These are updates for Thursday, February 6, 2025, as Donald Trump pursues dramatic cuts to US government and spending.

The U.S. Justice Department seized a Venezuelan aircraft Thursday for violating the U.S. export control and sanctions laws ...

President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak with Panamanian President Raúl Mulino and is meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday as he continues to move ahead with reshaping the federal ...

The lawsuit said Trump's efforts to "systematically" dismantle USAID "generated a global humanitarian crisis." ...

Ireland has joined 78 other countries in condemning the decision by US President Donald Trump to impose sanctions on the ...

The Trump administration has taken "a series of unconstitutional and illegal actions" by dismantling USAID without congressional approval, a lawsuit states. The post ‘Unconstitutional and illegal’: ...

Kenya and the US have reaffirmed their mutual commitment to strengthen bilateral ties and existing cooperation amid sweeping foreign policy changes effected by the Donald Trump administration.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to push out federal employees by offering them ...

The US used to spend more on international development than an y other nation, but with Donald Trump and Elon Musk freezing ...

Meanwhile, the Senate has moved to confirm Project 2025 architect Russell Vought to lead the powerful Office of Management and Budget, welcoming an official who has plotted the massive expansion of ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio may have hoped to spend his first trip abroad focused exclusively on issues close to his ...