USAID direct hires put on leave worldwide — except those deemed essential

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is placing US Agency for International Development direct-hire staffers around the world on leave, except those deemed essential. A notice posted online Tuesday gives the workers 30 days to return home, upending the aid agency’s six-decade mission overseas. 3The Trump administration is placing US Agency for International Development (USAID) direct-hire staffers around … Read more

University of California accused of racial discrimination against Asian American, white applicants: bombshell suit

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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A lawsuit filed this week accuses the University of California of racial discrimination in undergraduate admissions by favoring Black and Latino students over Asian American and white applicants. A group called Students Against Racial Discrimination sued Monday in federal court, alleging the university system admits students with inferior academic credentials … Read more

Hundreds of L.A. students join immigration protests; buildings vandalized, rocks thrown, LAPD says

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Hundreds of student protesters gathered in downtown Los Angeles to demonstrate for immigration rights on Tuesday. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Mass demonstrations against President Trump’s crackdown on immigration continued for a third day in downtown Los Angeles, with hundreds of students walking out of class Tuesday to join the march and … Read more

Justin Baldoni claims Blake Lively blew ‘It Ends With Us’ budget by $430k on wardrobe demands: lawsuit

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AFP via Getty Images More accusations are coming out in Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively’s “It Ends With Us” legal war. In explosive legal documents located on Baldoni’s new website and filed in court, the movie’s director (Baldoni), 41, claims its leading lady (Lively), 37, “often” refused to go to fittings and demanded her character … Read more

Michael Goodwin: Dems wallow in denial and do the dumbest things – proving they haven’t learned a thing from Trump’s win

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Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks at a press conference outside of USAID headquarters on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. Getty Images It’s been four months since Donald Trump and Republicans swept the 2024 elections — and Democrats haven’t learned a thing.  Here are three snapshots of a party wallowing in denial: When the eight candidates … Read more

‘Mad’ Cynthia Nixon protests Trump’s transgender executive order: It ‘sickens me to my core’

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Cynthia Nixon is “mad as hell” at President Donald Trump for signing an executive order to stop gender-affirming care for trans children. The “Sex and The City” star, 58, attended a protest in New York City on Monday, where she spoke on NYU-Langone Hospital cancelling at least two children’s appointments to receive puberty-blocking medication. The … Read more

Dole’s California Missionary Preaches the Doctrine of Victory : GOP candidate’s chief strategist in state doggedly defends chances of reaping 54 electoral votes where others–including some allies–insist on retreat.

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Kenneth L. Khachigian has the reporter just where he wants her: cornered. “They’re lying to you, Carla!” he says by way of introduction, toting his luggage across the lobby of a private air terminal in San Diego. Soon, GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole’s jet will arrive with the traveling press corps. Khachigian, the campaign’s chief … Read more

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