Trump, Zelenskyy shouting match underscores change in U.S. foreign policy
President Trump looks on during a joint press conference with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the East Room at the White House on Feb.…
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Musk says work to stop Ebola was accidentally cut but restored. Experts raise doubts
A member of a medical team at Mulago Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, administers a dose of a trial Ebola vaccine to a patient on…
A respected U.S. famine warning system is ‘currently unavailable.’ What’s the impact?
Ethiopians wait for their ration of food supplies in February. The U.N.’s World Hunger Programme reports that in Ethiopia, “nearly 16 million people are food…
Trump officials will put 4,700 USAID employees on leave and eliminate 1,600 jobs
In early February, the signage was removed from the headquarters of the United States Agency for International Development in Washington, D.C. — one of many…
Why Dean Karlan, chief economist of USAID, resigned this week
Dean Karlan, professor of economics and finance at Northwestern University and former chief economist for USAID, in his office at Northwestern on February 25 —…
Fired in Trump’s chaotic purge, an Army vet says he’s never felt more betrayed
Mike Macans stands for a portrait outside of his home in Anchorage, Alaska, on Feb. 23, 2025. Macans served in the U.S. Army for five…
Musk says federal workers should expect another round of ‘pulse check’ emails
President Trump delivers remarks during his first Cabinet meeting of his second term at the White House on Feb. 26, in Washington, D.C. The meeting…
Judge tells Trump administration it has less than 2 days to resume USAID funding
A cargo container in Manila bears signage for the U.S. government’s humanitarian agency USAID. The Trump administration suspended most USAID projects; a judge is now…
Trump suspends the head of ‘The Nation’s Report Card’
Peggy Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, speaks about the testing program known as “The Nation’s Report Card” during a 2022 interview.…