Mon, February 17, 2025

[ Mon, Feb 17th 2025 ]: MSN

Assam: FIR filed against Pakistan national allegedly linked to Congress MP Gogoi's wife

The Assam Police has registered a case against Pakistani national Ali Tauqeer Sheik, and others under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, state Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday.

[ Mon, Feb 17th 2025 ]: WBTW

Trump administration cuts hit FDA employees in food safety, medical devices and tobacco products

Nearly half of the FDA's $6.9 billion budget comes from fees paid by companies the agency regulates, including drug and medical device makers, which allows the agency to hire extra scientists to

[ Mon, Feb 17th 2025 ]: MSN

Analysis-Italy's Meloni takes on the judiciary, in echo of Berlusconi

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is clashing with the country's judiciary in the same way her old political ally and mentor Silvio Berlusconi used to, promising a once-in-a-lifetime overhaul of the legal system.

[ Mon, Feb 17th 2025 ]: MSN

Washington Post refuses to run $115,000 ad titled 'Fire Elon Musk,' report says

Washington Post refuses to run $115,000 ad titled 'Fire Elon Musk,' report says - 'Who's running this country: Donald Trump or Elon Musk,' reads the advert, which was intended for Tuesday's edition of

[ Mon, Feb 17th 2025 ]: ABC

Trump 2nd term live updates: White House says some employees were fired by mistake

President Donald Trump's administration said some federal government employees who took the "Fork in the Road" buyout offer were then fired or let go — in error.

[ Mon, Feb 17th 2025 ]: Reuters

Italy's Meloni takes on the judiciary, in echo of Berlusconi

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is clashing with the country's judiciary in the same way her old political ally and mentor Silvio Berlusconi used to, promising a once-in-a-lifetime overhaul of the legal system.

[ Mon, Feb 17th 2025 ]: CNN

Paranoia seeps into a federal workforce worried about getting fired and being watched

As the Trump administration fires thousands of employees across the government, federal workers have another reason to be on edge: the widespread access that Elon Musk's "government efficiency" team has gained to agency computer systems.

[ Mon, Feb 17th 2025 ]: MSN

Former UK PM John Major warns of dangers if US does not stand by allies

Major said if the US 'retreats towards isolation' it would leave the door open for China and Russia to wield increased influence A world in which the United States does not support its allies will be "rather more dangerous",

[ Mon, Feb 17th 2025 ]: ABC

'We're under attack by billionaires': Fired federal workers speak out on terminations

Hanna Hickman, a now-terminated worker for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, told ABC News the last four days have been a roller coaster.

[ Mon, Feb 17th 2025 ]: MSN

Trump told Netanyahu 'Do whatever you want,' provides hostage update

Donald Trump was asked by reporters if he's been briefed on phase two of the hostage exchange deal between Israel and Hamas. Trump replied that he told Israeli PM Netanyahu to, 'Do whatever you want.'

[ Mon, Feb 17th 2025 ]: NDTV

How USAID Funneled $21 Million To India For 'Voter Turnout'

The newly created US Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE has been auditing several government agencies in the US and cutting wasteful expenditure.

[ Mon, Feb 17th 2025 ]: CounterPunch

Trump's Reign of Cruelty

Neoliberalism has always been more than an economic project; it is a political and educational weapon designed to erode social solidarity and dismantle the foundations of democracy. It does not merely defund public institutions like healthcare,

[ Mon, Feb 17th 2025 ]: MSN

Trump takes a lap at Daytona as Elon Musk reportedly seeks access to personal taxpayer data: Live

Trump drives Daytona 500 track as government tries to rehire fired nuclear safety staff: Live updates - According to the White House the president will arrive at the Daytona International Speedway jus

[ Mon, Feb 17th 2025 ]: MSN

'Trump's actions taking us back to primitive days of slavery, colonisation'

Frank Chikane, a veteran of the African National Congress (ANC), argues that the arbitrary actions of United States President Donald Trump, including the cutting of financial support to South Africa,

[ Mon, Feb 17th 2025 ]: MSN

Are Musk's plans for mass federal layoffs 'driven by what he sees' on X?

More employees across more than a dozen federal agencies are reporting they are being let go from their positions as Elon Musk and DOGE look to slash the government workforce. New York Times reporter Teddy Schleifer breaks down the latest on these firings and discusses the relationship between Musk and President Trump.

[ Mon, Feb 17th 2025 ]: ABC

GOP Sen. Mullin: Trump is the only person who can force Putin to the table

GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin said Trump has the capability to apply pressure to Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

[ Mon, Feb 17th 2025 ]: MSN

Assam: Politics heats up as BJP and Congress warn each other of legal battle

The ongoing political battle between Assam's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress took a legal turn on Sunday, February 16, with both sides threatening lawsuits over allegations of defamation and character assassination.
Sun, February 16, 2025

[ Sun, Feb 16th 2025 ]: ABC

Trump 2nd term live updates: Musk's DOGE requests access to IRS tax database: Sources

Trump is also making his second administration's first forays on the diplomatic front with calls to Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy on ending the 3-year-old war that began in February 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine.

