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23 hours ago · “As a career diplomat, my job was always to explain the interests of the US government in the best light possible. President Trump made that a tougher job,” Eric Nelson, Trump’s former ambassador to Bosnia and later the associate director of the German-American Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Munich, told CNN.

2 days ago · President Donald Trump is moving ahead with his changes to the federal government as world leaders continue to react to his comments that the US “will take over” the Gaza Strip and as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with …

11 hours ago · The US National Institutes of Health is lowering the maximum “indirect cost rate” that research institutions can charge the government, the agency said late Friday – a move that scientists said could be devastating for the nation’s position as a research leader.. The average NIH grant to an institution has typically had about 30% …

13 hours ago · Russell Vought took over as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday night and officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency deleted the banking watchdog’s X account, a person familiar with the matter told CNN.

5 days ago · The fate of the US Agency for International Development appeared bleak Monday after Elon Musk, the world’s richest man charged with overhauling the federal government, said President Donald Trump had signed off on shutting the agency down. In Washington, USAID’s headquarters was closed for the day, with employees told in an email to remain at home.

Feb 1, 2025 · From fresh avocados to dairy products, Americans rely heavily on their bordering countries for everyday grocery items. The White House confirmed that President Donald Trump will impose a 25% tariff on goods from Mexico and Canada — two of the largest suppliers of agricultural products to the US — on Saturday. These tariffs could drive up food prices for the average shopper, at a time when ...

2 days ago · Panama would not renew a 2017 memorandum of understanding to join China’s overseas development initiative, known as the Belt and Road initiative, Mulino said, also suggesting that the deal with Beijing could end early.. The canal was returned to Panama under a 1977 treaty, which allows the US to intervene militarily if the waterway’s operations are disrupted by internal conflict or a ...

Feb 1, 2025 · US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in Panama on Saturday for his first trip as the United States’ top diplomat that will test if his diplomacy can build on President Donald Trump’s bellicose and transactional approach to “American First” foreign policy, particularly on migration.. Rubio’s choice to visit Central America – Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and the ...

6 days ago · The Trump administration said Saturday that the tariffs were designed to stop the flow of undocumented immigrants and fentanyl into the US. “Our industry relies heavily on predictability,” said Nick Erickson, senior director of housing policy for Housing First Minnesota, a trade organization that represents builders, remodelers and …