Trump threatens ‘disciplinary action’ for USAid staff ignoring foreign aid freeze

Memo offers further guidance to ‘stop-work’ directive and how to achieve Trump’s America first policy Donald Trump urged US Agency for International Development (USAid) workers to join the effort to transform how the federal government allocates aid around the world in line with his America first policy. His administration threatened “disciplinary action” for any staff…

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Australia news live: Minns condemns vandalism of NSW police monument; Victorians brace for searing heat

Police launch investigation over defacement of wall of remembrance in the Domain. Follow today’s news live Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has taken a veiled swipe at the federal opposition in statements made from Poland on Sunday. Dreyfus and foreign minister Penny Wong are in Krakow to attend the service marking the liberation of Auschwitz, which will…

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Immigration raids in Chicago begin days after ‘border czar’ claimed officials were ‘reconsidering’

Ice confirms ‘enhanced targeted operations’ in a city on edge after Trump officials warned of enforcement actions US federal authorities have begun immigration raids in Chicago, according to a report on Sunday, days after incoming “border czar”, Tom Homan, said officials were “reconsidering” after details were leaked to the press. “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,…

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