Democrats in a key swing state
When the executive committee of North Carolina’s Democratic Party passed a resolution in June calling for an immediate arms ...