After pushing out hundreds thousands of federal workers, Elon Musk steps down
Elon Musk has officially stepped down from his position heading the “Department of Government Efficiency” amid mounting tensions with the Trump administration
Trump admin grants white South Africans refugee status amid broader immigration crackdown
Amid Trump’s crackdown on immigration, mass deportations, and limitations of refugees from countries such as Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, white South Africans receive special exception
“I will wear my persona non grata as a badge of dignity”, said South African ambassador expelled by the US
“We must enter into trade negotiations with the USA because our economy and our people need them. But we must never trade our sovereignty, lest we be told that China and Cuba cannot be our friends,” said veteran diplomat Ebrahim Rasool on his return to South Africa.
Workers mobilize against Trump’s moves to privatize postal service
Postal service workers held rallies in over 200 cities across the US to protest Trump administration threats to dismantle USPS
Dear DOGE: Here’s how to cut the Pentagon budget by USD 100 billion in six easy steps
The US military budget is so bloated and wasteful that making significant cuts from it wouldn’t compromise national security.
Trump 2.0: US revivalism driven by tech oligarchy
The Tech Oligarchy – the big tech monopolies and their billionaire owners are front and center in the Trump administration and its ambitious efforts to reshape US domestic and foreign policy.
Trump and Musk’s false USAID claims backfire on BJP
The Narendra Modi-led government in India tried to use Trump’s lies to target the country’s main opposition, accusing it of using USAID to influence elections in the country.
Milei’s trip to the United States: IMF, Musk, Trump, and radical neoliberalism
After the scandal over the sale of a cryptocurrency called $LIBRA, the libertarian president Javier Milei once again traveled to the United States to clean up his image and consolidate his international alliances.
Elon Musk’s latest blow to federal workers
After an ominous email instructed federal employers to name what they “accomplished last week,” key agencies refuse to comply
Trump and Musk’s next target: Social Security, the largest social program in the US
Workers are overwhelmingly against any cuts to social security. Could Musk be seeking to drum up opposition to the program based on false claims of widespread fraud?
One month of Trump: War on workers at home and abroad
In just one month of Trump’s presidency, him and his cabinet, dominated by billionaires have launched a series of attacks on the rights of the working class and institutions
Billionaire Elon Musk seeks to slash the federal spending while saving government handouts for himself
Cutting spending is not “optional,” but “essential,” Musk pontificates, yet does not apply the same rules to government spending on his own corporate endeavors
- Brazil approves end to 6×1 work schedule and reduction of the work week to 40 hours
- Israel kills 31 people in Lebanon on the eve of Eid al-Adha
- Israel carries out sixth consecutive Eid massacre in Gaza
- Far-right Janez Janša to return for fourth government term in Slovenia
- With peace deal nearly final, US launches fresh attacks on Iran
