What Have Trump and His Administration Said and Done So Far? Ukraine, Universities, Social Security

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Fired another 2,000 U.S.A.I.D. employees

Trump administration appointees in charge of U.S.A.I.D. sent employees an email saying that they were firing 2,000 workers and putting up to thousands of foreign service officers and other direct hires around the world on paid leave starting that night. Read more ›

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Transported more migrants to Guantánamo Bay

The military transported about 15 immigration detainees from Texas to the U.S. base at Guantánamo Bay, in Cuba, bringing in new migrants who have been designated for deportation days after it cleared the base of its first group of deportees. Read more ›

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Blocked funds for biomedical research

The Trump administration has blocked key parts of the federal government’s apparatus for funding biomedical research, effectively halting much of the country’s future work on illnesses like cancer and addiction, despite a federal judge’s order to release grant money. Read more ›

Planned mass firings at the Pentagon

The Pentagon said on Friday that it would fire 5,400 civilian probationary workers starting next week, the first of what officials said was likely to be a wave of much larger layoffs at the Defense Department, the government’s biggest agency. Read more ›

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