Executive orders in the second presidency of Donald Trump

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Additional News​​​

• Trump’s speech to Congress was set to address minerals deal with Ukraine, national security adviser says. RBCUkraine CNN

• Trump’s presidency: Zelensky meeting fallout and looming tariffs. CNN

• Trump’s economic gamble hits early turbulence. BostoneGlobe

• Trump’s proposed tariffs on Canadian energy could wallop New England, especially the north. BostonGlobe

• Trump’s tariff tactics carry higher economic risks than during his first term. APNews

• Six things that could get more expensive for Americans under Trump tariffs. BBC  APNews

• Prices rose along border ahead of Trump’s tariffs — now disruption looms. APNews

• India’s steel industry contemplates potential fallout from Trump administration tariffs. APNews

• Asian shares fall after Wall St retreats on fears over hit to the US economy from Trump’s tariffs. APNews

• Trump envoy to travel to Middle East to work on Gaza ceasefire. TheJerusalemPost

• Trump’s incoming envoy calls UN ‘deep den of anti-Semitism’. AlJazeera

• Trump has implemented many Project 2025 proposals, but there’s more he could do. Here’s a breakdown. BostonGlobe

• Trump Sticks It To Unions By Tapping Anti-Union Advocate To Run Labor Agency. HuffPost

• Trump’s war on DEI comes for programs helping autistic students find jobs in STEM. TheIndependent

• A lifeline for survivors of domestic violence is at risk amid federal funding cuts. BostonGlobe

• A USAID official blamed political appointees for affecting "life-saving" work. Now, he's on leave. CNN

• What cuts in U.S. foreign aid may mean for children suffering in Haiti. PBSNews TheIndependent

• USAID reinstates contracts for Georgia company that helps feed malnourished kids after Elon Musk responds to CNN reporting. CNN

• UN food program closes its southern Africa office in the wake of Trump administration aid cuts. APNews

• Trump promised mass deportations, but rate so far is about the same as under Biden. CNN

• Who are Rafael Caro Quintero and the 28 other alleged criminals extradited to the US from Mexico? CNN

• White House official says Friday’s meeting put “up in the air” whether Zelensky should be the one negotiating. IrishExaminer

• How an obscure federal agency became ground zero for Musk’s DOGE. CNN

• Musk’s embrace of right-wing politics risks turning off car buyers and sinking Tesla’s stock. APNews

• DOGE claims credit for ‘canceling’ contracts that ended decades ago. TheIndependent

• Melania Trump will today shine a light on victims of deepfake revenge porn. CNN

• First lady Melania Trump advocates for protecting teens from non-consensual online content. PBSNewsVideo

• Supreme Court justices tread carefully as collision with Trump looms. CNN

• In the federal court system, law clerks find little recourse for bullying and abuse. NPR

• Judges Are Fed up With Lawyers Using AI That Hallucinate Court Cases. 404 Media

• Mass. Haitian, Venezuelan groups sue Trump administration, claiming racial bias, unlawful rollback of TPS protection. BostonGlobe

• As US Army modernizes, processes remain a challenge says army chief. Janes

• Pentagon changes name of Georgia Army base back to Fort Benning, dumping Fort Moore. APNews

• Big Tech shares millions of user accounts with US authorities, report finds. EuroNews

• Senate reverses Biden-era EPA rule that could help fossil fuel companies continue to boil planet alive. TheIndependent

• Senate confirms McMahon to lead Education Department as Trump pushes to shut it down. PBSNewsVideo APNews

• Bill to ban trans athletes from girls’ and women’s sports teams fails to advance in Senate. APNews

• Social Security at ‘SUPER HIGH RISK OF COLLAPSE’ former Social Security Commissioner Martin O'Malley Says. HuffPost

• Education Department is offering buyouts up to $25,000 for employees who apply by end of Monday. Forbes

• HHS employees told they must respond to email asking them to list what they accomplished last week. Rueters

