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President Donald Trump has said repeatedly that he will try to close the U.S. Department of Education, seen here in Washington, D.C. Robert Knopes/Education Times via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Robert Knopes/Education Times via Getty Images The Trump administration is exploring dramatic cuts to programs and staff at the U.S. Department of Education, […]

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — President Donald Trump’s abrupt freeze of U.S. foreign aid is sending shockwaves through Eastern Europe, leaving pro-democracy groups, independent media, civil society initiatives and local governments scrambling to make ends meet in a region often defined by rivalries between East and West. The U.S. State Department said that the 90-day freeze […]
US health agency employees are now banned from nearly all travel and certain agencies and programs have been ordered to stop issuing new contracts and grants until further notice. The limits on travel and spending, announced internally on Wednesday, add to previous indefinite halts on external communications, including publishing new reports or even posting to […]
Nippon Steel Corp. has promised it will not cut output capacity at United States Steel Corp.’s mills for 10 years, in its latest proposal to the administration of President Joe Biden aimed at winning approval to acquire the struggling producer, a media report said Tuesday. The Washington Post said the Japanese steelmaker sent its proposal […]
With many Family Dollar, CVS and Big Lots locations closing throughout the U.S. this year, the number of store closings is up significantly in 2024 compared to 2023. According to data provided to Scripps News by Coresight, there have been 7,308 confirmed or planned store closings in the U.S. so far in 2024, which is […]
The University of Michigan will no longer ask for diversity statements from faculty when considering hiring, promotion or tenure, the latest cut to its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. The statements, which require a declaration from potential hires on how they will maintain DEI, are solicited from university employers on a case-by-case basis. (Michigan […]

Refresh 2024-12-02T11:03:22.923Z (Image credit: Future / Dell) The Dell Inspiron 15 is also a fantastic bargain over at Dell’s website in the US right now, but you’ll have to move fast to grab it since two of the three available configurations are already sold out. You can still get one with a 15.6-inch non-touch full […]
Trump allies say they will ‘liberate individuals and businesses from illicit regulations never passed by Congress’. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, United States President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming “efficiency” tsars, have outlined plans for a “drastic reduction” in regulations and “mass head-count reductions”. In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, Musk and Ramaswamy […]
By Dan Catchpole, Allison Lampert (Reuters) -Boeing will lay off more than 2,500 workers in the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, South Carolina and Missouri, according to federally required filings posted on Monday and a union official, as part of the debt-heavy U.S. planemaker’s plan to cut 17,000 jobs, or 10% of its global workforce. […]
Companies rush to US bond market as Trump rally cuts borrowing costs Financial Times Source link