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RT @AFP: The universe is poised to die much faster than previously thought, according to new research by Dutch scientists. https://t.co/vH…

RT @dsupervilleap: USAID is all but gone. For one family, 3 generations of service were defined by it, writes @EllenKnickmeyer https://t…

RT @AP: BREAKING: Food security experts say Gaza is at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn’t lift its blockade and end its campaign. ht…

Correcting mine here - the State Department responded Wednesday that the USAID memorial was being moved to a temporary location at State, as part of finding a permanent location for it there.

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USAID’s memorial wall to 99 fallen staffers is down, removed from the agency’s now barricaded former HQ by contractors hired by the Trump administration. No immediate word on plans. https://t.co/mES13PqraK

USAID’s memorial wall to 99 fallen staffers is down, removed from the agency’s now barricaded former HQ by contractors hired by the Trump administration. No immediate word on plans. https://t.co/mES13PqraK

The administration has hired a contractor to remove the memorial wall from the now-closed headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development, with no immediate word on where it will wind up. https://t.co/Co3nrFobmt

With Rubio looking on, Congo and Rwanda sign a pledge to work toward a peace deal that would ease U.S. access to critical minerals in resource-rich eastern Congo. https://t.co/dn9O5Pxnyn

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New from @AP: Associate in Musk’s DOGE team made acting head over foreign assistance at the State Department. https://t.co/VkQuRCkzU9

RT @sbauerAP: Despite a court order, a reporter and photographer from The Associated Press were barred from an Oval Office news conference…

The Trump administration revives a USAID program that sent Afghan women abroad for education, 5 days after killing it without warning. “Please disregard my previous email,” Thursday’s notice of the program’s reinstatement began. https://t.co/dsnfn1UJkF

Jeremy Lewin, the Elon Musk associate who 2 USAID officials said ordered the new cuts and their partial reversal, sent a note internally expressing regret at what he described as a miscommunication.

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The Trump administration has reversed sweeping cuts in emergency food aid to several nations but maintained them in Afghanistan and Yemen, two of the world’s poorest and most war-ravaged countries, officials said Wednesday. https://t.co/CNhkQ0TwtW

The Trump administration has reversed sweeping cuts in emergency food aid to several nations but maintained them in Afghanistan and Yemen, two of the world’s poorest and most war-ravaged countries, officials said Wednesday. https://t.co/CNhkQ0TwtW

RT @TaraCopp: WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover p…

First on @AP: A DOGE member turned USAID official cancels some of the last remaining life-saving humanitarian USAID programs for refugees and others in the Middle East, US, UN officials say. https://t.co/PVLGdwdG89

As Chinese teams pulled out survivors from Myanmar’s earthquake and Russians showed off field hospitals for the quake’s wounded, the US’s skilled and equipped disaster teams have been notable for their absence. https://t.co/fPRlhwtdzh

Breaking from @AP: A member of Elon Musk’s DOGE team taking a leadership role at USAID, the agency DOGE has helped dismantle, according to an email from State official. https://t.co/TM2rPPTbJO