Personnel handling the State Department agency’s essential duties have been exempted. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) issued a directive on Feb. 4 instructing that all direct hire personnel to be placed on “administrative leave globally” on Feb. 7, except for those handling essential duties. The internal directive, posted on the USAID’s website, stated
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and others rallied with lawmakers as speakers floated strategies to stop Trump. WASHINGTON—Congressional Democrats tried to gain entry to the Treasury Building, saying they wanted to provide oversight after the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) gained access to the Treasury’s federal payments system. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sen.
The United States Postal Service announced Tuesday night that it is temporarily suspending accepting packages sent from China and Hong Kong until further notice. The suspension is effective immediately, the USPS said. Letters and flats are not included in the suspension, it said. The postal service did not provide a reason for the suspension or
The Secretary of State said the Central American nation is a trusted partner in the war on drugs and the countering of illegal immigration. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Feb. 4 that Costa Rica will be exempted from the United States’ 90-day freeze on foreign aid, citing its history of cooperating in
This comes just days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending the duty-free exemption for low-value shipments. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) said on Tuesday that it will be temporarily suspending the acceptance of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong until further notice. The service suspension, which took effect immediately, will not
This comes just days after Trump signed an executive order suspending the duty-free exemption for low-value shipments. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) said on Feb. 5 that it was reversing course and lifting a suspension on inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong that went into effect on Tuesday. The USPS temporarily halted the acceptance
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team has been given “read only” access to the Treasury Department’s federal payment system, and federal expenditures have not been affected, the Treasury said in a letter to Congress late Tuesday. The letter, from Jonathan Blum, a Treasury official, said that a review of the Treasury’s Fiscal Service payment