Supreme Court rules Trump can withhold $4B in foreign aid
The Supreme Court allowed the government Friday to freeze more than $4 billion in foreign aid payments that President Trump moved to cancel in a rare “pocket rescission” last month. ...
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White House Official Says Trump Administration Is on ‘Firm Legal Ground’ with $5 Billion Foreign Aid Pocket Rescissions
A White House official said Friday that the White House’s roughly $5 billion foreign aid pocket rescission package, which will not require congressional approval, is on solid legal ground. The ...
Appeals court allows Trump to cut $2 billion in foreign aid
A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that President Trump can withhold some $2 billion in foreign aid payments, overturning a lower-court order that had blocked the administration’s plans to ...
Shaheen: ‘Maybe We Should Not’ Spend $2.5 Million on EVs in Vietnam
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) talked about spending and said that “maybe we should not be continuing” to spend $2.5 million ...
Report: USAID Quietly Sent Thousands of Viruses to the Infamous Wuhan Lab
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) reportedly shipped thousands of viruses to a Chinese military-linked biolab in Wuhan. USAID sent 11,000 viral samples to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) over ...
USAID official pleads guilty to taking part in $550M bribery scheme: ‘Violated the public trust’
A federal contracting officer and three businessmen pleaded guilty Thursday to participating in a $550 million bribery scheme involving the embattled US Agency for International Development (USAID). Roderick Watson, of ...
Elon Musk says ‘my time had to end’ as he leaves Trump admin — but he’s not going far
WASHINGTON — Elon Musk left the White House for the last time as a special government employee Friday, telling reporters “my time had to end” — but insisting the Department ...
