The Trump administration cited the WHO’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and other global health crises as reasons for the withdrawal. Newly-inaugurated President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Monday withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) and halting future U.S. funding to the United Nations organization. The order cited the
TikTok still needs to comply with the divest-or-ban law, enacted in April last year and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 17. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order (EO) to pause the enforcement of the divest-or-ban TikTok law for 75 days. This will allow his administration time to determine the best
The select committee voted 14-3 in a closed hearing on Jan. 20 to recommend that the Senate take a full vote to confirm Ratcliffe. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has voted to move forward with John Ratcliffe’s nomination to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The select committee voted 14–3
He followed through on pledges to take a case-by-case look at Jan. 6 protesters, who had gathered in Washington to protest the 2020 election certification. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has followed through on his vows to move swiftly in pardoning almost all of those charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, demonstrations at the U.S.
President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security and Office of Management and Budget nominees will now go to a full Senate confirmation vote. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted on Jan. 20 to advance two of President Donald Trump’s cabinet-level nominees, Kristi Noem for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary and Russ
The bill passed with support of two-thirds of the Senate, and amendments expanding the list of crimes it covers. The Senate has passed, 64–35, legislation that requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain illegal immigrants arrested for theft, burglary, or shoplifting. The legislation also allows states to sue the federal government if it
Under Chinese law, TikTok’s key technologies, including its algorithm, are subject to export control. Beijing said on Monday that any acquisition of TikTok should be done according to “China’s laws and regulations” after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump proposed a joint venture model to keep the app running in the United States. TikTok went dark for