Donald Trump Administration
Belgium urges US to spare contraceptives bound for Africa
Belgium‘s Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot has called on the Trump administration to abandon its plan to destroy a massive stockpile of contraceptives intended for sub-Saharan Africa. The supplies, valued at approximately $10 million, include implants and intrauterine devices crucial for birth control initiatives in some of the world’s poorest countries. Prevot emphasized the importance of […]
Columbia University Agrees to $200 Million Settlement with Trump
Columbia University has agreed to pay $221 million to settle claims by the Trump administration that it failed to adequately address anti-Semitism on campus. The settlement, announced on Wednesday, will see the vast majority of $400 million in federal grants frozen by the Trump administration reinstated. The university will also regain access to billions of […]
US Senate Releases Emails Suggesting Trump Officials Defied Court Orders
The US Senate has released a string of text messages and email correspondences that raise questions about the executive branch’s commitment to complying with court orders. Senator Dick Durbin, the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the documents, which appear to show that government lawyer Emil Bove directed his colleagues to ignore or […]
UN Slams US Sanctions for Exposing Gaza War Crimes
United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has condemned the US sanctions imposed on her as “obscene” retaliation for exposing Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Albanese, who serves as the UN’s special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, expressed her defiance in an interview, stating that the penalties imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration would not silence […]