Month: April 2025

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Thousands of US health agency workers laid off in overhaul led by RFK Jr

Trump administration begins reducing Health and Human Services workforce as Kennedy plans up to 10,000 job cuts

Thousands of Health and Human Services (HHS) employees across the country were dismissed on Tuesday as the Trump administration began implementing its controversial workforce reduction plan, which could ultimately remove 10,000 staff from the department through forced layoffs.

The job cuts mark the first tangible impact of health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s departmental overhaul announced last week, landing just days after Donald Trump moved to strip collective bargaining rights from workers at HHS and other federal agencies.

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Trump Approval Rating Tracker: Americans Dissatisfied With Tariffs

The latest survey, released March 31, shows 50% disapprove of Trump’s job performance.
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Here’s How You Can Help Myanmar and Thailand Right Now

Relief efforts are underway after a 7.7 magnitude quake left thousands dead and many more in need.
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U.S. Says Deportation of Maryland Man Was an ‘Administrative Error’

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was in the U.S. legally, is now in prison in El Salvador, and federal courts have no jurisdiction to order his release, the Trump administration said in a court filing.
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Cory Booker holds marathon Senate speech to warn of Trump’s ‘harmful’ policies

Democratic New Jersey senator’s address saying ‘our nation is in crisis’ passed the 12-hour mark on Tuesday morning
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RT by @mikenov: This is the first permanent foreign deployment of German troops for decades. newsweek.com/germany-deploy…

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RT by @mikenov: NEW and BREAKING: Law firm that employs Doug Emhoff; a top investigator on Jan. 6 comm; and a litigator who spearheaded suit against Rudy Giuliani has learned they’re next on Trump’s list for retribution. nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/…

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Belarus to deport US national accused of entering country illegally on an empty train

Belarus to deport US national accused of entering country illegally on an empty train [deltaMinutes] mins ago Now
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Tesla owner confronts man allegedly caught scrawling swastika on car

A self-confessed Elon Musk-hater was filmed issuing a groveling apology after he was tracked down and confronted for allegedly carving a swastika onto a Tesla. Chadd Ritenbaugh, 55, was slapped with a slew of charges in Pennsylvania after being confronted by the furious Tesla owner over the alleged incident outside a Planet Fitness in Doylestown,…
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The Beatles biopics cast officially confirmed: Here are the actors playing the young Fab Four

The four-part movie about the Beatles has found its leading men.