Sat, February 8, 2025

[ Sat, Feb 08th 2025 ]: MSN

Moses Wetang'ula dismisses court ruling on dual role as Speaker, Ford Kenya leader: "Non-binding"

National Assembly speaker Moses Masika Wetang'ula, through his legal advisor, Benson Milimo, dismissed the High Court's ruling on his dual role as non-binding.

[ Sat, Feb 08th 2025 ]: cnbctv18

ECI Delhi Election Results 2025 LIVE: BJP ahead in 45 seats, poised to form govt in Delhi after 26 years; AAP leads in 21

The exit polls predicted that the BJP is likely to form a government in Delhi after 27 years. The poll of polls predicted 41 seats for BJP, 29 for AAP and nil for Congress.

[ Sat, Feb 08th 2025 ]: MSN

This is what Donald Trump's executive orders inviting Afrikaners as US refugees said

United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order inviting Afrikaners as refugees to the United States. South Africans slammed the order.

[ Sat, Feb 08th 2025 ]: MSN

A federal judge won't immediately block DOGE access to the US Labor Department

A federal judge said Friday he would not immediately block Elon Musk's team from accessing systems at the Labor Department, which has investigated companies owned by the billionaire adviser to President Donald Trump.

[ Sat, Feb 08th 2025 ]: MSN

Federal judge blocks Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing sensitive US Treasury Department material

A federal judge early Saturday blocked Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records that contain sensitive personal data such as Social Security and bank account numbers for millions of Americans.

[ Sat, Feb 08th 2025 ]: Firstpost

Why the win in Delhi is important for Modi's BJP

The BJP is all set to break AAP's dominance in Delhi and is on course to end its 27-year wait to return to the national capital. For the Narendra Modi-led party, this poll battle was crucial for a number of reasons: it was a matter of prestige,

[ Sat, Feb 08th 2025 ]: Reuters

Trump signs order to cut funding for South Africa over land policy, ICJ case

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut U.S. financial assistance to South Africa, the White House said on Friday, citing disapproval of its land policy and of its genocide case at the International Court of Justice against Washington's ally Israel.

[ Sat, Feb 08th 2025 ]: CNN

Latest on Trump's presidency as federal judge temporarily blocks putting USAID workers on leave

President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak with Panamanian President Raúl Mulino and is meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday as he continues to move ahead with reshaping the federal government.

[ Sat, Feb 08th 2025 ]: MSN

"AAP will form govt with huge majority...People voted for politics of honesty": Manish Sisodia

Manish Sisodia, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from the Jangpura constituency, expressed confidence in the party's success ahead of the results, and asserted that the party has to do a lot more work for Delhi.
Fri, February 7, 2025

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: Newsweek

Half a Million Tons of Food Risks 'Going to Waste' as USAID Shut Down

More than 500,000 tons of food risks "going to waste" as a result of the Trump administration suspending most overseas aid for 90 days according to Hearst Newspapers, which cites emails it has reviewed from "an international food agency."

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: Mediaite

Pete Hegseth Lashes Out at Former Fox News Colleague and Other 'Trump Haters'

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth slammed his former Fox News colleague Jennifer Griffin on Friday night for reporting the news. Griffin, Fox's chief national security correspondent, tweeted a letter from Democratic members of the House Appropriations Committee to Hegseth inquiring about renovations to the secretary's government residence.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: ABC

Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump terminates Biden access to classified information

President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: PBS

Capehart and Continetti on Trump pushing the limits of executive power

Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and Mathew Continetti from the American Enterprise Institute join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, President Trump and his allies making quick progress on their goal of "deconstructing the administrative state,

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: PBS

Courts and Congress struggle to keep up with Trump as he reshapes American government

Courts and Congress are struggling to keep up with the break-neck pace as the Trump administration dramatically reshapes the American government, national politics and international order. The president promised more cuts and further political payback,

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: ABC

What to know about Elon Musk's government dismantling and the fight to stop him

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency group has made swift work of the billionaire's goal to curtail the government. Here are some of the direct actions.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: ABC

Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump calls on USAID to be closed down

President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: scrippsnews

Signage for USAID removed and covered at its DC headquarters

Workers removed signage for the United States Agency for International Development at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Friday. References to the agency outside of the building were also covered with black tape.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: WTHR

HOWEY: Musk and constitutional disorder

These are emerging dictatorial powers replacing the lawful order that has served Americans well for nearly 250 years.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: ABC

Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump says Gaza plan a 'real estate transaction'

President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: lex18

Elon Musk polls X followers on reinstating DOGE staffer accused of racist posts

Elon Musk is polling his X followers about reinstating a DOGE staffer accused of making racist posts in the past.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: RealClearPolitics

Bill Gates: I'm A "Little Disappointed" In Elon Musk, He's "Been Nice To Me At Times, And Mean To Me At Times"

Microsoft founder Bill Gates joins CNN's Anderson Cooper and discusses Elon Musk's role in President Donald Trump's government: ANDERSON COOPER: We wanted to get a different perspective on the fight over the U.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: CNN

Latest on Trump's presidency as he meets with Japan's PM and moves to overhaul government

President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak with Panamanian President Raúl Mulino and is meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday as he continues to move ahead with reshaping the federal government.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: Politico

How Trump's Immigration Blitz Will Change Maternal Health Care

Trump has so far not deported more people than the Biden or Obama administrations did, but the PR blitz around his deportations is distinct. As a result, immigrants across the country are changing their routines, keeping children home from school and skipping doctor's appointments.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: RealClearPolitics

Turley: Democrats Are Breathing Into Paper Bags, The "Terror Alert" In Washington Is Quite Astonishing

On FOX News 'The Ingraham Angle,' GMU Law professor Jonathan Turley talked about Elon Musk's work and the response from Washington D.C. about his spending cuts: LAURA INGRAHAM: Joining me now, Jonathan Turley,

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: Nathan Burkes

The Intersection of Politics and Technology: Elon Musk's Subpoena and the House Democrats' Response

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: Oregonian

Upheaval in Washington, D.C., disrupts Northwest humanitarian work

The Trump administration's crackdown on foreign aid and immigration is disrupting humanitarian work around the world, including relief efforts led by organizations and contractors in Portland and across the Northwest.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: CNN

Trump's overhaul of the federal government faces legal challenges

President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak with Panamanian President Raúl Mulino and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday as he continues to move ahead with reshaping the federal government. Follow here for the latest live news updates.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: Slate

I'm a Government Worker. We're Still Terrified Friday Is D-Day.

Here's what I will do: I will do my job as best as I know how. I will read each new directive from my political leadership and clack away at my keyboard to implement it as best as I can. And I will polish my résumé and apply for other jobs and hate myself for doing so.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: PBS

How the courts have (so far) pushed back on Trump's attempts to expand presidential power

Now the question is whether the court rulings are a mere speed bump or an insurmountable roadblock for the Republican president.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: ABC12

Trump signs executive orders targeting ICC and 'anti-Christian bias'

President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders Thursday, one targeting the International Criminal Court and a second on "anti-Christian bias."

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: CNN

'Second American Revolution': The team behind DOGE's government overhaul

As Musk's team barrels its way through the government seeking access to sensitive information, questions are arising about the people behind DOGE

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: RealClearPolitics

Jesse Watters: Trump Campaigned On Cutting Government And He Won, This Is Just The Tip Of The Iceberg

FOX News host Jesse Watters gives his take on Democrats' reactions to DOGE's changes to the federal government on 'Jesse Watters Primetime.'

