Opinion by Ben Rhodes on Feb. 9, 2025. In 1962, not long after President John Kennedy created U.S.A.I.D., the federal agency tasked with administering foreign assistance, he welcomed its first mission directors to the White House. He noted the difficult politics of sustaining foreign assistance but called it essential to...
USAID Staffers Turned Away From Offices Even After Court Suspends Leave Order
WASHINGTON — Officials and federal officers turned away scores of U.S. Agency for International staffers who showed up for work Monday at its Washington headquarters, after a court temporarily blocked a Trump administration order that would have pulled all but a fraction of workers off the job worldwide. A front...
Third Judge Blocks Trump’s Order Ending Birthright Citizenship
CONCORD, N.H. — A third federal judge on Monday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of people who are in the U.S. illegally. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Joseph N. Laplante in New Hampshire comes after two similar rulings by judges in Seattle...
Jimmy Butler Starts Hot With Warriors, Scores 25 points Against Bulls
CHICAGO — Jimmy Butler drew the familiar “oohs” and “aahs” from the Chicago crowd when he cut backdoor for an alley-oop dunk in the opening minute. He had enough left to take over during Golden State's decisive run with Stephen Curry on the sideline. If his debut with the Warriors...
Vance Makes His Debut as VP on the International Stage at a High-Stakes AI Summit
PARIS — JD Vance stepped onto the world stage this week for the first time as U.S. vice president, using a high-stakes AI summit in Paris and a security conference in Munich to amplify Donald Trump’s aggressive new approach to diplomacy. The 40-year-old vice president, who was just 18 months...
Global Leaders Scramble to Respond to Trump’s Unpredictable Foreign Policy
LONDON — The Saudis are furious. The Danes are scrambling. Colombia has backed down. Mexico and Canada stand in a purgatory between tariff wars with the US and … not. China has retaliated, launching a trade war between the economic superpowers. The Brits, long proud of their “special relationship” with...
Jets Tell QB Aaron Rodgers, 41, They’re ‘Moving on’ From Him
Aaron Rodgers is still contemplating whether to continue his playing career. If he does, it appears it won’t be with the New York Jets. The team has told the 41-year-old quarterback it is “moving on from him,” Fox Sports reported Sunday. Rodgers said toward the end of the Jets’ 5-12 season he...
HIV Infections Could Jump Over 6 Times if US Support Is Dropped and Not Replaced
LONDON — The head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday the number of new HIV infections could jump more than six times by 2029 if American support of the biggest AIDS program is dropped, warning that millions of people could die and more resistant strains of the disease could...
Part-Owner of Los Angeles Football Club Apologizes for Anti-Israel Social Media Reposts
LOS ANGELES — A part-owner of Los Angeles Football Club apologized Monday for reposting reportedly anti-Israel posts on social media that were criticized by his club and Major League Soccer as “deeply offensive.” The Jewish Chronicle first reported Ruben Gnanalingam reposted messages on his LinkedIn page, including comments urging “armies”...
Bulldogs Play Powerhouse Utah State Tough, but Drop Sixth Straight
Ian Martinez's 30 points led visiting Utah State over Fresno State, 89-81, in a Mountain West men's basketball game Friday at the Save Mart Center. It was the sixth straight loss for the Bulldogs, who fell to 5-19 overall and 1-12 in conference play. Fresno State plays at Nevada (13-10,...