Politics Feb 01 USAID website goes dark amid Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid worldwide The website of the U.S. Agency for International Development went offline without explanation Saturday as thousands of furloughs, layoffs and program shutdowns continued in President Donald Trump's freeze on U.S.-funded foreign aid and development worldwide.
Politics Jan 31 U.S. aid agency is in upheaval during foreign assistance freeze and staff departures Trump administration changes have upended the U.S. agency charged with providing humanitarian aid overseas, with senior officials put on leave, contractors laid off and a sweeping freeze imposed on foreign assistance.
Politics Jan 28 AP report: Dozens of USAID officials placed on leave as agency investigates alleged resistance to Trump orders It follows Trump's executive order last week that directed a sweeping 90-day pause on most U.S. foreign assistance disbursed through the State Department.
Politics Jan 15 Biden and Trump are both claiming credit for the Gaza ceasefire deal President Biden and President-elect Trump are both claiming credit for Israel and Hamas agreeing to a ceasefire deal in Gaza.
Nation Jan 09 Biden administration wages last-minute battle over accused 9/11 mastermind’s plea deal The Biden administration has doubled down on its unusual court battle to derail a plea deal that the government itself had reached with accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Nation Dec 31 Military appeals court rejects Defense secretary’s order nullifying 9/11 plea deals The decision puts back on track the agreements that would have the three men plead guilty to one of the deadliest attacks ever on the United States in exchange for being spared the possibility of the death penalty.
World Dec 26 Aid groups concerned after U.S. says it pushed retraction of famine warning for northern Gaza U.S. officials say they asked for — and got — the retraction of an independent monitor's warning of imminent famine in north Gaza.
Politics Dec 17 Palestinian lawsuit accuses State Department of giving Israel a pass on military aid and human rights Secretary of State Antony Blinken has denied that his agency has a double standard when it comes to Israel and enforcing a 1997 law barring military support in cases of gross human rights abuses.
Politics Dec 11 WATCH: House Foreign Affairs Committee holds hearing on Afghanistan withdrawal with Blinken Under fire from congressional Republicans about one of the darkest moments of Joe Biden’s presidency, Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended the administration’s handling of the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying Democrats struggled to make the best of a…
World Nov 30 What to know about the sudden rebel breach of Aleppo in Syria’s 13-year civil war The 13-year civil war in Syria has roared back into prominence with a surprise rebel offensive on Aleppo, one of Syria's largest cities and an ancient business hub. The push is among the rebels' strongest in years in a war whose destabilizing…