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The Trump administration continues to pressure the United Nations and the international aid sector more broadly to adopt trade-focused policies that benefit U.S. firms — or face the threat of further budget cuts.
Donald Trump’s second term saw USAID suffer mass layoffs and transfer its remaining operations to the state department; This has created a ripple effect that has many experts around the world warning that it will cost thousands of lives as vital programs are cut.
The Trump administration has also largely suspended support for organizations such as the World Health Organization, the UN human rights council and Unesco, the UN’s cultural agency.
Last week, the Trump administration unveiled a “trade over aid” initiative at the United Nations that outlined a shift from donor-driven development aid to more private investment or “an international vision of economic development built on free markets.”
Also a news site Devex reported Two US diplomatic memos circulating in Geneva and New York made clear that the US was willing to use the threat of further budget cuts to the international community to push its agenda.
The hearing of the suspect in the dinner shooting of White House reporters will be held today
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The suspect in the April 25 shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner has a hearing covering the conditions of his detention scheduled for later today.
Cole Allen, who remains behind bars for now until his trial is over, was injured during the attack but was not shot by police officers. According to the federal prosecutor overseeing the investigation, the attack was an attempt to kill President Trump.
Allen is accused of rushing to a Secret Service checkpoint at the event attended by President Donald Trump and other cabinet members. Allen was allegedly armed with multiple guns and fired at an agent.
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said last week that there was no evidence the agent was hit by friendly fire during the incident. But on Sunday he went further, saying one of Allen’s shots hit the officer’s bulletproof vest.
“We can now determine that the pellet from the defendant’s Mossberg shotgun was intertwined with the fibers of the Secret Service officer’s vest,” he told CNN. State of the Union. “This is definitely his bullet.”
Allen is accused of attempting to assassinate Trump, carrying a weapon interstate and using a firearm during a violent crime. His lawyers filed a document with the court Sunday saying they had learned he was no longer on suicide watch and were trying to withdraw a motion seeking to formally remove him from such supervision.
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