CNN3d
Trump’s federal hiring freeze halts onboarding of federal firefighting crews ahead of wildfire season
The federal hiring freeze implemented by President Donald Trump has affected the hiring of a crucial group of federal workers: firefighters. The freeze comes at a critical time, when fire ...
The New York Times4d
Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Has Created Chaos. Here Is What to Know.
It has been hit the hardest by the freeze. Mr. Trump has accused the agency of rampant corruption and fraud, without providing evidence. The billionaire Elon Musk, who has been given the task of ...
Reuters4d
Trump’s aid freeze sparks mayhem around the world
Aid freeze affects programs across globe ... says 6:41 AM UTC · Updated ago Asia Pacificcategory Philippines kicks off election campaigning amid high-stakes political drama 6:35 AM UTC ...
The Prompt: Artists Want To Shut Down AI Art Auction
Welcome back to The Prompt, Elon Musk has his eyes on OpenAI. On Monday, Musk and a group of investors made a bid to buy OpenAI’s nonprofit arm for $97.4 billion and eventually merge it with his own ...
The Boston Globe5d
Trump’s freeze on $316m for Mass. climate efforts is ‘unconstitutional,’ Markey says
Hundreds of millions of dollars allocated to Massachusetts’ clean energy and environmental programs remains inaccessible due to the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze, Senator Ed ...
The Hill3d
Waltz defends USAID funding freeze, Musk influence
President Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz defended the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funding freeze and tech billionaire Elon Musk’s influence over the federal ...
The Hindu6d
South Africa’s HIV/AIDS clinics scramble over U.S. aid freeze
The lights are also off at the University of the Witwatersrand ... and scrambling for survival since U.S. President Donald Trump issued a 90-day freeze last week on Washington’s foreign ...
Thousands of People Are Calling for Christie’s to Cancel Its AI Art Auction
Thousands of people, including undersigned artists, have signed an open letter urging Christie's to halt its upcoming AI art ...
Time4d
How Trump’s Foreign-Aid Freeze Is ‘Shaking the Whole System’
A volunteer community organizer, Akot is reluctant to talk about his woes; many in his region are so much worse off. Four of the ... to Trump's Foreign-Aid Freeze TIME spoke to humanitarian ...
MSNBC4d
D.C. judge issues temporary restraining order against Trump’s federal funding freeze
U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan previously halted the freeze. She continued to do so Monday while calling out the administration's actions during the litigation. By Jordan Rubin U.S. District ...
The New York Times6d
Treasury Sought to Freeze Foreign Aid Payments, Emails Show
to receive access to the closely held payment system so that the Treasury could freeze disbursements to the U.S. Agency for International Development. In a Jan. 24 email to a small group of ...