56 m. ago ‘They take the money and go’: why not everyone is mourning the end of USAID

When Donald Trump set about dismantling USAID, many around the world were shocked. But on the ground in Sierra Leone, the latest betrayal was not unexpectedEarlier this year, Donald Trump appointed a 28-year-old Doge alumnus, Jeremy Lewin, to oversee his administration’s approach to global aid. Lewin’s primary task has been to gut the US’s aid funding. In an interview with the New York Times, Lewin argued that the traditional approach, which he termed the “global humanitarian complex”, didn’t help poor countries “progress beyond aid”, instead keeping them dependent. The system, he continued, has “demonstrably failed”.This isn’t just the Trump administration’s view. For decades, there has been a robust debate in academic and policy circles, discussed over drinks by development practitioners, written about by critical economists and postcolonial independence leaders, and percolating into the broader consciousness, that aid isn’t working, or at least not as promised. When the news of T...

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3 h. ago Illinois man charged with threatening to execute Trump during chilling Instagram video

Trent Schneider, 57, was arrested at his home in Winthrop Harbor on Monday by a local SWAT team.

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5 h. ago Trump threatens to cut funds if ‘communist’ Mamdani wins mayoral election

President backs Cuomo in election eve Truth Social post and says he does not want to send ‘good money after bad’On the eve of New York’s well-watched mayoral election, President Donald Trump issued a threat to its voters: stop Zohran Mamdani or pay.“If Communist Candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the Election for Mayor of New York City, it is highly unlikely that I will be contributing Federal Funds, other than the very minimum as required, to my beloved first home,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “I don’t want to send, as President, good money after bad.” Continue reading...

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6 h. ago What to know about Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry's intervention in LSU football

Louisiana State University lost its football coach and athletic director amid criticism from Gov. Jeff Landry

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7 h. ago Trial starts for DC man charged with throwing sandwich at federal agent

A video that went viral captured Sean Charles Dunn hurling his sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent outside a nightclubThrowing a sandwich at a federal agent turned Sean Charles Dunn into a symbol of resistance against Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the nation’s capital. This week, federal prosecutors are trying to persuade a jury of fellow Washington DC residents that Dunn simply broke the law.That could be a tough sell for the government in a city that has chafed against Trump’s federal takeover, which is entering its third month. A grand jury refused to indict Dunn on a felony assault count before the office of Jeanine Pirro, a US attorney, opted to charge him instead with a misdemeanor. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Trump administration considers revoking ban on oil and gas development near Chaco historical park

The Trump administration is initiating formal meetings with Native American tribes in the southwestern U.S. as it considers revoking a 20-year ban of oil and gas development across of hundreds of square miles of federal land surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park

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8 h. ago Washington DC man who threw sandwich at federal agent faces trial for assault

A video that went viral captured Sean Charles Dunn hurling his sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent outside a nightclubThrowing a sandwich at a federal agent turned Sean Charles Dunn into a symbol of resistance against Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the nation’s capital. This week, federal prosecutors are trying to persuade a jury of fellow Washington DC residents that Dunn simply broke the law.That could be a tough sell for the government in a city that has chafed against Trump’s federal takeover, which is entering its third month. A grand jury refused to indict Dunn on a felony assault count before the office of Jeanine Pirro, a US attorney, opted to charge him instead with a misdemeanor. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Illinois governor tells teachers union Trump can ‘f*** all the way off’

Illinois governor JB Pritzker unleashed a profanity-laced attack on President Donald Trump and his Republican allies during a speech last month before the state’s largest teachers union.

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10 h. ago Fed’s Cook signals December rate cut is not a forgone conclusion

Central bank governor makes first public remarks since Donald Trump’s move to fire her

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11 h. ago Trial starts for assault case against DC man who tossed sandwich at federal agent on viral video

A trial has begun for a former government attorney charged with assault for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent

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11 h. ago The BBC accused of 'shocking' breaches of impartiality by a senior whistleblower

The BBC has been accused of 'shocking' breaches of impartiality by a senior whistleblower.

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11 h. ago BBC accused of selectively editing Trump clip from day of Capitol attack

Panorama spliced together clips to make it appear clearer president encouraged attack, former external adviser saysThe BBC has been accused of selectively editing a Donald Trump speech to make it appear clearer that he encouraged the US Capitol attack, according to a former external adviser to the corporation.An edition of Panorama, broadcast a week before the US election, spliced together clips of a Trump speech made on 6 January 2021. The spliced clip suggested that Trump told the crowd: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol and I’ll be there with you, and we fight. We fight like hell.” Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded in November

President Donald Trump’s administration says it will partially fund the SNAP food aid program in November after two federal judges required the payments to continue

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13 h. ago Why is Donald Trump threatening military intervention in Nigeria?

US president’s remarks about alleged persecution of Christians seemingly in response to pressure from his evangelical baseDonald Trump has threatened to launch a “guns-a-blazing” US military intervention in Nigeria, claiming that the west African country’s government has failed to prevent attacks on Christians.Here’s what we know so far about the unfolding situation. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Harvard Medical School building reopens as police investigate explosion

The investigation continues into a weekend explosion at Harvard Medical School that authorities say was an intentional act

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13 h. ago BREAKING Donald Trump breaks silence on Andrew Royal chaos with 23

Donald Trump said he feels "badly" for the royal family amid the continuing fallout over Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's connections with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein

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14 h. ago Trump's secret plan to deploy US troops to Mexico revealed with drone strikes in the works

Donald Trump is planning to send US troops to Mexico in the latest escalation against drug cartels.

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14 h. ago BREAKING: Donald Trump to send US troops into Mexico as shock plan revealed

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14 h. ago Sadiq Khan uses Rio speech to rekindle war of words with 'climate wrecker' Donald Trump

London mayor makes 12,000-mile round trip to Brazil - his fifth foreign visit of 2025 - after clocking up £84,000 bill in Africa

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15 h. ago You wrecker! Sadiq Khan in new war of words with Donald Trump at Rio climate summit

You wrecker! Sadiq Khan in new war of words with Donald Trump at Rio climate summit  London Evening Standard

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