US Health Agency Now Says Employees Have to Respond to DOGE Email

The email instructed employees to list their recent accomplishments. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) told employees on March 3 that they were required to respond to an email from the Trump administration demanding they summarize their recent accomplishments, in a reversal from the HHS’s earlier position. The administration sent out a second round

Trump Announces $100 Billion Investment From Taiwan Chip Maker TSMC

‘It’s a matter of economic security; it’s also a matter of national security for us,’ Trump said. President Donald Trump announced on March 3 a key partnership with a Taiwan-based semiconductor company that will see billions of dollars invested in cutting-edge chip-making facilities as his administration looks to reshore manufacturing to the United States. Taiwan

Trump Announces Tariffs on Agricultural Imports Starting Next Month

The announcement comes as the United States is set to impose duties on products from Canada and Mexico this week. President Donald Trump said on March 3 that the United States will impose tariffs on “external” agricultural products starting next month. The announcement comes as the Trump administration is set to impose duties on products

USAID Official Warns Block of Foreign Aid Will Cost Lives, Then Says He’s Been Put on Leave

Nicholas Enrich is USAID’s acting assistant administrator for global health. A senior official with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in an email on March 2 warned that the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency will result in unnecessary deaths—only to email his staff less than 30 minutes later to say that he had been placed

Trump Vows ‘Big’ Congressional Address: ‘I Will Tell It Like It Is’

The president is expected to address his recent clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, among other topics. President Donald Trump’s first congressional address of his second term will take place on March 3. “Tomorrow night will be big. I will tell it like it is!” the president wrote in all caps on his Truth Social

Bipartisan Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Counter China’s Influence at Global Ports

The United States needs to monitor Chinese activities at domestic and foreign ports, according to Sen. Ted Budd. A bipartisan piece of legislation targeting communist China’s malign influence has been introduced in both the House and the Senate to protect U.S. interests at ports around the world. Sens. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and

Kari Lake Sworn In as Senior Adviser at US Agency for Global Media

Lake has said that U.S. government-sponsored publications are valuable for competing with narratives of other countries’ state-sponsored media. Kari Lake was sworn in as a senior adviser for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) on March 3, as she awaits further action on her nomination to serve as the director of Voice of America