• Fired NOAA worker, Tom de LaBerto former public affairs specialist and climate scientist warns ”That is just asking for disaster to happen". CNNVideo CBSVideo NBC4WashingtonVideo

• National Park workers say a Trump agency fired them illegally. A judge agrees. NPR

• Head of FBI New York office says he’s retired from the bureau after being ordered to do so. APNews

• Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth suspends offensive cyber operations against Russia. CNN

• Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick says, Trump does not want Zelensky to resign. CNNVideo

• Rubio expedites delivery of $4 billion in military aid to Israel. PBS Janes

• New deputy FBI director Dan Bongino previously called for imprisoning Democrats. NPR

• Pam Bondi insists more Jeffrey Epstein files are being released despite disastrous ‘’phase 1’. TheIndependent

• Former Social Security Commissioner Martin O'Malley Says DOGE Cuts Could Interrupt Benefits. HuffPost

• RFK Jr. urges measles vaccinations after years of casting doubt on the vaccine. BostonGlobe

• After RFK Jr.’s Measles Flip-Flop, Here’s What Still Worries Doctors About The Current Outbreak. HuffPost

• Six things we got wrong about COVID-19, from washing groceries to herd immunity. BostonGlobe

• Vaccination rates are declining and measles cases are climbing. More preventable diseases could re-emerge next. CNN

• The Latest on Measles in the U.S, a Mystery Illness in the DRC and the Flu Vaccine. ScientificAmerican

• Georgia Senate advances bills to restrict gender-affirming care with some Democratic support. APNews

• Jasmine Crockett Sums Up GOP Lawmakers In 1 Damning Word On Trump And Musk. HuffPost

• Hillary Clinton Shreds Trump Over Putin With Scathing One-Liner. HuffPost

• Democrats Will Have Some Special Guests At The State Of The Union To Stick It To Trump. HuffPost

• Texas Republican suggests renaming ‘New York strip’ to ‘Texas strip’ – as measles outbreak rages. TheIndependent

• Tim Walz says he may run for president in 2028 despite failure of 2024 Harris campaign. TheIndependent

• Tim Walz Admits How He Got Played By Donald Trump's 2024 Campaign. HuffPost

• Chris Christie Leaves No Doubt: Trump ‘Looks And Sounds Like An Ally Of Putin’. HuffPost

• Republican Rep. Mike Turner says the US should continue supporting Ukraine, but it must “come to the table,”. CNN

• Former US Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, a champion of democracy in Cuba, dies at 70. APNews

• Andrew Tate expresses disappointment in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for caving to media pressure. APNews

• US official slams EU’s social media ‘censorship’. PoliticoEU

• US senator joins Elon Musk in calling for withdrawal from NATO. TheIndependent

• Special government employees come with a 130-day cap. But, no one knows when - or if - Musk will leave. TheIndependent

• The strongest ocean current on Earth is weakening – why this is a problem. DerSpiegel

• Carolina fires updates: Emergency declared in North and South Carolina as wildfires force evacuations. TheIndependent NPR PBS

• Records show Los Angeles officials’ early struggles as windswept blazes escalated. CNN

• We’re tracking the price of eggs in Boston. See how much costs have gone up. BostonGlobe

• Cat food recalled due to possible bird flu contamination. TheIndependent

• Kroger Chairman and CEO resigns following investigation into personal conduct. BostonGlobe

• Anti-abortion activists pardoned by Trump plan new wave of civil disobedience. TheIndependent

• Is AI chatbot Grok censoring criticism of Elon Musk and Donald Trump? EuroNews

• Tesla’s plummeting sales risk its lucrative emissions credit earnings. PoliticoEU

• Mobile World Congress: What trends will shape the future mobile economy? EuroNews

• Where will the rise in defense stocks lead? HarvardBusinessManager

• ‘The future is not supersonic, but hypersonic,’ says Booking.com CEO. EuroNews

• Buying a $250 Residency Card From a Tropical Island Let Me Bypass U.S. Crypto Laws. 404Media

