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Trump Administration Reassesses Moderna’s $590M Bird Flu Vaccine Funding Amid Rising Outbreak

28 Feb 2025

In January 2025, the U.S. government awarded a significant $590 million contract to Moderna to support the development of its bird flu vaccine, focusing on combatting the increasingly widespread H5N1 avian influenza. However, amidst growing concerns over the effectiveness of government-funded vaccine projects and the rising cost of pandemic preparedness,...

Trump Administration Eyes Mass Layoffs as Musk Pushes $1 Trillion Budget Cut

27 Feb 2025

The U.S. administration, under President Donald Trump, has initiated plans for widespread layoffs as part of a larger strategy to curb government expenditures. At the first cabinet meeting, downsizing chief Elon Musk outlined a proposal to slash $1 trillion from the $6.7 trillion federal budget this year, a measure that...

Trump Administration Blocks Key Step in Medical Research Funding, Defying Court Order

25 Feb 2025

The Trump administration’s recent actions have sparked significant controversy by halting a crucial step in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) process for funding medical research. This move is seen as an apparent violation of a federal judge's temporary restraining order aimed at preventing federal funding freezes. The action involves...

Democratic Governors Weigh Response as Trump Targets Maine

24 Feb 2025

Democratic governors are facing a tough decision after President Donald Trump’s confrontation with Maine Governor Janet Mills over transgender athlete policies. Mills vowed to take Trump to court after he threatened to withhold federal funding unless Maine complied with his executive order banning trans athletes from girls' and women’s sports....

Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore Foreign Aid, But Funds Remain Frozen

21 Feb 2025

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration must temporarily restore foreign aid funding on Thursday. Despite a previous court order, officials continued withholding money from programs worldwide. As a result, essential development efforts remain stalled. Judge Rejects Contempt Request However, Judge Amir H. Ali denied a request from nonprofit...

Defense Budget BOMBSHELL: Trump’s 8% Cut Plan Sparks Pentagon Uproar

20 Feb 2025

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has instructed senior Pentagon and military officials to draft plans for an 8% reduction in defence spending per year over the next five years, according to a report from The Washington Post citing a memo and sources familiar with the matter. The directive, which is...

Trump Administration Starts Firing Probationary Federal Employees in Mass Layoff

14 Feb 2025

The Trump administration has begun mass firing probationary federal workers as part of its overall strategy to reduce the size of the government workforce. The latest government information indicates that over 200,000 newly appointed federal workers are serving their probationary periods and are thus at high risk of being fired....

Trump’s CDC Research Recall Leaves Scientific Papers in Limbo

08 Feb 2025

A recent directive from the Trump administration has placed several scientific papers in jeopardy by restricting the use of terms such as “gender,” “LGBT,” “transgender,” and “nonbinary” in research supported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The executive order, issued on January 31, forces researchers to...

Trump Administration Disbands Russia Sanctions Task Force, Shifts Focus To Drug Cartels

07 Feb 2025

The US Justice Department, under President Donald Trump, said it is disbanding Task Force KleptoCapture, a program created to enforce sanctions related to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine and target oligarchs linked to the Kremlin. On her first day in office, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memo saying that...

Trump Administration to Fire FBI Agents in Jan 6 Probe

01 Feb 2025

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to remove FBI agents involved in the investigation of the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack, sources told CNN. This follows the recent dismissal of several Justice Department prosecutors who worked on cases related to former President Donald Trump. Trump has long accused the...

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