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Democracy defenders and members of Congress are condemning US President Donald Trump’s effort to use a “pocket rescission” process to block $4.9 billion in foreign aid as authoritarian and illegal. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Friday shared on social media Trump’s letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) about the move. According to a White House fact …

What to Know About Jim O’Neill, the New Acting C.D.C. Director  The New York Times The new head of the CDC has no training in medicine and once helped Peter Thiel develop man-made islands floating outside U.S. territory  Fortune It’s been a week of chaos at the CDC. Here are 5 things to know  NPR Science or Trump? The impossible choice faced by …

What to know about Jim O’Neill, new acting CDC director  Axios The new head of the CDC has no training in medicine and once helped Peter Thiel develop man-made islands floating outside U.S. territory  Fortune It’s been a week of chaos at the CDC. Here are 5 things to know  NPR Science or Trump? The impossible choice faced by the ousted CDC chief  CNN …

A man suspected of killing four people at a Montana bar and evading capture for a week while hundreds of law enforcement officers searched for him in the nearby mountains faces four counts of murder, according to court records. Defendant Michael Paul Brown lived next door to The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana, where a bartender and three patrons were shot …

More than 500 employees at the agency that runs Voice of America and other US government-funded international broadcasters will lose their jobs, a Trump administration official announced. Kari Lake, the acting CEO of the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), took to the X social media platform to announce further job cuts for VOA. “The US Agency for Global Media …

2 pastors arrested after blocking state from painting over street mural, police say  Tampa Bay Times Pastors arrested for blocking ‘Black History Matters’ street mural from FDOT crews in St. Pete  FOX 13 Tampa Bay 2 pastors arrested, accused of blocking FDOT crews from painting over mural in St. Pete  Bay News 9 Two St. Petersburg street murals have been removed by the …

Utah Violinist Donggin Shin — who goes by John — was arrested and detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Colorado on Aug. 18. His wife, DaNae Shin, set up a GoFundMe Page featuring this family photo to help raise money to cover his legal fees. Screenshot by NPR hide caption toggle caption Screenshot by NPR Members of the …

Kamala Harris reportedly getting CHP protection after Trump revokes Secret Service coverage  San Francisco Chronicle Trump cancels Kamala Harris’ Secret Service detail that was extended by undisclosed Biden order  CNN California Highway Patrol to protect Kamala Harris: Report  NewsNation What to Know About Secret Service Protection for Former Vice Presidents  The New York Times California Highway Patrol to protect Kamala Harris after Trump pulls …

Social Security data chief resigns after whistleblower complaint over DOGE data access  Politico Social Security whistleblower resigns ‘involuntarily’  CNN DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says  The New York Times Social Security whistleblower quits after saying Americans’ data was compromised  The Washington Post Social Security Admin.’s chief data officer resigns after filing whistleblower complaint  CBS News Source link

Annunciation Church holds first Mass since deadly shooting The Annunciation Catholic Church held its first Mass since a deadly shooting on Wednesday took the lives of two children and injured at least 17 others. The two children who died in the shooting were identified as 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski. RELATED: Families identify 2 children killed in Annunciation …