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The House voted to get funding back from NPR
The Colorado Department of Justice has requested “all records” related to the 2024 presidential election, NPR reported citing court documents. This comes after US President Donald Trump’s campaign alleged in April that “thousands of thousands” of illegal immigrants voted for him in the 2016 election. Several voting experts and officials have said this request is highly unusual and concerning.
Read MoreA judge ordered Trump to stop using the National Guard in LA
The US Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday defended the decision to deploy the National Guard to Los Angeles amid protests against a crackdown on immigration by President Donald Trump. “First time I’ve ever seen it,” Gregory Bovino, head of Customs and Border Protection in Los Angeles, said. “It’s a form of rebellion against the authority of the government of the US,” he added.
Read MoreIn LA, protests against ICE continued into the week
The US President’s administration has said that the recent protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Los Angeles are a “kind of rebellion”. US President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles. The protesters have been protesting against the Trump administration’s raids on undocumented immigrants, claiming they’re a violation of their constitutional rights.
Read MoreThe pharmacists have the most common drugs on hand
US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 10% tariff on “most favoured nation” drugs, which include drugs used to treat cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Trump had in 2020 signed an executive order on “most favoured nation” pricing which would have tied Medicare Part B drug prices to those in other countries.
Read MoreDonald Trump signed an executive order toexpedite deep sea mining
US President Donald Trump has asked federal agencies to speed up the process for issuing permits for mining in the seafloor in both the US and international territory. It will use the “Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act,” a US law from 1980. There is no deep-sea mining currently being done in the world, however, companies have long eyed ocean floor as a potential source of metals.
Read MoreThe first meeting of CDC vaccine advisers is still going strong
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is holding its first meeting after US President Donald Trump’s inauguration. During this week’s meeting, the vaccine advisory committee’s independent advisors will listen to the recommendations from the staff of the CDC on vaccines and vote on them for some of them such asRSV and flu.
Read MoreNPR and PBS will have funding cut by Trump
US President Donald Trump said the US Institute of Peace (USIPF) is “not a bull in a china shop”, referring to the NGO’s recent report on alleged human rights abuses by US military. The report claimed USIPF was involved in widespread abuses of human rights across the world, including violations of children’s rights. It added that the NGO was not a “fascist organisation”.
Read MoreJudge demands to know if the White House is assisting in returning wrongly deported person
A US federal judge wants to know if the White House is acting in “bad faith” in a Maryland man’s case, who was mistakenly sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison. The hearing is the first courtroom appearance about Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s case after he met with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Monday. Garcia was wrongly deported to El Salvador.
Read MoreWhat will the cuts at the Centers for Disease Control do to global programs?
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will have to reduce spending on contracts by at least a third, Robert Steinbrook, health research group director at the Public Citizen, said. This comes after President Donald Trump ordered a 25% reduction in staff and 35% reduction in contracts for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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There are fears of big cuts to US AIDS prevention
US President Donald Trump’s administration has fired around 50 people from the infectious-disease office at the Department of Health and Human Services which worked to end the country’s HIV epidemic. The office had coordinated the implementation of the policy ending the HIV Epidemic in the US. It employed around 50 people, according to media reports.
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