A senior official at the main U.S. aid agency, which is being dismantled by the Trump administration, told employees to clear safes holding classified documents and personnel files by shredding the papers or putting them into bags for burning, according to an email sent to the staff. The email, sent by Erica Y. Carr, the acting executive secretary, told employees …
Read More »Lalit Modi’s Vanuatu citizenship in trouble: Pacific Island nation’s PM Jotham Napat orders cancellation of passport
Lalit Modi’s Vanuatu citizenship in trouble: Pacific Island nation’s Prime Minister Jotham Napat has directed the Citizenship Commission to cancel the Vanuatu passport issued to Lalit Modi. Livemint Published10 Mar 2025, 09:09 AM IST Mint Image Lalit Modi’s Vanuatu citizenship in trouble: Pacific Island nation’s Prime Minister Jotham Napat has directed the Citizenship Commission to cancel the Vanuatu passport issued …
Read More »South Korean Court Orders Impeached President’s Release From Jail
A South Korean court on Friday ordered the release from jail of Yoon Suk Yeol, the country’s impeached president, who is standing trial on insurrection charges over his decision to impose martial law in December. The Seoul Central District Court ruled that prosecutors had violated procedural rules by holding Mr. Yoon in detention longer than legally allowed before indicting him …
Read More »Trump Orders Probe Into Canadian Lumber Imports
U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered a probe into lumber imports from Canada, the latest salvo in an escalating trade skirmish between the two countries. Specifically, Trump has asked the U.S. Commerce Department to investigate the harm to America’s national security caused by lumber imports from Canada. Analysts and economists were quick to …
Read More »Here’s the OnePlus Watch 3 typo letter arriving with early orders
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR OnePlus just launched the Watch 3, but missed a typo on the back, where it proclaims to be “Meda in China.” The company already acknowledged the mistake and offered to replace affected units. Apparently OnePlus is also taking the step of sending out a letter explaining the situation with early orders. We all make …
Read More »Netanyahu Orders ‘Intensive’ West Bank Operations After Israel Bus Blasts
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday ordered an “intensive operation against centers of terrorism” in the occupied West Bank, his office said, after three buses exploded in central Israel without causing any reported injuries. Three devices detonated on buses in the city of Bat Yam on Thursday evening and two others were being defused, according to police, with Israel’s …
Read More »‘Radical Transparency’: Trump Orders ‘Wasteful’ Federal Programs, Contracts Exposed
United States Senate – Office of Dan Sullivan via Wikimedia Commons President Donald Trump sent a memo to all federal agency heads Tuesday directing them to release all details related to the cut grants, contracts and other federal spending deemed “wasteful.” Trump sent the “radical transparency about wasteful spending” memo to federal agency heads, the latest in his and Department …
Read More »Apple’s Satellite Partner Globalstar Orders Dozens of Low-Earth Satellites
It looks like Apple is preparing to boost the iPhone’s satellite connectivity capabilities with more than 50 new satellites that will circle the Earth at a low orbit. On Monday, Canada-based MDA Space revealed it had signed a $1.1 billion contract with Globalstar, the US satellite communications provider that has partnered with Apple. The contract calls for MDA, a satellite technology …
Read More »Trump orders Treasury to stop minting ‘wasteful’ pennies | US News
President Trump says he has ordered the US government’s Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies. “For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful!” Mr Trump wrote on his social media site Truth Social. He added: “I have instructed my Secretary of the US Treasury to …
Read More »Monday Briefing: The Last Guard Against Trump’s Orders?
Federal courts might be the last guard against Trump More than 40 lawsuits have been filed in recent days by state attorneys general, unions and nonprofits seeking to erect a barrier against President Trump’s blitzkrieg of executive orders. Vice President JD Vance yesterday accused any judges who might block the president’s orders of acting illegally. With a compliant Congress, and …
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