• Signa Group sells its shares in the Chrysler Building. DerSpiegel

• Where are the big demonstrations against Trump? DerSpiegel

• Just 4% of Americans support Russia in war with Ukraine - even as questions swirl over where Trump stands. TheIndependent

• More than half of Americans believe Trump will try for a third term. TheIndependent

• Some Canadians are canceling trips to Vermont because of Trump. NPR

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• Dow drops nearly 650 points on worries about Trump’s latest tariffs. PBSNewsHour

• Trump’s announcement that he wants a U.S. ‘Crypto Strategic Reserve’ sent crypto prices on short-lived surge. PBSNewsHour

• Musk accuses Zelenskyy of pushing ‘forever war’ with Russia. PoliticoEU

• Trump Official Who Tried to Downplay Major Climate Report Now Will Oversee It. ScientificAmerican

• DC police department reinstates officers convicted in death and cover up after Trump pardon. CNN

• Scientists identify 1st Zika virus cluster in Bangladesh. AANews

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• Trump Administration Curbs Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act. Treasury Department said it won’t take enforcement action against Americans or American companies who fail to file ownership information under the law. WSJ

• Google’s New Tech Means Video Calls May Not Be the Death of Us After All. Google and HP are betting that Project Starline will usher in a new era of 3-D communications that doesn’t require a headset or glasses. WSJ

 

World News​​​

• EU leaders fear Commission power grab on defense after Trump’s exit. PolticoEU

• EU lawmakers try to counter tech bros’ Washington lobbying. PoliticoEU

• EU pollution check-up exposes waste problem, ‘We must consume better, differently, and less’. EuroNews

• EU leaders fear Commission power grab on defense after Trump’s exit. PoliticoEU

• UN rights chief worried by ‘fundamental shift’ in US direction under Trump. AlJazeera

• Why some in the Global South are not mourning the demise of USAID. AlJazeera

• Why Mexico is asking the Supreme Court to weigh in on gun trafficking. PBS

• Mexico’s president is waiting to see if Trump makes good on tariff threat. BostonGlobe

• Mexico makes case to avoid Trump’s threatened tariff. PBS

• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,103 AlJazeera

• 5 key takeaways from a frenetic weekend of Ukraine diplomacy. CNN

• UK prime minister says "we should all be supporting" Zelensky and "not fawning over Putin”. CNN

• UK shoots down ambassador’s call for Ukraine to declare ceasefire before Russia. PoliticoEU

• UK First minister Michelle O'Neill 'incredulous' over Ukraine missile deal. BBC

• Belfast factory to supply Ukraine with 5,000 air defense missiles. EuroNews

• Europeans embrace Zelensky after he was vilified by Trump. CNN

• Ukraine must be at the negotiating table, NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says. RNZNews

• Can Europe offer Ukraine meaningful security guarantees without the US? AlJazeera

• Zelensky says Ukraine is counting on US support "on the path to peace”. CNN

• Zelenskyy says Ukraine ready to sign minerals deal after spat with Trump. EuroNews

• Zelensky quizzed about minerals deal and peace plan. BBCNewsVideo

• How is trade between the EU and Ukraine evolving? EuroNews

• What hurdles does Europe's peace plan for Ukraine face? BBC

• Ukraine counts more than 2,300 Russian air strikes in one week. DerSpiegel

• Eight injured after Russia launches dozens of drones at Ukraine. EuroNews

• Russian airstrikes devastate Kharkiv and Kherson, killing two and injuring several. KyivIndependent

• The Kremlin has accused Zelensky of seeking war not peace after Friday's dispute in Washington. LeMonde

• Moscow says West "fragmenting" over Ukraine. BBCGlobalPodcast

• In wartime, focus on ‘traditional values’ imperils Russia’s LGBTQ community. AlJazeera

