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Rubio Unveils Sweeping State Department Shake-Up to Reduce and Reorganize Agency

Rubio Unveils Sweeping State Department Shake-Up to Reduce and Reorganize Agency

by Matthew Shea | Apr 22, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled the start of a major reorganization on Tuesday to drastically reduce the size and scope of the State Department. The plan reflected the Trump administration’s sweeping effort to cut back the federal government. The...
DC community rallies against Trump administration’s firing of federal workers

DC community rallies against Trump administration’s firing of federal workers

by Erin Drumm | Apr 22, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON—Paul Osadebe still holds his job as a lawyer at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Still, with so many of his coworkers having lost their jobs, he says it is endangering the mission of providing housing and revitalizing...
VA Announces Record Efficiency Amid Potential Staffing Cuts

VA Announces Record Efficiency Amid Potential Staffing Cuts

by Ismael M. Belkoura | Apr 22, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – At a time when the Department of Veterans Affairs has been processing record levels of disability claims, Democrats warned last week that the agency’s productivity will not last under the deep cuts ordered by President Donald Trump. The 2022 PACT Act...
Trump administration says killings in Sudan are genocide

Trump administration says killings in Sudan are genocide

by Khaleel Rahman | Apr 17, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON, April 16 — As the death toll continues to mount in Sudan, the Trump administration on Wednesday for the first time characterized the atrocities in that North African country as genocide, reaffirming a designation made by the former Biden...
Trump Forecasts U.S.-Europe Trade Deal as Italian PM Giorgia Meloni Visits White House

Trump Forecasts U.S.-Europe Trade Deal as Italian PM Giorgia Meloni Visits White House

by Amalia Huot-Marchand | Apr 17, 2025 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, National Security, Topics

WASHINGTON D.C. – As the first European leader to visit the White House since Trump imposed sweeping tariffs, Giorgia Meloni, on Thursday, attempted to balance Italy’s interests, European interests and her relationship with Trump, who welcomed her warmly. “There will...
While some allies retaliate, Japan and South Korea try to appease Trump with new deals

While some allies retaliate, Japan and South Korea try to appease Trump with new deals

by Huiyan Li | Apr 17, 2025 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON – China, Canada and the European Union responded to new tariffs implemented by the U.S. with reciprocal measures, while Japan and South Korea are charting a different course, offering deals in an attempt to preserve their relationships with Washington. The...
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