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: MLive

After Jan. 6, rioters say they lost jobs, homes and relationships, but regrets are few

Jan. 6 participants told MLive that the day of protest and violence shifted the course of their lives. After being pardoned, most say they did nothing wrong.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: Newsday

Protests and a New Zealand leader's absence overshadow a day marking the founding treaty with M?ori

The bill's architect, David Seymour, met with protests at Waitangi marae — a MÄ?ori meeting house — during speeches by political leaders on Wednesday, as he made a fresh pitch for the law. The measures are widely derided and prompted tens of thousands of people to march on Parliament in Wellington last November.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: MassLive

Northeastern prof: America is in a constitutional crisis. And it can get worse | John L. Micek

As Elon Musk and his lieutenants look to cut spending and trim the ranks of the federal bureaucracy, sidestepping powers normally reserved for Congress, that crisis is more than just underway.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: MSN

Elon Musk's D.O.G.E is giving the CIA and NSA nightmares now

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: MSN

Democrats demand answers on DOGE access to government payment systems

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[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: MSN

Delhi election result 2025: Check date, time, where to watch live vote counting, and all other important information

The voting process for the 2025 Delhi Assembly Elections concluded on February 5, with a 60.42% turnout. The results, to be announced on February 8, will determine whether AAP or BJP leads Delhi's legislative assembly.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: ABC

Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump sued over effort to dismantle USAID

President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: MSN

'Kosovo's Che Guevara' is not for turning

Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti has run his government on his own terms -- even as he risked rubbing Kosovo's most important allies up the wrong way and igniting conflict with bitter rival Serbia.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: MSN

US judge temporarily blocks Trump buyout offer for government workers

A U.S. judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration's proposed buyout for federal workers until at least Monday, giving an initial win to labor unions that sued to stop it. Even as the program was stayed,

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: MSN

Iowa's top leaders are strongly endorsing Musk and DOGE. Iowans are watching closely

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst has hailed Elon Musk and the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency as a necessary force in Washington, D.C., calling it "a storm that is headed this way that will sweep over this city and forever alter the way it operates.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: MSN

Elon Musk emerges as Democrats' new boogeyman in Trump 2.0

Democrats are turning their attention to the richest man in the world as a way to target Republicans and win back key voter groups.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: MSN

Factbox-What Trump has done to remake the US government so far

President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders and taken other actions since his inauguration on January 20 to remake and reduce the size of the United States' 2.2 million-strong federal workforce.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: MSN

Kenya's digital struggle: AI, activism and crackdowns

Kenya's government has recently ramped up efforts to regulate social media and artificial intelligence, as AI-generated content fuels dissent and sparks a heated debate on free speech and regulation.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: MSN

House GOP rushing to produce Trump's big budget bill with tax cuts, program cuts and other promises

House Republicans are working overtime after a lengthy White House meeting to meet President Donald Trump's demand for a big budget package that includes some $3 trillion in tax breaks, massive program cuts and a possible extension of the nation's debt limit.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: Time

Trump and Musk Promote Misleading 'Scandal' About Government Funding Media

Trump has bundled two of his long-favored political targets—federal government spending and the media—into one attack while offering no evidence for his claims.

[ Fri, Feb 07th 2025 ]: MSN

Trump sued by USAID workers union after slashing thousands of jobs from government agency: Live

Trump sued by USAID workers union after slashing thousands of jobs from government agency: Live - President accuses ICC of 'illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israe

Frozen US aid brings new challenges to groups hit by harsh crackdowns in Russia and Belarus

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even being outlawed and forced to operate from exile abroad. Many survived despite the difficulties.

The article from MSN discusses the severe impact of frozen U.S. aid on human rights and democracy groups in Russia and Belarus, where these organizations are facing intensified government crackdowns. Due to the U.S. Congress's failure to pass a budget, funding for these groups has been halted, exacerbating their financial difficulties at a critical time. In Russia, the government has labeled many of these groups as "foreign agents," significantly restricting their operations. Similarly, in Belarus, the regime has been systematically dismantling civil society, with many activists imprisoned or forced into exile. The lack of U.S. financial support has left these organizations struggling to continue their work, with some facing closure or severe downsizing. The article highlights the dire situation of these groups, emphasizing the need for immediate funding to support their efforts in promoting democracy and human rights amidst oppressive regimes.

Read the Full MSN Article at:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/frozen-us-aid-brings-new-challenges-to-groups-hit-by-harsh-crackdowns-in-russia-and-belarus/ar-AA1yztm9