• Centre-right ÖVP's Christian Stocker sworn in as new Austrian chancellor. EuroNews

• At least two feared dead in apparent car ramming attack in Mannheim, Germany. EuroNews AlJazeera

• CDU and SPD start talks in bid to form next German government. EuroNews

• Where does Germany’s election result leave its climate ambitions? EuroNews

• What's at stake for Europe after the German election? EuroNews

• AfD's Krah to join German parliament despite controversial past. EuroNews

• Germany’s (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz calls escalation between Trump and Zelensky"deliberately brought about” DerSpiegel

• Weidel lures with swastika, Trump puts on a show of strength. DerSpiegel

• "Then the Americans will see that the emperor is naked”. DerSpiegel

• France’s President Macron urges Europe to boost defense spending to over 3 percent of GDP. PoliticoEU

• France’s nuclear deterrent already covers allies, says far right leader Bardella. PolticoEU

• France has ‘trouble understanding’ US halt on cyber operations against Russia. PoliticoEU

• Italy sees modest GDP rise, deficit fall as it works towards EU commitments. EuroNews

• Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni says division in the West would be 'fatal for everyone’. EuroNews

• EU Commission looking to speed up 5G defense from foreign interference. EuroNews

• Defense promises but scant detail as Europe enters decisive week. PoliticoEU

• European markets kick off weak buoyant on defense spending expectations. EuroNews

• ECB set to cut interest rates again as inflation takes a back seat to Trump. PoliticoEU

• Will the European Central Bank cut interest rates further this week? EuroNews

• Eurozone inflation falls less than expected: ECB rate cuts at risk? EuroNews

• Israeli foreign minister thanks US for accelerated military aid. AuroraIsrael

• Trump wants Palestinians out of Gaza. Here are Egypt's plans to keep them there. NPR

• What’s the emergency Arab summit on Gaza reconstruction? AlJazeera

• Arab countries will try to ‘counterbalance’ Trump with alternative Gaza plan. Reuters PBS

• Israeli PM Netanyahu expresses support for US President Trump’s plan to forcibly remove Palestinians from Gaza, calling the proposal “brave and innovative”. AlJazeera

• Israelis protest outside Netanyahu’s house. JPost TheEconomicTimesVideo

• Netanyahu ‘playing both sides’ as he weighs return to war. AlJazeera

• Netanyahu says he rejected Hamas’s permanent ceasefire plan. AA

• With the Gaza ceasefire in limbo, Israel tries to impose an alternative plan on Hamas. APNews

• Israel has cut off aid supplies to Gaza ‘because Hamas steals the supplies,’ Netanyahu says APVideo

• Israel tells Hamas to free captives or face consequence it ‘cannot imagine’. AlJazeera

• Hamas accuses Israel of ‘torture, medical neglect’ after death of detainee. MiddleEastEye

• Hamas says suspension of Gaza aid ‘collective punishment’ of civilians. AlJazeera

• Israel is weaponizing aid meant for traumatized, hungry people. AlJazeeraVideo

• Israel criticized after it bars the flow of all aid and goods into Gaza. Read More

• Five groups petition Israel’s top court over Gaza aid blockade. Mashriq

• Spain calls for ‘immediate’ resumption of aid to Gaza. AlJazeera

• Turkiye condemns Israeli blockade of Gaza aid. IRNA

• Germany says Israel should ‘immediately’ let aid into Gaza. TimesofIsrael

• US Muslim group Council on American-Islamic Relations condemns Israel’s ban on Gaza aid. CAIR

• Oxfam condemns Israel’s ‘reckless act of collective punishment’. AlJazeera Oxfam

• Arab states and UN condemn Gaza aid blockade by Israel. BBC

• The Foreign Ministry of the Palestinian Authority (PA) calls for Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Reuters

• Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warns of ‘devastating consequences’ in Gaza. SABA

• What we know about the Gaza ceasefire deal. BBC

• At least one dead and four injured in Israel stabbing attack, authorities say. EuroNews

