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19 hours ago · A September report from USAID for the fiscal year 2023 (the most recent year for which there is available data) found that USAID spent $60.8 million on contraceptives and condoms, with only $7 million of that going toward condoms specifically.. None of those condoms went to Gaza, and in fact, USAID didn’t distribute condoms anywhere in the Middle East.

3 days ago · That is roughly what Donald Trump did last week when he fired a slew of inspectors general in the executive branch. He broke a law that Congress passed as a reform because of his own earlier behavior as president. What he did flings the door wide open to run-of-the-mill corruption and potentially far worse.

Jan 22, 2025 · Trump teased his much-anticipated executive order targeting transgender people throughout his Inauguration Day events.“As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female,” he said in his inaugural address on Monday. The text of the order, issued later that day, recalls one of the most headline-grabbing of ...

Jan 17, 2025 · Donald Trump has a set of executive orders to carry out his disturbing plans ready to go as soon as he is sworn in as president on Monday. The Wall Street Journal reports that Trump is ready to bypass Congress with orders on the border, tariffs, and other agenda items. In a meeting with Senate Republicans that lasted two hours, Trump said he had already prepared about 100 executive orders that ...

6 days ago · For many Americans who voted against Donald Trump, the national news right now is hard to take, as Republican winners make over-the-top claims, business leaders bow down, and U.S. senators endorse dangerously unqualified Cabinet nominees.Worst of all are headlines like Politico’s postelection “The Resistance Is Not Coming to Save You.It’s Tuning Out.”

Jan 21, 2025 · As other autocratic leaders throughout history have done, Trump is perpetuating a lie designed to justify his actions and anger the populace. Perhaps he’s learned from Vladimir Putin, who has whitewashed Russian history and portrayed the war in Ukraine as a continuation of the effort to oust the Nazis from Europe. Or from Xi Jinping, who is so intent on presenting his own version of Chinese ...

Jan 13, 2025 · The incoming Trump administration is instituting loyalty tests for longtime bureaucrats. Specialists at the National Security Council have been getting questioned by incoming Trump officials about who they voted for in November, who they’ve donated to, and what they’ve posted on social media, an official close to the situation told the Associated Press.

Jan 16, 2025 · Scott Bessent, Donald Trump’s nominee for treasury secretary, made it clear during his confirmation hearing Thursday that he’s only interested in protecting the interests of the rich and powerful. The hedge fund manager with a net worth of at least $500 million repeatedly spiked down questions ...

Jan 20, 2025 · It helped that they had a case: There were legitimate questions about Russia’s influence in the 2016 election—not to mention Russia’s influence over Trump himself—that would soon blossom into a multiyear scandal that eventually culminated in his becoming the second president ever to be impeached.But there were myriad other motivations behind the anti-Trump movement that quickly emerged ...