[ Sun, Feb 16th 2025 ]: Newsweek

Who Is Ashley St. Clair? Author Says She's Had Elon Musk's 13th Child

The conservative influencer said she made the announcement to prevent the baby's existence from being revealed by "tabloid media."

[ Sun, Feb 16th 2025 ]: Yahoo

What it means when Elon Musk brings his children to work

Jon Haber, a strategic communication consultant who has worked with five presidential campaigns and teaches at Harvard, said Musk's children making frequent appearances - and creating viral moments - is beneficial for Trump.

[ Sun, Feb 16th 2025 ]: ABC

Trump 2nd term live updates: Rubio agrees with Netanyahu Hamas must be 'eliminated'

As President Donald Trump's second administration continued its effort to swiftly reshape the federal government, a union representing foreign service officers at the U.S. Agency for International Development accused the administration of failing to comply with last week's temporary restraining order to prevent the dismantling of USAID.

[ Sun, Feb 16th 2025 ]: PBS

Fact-checking Trump and Musk's claims that they are cutting government 'fraud and abuse'

Elon Musk and President Donald Trump say they have uncovered massive "fraud" in the federal government. But the projects the White House points to are largely ones that the administration disagrees with ideologically,

[ Sun, Feb 16th 2025 ]: CNN

'Salute and execute': A new generation of military veterans takes center stage as Trump remakes US foreign policy

At the start of his first term, President Donald Trump filled several top jobs with retired generals — high-ranking veterans who served in leadership positions during the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[ Sun, Feb 16th 2025 ]: CNN

Steve Bannon is playing MAGA enforcer from the outside. Is the White House listening?

Through blunt conversations with staff and his popular podcast, Steve Bannon is trying to steer the early direction of the new Trump administration. Whether he's having much impact inside the White House is a subject of debate.

[ Sun, Feb 16th 2025 ]: MSN

Trump's Reach for Power: Seven Court Cases to Watch

The cases, brought by nonprofits, state attorneys general, civil rights groups and private citizens, challenge Trump's directives to freeze trillions of dollars in federal funding, shrink the federal workforce,

[ Sun, Feb 16th 2025 ]: MSN

Mahamoud Youssouf speaks out after defeating Raila Odinga in AUC election: "I am humbled"

Newly elected AUC chairperson Mahamoud Youssouf from Djibouti has thanked African heads of state who supported and voted for him during the AU election.

[ Sun, Feb 16th 2025 ]: MSN

What Christian leaders in SA said about allegations the US raised against the government

Over 300 white Christian leaders in South Africa slammed the United States government and accused it of spreading outright lies about white South Africans.

[ Sun, Feb 16th 2025 ]: MSN

S. Korea navigates uncertainty as Trump's reciprocal tariffs reshape global trade

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Feb. 13, directing his top advisers to come up with new tariff levels that match the tax rates the country's trading partners charge on American imports,

[ Sun, Feb 16th 2025 ]: MSN

MSC 2025: US, Europe divided on how to deal with Russia

European and US leaders have diverged on how to deal with Russia's war on Ukraine during the Munich Security Conference. German Chancellor Scholz, along with others, has been critical of US comments.

[ Sun, Feb 16th 2025 ]: MSN

US, Russia to meet in Saudi Arabia over Ukraine war

U.S. and Russian officials will meet in Saudi Arabia in the coming days to start talks aimed at ending Moscow's nearly three-year war in Ukraine, a U.S. lawmaker and a source familiar with the planning said on Saturday.

[ Sun, Feb 16th 2025 ]: rnz

Mediawatch: Golden visas obscured by politics and talkback pushback

Mediawatch: Media management helped the government's new 'golden visas' into the headlines, but it also got obscured by the ACT leader's antics.

[ Sun, Feb 16th 2025 ]: MSN

Australia has some 'strong arguments' to gain an exemption from Trumps tariffs

Former federal trade minister and ANZ Head of APAC Engagement Simon Birmingham discusses whether Australia could be exempt from the Trump administration's global steel and aluminium tariffs.

[ Sun, Feb 16th 2025 ]: MSN

Lavrov, Rubio discus removal of 'barriers' set by previous U.S. administration, Russia says

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed the situation in Ukraine in a call on Saturday as well as the removal of "unilateral barriers" set by previous U.

[ Sun, Feb 16th 2025 ]: CNN

Who is Friedrich Merz, Merkel's rival and German election frontrunner?

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and an expensive aviation hobby, is the favorite to become the country's next chancellor in the February 23 federal election.
Sat, February 15, 2025

[ Sat, Feb 15th 2025 ]: rnz

Elon Musk's DOGE agency is at the centre of controversy in the US. So what is it?

