Tren de Aragua — all you need to know about the Venezuelan gang
Members of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) stand guard as inmates aboard a bus are transferred outside the Tocoron prison in Tocoron, Aragua State, Venezuela,…
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Block on Trump’s executive orders restricting DEI programs is lifted
President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Friday, March 14, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP…
Universities across the U.S. freeze hiring as federal funding hangs in the balance
Harvard University is one of more than a dozen institutions of higher learning nationwide that recently announced a hiring freeze, citing uncertainties around federal funding.…
A look at some of the creative ways companies try to dodge high tariffs
Shipping containers sit at the Port of Houston in Texas last month. A raft of new tariffs on imports from China, Canada and Mexico has…
Trump prepares order dismantling the Education Department
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon leaves the House chamber after President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.,…
Fired federal workers are among the guests invited to Trump’s speech to Congress
The view as President Trump delivered a State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives in January 2018. Mark…
Europe considers a major defense spending package as Trump signals disengagement
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a media conference on a defense package in Brussels, Tuesday. Virginia Mayo/AP hide caption toggle caption…
The day Trump won…again
Enlarge this image Jackie Lay Jackie Lay The Code Switch team spent Election Day talking to folks about how the outcome might impact them. From…
NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds
Funding is stalled for National Institutes of Health research grants. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP The National Institutes of Health…
The Trump administration kills nearly all USAID programs
LoveYourself, a nonprofit providing free HIV testing and treatment services in the Philippines, has suspended services due to the Trump administrations freeze of foreign aid.…