• Israeli air raid targets Lebanon-Syria border. AlJazeera

• Israeli military says it attacked site in northwest Syria. Reuters

• Israeli army’s raid of Jenin continues for 42nd day. WAFA

• Palestinians despair as Israeli forces destroy their homes in Nur Shams. AlJazeeraVideo

• Israeli army kill 2 Palestinians in Rafah. AlJazeera Reuters

• Israeli forces wound minor, arrest 8 in West Bank. MiddleEastEye

• Israel must end West Bank military assault, UN right chief says. AlJazeera

• Israeli soldiers assault intellectually disabled man in West Bank raid. AlJazeeraVideo

• Israeli forces seize farm, demolish date factory in West Bank. AlJazeeraVideo

• Palestinians in Gaza afraid of ‘facing death again’. NewArab

• Palestinian infant suffocates on tear gas in Jenin. IMEMCNews

• Pakistani and Afghan forces clash at vital border crossing. AlJazeera

• ‘Remarkable scenes’ as Knesset security clash with bereaved Israelis. NYPost

• Knesset debate on October 7 committee postponed after fight between bereaved families and security. AlJazeeraVideo

• Israel planning mass displacement, targeted killings next. ANews

• Activists protest BBC’s pulling of Gaza documentary. MaktoobVideo

• What is Masafer Yatta, the Palestinian community featured in No Other Land? ARA

• Israeli minister terms Oscar win for No Other Land a ‘sad moment’. MiddleEastEye

• Muslim group calls for making No Other Land available to US public. AlJazeera

• Iran’s Zarif resigns amid political wrangling over economic woes. AlJazeera

• China could blackmail Germany via wind turbines, report warns. PoliticoEU

• What portion of gross salaries do European workers pay in taxes? EuroNews

• UK watchdog opens investigations into TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur over minors’ data. EuroNews

• “Women could not speak, now we have a voice”: A cross-community centre for and by women in Belfast. EuroNews

• Northern Ireland: a cross-community women's centre promotes reconciliation. EuroNews

• Turkish inflation drops for ninth consecutive month. EuroNews

• Portugal's unemployment rate hits its lowest level in more than two years. EuroNews

• Desan delivers modernized Triglav military vessel to Slovenian Navy. Janes

• Swedish police investigate suspected sabotage on Baltic Sea island. EuroNews

• As Greenland prepares for tourism increase, a moment of stillness among the icebergs. NPR

• Taiwan progresses air-launched version of HF-III anti-ship missile. Janes

• Taiwan ponders its own fate after seeing US change course on Ukraine. NPR

• What to expect when China’s legislature meets this week. APNews

• China’s Dangerous Play in Peru – PART III. DialogoAmericas

• Japan skips UN nuclear arms conference to avoid 'wrong message' over US deterrence. EuroNews

• Japan deploys 2,000 firefighters to tackle worst forest blaze in decades. AlJazeera

• Japanese judge Yuji Iwasawa elected new ICJ president. Reuters

• South Korea: Kim’s sister threatens a response to a US carrier’s deployment in South Korea. APNews

• Gabon’s military leader announces he will run in April presidential election. APNews

• How citizen's arrest laws could make New Zealand more dangerous. RNZ

• ACT New Zealand accuses principals of 'lowering expectations' after call to scrap new NCEA tests. RNZ

• United Workers Party (UWP) Unveils Five New Candidates for Upcoming General Elections. StLuciaTimes

• New World Bank-Backed Project to Boost Energy Efficiency in Saint Lucia. StLuciaTimes

• Forestry Department Calls for Urgent Action to Protect Saint Lucia’s Unique Wildlife. StLuciaTimes

• World Wildlife Day: Conservationists say green corridors can help animals thrive in Kenya. EuroNews

Added 3/6/25

• China’s Dangerous Play in Peru – PART III. DialogoAmericas