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Chaos and uncertainty after Trump freezes consumption
Yesterday, the federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s command to freeze the trillion of dollars of federal grants and loans. Separately, General Democratic Laws in 22 countries and the Columbia district filed a lawsuit against the order, saying that Trump transcended his legal authority.
Even before 5pm, when freezing had to come into force, various systems and programs were disturbed, leaving millions insecure whether it would lose access to jobs, services and health care. Here’s the latest.
Trump’s command, which led to confusion and anger, is part of the effort to rewrite the government by its image, after withdrawing to international aid that he introduced last week and the effort to overthrow any government policy or program that he and his The Allies could be called “waking up.”
His administration says that freezing would allow him to inspect programs to make sure they do not clash with his daily order, undergoing them My colleague Nicholas Nehamas calls “Ideological Litmus tests.” The White House says that government money should not “improve Marxist capital, transgenderism and social engineering Green New Deal.”
Foreign Aid: Trump’s administration told organizations in other countries stop distributing medicines against HIV Purchased with US help. Humanitarian organizations in Ukraine said they were forced to suspend surgery This includes helping war veterans and civilians displaced by the conflict there.
What to know: The leaders of global humanitarian organizations said they “never saw anything like a sweep” like Trump’s assistance suspension, said Edward Wong, a diplomatic correspondent. “Many programs,” he added, “they will not be able to maintain the integrity of their projects if they stop now and wait to restart their work if they are allowed at all.”
In other news:
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Trump’s administration has given an option of approximately two million federal workers to resign but be paid by the end of September.
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The deliberate effort of the president and his team “Flood the zone” With the continuous flow of the initiative, he overthrew his rivals out of balance.
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Caroline Kennedy called Senators to reject the Robert F. Kennedy’s cousin younger For a health secretary, calling him an inappropriate and “predator”.
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Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s choice to supervise the national intelligence service, he was subjected to to special supervision Last year while on the way to the event organized by the European businessman, which was on the FBI list.
Eight hostages scheduled to release is dead, Israel said
Eight of 26 hostages expected to return Hamas to Israel over the next few weeks as part of the Gaza interruption agreement are deadaccording to Israeli officials.
This information, which Hamas gave to Israel on Sunday, aligned with Israeli findings of intelligence data, according to Vlado David Mencer. He said the Hamas list did not provide the name that hostages died. Eight families said that there is a high probability that their relatives will not return alive, said Mencer.
Brotherhood Sadness: In an interview with the Israeli parliament yesterday, the Days of Elgarat, whose brother is Itzik Elgarat hostage, said his family expected to receive his body, based on what they were told. He said he believed that his brother’s life could have been saved that an agreement had been reached earlier.
From the region:
Protesters attacked embassies in Congo
The protesters attacked several embassies yesterday and the UN building building the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshas, robbery and fire setting. French, USA, Ugandan and Belgian Veleria They were among the target.
Anger on foreign Alliance grows in Congo because of their inability to stop the attack on the key eastern city of Goma by M23, a militia that they say that the UN and now controls Rwanda. Rwanda denied the lawsuit and blamed the Congo for the failure of maintaining order.
Context: Western forces have not yet pressed Rwanda to return the rebels. Analysts say the country wants to occupy the Congole’s territory and Plunder your huge mineral wealth.
Latest: Now they advised their citizens to leave Congo on commercial flights.
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Can anything stop the flood of rude tourists? Fees and taxes aimed to limit visitors in hot places like Croatia, they had mixed results, As competitive interests have been distracted by attempts to stop the tide.
“Hard truth is that once it has arrived Oversourism,” one expert said, “it is extremely difficult to bring back an hour.”
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Mona Lisa gets her room
The enigmatic smile of the most famous portrait in the world will soon welcome visitors from a new exhibition space in Louvre. President Emmanuel Macron of France said yesterday that Mona Lisa would be moved as part of Interrupted the renovation of the museum to deal with overcrowding.
Almost nine million people visit Louvre every year, and about 80 percent are here to see Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece of 16 centuries. Macron intends to increase the number of visitors to 12 million a year and charge more to those outside the EU to pay the renewal.
That’s it for today’s briefing. See you tomorrow. – Natasha
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