Elon Musk's DOGE has been making global headlines recently, but, what is this new agency - so why has the world's richest person decided to centre himself in US politics?

[ Sat, Feb 15th 2025 ]: CNN

Trump advances plans for Ukraine peace talks and US government overhaul

President Donald Trump is forging ahead with his plan to overhaul and shrink the federal government. The effort led by Elon Musk's DOGE is facing a variety of legal challenges, which have halted firings at some agencies.

[ Sat, Feb 15th 2025 ]: MSN

Punjab ministers meet illegal Indian immigrants who were deported from US to Amritsar

Punjab's NRI Affairs Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal and Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO met illegal Indian immigrants who were deported from the US to Amritsar.The aircraft carrying the second batch of Indian nationals who illegally migrated to the US landed at the Amritsar Airport on Sunday.

[ Sat, Feb 15th 2025 ]: Newsweek

'Unplug Mad King': Protesters Rally Against Elon Musk at Tesla Facilities

On Saturday, videos posted to social media showed protesters at Tesla facilities as they voiced their concerns over Musk's DOGE.

[ Sat, Feb 15th 2025 ]: MSN

Meet glamorous Republican congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna: Donald Trump has tasked the former Maxim model with reopening case files on JFK and Martin Luther King's ...

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[ Sat, Feb 15th 2025 ]: ABC

Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump officials to go to Saudi Arabia for peace talks

The trip comes just days after President Donald Trump said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone about starting negotiations.

[ Sat, Feb 15th 2025 ]: MSN

White South Africans gather to thank Trump for support

White South Africans gather to thank Trump for support - Protesters held placards that read 'Thank God for President Trump'

[ Sat, Feb 15th 2025 ]: MSN

'Acting Like a King': Michigan's Attorney General on the Lawsuit to Undo Musk's Damage

The lawsuit runs 60 pages, detailing the chaos Musk and his DOGE minions have wreaked at federal agencies from the Treasury Department to the U.S. Agency for International Develop

[ Sat, Feb 15th 2025 ]: MSN

Trump tours Boeing plane to highlight aircraft maker's delay in delivering a new Air Force One

President Donald Trump toured a Boeing airplane to check out new hardware and technology features and highlight the aircraft maker's delay in delivering updated versions of the Air Force One presidential aircraft,

[ Sat, Feb 15th 2025 ]: MSN

Trump's threats and 51st state taunts reset race to lead Canada

Conservative leader Poilievre had seemed on track for a decisive election victory, but concern over US relations has shifted the mood For over a year, Canada's Conservative Party seemed on track to win a decisive victory in the next election as Justin Trudeau's governing coalition crumbled.

[ Sat, Feb 15th 2025 ]: MSN

Trump administration cuts US efforts to support democracy at home and abroad

In less than a month in office the Trump administration has simultaneously dismantled foreign aid programs that support fragile democracies abroad and put on leave federal workers who protect US elections at home in a move that current and former officials say abandons decades of American commitments to democracy.

[ Sat, Feb 15th 2025 ]: MSN

Donald Trump's Purge of Federal Workers Spark Mass Confusion, Anger

Newsweek contacted the White House and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which manages human resources for the federal government, for comment on Saturday via email outsid

[ Sat, Feb 15th 2025 ]: ABC

Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump says US to back Israel amid hostage release threat

The Department of Energy has paused the firings of hundreds of employees who work for a key agency maintaining the U.S. nuclear stockpile.

[ Sat, Feb 15th 2025 ]: Kiplinger

Donald Trump Tests His Limits

Here's the latest… What to say about term-two Donald Trump? The president is testing his limits — legally, politically and otherwise — with mixed results so far. This is evident with Trump's signature issues.

Firings and White House anger as Trump's ICE struggles to hit arrest numbers: report

Despite the Trump administration's media blitz showing "Cops TV-style roundups" of undocumented migrants that has struck fear even in the hearts of school children, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is falling short of President Donald Trump's promise to deport "millions" of people straight out of the gate,

The article from MSN discusses the internal struggles within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the Trump administration, as reported by The Washington Post. It highlights how ICE was under significant pressure to meet high arrest quotas set by the Trump White House, leading to internal chaos and dissatisfaction. The report details instances where ICE officials were fired or reassigned for not meeting these aggressive targets, which were part of Trump's hardline immigration policies. The pressure to increase arrests was so intense that it led to a culture of fear and confusion within the agency, with some officials describing the atmosphere as akin to a "witch hunt." This situation was exacerbated by the White House's frustration over what they perceived as ICE's failure to effectively enforce immigration laws, resulting in a tumultuous period for the agency's leadership and operations.

Read the Full MSN Article at:
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/politics/government/firings-and-white-house-anger-as-trump-s-ice-struggles-to-hit-arrest-numbers-report/ar-AA1z9uts